Leonid Mikhelson

Mikhelson, Leonid
Born 11 August 1955
Kaspiysk, Russian SFSR
Residence Moscow, Russia
Alma mater Kuibyshev Civil Engineering Institute
Occupation CEO, chairman and major shareholder of the Russian gas company Novatek
Net worth Increase US$15.6 billion (February 2016)[1]
Religion Judaism[2]

Leonid Mikhelson (Russian: Леонид Михельсон; born August 11, 1955 in Kaspiysk) is a Russian businessman, CEO, chairman and major shareholder of the Russian gas company Novatek.[3]

According to Forbes, his personal fortune was estimated at US$15.6 billion as of 2014.[1]

Biography

Born to a Jewish family, Mikhelson began his career as an engineer after[4] graduating with a degree in Industrial Civil Engineering from the Samara Institute of Civil Engineering in 1977. He started working as a[5] foreman at a construction and assembling company in the Tyumen area of Siberia. One of his[6] initial projects was work on the Urengoi-Chelyabinsk gas pipeline. In 1985, he was[6] appointed as Chief Engineer of Ryazantruboprovodstroy. In 1987, he became General Director of Kuibishevtruboprovodstroy. In 1991, Kuibishevtruboprovodstroy was one of the first companies to undergo privatization after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Mikhelson continued as Managing Director at the company, which has been renamed NOVA, until October 1994. He then became General Director of its holding company, Novafinivest, which later became known as NOVATEK. From 2008 until 2010 Mikhelson was Chairman of the Board of Directors for OAO Stroytransgas and OOO Art Finance. He currently holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO SIBUR and serves on the Supervisory Board of OAO Russian Regional Development Bank.

SIBUR is a gas processing and petrochemicals company operating 26 production sites across Russia with headquarters in Moscow. Mikhelson owns 57.5% interest in Sibur, as well as 25% of Novatek.

He also owns the megayacht Pacific.[7]

Notable Partnerships

Mikhelson often partners with Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko[8] on business and investment projects. They are partners and majority shareholders in Novatek and Sibur. In 2013, Mikhelson and Timchenko sold 12% of Sibur to management partners. Both Mikhelson and Timchenko appear on the Forbes list of billionaires.[9] In 2012, Mikhelson was listed as the second-richest Russian[10] in a number of articles including Bloomberg.[11] Mikhelson and Novatek are the main sponsors of the Russian Football Union.

Mikhelson is the recipient of the Russian Federation’s Order of the Badge of Honor.[12][13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Leonid Mikhelson, Forbes Profile, 2013
  2. ↑ The world's 50 Richest Jews: 31-40 By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, 09/07/2010
  3. ↑ "NOVATEK : Management". Novatek.ru. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
  4. ↑ "Leonid Mikhelson - Chairman of the Board of Directors". Sibur.com.
  5. ↑ "Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson". Caspian Energy.
  6. 1 2 "Leonid Mikhelson's Sibur Buys 25% Joint Venture Interest In New Siberian Polypropylene Plant". May 29, 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht/superyacht_pacific.html
  8. ↑ "Gennady Timchenko". Forbes.
  9. ↑ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes.
  10. ↑ "Leonid Mikhelson". Richest Russian.
  11. ↑ Shiryaevskaya, Anna (August 22, 2012). "Billionaire Mikhelson Becomes Russia's Second-Richest Man". Bloomberg Business.
  12. ↑ "Novatek to Sponsor Russian Football Union". The Moscow Times. October 31, 2013.
  13. ↑ Kozlov, Vladimir (November 4, 2013). "Natural Gas Company Novatek Takes Over Sponsorship Of Russian Football Union". Sports Business.

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