“Only when he became rich did he begin to attract women to him.” Petr Olegovich Aven. Curriculum vitae "By helping others, we grow ourselves"

08.03.2020

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According to media reports, the cause of death of Elena Aven is a detached blood clot.

The death of the oligarch's wife became known yesterday from a message in Facebook friend of the deceased - lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky.

“The bright, wonderful, smart and kind woman Lena Aven has died. My friend, neighbor, wife of a close friend. My sincere condolences to Peter Aven and their children Dasha and Denis,” wrote Dobrovinsky.

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Billionaire Pyotr Aven was first published with a new lover

Incomplete two years have passed since the bereavement of businessman, collector and president of Alfa-Bank Pyotr Aven. In 2015, the businessman's wife Elena died. Only now Aven decided to go out with a new lover, according to Privātā Dzīve.

The entrepreneur himself does not comment on the relationship with his companion, but mutual glances and gestures make others understand the seriousness of the relationship between them.

Billionaire Pyotr Aven's wife died

Tatler lawyer and columnist Alexander Dobrovinsky shared the sad news on his Facebook page: the wife of the chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank, and once the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation, Pyotr Aven, whose fortune is estimated at more than five billion dollars, has died - a beauty and a smart girl Elena. The couple lived in perfect harmony for a quarter of a century and during this time managed to raise the twins Denis and Dasha (both study at Yale University) and collect the largest collection of Russian art in Russia from the beginning of the last century. In 2008, the Avens founded the Generation Charitable Foundation in Latvia (where Peter's ancestors came from on his father's side).

Tatler expresses condolences to Elena's family and friends.

The wife of the chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, Elena Aven, died in Moscow, Alfa-Bank reported.

Elena Aven, wife of the chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, Pyotr Aven, died on Tuesday, August 25. This became known yesterday from a Facebook post by a friend of the deceased - lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky.

WIFE OF RUSSIAN-LATVIAN BILLIONAIRE PETER AVEN DIED

A well-known philanthropist, curator of charitable projects in Latvia, wife of Russian-Latvian billionaire Petr Aven and co-founder of the Generation Foundation Elena Aven, died on August 25, spokesman for the foundation Inese Dabola told BNS.

Together with her husband, businessman Petr Aven, Elena Aven initiated and supported various cultural, educational and healthcare projects in Latvia for almost 10 years.

Elena Aven died: the date and time of the funeral ceremony became known

The wife of the notorious Russian entrepreneur and member of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank entrepreneurship, Peter Aven Lena, passed away two days earlier, on Tuesday. Such information was provided by her friend and comrade Alexander Dobrovinsky on his Facebook. Also, this information was later confirmed by representatives of a banking institution. Alfa-Bank has already managed to express its sincere condolences to the families and friends of the deceased Elena Aven. On the eve of condolences on behalf of the board and staff of the organization expressed the official representative of the bank.

It is also worth noting that the date and time of the farewell ceremony and funeral of Elena Vladimirovna have recently become known. It is reported that it will be possible to say goodbye to Lena Aven at the Troekurovsky cemetery, in the Ritual building. The farewell ceremony is scheduled to begin on Friday at 10:00 am. Two hours later, the funeral ceremony for Elena Vladimirovna will take place.

The Russian billionaire's wife has died. "She was a smart and kind woman"

The billionaire, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank Pyotr Aven, his wife Elena died. Lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky announced the sad news on his Facebook page.

Died the wife of Peter Aven Elena

“The Board of Directors of the Alfa-Bank Banking Group, the board and staff of Alfa-Bank Russia express their deepest and most sincere condolences in connection with the untimely death of Elena Vladimirovna Aven,” said a representative of the bank.

Farewell to Elena Aven will take place in the Ritual Hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery of the capital on Friday, August 28, at 10 am, the funeral will begin at 12 noon Moscow time.

Elena Aven was a co-founder of the Generation Charitable Foundation, founded by the couple in 2008 in Latvia, where Petr Aven's ancestors come from.

Famous philanthropist, curator of charitable projects in Latvia Elena Aven dies

A well-known philanthropist, curator of charitable projects in Latvia, co-founder of the Generation Foundation Elena Aven died on August 25, Inese Dabola, a representative of the foundation, told BNS.

Together with her husband, businessman Petr Aven, Elena Aven initiated and supported various cultural, educational and healthcare projects in Latvia for almost 10 years, with a particular focus on children's healthcare.

“For seven years, the Generation Foundation has implemented unique projects in Latvia, promoted cultural exchange between Latvia and Russia by supporting the organization of exhibitions, theatrical performances, films and other art projects, purchased equipment for Latvian hospitals, focusing on the health of expectant mothers, provided scholarships to the best students, expanding its funding and activities every year,” said Dabola.

Died philanthropist Elena Aven

On August 25, 2015, the philanthropist, founder of the Generation Charitable Foundation, Elena Aven, passed away.

Elena Aven together with her husband Petr Aven initiated and supported various projects in the field of culture, education and healthcare in Latvia for almost ten years. Elena Aven paid special attention to projects in the field of children's healthcare. In an effort to make such work systematic and by her example to attract other patrons to cooperation, Elena Aven, together with her husband, established the Generation Charitable Foundation in 2008.

For seven years, the foundation has been implementing projects in Latvia: promoting cultural exchange between Latvia and Russia by supporting exhibitions, theatrical performances, films and other art projects, acquiring equipment for Latvian hospitals, paying special attention to the health of children and expectant mothers, providing scholarships to the best students , annually expanding the funding and activities of the fund.

The Generation Foundation expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Peter Aven in connection with the death of his wife and mother. Elena Aven will be remembered as a woman who inspired and implemented numerous initiatives, setting an example not in words, but in deeds.

Pyotr Aven is building a house for himself in Britain next to Berezovsky

According to the Times, 52-year-old Aven and his wife Elena bought the land plot of the Ingliston House mansion with an area of about 3.5 hectares back in 2004 for 8.55 million pounds (about $17 million). The building is located just a few hundred meters from the house of Boris Berezovsky, and other neighbors of Aven are football player Andrey Shevchenko and TV presenter Bruce Forsyth.

Aven is the owner of the world's largest private collection of Russian art

Aven, 52, and his wife Elena, a historian by trade, bought the land for Ingliston House in 2004 for £8.55m. Construction at this stage is 15 million pounds.

The Pyotr Aven Generation Charitable Foundation was founded in May 2008. Its founders were the famous Russian businessman and banker Pyotr Aven and his wife Elena Aven. The Board of the Fund also includes Alexander Gafin, a member of the board of Rietumu Bank, known for its activities in the field of charity and patronage.

Charitable Foundation of Peter Aven "Generation"

In subsequent years, Aven turned into the most successful botanist of the former USSR and the most aesthetically advanced oligarch in Russia. In the accuracy of the artistic choice of glasses, ties, watches and paintings accompanying him, Petr Aven holds the world record. He and his wife Elena are a brilliant socialite couple who never miss a single really worthwhile event in Moscow. I can only wish peta what I don't understand anything: success in the work of the alpha bank.

Petr Aven, grandson of the shooter

In addition, the Generation Charitable Foundation, led by his wife Elena, gives money for cultural events and children's health in Latvia: they purchased equipment for the hospital, a piano for Pauls, reconstructed the church in Jaunpiebalga (where Peter's grandfather comes from), organized concerts by Raikin, Lopatkina, Netrebko , Spivakova, Russian edition of Latvian poetry.

The life of the wife of a billionaire: how Elena Aven lives

The wife of Petr Aven, holder of the Order of the Three Stars, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank, Elena recently visited Latvia. Her charitable foundation "Generation" donated a mobile ultrasonograph to the Children's Clinical Hospital, and an agreement was signed on financial assistance to the hospital. But in life, Elena Aven, as she says, is a "home woman."

"Helping others, we grow ourselves"

The fund was established in May 2008 by the Petr Aven family, says Alexander Dmitrievich Gafin. – Peter and his wife Elena are personally involved in the foundation's projects and form the main directions of its activities. Elena often visits Riga, tries to be present at all major events. The reason for the foundation is very simple: the paternal grandfather of Peter Olegovich was a Latvian red commander who took an active part in the Civil War in Russia.

The turbulent history of the 20th century destroyed many national and family ties in our land. It has led to the fact that now not all of us even know the names of their grandparents. The Aven family wants to keep their Latvian roots and treat Latvia as their second home. Therefore, the idea to create a fund arose. Due to the fact that I work at Rietumu Banka and spend a lot of time in Riga, I was entrusted with supervising the work of the fund.

Cream knocked down and relaxed

The style of the evening was announced as "smart casual" - "intelligently ordinary" (as it was written on the invitations). The guests did not dare to disobey and appeared without ties, in jeans and blazers. And only Sergei Stepashin violated the will of the birthday boy - a forbidden accessory was treacherously wrapped around his neck. Lawyer Dobrovinsky, who even sleeps in a bow tie, did not betray himself this time either. But in order not to destroy the "relaxed" concept of the birthday man, he put on the smallest of his insects. A two-centimeter microbutterfly was worn in the buttonhole. The wife of the birthday man, Elena Aven, was in something brilliant that could not be called casual, but quite smart, and Mr. Aven himself looked relaxed - in slacks, a jacket and a knitted shirt.

Tell me where is your home...

Aven, 52, head of Alfa-Bank, Russia's largest private bank, lives with his wife Elena. He bought the property in 2004. The renovation cost him an additional £15m.

Petr Aven awarded the Latvian Order of the Three Stars

The reason for awarding Aven with the highest state award of Latvia was the activity of the Generation Charitable Foundation established in 2008 by the spouses Peter and Elena Aven. The main goals of the foundation are to support children's health, cultural exchange projects between Russia and Latvia, and provide scholarships and grants in the scientific field. With the support of the Foundation, the Children's Clinical University Hospital has acquired diagnostic equipment, the Lutheran Church of St. Thomas in Jaunpiebalga is being restored, and the Latvian Radio Recording Studio has received a new Steinway&Sons concert grand piano, donated by the Foundation to composer Raimonds Pauls.

The wife of billionaire Peter Aven gave Raymond Pauls a piano

The Generation Charitable Foundation was established by Russian financier and philanthropist Petr Aven in Latvia three years ago. The fact is that Mr. Aven is closely connected with our country - his paternal relatives lived here. Alas, the philanthropist himself was not present at the presentation ceremony - the cases were delayed. But his wife promised that he would try to make it to the charity concert at the Opera tonight. She also talked about how the gift idea came about.

- The sister of my husband's grandfather, Janis Avens, studied music, - said Elena Aven. - And one day they sent us a photograph in Moscow, which depicted my husband's father, very small at the piano. The picture was taken when he was visiting relatives in Latvia. This is probably where it all started...

The Children's Hospital received support from the Petr Aven Charitable Foundation

“Helping children is caring for the future of the country and nation. This year, in cooperation with the Russian Embassy in Latvia, we launched a program to improve the professional qualifications of doctors - the doctors of the Children's Hospital replenish their knowledge at the Children's Hospital of St. Petersburg, at the Institute named after V.M. Bekhterev, the Moscow Botkin Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry,” emphasizes Elena Aven, co-founder of the foundation.

There is great grief in the family of the 60-year-old chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, Pyotr Aven. His wife Elena Aven died on Tuesday, August 25.

According to media reports, the cause of Elena Aven's death is a detached blood clot.

The death of the oligarch's wife became known yesterday from a message in Facebook friend of the deceased - lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky.

"A bright, wonderful, intelligent and kind woman, Lena Aven, has died. My friend, neighbor, wife of a close friend. My sincere condolences to Peter Aven and their children Dasha and Denis," Dobrovinsky wrote.

A representative of Alfa-Bank confirmed this information to the media.

"The Board of Directors of the banking group Alfa-Bank, the board and staff of Alfa-Bank Russia express their deepest and most sincere condolences in connection with the untimely death of Elena Vladimirovna Aven," a bank representative said.

Farewell fast family friend Alfred Koch also wrote - without naming, however, her name calmly: "I knew her well. She was happy. The children loved her. And she loved them very, passionately.

She loved her husband. And he loved her. Treasured her terribly. The beach took care of her. I was proud... Rare family. Rare happiness. Kingdom of Heaven to her. May the earth rest in peace for her."

In addition, Koch reports on the cause of Elena Aven's death - a blood clot broke off in a woman.

Elena Aven was a co-founder of the Generation Charitable Foundation, founded by the couple in 2008 in Latvia, where Petr Aven's ancestors come from. The Foundation was involved in supporting children's medicine, as well as scholarships and grants in the field of science.

Elena Aven is a historian by profession.

Peter and Elena Aven have been married for over 25 years. During this time, they managed to raise the twins Denis and Dasha (born in 1993), who are now studying at Yale University.

In 2011, in an exclusive interview with the MixNews portal, Ms. Aven told how easy it is for her to be the wife of such a famous person.

“I started living not with some famous person, but with a junior researcher. And we lived a normal ordinary life. You need to love each other, respect each other. And you also need to learn not to offend each other,” Elena Aven said then .

Farewell to Elena Aven will take place in the Ritual Hall of the Troekurovsky cemetery of the capital on Friday, August 28, at 10 am, the funeral will begin at 12 noon Moscow time.

Aven Petr Olegovich is a shareholder and president of JSCB Alfa-Bank, a member of the supervisory board of Alfa Group, and he is also a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. In 2004, a well-known financial magazine named the businessman and banker the best manager in the field of economic services in the Russian Federation.

Petr Aven: biography

Pyotr Olegovich was born in the capital of Russia - Moscow - in March 1955. His father (Oleg Ivanovich) held a post at an institute at the USSR Academy of Sciences, then he went to work at the main Moscow university - Moscow State University. His grandfather was a shooter who was shot during the repressions of the thirties.

Young Peter had many friends, among them was Valentin Yumashev, who in adulthood took the post of head of the administration of the head of state of the Russian Federation.

School and student years

Pyotr Olegovich studied at school number 2, in the city of Moscow. Already at a young age, Peter Aven showed interest in art. At school, he was the president of the music club, and already at that time, Peter had many comrades in the music field. He graduated from school in 1972 at the age of 17. After teaching secondary education, the young man enters Moscow State University, at the Faculty of Economics. Peter's interest in art does not disappear, and he becomes president of the Moscow State University music club. It was here that he met his future business partner, M. Fridman. In five years, he will choose the well-known economist S. Shatalin to defend his diploma. After receiving a diploma of higher education, Petr Aven enters graduate school and defends his dissertation. After that, he is awarded a degree. He becomes a candidate of economic sciences (major in econometrics).

Carier start

After graduating from the university, Aven Peter gets a job at a research institute of the USSR, where he works first as a junior researcher, and soon as a senior. In 1989, Petr Olegovich went to Austria, the city of Laxenburg, where he works under a contract as a researcher at an international institute. At the same time, Aven Petr holds the position of adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.

Two years later, the future banker decides to join the government of reforms headed by Gaidar, whom he met at Moscow State University while studying in graduate school. Occupying high positions, Aven was able to carry out some transactions and increase his fortune. At the age of 37 (1992), Petr Olegovich heads the Ministry for Foreign Economic Relations. At the same time, he becomes the representative of the head of state for relations with developed countries. Occupying this post, Aven Peter Olegovich was able to achieve considerable success. For example, as a result of a successful meeting with the Paris Club of Creditors (headed by Jean-Claude Trichet), the minister managed to improve Russia's position and obtain a deferral of debt payments.

But at the end of 1992, the businessman resigned, arguing his step by his unwillingness to work under the leadership of Viktor Chernomyrdin. However, Aven quickly finds a new place, becoming an adviser to the president of LogoVAZ JSC. Pyotr Olegovich met the president of the concern, Boris Berezovsky, back at Moscow State University, when he was the student's supervisor. The press reported that in his new position, Aven contributed to an increase in customs duties on imported foreign cars.

The following year, 1993, he creates his own company, which is called "Peter Aven Finance" (abbreviated as "FinPA"). The organization was engaged in advising on the conclusion of transactions with securities. The decision to turn to Aven for advice was taken by firms wishing to legalize themselves, to take their place. The director of the company himself did not hide that he feels comfortable in the role of a financial consultant, because he knows how the government of the country makes decisions.

JSCB "Alfa-Bank"

In 1993, Aven ran for the State Duma and became its deputy. But he has to give up his position due to his unwillingness to lose the opportunity to work at FinPA. At the same time, the leaders of Alfa-Bank became interested in him. Initially, they turned to FinPA for advice, but after that their interest changed. In 1994 there is an exchange of shares. The businessman gives away fifty percent of his shares in exchange for ten percent of the bank's shares. Soon a new shareholder is appointed to the position of president.

The new head of the bank has repeatedly confirmed that he took his post not in vain, with him the bank was able to strengthen its position in the market. In the spring of 1998, Aven is among the members of the board of directors of Aviakor. In the summer, he was elected to the post of chairman of the board of directors of CJSC Alfa-TV, and a little later, CJSC STS. In the following years, the banker holds the posts of chairman of the board of directors of Alfa Group and STS Media. By the beginning of 2011, a successful businessman increased the number of his shares in CTC Media to two tenths of a percent. By 2006, Aven increased the number of bank shares to 14 percent and became the fourth in the list of significant people in Alfa Group. In the same year, the banker is among the members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, taking a seat on its board.

Merits and awards

During the formation of the career of a successful businessman and banker, Aven was able to earn the Order of Honor, which he was awarded by decree of President V.V. Putin (2005). In 2004, the economic magazine will name him the best manager in the field of economic services in the Russian Federation. In 2015, Aven was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Prize, which he received for his significant contribution to the development of relations between Russia and the United States of America. The award ceremony took place in Washington.

Forbes

According to the famous Forbes magazine, Petr Olegovich Aven, whose biography and career growth developed very rapidly, ranked 178th in the list of the wealthiest people as of 2008. His financial position was estimated at five and a half billion dollars.

Other interests of the banker

Petr Olegovich is engaged in writing. So, he is the author of a large number of articles and books on economics. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the New Economic School and is a professor at the university where he teaches.

businessman hobby

The banker is known for his interest in art, which manifested itself in his youth. He is a great connoisseur and philanthropist. Being interested in the theater, Aven became one of the trustees of the Bolshoi Theater. The businessman is an avid art collector, preferring paintings by famous Silver Age artists. The collection of his paintings is the largest collection of paintings of the early twentieth century in Russia. And many copies of his collection are worth a fortune. Interest in painting was not limited to collecting, Pyotr Olegovich is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

In his free time, the businessman is studying languages. He is fluent in English and fluent in Spanish and is fluent. The banker is known for his love of skiing and tennis. He likes to hunt in good company and is also a member of the Moscow English Club. Aven is a big football fan and does not miss the games of the Spartak team.

Petr Aven: wife, children

The famous businessman is married. Peter Aven's wife, Elena, has a higher education. She graduated from the Moscow Institute, Faculty of History. Married to Peter Olegovich, she gave birth to twins in 1993 - a boy and a girl. In August 2015, Elena Vladimirovna Aven died. The children of Peter Aven, Daria and Denis, who are currently 23 years old, study in England, at Yale University. The family was friends with Yegor Gaidar, whom the future banker met in his student years.

Being a passionate football fan, Petr Olegovich made an offer to L. Fedun (the owner of Spartak) in 2012 to buy shares in a football club. However, the deal was not concluded due to the refusal of the head of the club to share power.
Aven is the owner of real estate in England, in particular, he owns a mansion in an elite area in Surrey.
In 2011, the businessman entered the list of the 200 richest people in the Russian Federation and took 28th place in it.
In 2015, Aven and his partners organized an exhibition of paintings in New York, where paintings from the businessman's personal collection were presented. This event was held in order to strengthen relations with the country and raise the image of the Russian Federation.
In 1998, the businessman acquired the dacha of the famous Russian writer Alexei Tolstoy.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alfa-Bank Banking Group Petr Olegovich Aven was born on March 16, 1955 in Moscow.

His grandfather was a Latvian shooter, his father - Oleg Ivanovich - a computer specialist, a teacher at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University (MGU) named after. M.V. Lomonosov, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Petr Aven graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Special School No. 2 in Moscow in 1972, the Faculty of Economics of the Moscow State University (MGU) named after M.V. M.V. Lomonosov in 1977, postgraduate study at Moscow State University in 1980.

In 1980 he received the degree of candidate of economic sciences.

In 1981-1988, Aven worked as a junior, then senior researcher at the All-Union Research Institute for System Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences (VNIISI of the USSR Academy of Sciences).

From 1989 to 1991 he was an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR; at the same time - an employee of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria).

In the fall of 1991, Pyotr Aven joined the "government of reforms" as chairman of the Committee for Foreign Economic Relations (KVEC) - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR.

In January-December 1992, Aven headed the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation, at the same time being the representative of the President of the Russian Federation for relations with industrialized countries ("the seven").

In July-December 1992 - Deputy Chairman of the Monetary and Economic Commission of the Government of the Russian Federation.

From May to December 1992, he was chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

From December 1992 to February 1993 - Advisor to the President of LogoVAZ JSC.

In the spring of 1993, Petr Aven created and headed the financial consulting company "FinPA" ("Peter Aven's Finances"), which specializes in consulting on working with various types of securities. In the spring of 1993, Aven first began to advise and then cooperate with representatives of the Joint Stock Commercial Bank (AKB) Alfa-Bank.

On December 12, 1993, Aven was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the list of the electoral association "Choice of Russia". On January 4, 1994, he resigned his deputy mandate, motivating his decision by his unwillingness to leave the post of general director of the FinPA company.

From 1994 to June 2011 Petr Aven served as President of Alfa-Bank. He was responsible for the overall development strategy of the Bank and for maintaining relations with business and government circles in Russia and abroad.

Since June 2011 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank Banking Group.

Petr Aven - Chairman of the Board of Directors of AlfaStrakhovanie OJSC, co-chairman of the Board of Directors of STS Media.

He is a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, a member of the Presidium of the Russian International Affairs Council (RSDM), a member of the board of the National Organization for Financial Reporting Standards.

He is a trustee of the New Economic School and the Center for Economic Policy (CEPR, UK); member of the Board of Trustees of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

In 2007 he was elected head of the Russian-Latvian Business Council.

Professor of the National Research University "Higher School of Economics".

The Russian version of Forbes magazine (Forbes) estimated the personal fortune of Peter Aven in 2011 at $4.5 billion. According to this indicator, he took 28th place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia and 235th place in the world ranking.

In April 2005, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was awarded the Order of Honor for his labor achievements and many years of conscientious work.

Speaks English and Spanish.

Petr Aven is married, he has two twin children - son Denis and daughter Daria (born in 1993). His wife Elena is a historian by profession.

In 2008, the Petr Aven Charitable Foundation "Generation" was opened in Latvia, the priority areas of which were the support of children's health care, projects in the field of "cultural exchange" between Russia and Latvia, scholarships and grants in the field of science. Its founders were Peter and Elena Aven.

Petr Aven actively supports art and theater in Russia, is the largest collector of Russian art of the early 20th century.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources