Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev. Mikhail Gutseriev photo. Employment and starting a business

The main heir of the RussNeft and BIN companies is the son of billionaire Mikhail Safarbekovich, Said Gutseriev. Today he holds the position of General Director of ForteInvest Corporation, is one of the shareholders of the European Pension Fund. Since 2015, Said has been running his father's million dollar empire. The wedding of the heir, which took place in 2016, was the most expensive in Russia.

Biography

The son of Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev - Said Gutseriev was born on April 18, 1988 in Moscow. From an early age, the boy studied at foreign educational institutions. One of them is the English private school Harrow, which is located in Ireland and the UK.

Having received a certificate of secondary education, Said entered the University of Oxford at the Faculty of Geology. In addition to receiving a bachelor's degree, the young billionaire became a master of science.

After studying at Oxford, Gutseriev's heir entered the University of Plymouth in the department of management in the oil and gas business. In England, Said worked in the financial department of Glencore, a Swiss trading firm. After a while, he took a place in the department, managed assets.

After living in England for 17 years, in 2014 Said returns to his native land, where he holds the position of CEO of ForteInvest, owned by his father. In addition, he becomes a member of the management of Neftis, Russian Coal and Russneft.

In the fall of 2014, the Ingush oligarch acquired a 40% stake in the Daglis company. The same share was bought by Gutseriev's cousin Mikail Shishkhanov, who is the head of the board of directors of BinBank.

At the end of February 2017, Said Gutseriev was included in the management of BinBank. In addition, the heir to Mikhail Gutseriev became the main shareholder of the company, which acquired a subsidiary of Sberbank, located in Ukraine.

The editors of Forbes magazine estimate Said's fortune at $2.8 billion.

The richest wedding in Russia

The son of Mikhail Safarbekovich at the age of 29 was recognized as a successful entrepreneur in Russia, so a suitable party was selected for him for about 4 years. The future wife of Gutseriev must be an Ingush by nationality, respect beliefs and traditions, be innocent and submissive. The ideal option for a billionaire was a 20-year-old student of a medical university, Khadija Uzhakhova.

The wedding of Gutseriev and Uzhakhova is considered the most discussed in 2016. The celebration took place in the Moscow restaurant "Safisa" on March 26.

The first impressive fact was Khadija's 25-kilogram dress, made by the designers of the French fashion house Elie Saab.

The cost of a white outfit, decorated with stones, amounted to 25 million rubles. Elie Saab dresses are worn by famous Hollywood stars: Angelina Jolie, Christina Aguilera, Keira Knightley and others. Elie Saab is recognized as the famous designer who created the most expensive dress in the world, valued at $2 million. A crown worth 5 million euros sparkled on Khadija's head.

Said Gutseriev's father had something to surprise 600 guests at his son's wedding. At the celebration of the wedding, those present were entertained by famous stars: Enrique Iglesias, Patricia Kaas, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, Beyoncé. Jay Lo, who changed outfits, in addition to the musical performance, uttered the phrase in Russian: “The wedding of Said and Khadija - it was sweet!”

Among the invited stars of the national stage, Alla Pugacheva herself was present at the wedding of the Ingush oligarch. For the newlyweds and guests, she sang the song "Love is like a dream" and "Invite the lady to dance." In addition, the Primadonna turned to Said and Khadija with the words that "nothing can make her so happy as to see happiness and feel it, being close to people who want to be happy."

The amount of fees for performing stars amounted to more than 3 million euros.

The tables at the wedding were bursting with treats, as is customary at Caucasian weddings. Special attention deserved a cake with a height of 2 human heights. Muslim symbols - a star and a crescent - acted as a print on the cake.

At the end of the first wedding day, the entire western part of the capital could watch powerful fireworks, thundering for about 30 minutes.

At the wedding, each family present was given a chest made of pure gold, rock crystal, malachite and Swarovski crystals. The cost of each such wedding gift was 165,000 rubles. Since 300 guests received the chest, the total amount was approximately 50 million rubles.

According to the estimates of the British tabloid Mirror, the wedding of the Gutserievs in total cost 76 million rubles, or 1 billion euros.

The second day of the celebration was less noisy. The newlyweds went to a London mansion, where they communicated in a close family circle.

Khadija Uzhakhova: information about the bride

There is little information about the wife of the son of a famous billionaire on Internet resources. Almost nothing is known about the girl’s family, who they are, what they do, since she chose to remain in the shadows.

Khadija is a native of Ingushetia, studying at the Evdokimov Moscow Medical and Dental University as a dentist. All her life, the future wife of a billionaire lived in her republic in an ordinary family. The appearance and qualities of the Ingush princess justify the choice of the Said family - the girl is unusually beautiful, modest, intelligent and educated.

Divorced or not

The future spouses met a year before the wedding. If you believe the rumors, then Said fell in love with a girl at first sight. Khadija fully meets all the requirements of her husband, so all the speculation that Said Gutseriev has already divorced his wife is not true. The media say that the couple plans to have a baby.

Family clan of Mikhail Safarbekovich

Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev is a talented billionaire who owns an entire corporation and writes poetry that makes up the musical compositions of Philip Kirkorov, Iosif Kobzon, Valeria. In addition to large companies, Gutseriev is the owner of 8 radio stations.

One of the brothers of Mikhail Sait Salam Safarbekovich Gutseriev is engaged in business, is considered a major entrepreneur.

In the past, he was a member of the State Duma.

Elder brother Khamzat Gutseriev - lieutenant general of militia, was a member of the Federation Council.

The son of a billionaire Said has a sister Sofia Gutserieva. The girl is considered an enviable bride of Russia. Sophia is the deputy director at her father's mall. The daughter of a billionaire graduated from Moscow State University.

The family clan of Mikhail Gutseriev is inextricably linked with entrepreneurial activity. The famous billionaire, in addition to children, has two nephews - Uzhakhov Bilan Abdurahimovich and Shishkanov Mikhail. According to Bilan Uzhakhov, he is not related to Said Gutseriev's wife Khadizhe, they are namesakes.

The Gutseriev and Shishkhanov families are jointly developing the Samfar group, which includes assets in several industries. Bilan Uzhakhov is the vice-president of the M.Video company.

The fortune of Mikhail Gutseriev allowed him to remove the Rotenberg family from a leading position in Forbes magazine.

Chingiz Gutseriev: fatal accident

Now Mikhail Gutseriev has a son and a daughter. However, the well-known entrepreneur also had a third child - the son of Chingiz Gutseriev, who died in 2007. There are ambiguous facts in the history of his death. According to the official version, he crashed in a car as a result of an accident.

The young man was only 21 years old. At that time, his father was going through hard times: arrest warrants, undertaking not to leave. But these events fade against the backdrop of the loss of a son. The father said goodbye to his son in Baku, the young man was buried in North Ossetia, where Mikhail was no longer present.

There are 3 versions regarding the death of Genghis:

• Collision on the road of Gutseriev's car with another one that drove into the oncoming lane. After the incident, Chingiz was able to get to the hospital on his own, he underwent a brain tomogram and was released. The young man assured his parents that he was all right, and then went home. The son of a billionaire died in his sleep from a hemorrhage or a contusion of the heart. The Gutseriev family adheres to this version, but it confuses many, since no accidents were recorded in the traffic police reports in which the name of Chingiz would be listed.
• Gutseriev's son could have been poisoned in order to lure Mikhail out of the country. Such a version is possible, since the billionaire at that time was not allowed to travel abroad, but at the same time he was not on the territory of Russia. However, the oligarch was able to say goodbye to his son in another country. This means that professionals had to calculate this fact.
• The third version is unlikely, as it concerns narcotic drugs. This assumption arose on the basis of the fact that Genghis belonged to the "golden youth", respectively, he could indulge in narcotic substances. However, to refute such rumors, the acquaintances of the guy spoke out, arguing that he did not have an addiction.

As for the biography of Genghis Khan, he graduated from the English school of Harrow, after which he received a bachelor's degree from the University of Warwick. The young man held the position of assistant manager of Binbank. In addition, he was a member of the board of Russian Coal and the Russian Soda Company.

Despite numerous compromising evidence and scandals associated with a famous family, today they are billionaires and own shares of large Russian companies.

Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev is a prominent representative of the highest circles of Russian entrepreneurship. His name is associated with the largest Russian industrial companies: RussNeft, Russian Coal, as well as commercial. In 2017, Gutseriev became one of the richest people in the country, taking 20th place in the Forbes ranking.

Biography: childhood and adolescence

The Gutseriev family connects its history with Georgia and Kazakhstan. Grandfather Saad Gutsiriev had a law degree and worked as a bailiff. Later he was engaged in business: he owned a distillery and starch factories, was repressed, and his family was deported to Kazakhstan. Today, one of the most beautiful hotels in Astana bears his name - Saad-Marriot and belongs to the Gutseriev family.

Mikhail Gutseriev's father also received a law degree, served as a district prosecutor. After the deportation, already in Kazakhstan he worked as an investigator. After Stalin's death, he was rehabilitated. He has held leadership positions in various industries.

In total, the family of Safarbek and Marem Gutseriev had 9 children. Mikhail Gutseriev was born in Kazakhstan on March 9, 1958, and graduated from school in Grozny.

Employment and starting a business

Almost immediately after school in 1975, Mikhail began working as a loader at one of Grozny's vegetable enterprises. From 1976 to 1982 he worked at a garment factory in Dzhambul (Kazakhstan). At the same time, he studied at the evening department of the Dzhambul Institute of Light Industry at the Faculty of Chemical Technology. Later in 1995, he graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, the Russian State University of Oil and Gas, the St. Petersburg Law Institute, and also received the degrees of Candidate of Law and Doctor of Economic Sciences.

From 1982 to 1986 he worked in his specialty in the production association of the Ministry of Local Industry in Grozny. In 1988, on his initiative, the first joint Russian-Italian enterprise in the North Caucasus, the Chiital furniture factory, began operating in Grozny, and he also founded the Kavkaz bank, the first cooperative bank.

In 1992, he was forced to leave his business in Grozny and move to Moscow, where he created the financial company BIN, now Binbank.

Among the most striking and well-known business projects of Mikhail Gutseriev are:

• NK "RussNeft";
• BIN financial group, now reorganized into SAFMR;
• Binbank;
• Inteko.

In addition, Mikhail Gutseriev is the owner of the Smolensky and Petrovsky passages in Moscow, as well as the British company Global Energy Inc.

Scientific activity and creativity

The main direction of scientific activity of Mikhail Gutseriev is the study of issues of economic development. Within the framework of this topic, he published monographs on the development of free economic zones, as well as the development of offshore business in Russia.

Creative activity is associated with poetry and music - playing the violin and piano. Cycles of poetic works have been published in well-known publications such as Our Contemporary. A number of film projects were filmed based on Gutseriev's poems at the Mosfilm studio, with the participation of Valentin Gaft and other famous actors.

Awards

He was awarded the Order of Friendship, the Order of the Palestinian Autonomy, the Order of St. Andrew the Blessed, the Order of the Commonwealth. Owns an honorary commemorative badge "Order of the Star of Bethlehem", "Badge of Honor". The owner of the following awards and titles is a diploma of the President of the Russian Federation, an honorary oilman of Russia, an honored economist of Russia.

Media projects and songs by Mikhail Gutseriev

Our contemporaries Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev, an Ingush by nationality, is also known as a songwriter. Songs based on his poems are performed by well-known pop singers, including the luminaries of the Russian stage - Joseph Kobzon, Alla Pugacheva, Kristina Orbakaite, Nikolai Baskov, Stas Mikhailov, Alexander Buinov and Natasha Koroleva. They were awarded "Song of the Year", MUZ-TV awards. Mikhail Gutseriev is known in business circles and in the media business.

In 2010, Gutseriev's sphere of interest moved to the Russian broadcasting market. Key points in this area include:

• 2012 - the acquisition of two radio stations - "Prosto Radio" and "Good Songs", on the basis of which the radio "Vostok FM" and "Spring" later arose;
• 2013 - Gutseriev acquires 75% of well-known radio stations - Radio Dacha, Taxi FM, Love Radio, which are part of the Krutoy Media holding;
• 2013 acquisition of the Finam FM radio station, on the basis of which the Izyum holding is created;
• 2015 - acquisition of radio Chanson.

By the beginning of this year, the Bridge Media group of companies, created by Gutseriev, became the largest in Russia.

A number of works were created in close collaboration with Kim Breitburg, Igor Krutoy, Alexander Buinov, Viktor Drobysh. Songs based on Gutseriev's poems were performed by Laima Vaikule, Iosif Kobzon and other pop stars at the traditional New Wave contest 2013-2015. Mikhail Gutseriev has been repeatedly recognized as the best songwriter. In total, the albums of Russian performers included more than 150 songs based on Gutseriev's poems.

Personal life

Gutseriev has a brother Sait-Slam, also a major businessman. In some types of business, he is a full partner of his brother, a former State Duma deputy.

Our hero is married, together with his wife he has three children - two sons and a daughter. True, at the moment only one son is alive, the second - Chingiz - died in a car accident in 2007.

Gutseriev recently married his second son, Said, to a student at the Moscow State Medical University (she is a future dentist) Khadizha Uzhakhova. It is only known that she comes from Ingushetia.

The wedding was marked by the fact that such world stars as Sting, Lopez, Kaas, Enrique Iglesias performed at it. Of the Russian stars, Pugacheva was noted. Elton John was also present as the wedding general. And the wedding ceremony was conducted by the People's Artist of Ingushetia Tamara Yandieva.

The number of invited guests was almost six hundred. And Gutseriev spent quite a lot of money so that his son's wedding would be remembered by others for as long as possible. What are the fees of invited stars worth: Mikhail Safarbekovich Lopez paid 5 million euros. And Elton John is 2 million more.

Also, friends of the young on their pages on social networks reported that Gutseriev had been looking for a suitable match for his son for 4 years. It also became known to journalists that the bride's dress was ordered in France, and it weighed 25 kilograms because of the jewelry. And it cost 25 million rubles. The bride's crown cost much more - 5 million euros, which, translated into rubles, is almost 400 million rubles. The wedding was held as close as possible to Ingush traditions.

In the banquet hall of the Safisa restaurant, popular among the metropolitan beau monde, the wedding of the son of one of the richest businessmen in Russia, Mikhail Gutseriev, died down on a truly grandiose scale. According to Forbes magazine, his net worth is $2.8 billion. The crisis is clearly not a hindrance to people of this level of prosperity. Anyone who thought that mega-banquets with invitations to world-famous stars were no longer in fashion was clearly mistaken.

Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev is one of the forty wealthiest people in Russia, owns eight radio stations, including such popular ones as Love Radio and Chanson. Meanwhile, he is another proof that talented people are talented in everything. The successful businessman Gutseriev succeeds in literally everything - he succeeds not only in the oil and banking business, but also in creativity. Billionaire writes poetry! Yes, such that the most eminent performers of the country sing songs on them - Iosif Kobzon, Valeria, Philip Kirkorov.

Son of Mikhail Safarbekovich Said Gutseriev at the age of 28 he is already one of the most successful businessmen in Russia. They say that they have been looking for a suitable match for the heir to the business empire for several years. And found in one of the capital's universities. Modest beautiful student and future dentist Khadizha Uzhakhova not yet twenty years old.

A few days after the main celebration, StarHit found out the details of the continuation of the holiday. The newlyweds arranged family gatherings with relatives and friends.

At her wedding, Khadija shone in an incredibly beautiful dress, which was custom-made in France by the designers of the Elie Saab fashion house and cost the groom, reportedly, 25 million rubles. The crown that adorned Khadija's head costs 5 million euros, the girl's hair and makeup was done for 15 thousand rubles. Khadija's white outfit with a fluffy skirt and a long train was decorated with small sparkling stones. According to some reports, the wedding attire of the chosen one of the son of a billionaire weighed about 25 kilograms.

Elie Saab created a wedding dress for 27 million rubles. for the bride of the son of Gutseriev

Only the elite can afford Elie Saab outfits. Elie Saab is a well-known Lebanese fashion designer, a favorite of royalty and Hollywood stars of the first magnitude. Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Christina Aguilera, Sharon Stone and Keira Knightley shone in his dresses. At one time, Elie Saab created the most expensive dress in the world, from cream satin embroidered with 2,000 carats of emeralds, 400 carats of diamonds, worth $ 2,000,000.

On the occasion of the main celebration in the life of Said and his bride Khadizhi, the restaurant was decorated with a huge number of flowers, greenery and ornamental trees, which made it look like one of the Seven Wonders of the World - the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The guests of the wedding were entertained by world show business stars - Sting, Patricia Kaas, Jennifer Lopez, Enrique Iglesias. The arrival of these top performers in our country is estimated at a round sum.

J. Lo changed outfits several times and even uttered a memorized phrase in Russian: “Said and Khadija’s wedding was sweet!”

Almost at the very end of the celebration, Alla Pugacheva herself appeared on the stage. The prima donna was in a great mood, looked wonderful and sang two of her hits “Love is like a dream” and “Invite the lady to dance” for the young and their guests. Then Alla Borisovna turned to the newlyweds. “Nothing else can make me happy, because to see happiness, to feel happiness in the people who are standing next to you, to see the desire to be happy - this is the most beautiful thing that can be,” said Primadonna.

“Nothing else can make me happy, because to see happiness, to feel happiness in people who are standing next to you, to see the desire to be happy - this is the most beautiful thing that can be”

As it should be at a Caucasian wedding, the tables of the Safisa restaurant were simply bursting with treats. There were also traditional Caucasian dishes, and Japanese sushi, and caviar. Special attention deserves a wedding cake, two human heights, topped with a Muslim symbol - a crescent and a star. At the end, a powerful salute sounded, which was heard by all residents of the west of the capital. According to estimates of unwitting witnesses of the luxurious celebration, the fireworks thundered for half an hour.

The Russian capital was shocked by the luxurious wedding of the son of billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev Said and the young Khadija Uzhakhova, which took place on March 26. The celebration, which struck the imagination with its scope and budget, became the most discussed event on the social network. Even musician Yuri Loza spoke about the wedding, the budget of which is calculated in millions of euros.

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The singer criticized Gutseriev for spending that did not give him any dividends. “I have been convinced more than once that people who pay expect that they will be treated with respect by those they pay. But nothing like that. Gutseriev did not win respect and no sympathy, he simply proved to the rest of the rich that he could throw away money for anything," LifeNews quotes Yuri Loza.

The popular performer stressed that he does not condemn the billionaire. "It's his right, he lives like that. Maybe in the world he's in, it's considered cool. Think about 600 guests - how many of them do the bride and groom know? How many of them actually wish them happiness and Insincere desire for happiness is even worse if you didn’t want anything at all. I also got married once and I gathered only a few people, but I was sure that they were all happy for me. I don’t blame anyone, a person spends money like that , our money, common, which was not earned by him. He did not create these companies, did not drill wells, he came and became the owner. Alas, we consider it legal that people own other people's wealth, "the Russian singer noted with regret.

Recall that the celebration of the Gutserievs took place on March 26. The choice of the heir to the billionaire was 20-year-old Khadija Uzhakhova. According to some reports, she is studying at Moscow State Medical University and plans to become a dentist after graduation. According to rumors, they had been looking for a bride for Said Gutseriev for more than one year, and yet they found it in the person of a pretty and modest Khadizhi, who looked like a real queen at the wedding.

Celebrities sang for the bride and groom, as well as for their 600 guests, such as Jennifer Lopez, whose performance cost a million euros, British performer Sting (1.5 million euros), Latin American Enrique Iglesias (500 thousand euros) and Alla Pugacheva, whose the fee amounted to "only" 300 thousand euros.

According to the biography of Mikhail Gutseriev and his ancestors, one can study the history of Russia. The billionaire impresses with his all-round development and many of his talents deserve admiration. A successful entrepreneur reaping laurels in the field of poetry, an oil tycoon discouraging with his charity, a doctor of science with influence in political circles - this is just a small list of the oligarch's achievements. To become one of the richest people in the Russian Federation, the businessman had to go through a difficult path from a loader to the owner of a giant conglomerate, on whose activities the country's economy largely depends.

Misha spent the first years of his life in Akmolinsk, the city that would later be renamed Astana and become the capital of Kazakhstan. The biography of the boy, who replenished the large Ingush family, dates back to March 9, 1958.

A difficult lot fell on his father's lot. The life path of Safarbek Saadovich included a successful career and a prosecutor's chair, Stalin's repressions, rehabilitation and return to leadership positions. No less interesting is the life of the grandfather of the oligarch, whose name is imprinted in the name of one of the most prestigious hotels in the Kazakh capital. The mother of Mikhail Gutseriev was entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining a home and raising nine children, for which Marem Yakubovna was awarded the title of mother-heroine.

Each of these people contributed certain notes to the character of Michael. From his grandfather, he inherited a Caucasian directness and entrepreneurial streak, his father became an example in comprehending the sciences, and his mother brought in the ability to communicate with people and love for poetry.

Mikhail (Mikail) Safarbekovich Gutseriev

When Misha was three years old, his parents moved to Grozny. Here the childhood of the future oligarch passed. Already at the age of thirteen, while studying at school No. 23 in Grozny, the boy tried his hand at business, which was expressed in the production and sale of souvenirs.

Education

Brought up in a family where idleness was considered a sin, immediately after graduation, in 1975 the young man got a job as a loader in a local fruit and vegetable trade. A year later, Mikhail left for Dzhambul, where he became an evening student at the Institute of Light and Food Industry. His choice fell on the Faculty of Physics and Technology, which Gutseriev successfully graduated with a degree in leather and fur technologist. This diploma is not the only one in the treasury of knowledge of the oligarch. Later, in 1995, the education of the current billionaire was supplemented by the end of the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, where he studied the financial sector and lending. at the University of Oil and Gas. Gubkin, Mikhail Gutseriev mastered the technology of the oil business.

Education at the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs forged the oligarch legally, and the Economic Academy. Plekhanov brought the entrepreneur a Ph.D. in economics. In 1996, Gutseriev became a candidate of legal sciences, and after 3 years, he received a doctorate in economics.

Career and business of Mikhail Gutseriev

Constantly raising the level of knowledge, Mikhail Safarbekovich was never distracted from his work. This fact was noted by his classmates and colleagues. In parallel with his studies at the Dzhambul Institute, the young man mastered the intricacies of silk-screen printing, since 1976 working as a reeler at one of the local enterprises. Here he reached the master of the shop.

Returning to Grozny in 1982, the young specialist almost immediately got a job in a production association under the Ministry of Local Industry of the USSR. Known as an incorrigible workaholic, he began his fast-paced career. It took Gutseriev only 4 years for the process engineer, having successively passed all positions, to receive the post of general director of a reputable enterprise.

Since 1988, Mikhail Gutseriev has completely gone into business. It begins with the creation of a joint Russian-Italian enterprise "CHIITAL", which specializes in furniture production. In the same year, the newly-minted businessman founded the Kavkaz cooperative bank. After 3 years, Gutseriev headed the Chechen-Ingush Association of Entrepreneurs.

In 1992, the smooth course of Gutseriev's entrepreneurial activity was disrupted. The appearance of Dzhokhar Dudayev in the leadership of the republic forces the entrepreneur to leave the local business and urgently move to the capital of Russia. In a new place, Mikhail Gutseriev begins to create a financial and industrial company. The enterprise with the name "BIN" is involved in the industrial, commercial and financial sectors. A year later, the businessman begins to head the joint-stock commercial bank "BIN" founded by him, now included in the top thirty leading banks in the Russian Federation, and a year later, by the Government of the Russian Federation, he is nominated for the post of head of the Ingush economic zone.

The ninety-fifth year firmly connected Gutseriev with politics. Elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, he becomes deputy chairman. His successful re-election to this post in 1999 was rejected by the businessman himself, since Mikhail Safarbekovich headed the Slavneft state enterprise, which became a joint-stock company.

In 2001, Gutseriev was Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Merits in the development of the oil industry allow the businessman to join the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. After leaving Slavneft, in 2002, the entrepreneur creates and heads OAO RussNeft.

The friction with the law that arose in 2007 forced Gutseriev to leave Russia and move to the UK. His activity in the vastness of "Foggy Albion" was reduced to buying up radio stations and organizations involved in the media business.

The Ingush businessman controls the Krutoy Media holding, where he owns three-quarters of the assets. Since this period, Gutseriev has been a key figure in the Russian media space.

After the charges were dropped in 2010, the businessman returned to his homeland and came to grips with RussNeft, and after 3 years he completely took control of it. Since 2015, Mikhail Gutseriev has been at the helm of the Safmar group, which, in addition to Russneft, includes NK Neftis.

Mikhail Gutseriev's fortune

The billionaire holds his main assets, occupying the twenty-fourth line in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia, in the SAFMAR industrial and financial group he created. Here he owns a 31% stake in RussNeft, 66% in Neftis and 27% in the media holding M. Video".

A substantial part of Gutseriev's capital is represented by commercial real estate located on Tverskaya Street in the capital of Russia.

The dynamics of changes in the financial situation of a businessman can be traced by the data annually announced by Forbes magazine, on the pages of which the photo of Mikhail Gutseriev first appeared back in 2001 (year - $, billion / place in Russia):

• 2011 – 2,5/38;
• 2012 – 6,7/17;
• 2013 – 3/34;
• 2014 – 3,3/33;
• 2015 – 2,4/38;
• 2016 – 5,9/16;
• 2017 – 6,3/20;
• 2018 – 4,8/24.

The April sanctions imposed by the United States against Russian businessmen who are friends of the President of the Russian Federation did not directly affect Mikhail Gutseriev. However, given the relationship between companies that reigns in the Russian financial market, on Black Friday, the SAFMAR group lost about a quarter of its assets, which invariably hurt the personal fortune of the billionaire.

Private life of Mikhail Gutseriev

The detailed biographies of the billionaire's ancestors do not force him to advertise his personal life. Even the name of the wife of Mikhail Safarbekovich remains under a veil of secrecy. In 1986, the couple got their first child, who was named Genghis. After graduating from English educational institutions, the eldest son of Gutseriev showed great promise and entered the university, which was once the university of his father. A car accident in 2007 ended tragically for Chingiz.

Now the family of Mikhail Gutseriev has two children. The youngest son Said was born in 1988. He also received his education in England, where he studied at Harrow School, and then at Oxford and Plymouth Universities. Now the son of one of the richest people in Russia runs the large oil refinery ForteInvest and owns a stake in the European Pension Fund.

In addition to Said, the Gutserievs have a daughter, Sophia. She was educated at Moscow State University and works in one of the shopping centers owned by her father.

Of the personal hobbies of the billionaire, poetry should be noted, which won his heart in his youth, and which he subsequently put on a professional basis. Songs to his words are performed by pop stars of the first magnitude and become laureates of prestigious festivals and awards. In addition, Gutseriev is a good violinist. Another hobby of the oligarch is aquariums.

There are legends about the charitable deeds of Mikhail Safarbekovich. According to the people around him, there is not a single person whom the oligarch would refuse in difficult times. At the expense of the philanthropist and his companies, many temples and churches were rebuilt, of which 30 are the most significant in the Russian Federation. The businessman is a trustee of countless children's and educational institutions. Hospitals, orphanages and orphanages are supplied with his money and equipment. Gutseriev's funds became vital for many hostages and prisoners who became such during the Chechen war.

For his professional, social and political activities, Mikhail Gutseriev has been repeatedly noted by the top leadership of the Russian Federation and other countries.

Among the awards of the oligarch are orders and medals, honorary titles and nominal weapons, prizes and thanks.

Mikhail Gutseriev today

Now Mikhail Gutseriev remains the largest player in the economic life of Russia. His oil company RussNeft is actively involved in the current policy pursued by the authorities of the Russian Federation in the international fuel market.

The billionaire continues to play a serious game, selling assets he does not need and enriching himself by acquiring promising enterprises. In May 2018, his Forteinvest company won an auction for the right to develop and produce gas at one of the sites near Orenburg, where, according to preliminary estimates, up to 0.8 billion m³ of D1 category natural gas is located.