Businessman Vladimir Kekhman: biography, family

Post-Soviet space gave the world many colorful and colorful personalities. Among them, one can not fail to notice such an interesting and sometimes mysterious character as Vladimir Kekhman. It's amazing that during such a short period he managed to transform himself from a "banana king" into a wealthy entrepreneur and not the last person in contemporary Russian opera. More details about it we will tell further.

Brief biography of Kehman

Kehman was born in February 1968 in the city of Kuibyshev. Immediately after school, he entered the Samara State Pedagogical University, where he studied for a long time at the Faculty of Foreign Languages. Then Vladimir decided to continue his studies, but in a slightly different direction. To this end, he entered the Producing Department of the State Academy of Theater Arts in St. Petersburg, which he graduated in early 2009.

The first steps in business

About his own business, the future businessman Vladimir Kekhman began to think at the first year of the Pedagogical University. However, he managed to realize his dreams only two years later. In an interview with the press, he confessed:

"I started to work early, even in high school. At that time, I was offered a small part-time job as a security guard. I agreed. The work was uncomplicated. However, I always paid attention to my own brother. At that time, he was engaged in antiques and did not deny himself anything. It was he who spurred me to leave ordinary workers for businessmen. "

So, Kehman Vladimir Abramovich easily wedged into the exchange mechanism and was able to sell products with a certain mark-up. He began to supply wholesale coffee, cigarettes and sugar.

Opening of the brokerage office and the first business partners

Successfully taking advantage of the moment and hitting the right business jet, Vladimir moved to the next level. From a regular wholesaler, he became the director of one of the first brokerage companies in the country called Grad. A year later he was offered a more promising job as deputy general director of one of the departments of Rosoptprodtorg, located in Samara.

Having settled in a new place, Kekhman Vladimir Abramovich got an excellent opportunity to find his first reliable business partners. One of these was a large businessman Sergei Adoniev, known in financial circles as a "sugar tycoon." Thanks to him, Kekhman also acquired a second partner in the person of Oleg Popov. In the same period, fruitful cooperation with partners allowed Vladimir to feel the taste of real big money.

New business idea

While engaged in the import of sugar, Kekhman began to earn more. However, his "sweet business" very soon cracked. All the blame was the government's order to tighten measures for imported goods and support of the local producer. As a result, Vladimir and his partner began to look for new sources of income. This time the choice fell on bananas. According to entrepreneurs, this was the right investment, as these fruits did not grow in our country and, therefore, did not fall under the duty.

Tricky moves with bananas

The decision on the choice of the type of goods was accepted. That's just all complicated by the competition already on the market. It was necessary to make a "move with a knight" and present your goods in a more favorable light.

And then Sergei Adoniev and Vladimir Kekhman decided not to bring bananas from Rotterdam, as almost all of their competitors did, but to make purchases directly in Ecuador.

To do this, the partners had to include in their duet a new player - businessman Oleg Boyko, who is one of the founders of a large company "Albi" and the owner of the financial organization "National Credit". It was he who invested in the future banana empire a couple of million dollars, and later initiated the opening of a large trading company, "Albi Jazz".

The gloomy future of "Albi Jazz" and the opening of the Joint Fruit Company

Despite the growth of revenues, the fate of the company "Albi Jazz" was short-lived. "Jazz" company got into a tight whirlpool of the banking crisis that swept Russia in 1995. Unable to withstand such a powerful blow, the company collapsed, and the founder of the organization, Oleg Boyko, fled from creditors abroad.

As a result, Vladimir and Sergei set out on a free voyage, searching for new types of earnings along the way. So, the company was founded by JFC (Joint Fruit Company). This time, the firm Kehman and Adonyeva began selling bananas under its own brand Bonanza !.

They were premium-class fruit, which had a higher price compared to classic banana bunches. Yes, and they were designed for a more wealthy contingent.

Later, Vladimir Kekhman left his reliable partner and became a complete monopolist of the banana business. And the company they founded was overgrown with a large branch network, acquired its fleet of dry cargo ships and even personal plantations in the territories of Ecuador and Costa Rica.

Even later, the spouse of the businessman was admitted to the management of the company, gradually turning the "Banana Empire" into a profitable family business.

By the way, we'll talk about her and the children below.

Kekhman Vladimir Abramovich: wife and family values

The businessman was married to Tatiana Litvinova. From this marriage they have three children. However, this marriage was not saved for the businessman. The spouses divorced, having got off not too loud divorce process. At the moment, the businessman was seen in the company of Ida Lolo.

"The poet's soul did not bear out" or creative notes in the character of a businessman

And everything seemed to be like a note: family, profitable business and money with a shovel. But something was missing for Vladimir. As later he will tell in an interview with one of the popular Russian publications: "The soul demanded some kind of change and a holiday." As it turned out, rich and independent at first glance, Karabas-Bananas (which was the name of Vladimir some envious persons) turned out to be a subtle creative nature.

For the first time Vladimir Kekhman (the biography of this businessman is represented in our article) demonstrated his desire for art in 1995. At that time, popular Spanish tenor Jose Carreras arrived in St. Petersburg. On the day of the reception, organized in honor of the arrival of this remarkable opera singer in the lobby of the hotel "European", Kekhman rose to the stage and, to everyone's surprise, sang.

But this was only the beginning. A few months later, Vladimir opened his own JFC club. It was there that the businessman began to collect his friends and partners, and then in a cozy, almost home atmosphere, to play them on the clarinet.

Theater in the life of a businessman

And although the opening of the club and the solo performance on the stage and caused a wide resonance in the press and financial environment, it did not have the special scope that the heart of a businessman craved. In early 2007, Kehman surprised everyone again. This year he received the post of director and headed the Mikhailovsky Theater.

From that very moment the entrepreneur seemed transformed. He finally found something new that he lacked in life. And most importantly, the businessman decided to test himself in a completely uncharacteristic role. So, he played the role of Prince Lemon in the play "Cipollino". Then he sang in "Eugene Onegin". And then he took the conductor's baton and for a while began to lead the orchestra of the opera house.

Changing stereotypes in the Mikhailovsky Theater

From the moment of coming to the theater of Kehman there began global personnel reshuffle. He wanted to start completely from scratch and recruit the team that would suit him. According to him, he himself could learn to conduct, master the acting skills and other professions of theatrical figures.

Based on the experience gained, Vladimir began to invent his own system of theater work and implement it in life. In particular, the Mikhailovsky Theater began to invite more and more celebrities.

For example, with his program, a well-known choreographer Mikhail Messerov, a ballerina from the Bolshoi Theater Natalia Osipova, came to see him . Appeared on the stage of the opera house and song singers, for example, Valery Syutkin and Irina Saltykova. The interior of the theater has also changed . So, in a hall the part of armchairs has been cleaned, and instead of them "cafe" tables are put.

Growth of theater popularity among residents

A non-standard approach to the management system of the theatrical collective has borne fruit. In the "Mikhailovsky" increasingly began to gather Russian beau monde. And in 2010, it was here that the Russian president met with the creative intelligentsia. Even later, the theater hosted a grandiose gala concert and a charity event dedicated to saving the tiger population. By the way, on the last night with the sponsors was invited and well-known Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

"Black Streak" in the Life of a Businessman

And like everything in the life of a businessman has been adjusted: both the theater and new real estate projects have appeared, and received a prize from the Ministry of Culture in the nomination "Fame". But this is only at first glance. While Kehman sang, danced and enjoyed the cultural secular life, his business began to cause continuous losses.

And then the lawsuits fell from creditors, suppliers and carriers, and then - bankruptcy and again proceedings with representatives of Themis. While the band of failures in Vladimir is not over. It is possible that the wind of change will soon blow in his direction, and he will have time for luck and luck. "In addition, in the near future," says Vladimir Kekhman, "the family. It is necessary to forget the old grievances and move on. "