Natalia Potanina: biography and photos

Potanin Natalia (Potanin's wife) became known to the general public only after a loud divorce with the sharing of a huge fortune, acquired in marriage. At the same time, many were interested in the biography of the former "oligarchic wife". There is very little information about this beautiful woman in the press, but her recent interviews let her know how she met her famous husband, and what was their common life.

Beginning of biography

Natalia Nikolaevna Potanina, born in Varlamov's nee, was born on August 4, 1961 in the capital. The girl studied in secondary school number 58, located on the Slavic Boulevard. Natalia Potanina in her youth and early youth was distinguished by diligence and diligence, and a bright appearance ensured her success in the opposite sex.

Acquaintance with Potanin

Natalia and Vladimir met in 1977, as schoolchildren, at a party with friends. Then they could not even guess that their youthful romance would last as long as 37 years.

At the time of Vova's acquaintance, who previously lived with his parents in Turkey and attended the school at the Soviet embassy, he recently returned to the capital. The family settled in a new building in the center of the capital, and the only son went to study in a 5-minute walk from the secondary school № 58. All free time Moscow "Romeo and Juliet" spent together. Their love has not faded even when Vladimir became a student of MGIMO, and Natasha entered the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers. On the 4th course, after the 6-year-old novel, young people played a wedding and were sure that they would live together until the end of their days. During registration at the registry office, the bride expressed her desire to take her husband's surname, and since then everyone knows her as Natalya Potanin.

Married life

At first, Natalia Potanina and her husband lived with her parents in a three-room apartment in Davydkovo. There their older children were born. Family life was common for representatives of the Soviet "middle class". Natalia worked in the Union Ministry of Construction and received almost the same salary as her husband. Then the woman became an employee of Potanin's company Interros Estate. There she interacted with the architects, engaged in supervising construction, etc. When things went to the Vladimir mountain, the couple agreed that Natalia would devote herself to the family and children. So she refused a career, not suspecting that one day a beloved husband might betray her.

Ex-husband

Vladimir Olegovich Potanin was born in the capital in 1961. He was the only son in the family of an employee of the foreign trade department of the USSR and a medical worker of the nomenklatura polyclinic. At the age of 14, like many of his peers, Vladimir Potanin became a member of the Komsomol. After school, he entered the Faculty of International Economic Relations of MGIMO. At the end of the university, Potanin Sr. arranged a son for the All-Union Ministry of Foreign Trade, where the young specialist worked until the collapse of the USSR.

In the early 90's Potanin found a job as a senior engineer in the company "Ruda" and became one of the founders of the foreign economic association "Interros". During this period, he met M. Prokhorov, becoming his partner for the bank "International Finance Company."

In 1995, Potanin received a controlling stake in Norilsk Nickel. Being already a very successful entrepreneur, he was invited to the post of First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, which he held until March 1997.

In 2007, the paths of M. Prokhorov and V. Potanin parted ways, and they shared their business with a big scandal.

Six years later, the businessman was the first Russian businessman to join the "Oath of Promise" campaign, expressing an agreement to transfer at least 50% of his fortune to charity.

In 2015, with a personal fortune of $ 15.4 billion, Potanin was recognized as the richest Russian by the famous edition of Forbes.

Children

In a long marriage Natalia Potanina gave birth to three children. Anastasia's daughter was born the same year after the marriage of her parents, in 1984. She followed in her father's footsteps and graduated from MGIMO. In addition, the girl is a three-time world champion and a multiple champion of our country in aquabike. Nasta was 5 years old when her brother Ivan was born. He is also the champion of the Russian Federation in aquabike.

Another son of Natalia and Vladimir appeared in 2000. The boy was called Basil, and today he is already 17 years old.

Interestingly, in 2010, the father announced that the children will not inherit his money. By decision of Vladimir Potanin, his offspring relied on a certain amount to receive an excellent education and a small starting capital. All the rest of his fortune the oligarch decided to send to charity.

Razluchnitsa

On the first day of 2011, Natalia Potanina arranged a reception for the New Year at the family residence "Luzhki". She did not even suspect that among the guests there was a woman who was to destroy her marriage and change the whole way of life of many people.

Be that as it may, it was on this day that a fateful meeting took place for the Potanin family with a spectacular blonde Katya, who was younger than him for 14 years.

Catherine was one of thousands of employees of the oligarch's company, but she was notable for her energy and personal charm. She was not at all embarrassed that a man was married and was the father of three children. Long before Potanin filed for divorce, Catherine gave him a daughter.

Divorce

In December, 2013 during a family dinner the businessman has declared to the spouse that can not remain in a family as has met other woman. Much later, Natalia learned that Vladimir and Catherine met from New Year's Eve in 2011.

Potanin asked his wife to sign a paper on the denial of all rights to joint property. In this case, he promised her a quiet life and the opportunity to "make requests." In addition, the man guaranteed that he would pay for the study of his youngest son abroad and medical insurance for both, and also give the former wife a house. All these promises were given orally, and he refused to fix them on paper. Of course, Natalia Potanina refused to stay with anything after 37 years of marriage with the country's richest man. Since their youngest son was due in the near future to go to school in the United States, she asked to postpone the divorce until her return. However, right before the trip, Potanin's bodyguard came to her and handed the summons to the court.

Divorce proceedings

The case came in the Presnensky Court of the capital in 2013. As it turned out, the businessman, who occupies the first lines in the ratings of Forbes, prudently refused most of his property. Potanin himself filed a lawsuit against his wife on the division of property worth a total of $ 140 million. However, as expected, this list did not contain any significant assets of the oligarch. In turn, Natalia tried to arrest the property of her former spouse in Cyprus, but the court rejected her suit.

We divide, divide, divide ...

In the spring of 2015, Natalia Potanina (photo shown in the article in the article) invited the journalists of the glossy edition Tatler to the former family residence in the village of Nemchinovo, which is located on Skolkovskoye Highway. The house was formally owned by a company controlled by the oligarch, but it was originally built as a family nest. At the time of the interview, Natalia Potanina was living in the mansion (her biography is already known to you), her 16-year-old son Vasily, a 95-year-old mother and 26-year-old son Ivan with his wife Jana and a three-year-old baby Andrew. The former husband not only demanded the release of the house, but also filed a claim for damages from loss of profits. According to his lawyers, the company, which he owned for a long time, could not make a profit from the lease, as real estate was used by Natalia and her children.

The last lawsuit was the ex-wife of a well-known Russian oligarch in March 2017. It demands to divide the shares of CJSC "KM Invest" and recover from Potanin a monetary compensation in the amount of 215288852916 rubles.

By the way, after the divorce Potanin stopped all communication with his sons. Especially ugly he did with Ivan, who at that time worked in the US in one of the companies owned by his father. The son tried to intercede for his mother and as a result received a letter with a notice of his dismissal. Fortunately, a well-educated young man immediately found a job and does not need parental help.

Natalia Potanina, the biography, nationality and professional activity of which for a long time remained a secret for the general public (about the nationality, by the way, there is still no exact information), continues to struggle for its share of the jointly acquired property. Whether she succeeds in this, or she will become one of the many deceived wives whose husbands have fully "repaid" to the spouses for being near them, when they started their way to success, time will tell.