Sergei Tsoy: biography, private life

For most people, Sergei Tsoy is the husband of Anita Tsoi, a popular singer. But in the world of politics and business he is an independent and very famous figure. His career path is only up, he has been working in leading companies in leading companies for many years. Choi is well-off, his income is the basis of the well-being of the family. With all the fame, Sergei - a very private person, he carefully protects his privacy and gives information about himself in a dosage. Therefore, probably, his person becomes riddled with rumors and myths.

Childhood

April 23, 1957 in the family of ethnic Koreans a son was born - Sergei Petrovich Choi. The birthplace of the boy for some reason is shrouded in mystery. Tsoi himself said that he was born in Rostov-on-Don. And his wife told me that her husband was born in Grozny, then said that he was born in a small town Karabulak, and at the age of 2 moved with his parents to Grozny. According to the third version, Sergei Tsoi was born and spent his childhood in the city of Prokhladny, where his parents were engaged in melon business. One way or another, Tsoi's childhood is connected with the city of Grozny, in which his father is buried. The family adhered to traditional views, and the boy was brought up in rigor.

Education

After graduation, Sergei Tsoi goes to the army. Two years of service helped him to decide in life and find his way. After demobilization, he enters the Rostov University at the Department of Journalism of the Faculty of Philology. In the hostel, he lived with the now well-known TV presenter, and in those days the same student of journalism Dmitry Dibrov. At the university, Choi was actively engaged in the work of the Komsomol. In the second year, Sergei decided to transfer to the correspondence department, in connection with the move to the suburbs. He takes a job in the Domodedovo district newspaper "Prizyv" as a journalist. There, by the way, Dibrov came to work later. Working as a journalist, Sergei repeatedly criticized the activities of the district authorities. In 1982 he received a diploma of education and wanted to enter postgraduate study. But from the place of work he was given a not very good description (this was a punishment for criticizing the authorities), and he had to forget about the continuation of his studies for a while.

Subsequently, already at the time of the press secretary's work at Yu. Luzhkov, in 2004 Tsoi will still receive the academic degree of candidate of political science, defending his thesis about changes in the image of power in the post-Soviet period.

The beginning of the way

After resigning from the "Appeal", Sergei Tsoi for some time experienced difficulties with employment. He began to work in the district small house in the Rostov region. But a month later he was fired because of non-payment of party fees. With great difficulty, he settled in the editorial office of the factory newspaper ZIL. A year later, Choi was able to switch to Politizdat, to the international department, but after a while he again returns to ZIL. The journalistic path of Choi continued, working in major newspapers: Trud, Stroitelnaya Gazeta, Sovetskaya Rossiya. But when he was invited to his team by Valery Saikin, the chairman of the Moscow City Council executive committee, whom Sergey had met while still working at the ZIL, Choi, almost without hesitation, agreed. There he served as a press secretary, although there were no such posts in those days. He monitored publications in the media, organized the interaction of his boss with journalists. Performing these duties, Tsoi met with Yuri Luzhkov, who worked as deputy chairman of the executive committee.

Work with Luzhkov

In 1990, Yuri Luzhkov took the place of his boss and called Tsoi to work in the same team. In 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin appointed Luzhkov as Mayor of Moscow. Choi becomes the head of the mayor's press service, and a little later he is appointed head of the press center of the Moscow Government and the mayor's office. Two years later he received the post of adviser to the mayor of the capital, remaining his spokesman. People close to the mayor noted that Sergei had a great influence on the leader of Moscow. Every day Luzhkov started with consultations with Tsoi and always consulted him on all his decisions and actions. In parallel to the work in the press service, Sergei for some time headed the editorial office of the newspaper Stolichnye Izvestia, magazines The Messenger of the Mayor and the Government of Moscow and Moscow Trades. Tsoy was responsible for the image of the capital's head , he was the initiator of his aggressive rhetoric in the matter of protecting the Russian population in the CIS countries. For 18 years Choi worked with Yuri Luzhkov, in 2010 he was retired. After assuming office, the new head of the Moscow government, Sergei Sobyanin, freed Tsoi from the duties of the press secretary.

Entrepreneurial Activity

Sergei Tsoi, whose biography is strongly associated with the activities of Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, in times of work, the press secretary managed to deal with other matters. In 1997, he became a member of the Board of Directors of TV Center, and in 2006 became its chairman. In 2003, Tsoy, thanks to a reorganization in the government of Moscow, gained control over several metropolitan media outlets, including the newspapers Vechernyaya Moskva and Moskovskaya Pravda. In 2009, he headed the Board of Directors of the company "Radio Center", in the management of which there were several radio stations in Moscow.

Resignation and job search

In October 2010, Sergei Tsoy left the city hall, following his chief Yuri Luzhkov. After the mayor was dismissed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the loss of confidence, part of his team for some time still remained in their posts. So, S. Tsoi continued to manage the press service of the capital for another two months. All this time he was actively looking for a new job. And in December he joined the board of the Russian energy company RusHydro.

Sergei Tsoy, "RusHydro"

The company "RusHydro" manages 62 Russian hydropower plants. In addition, it provides industrial and domestic water supply and irrigation to about a third of the needs of Russian regions. The main shareholder of the company is the state, the net profit of RusHydro is several tens of billions of rubles. Sergei Tsoy, for whom RusHydro became a new field of activity, was engaged in external and internal connections in the company, i.e. Continued to work in the field of communications. In 2012, he acquired a small stake in the company. In 2014, Choi becomes the first deputy chairman of its board. In 2016, quite unexpectedly for the public, Sergei Petrovich from RusHydro leaves.

Rosneft

In August 2016, Sergei Petrovich Choi began to work as a vice president for the economic part of the company Rosneft. The head of the company Igor Sechin is familiar with Tsoi since the "Luzhkov" times. He notes the high decency and great experience of his new employee. Experts say that Sechin in the person of Tsoi wants to find a confidant.

Private life

Sergei Tsoy, a biography whose personal life is interesting to the general public, is primarily known to the people, as the husband of the singer Anita Tsoi. But in narrower circles, politicians know how to master karate, which he has been engaged in for many years and has a black belt. Even while studying at the university, Choi won prizes in the championships of the USSR. Sergey says that his hobbies are playing guitar and sports.

The politician and businessman has several state awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Honor, Friendship, and several medals from the Moscow government.

Wife

Sergei Tsoi married Anita Kim in 1990. The couple had a son, Sergei. According to the stars, when she decided to pursue a musical career, her husband did not help her and was even against it. But this version looks unconvincing, since the beginning singer quickly made a career, which was hardly possible without the husband's resources. But, one way or another, Anita Tsoy is very popular today. The couple continues to maintain a warm relationship, although both spouses have repeatedly said that they had to fight for their marriage.