Victor Rashnikov, Russian billionaire: biography, family, state

The richest people in the world are a special caste of the planet's population, which lives at some distance from the rest of the people. The Russian billionaires whose assets, according to experts' estimates, have reached colossal values have not become an exception in this matter, thanks to which the rich people of Russia enter the elite club of world business in terms of their incomes. In principle, this fact is not surprising, since the Russian Federation is famous for its natural riches and high level of intellectual development of specialists in various production and not only fields.

This article will deal with one of the representatives of the Russian establishment, whose name is Viktor Rashnikov. To his person it is worth taking a closer look, because in many respects it is thanks to this person that the Russian metallurgy survived the 1998 default, with a minimal loss, the crisis of 2008 and the currently acting sanctions from the European Union and the United States of America. Certainly, people like Viktor Filippovich are always in the center of attention and do not always have a crystal reputation, but we will only touch upon the milestones of his biography, leaving various conjectures and rumors at the mercy of others.

Short biographical digression

The future modern billionaire appeared on October 13, 1948 in the city of Magnitogorsk. In 1974, he defended his diploma in engineering (specialty - "metal working with pressure"). Rashnikov's native university was the Magnitogorsk Mining and Metallurgical Institute. In 1994 Victor became the owner of the second higher education. His specialty was "the organization of production management."

In 1996, Viktor Filippovich was awarded the title of Candidate of Science for his scientific report on the topic "Improvement of the end-to-end technology for the production of rolled products from structural steels in order to improve the quality of products." Also, the businessman became a doctor of technical sciences, defending his thesis, which was devoted to the effective improvement of the system "steel - rolling - metal products" in order to obtain the rolling profile with a high degree of competitiveness.

Production activities

Rashnikov started his glorious career in 1967, when he came to the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works as an ordinary repairman. The first workplace was the repair shop for metallurgical equipment No. 2.

In 1974, Viktor Filippovich held the post of operator of sheet rolling shop No. 5. Subsequently, he also worked as the head of the brigade for the delivery of hot metal in the crimping shop, master adjuster, led the change of rolling shop No. 9.

In 1970-83, Rashnikov was in charge of the shop No. 9. And from 1983 to 1985 he worked as deputy head of the production department of the whole plant. In 1985, Victor for some time was the head of the rolling shop.

Head of the production department of the enterprise Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich stayed from 1985 to 1986, after which he spent four years as deputy chief engineer of the plant, managing production and supply of products.

Rashnikov became the first deputy general director of the metallurgical plant in 1990, and from 1991 to 1992 worked as chief engineer.

OJSC MMK Viktor Filippovich headed in 1997 and was the first person of the enterprise until 2005. By the way, he got to this post thanks to the recommendation of the company "Prime-Leasing".

The billionaire was also a member of the board of directors of JSC "Central Company FIG" Magnitogorsk Steel "and several banks.

Since 2006, he has been the head of OOO MMK Managing Company.

It is also worth noting that in 1999, Rashnikov also controlled the Russian Metallurgical Company, Yuzhuralavtoban, Russkiy Bread and several other enterprises that valued approximately $ 1.5 billion.

Effective crisis manager

An important point: in 1998, Viktor Rashnikov, being the head of MMK, agreed with the Germans to obtain a sufficiently large loan, but his receipt became much more complicated due to the August default of the Russian economy. But still it is fair to say that it was Rashnikov who contributed to the halt of production decline, and by 2002 the output was increased by 65%.

Political life

In 1994, Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of his native Chelyabinsk region. Over time, he was successfully reelected there more than once.

At the end of 1998, he became one of the key figures of the Fatherland party, headed by Yevgeny Primakov and Yuri Luzhkov.

In 2000, Viktor Filippovich was Putin's confidant in the process of the pre-election campaign for the presidency of the Russian Federation.

In 2003, Rashnikov was elected to the State Duma, but for unclear reasons, he abandoned his mandate. He also took part in the parliamentary race of 2007, at which he was the second in the list of United Russia in the Chelyabinsk region. He worked in the committee on industry, transport, fuel, energy and communications.

Rashnikov took the post of president of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Chelyabinsk region in 1997, and three years later became members of the board of the coordinating council of domestic producers.

In 2009, Victor joined the government commission for the development of the metallurgical industry, headed by Igor Sechin.

Family status

Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich, whose family is quite large, lives with his wife Tatyana all his life. The couple brought up two daughters, who are both involved in MMK's work. Also, the billionaire has a grandson Victor and two granddaughters. There is information that the younger brother of the oligarch led a company engaged in the supply of black scrap to the metallurgical plant.

Hobby

Victor Rashnikov is an ardent fan of mountain and water skiing. Some sources say that it was thanks to him that the skiing track covered with artificial snow was built near Magnitogorsk. Also Victor Filippovich very much honors hockey. Already almost 20 years he heads the hockey club under the name "Metallurgist".

Deal

In the early 2000's Rashnikov gave $ 150 million to Chigirinsky for joining the construction of the newest hotel complex "Russia". But already in 2013 Victor was paid a penalty from the government of the capital in the form of a hotel Renaissance for the failure of the project. The oligarch immediately sold the building, and, according to some financial experts, also for $ 150 million.

Support your brainchild

In 2009, Viktor Rashnikov (MMK - an enterprise that he owns almost completely) took a rather unusual decision: he completely abandoned his dividend of 1.86 billion rubles. The head considered that these funds should be directed to support and various needs of the enterprise.

Scandals

Victor Rashnikov, whose biography is full of various events, repeatedly fell into the epicenter of scandals. So, the billionaire was made to create a corruption scheme, which was to work with 39 intermediary firms at low export prices. At the same time, the founders of these firms were either Rashnikov himself or his close associates. Also Victor Filippovich managed to adjust the supply of coal to the plant at an inflated price from the Kuzbass. Money laundering took place with the help of Moscow banks and representative offices of foreign firms. It should be said that all this information does not have any serious documentary evidence and no legal proceedings have been conducted in this regard.

In 2014, Rashnikov actively supported the then temporarily acting governor, and now acting head of the Chelyabinsk region, Boris Dubrovsky. As such, there was no scandal in this situation, but local oppositionists and the public quite reasonably worried that Dubrovsky would become an active lobbyist for Rashnikov's financial interests. And all because the governor before his election to the post all his life was under the wing of Viktor Filippovich at the metallurgical plant. There were rumors that the oligarch not only poured money into Dubrovsky's election campaign, but also paid for the very expensive leisure of his protege. It was known that Dubrovsky rested in the most expensive hotels of the planet, including the only seven-star Burj al Arab. In this regard, for many it became obvious that money from the treasury of the region could begin to flow into the structures belonging to Rashnikov.

Robbery

On Metallurgist Day, which fell on July 15, Victor Rashnikov was in for an extremely unpleasant surprise - his house was robbed. According to operational data, at the height of the holiday, unknown persons entered the cottage of the plant's head and carried out all valuable things and a fairly large amount of money. At the moment, the siloviki understand how the perpetrators managed to get into a fairly well-guarded territory.

Yachtsman

Victor Rashnikov, whose yacht, according to data for 2015, was one of the largest in the world, is true to himself: he came to the acquisition of the ship with all responsibility, as well as to any other issue.

The yacht called Ocean Victory has a length of 140 meters. She left the shipyard in Italy in 2014. The design of the yacht was designed by Espen Oino, and the interior was occupied by Alberto Pinto.

The vessel is provided with a steel casing. The number of decks is seven. There are also six swimming pools, each of which has a length of up to eight meters. There is also a helipad with a beach club. For a pleasant stay there is a SPA-zone. The convenience of moving between the decks provides an elevator. In addition, the yacht is equipped with a garage for a fourteen-meter sailing vessel.

Yacht Viktor Filippovich can develop a speed of 19 knots per hour (about 35 km / h). During the development and construction of the creators paid attention to its environmental friendliness, using the most modern technologies and developments for this. Engineers have ensured that the ship minimizes harmful emissions of harmful substances and elements.

Degree of Wealth

Victor Rashnikov, whose fortune today is about $ 3.8 billion, was able to rise from the thirtieth to the twenty-third place in the rating of Russia 's richest people for the year . For comparison: Roman Abramovich with his 7.6 billion is in the thirteenth position of the rating, and Leonid Mikhelson is in the lead, having 14.4 billion dollars in his assets. In general, Russian billionaires, as before, can boast of high incomes and large fortunes.

Family affair

In 2012, the daughter of Rashnikova, Olga, joined the board of directors of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. This lady is sufficiently closed to society. Various media are often confused in her personal data. It is only known that she was born in 1977 and has three children.

Initially, the daughter of an oligarch studied in a simple Magnitogorsk school, but then continued her studies in Switzerland, where she was able to become a bachelor of economics. After that, the girl continued to study science in Moscow, after attending the Executive MBA courses on the basis of the State University of Management. According to some reports, Olga owns three apartments, but this fact is not confirmed.

Olga Viktorovna was not seen at various get-togethers of children of wealthy Russians either at home or abroad. In addition, even in his native Magnitogorsk, it is rarely seen in public.

According to people who know Viktor Rashnikov's daughter closely, she has a fairly narrow circle of contacts and practically does not lead a secular life. It is noted that she is very pleasant in conversation, does not abuse jewelry and jewelry, elegantly and exquisitely dresses. To the subordinates is very strict, but does not go beyond the reasonable. Also Olga perfectly speaks three foreign languages and her children also accustom to knowledge. To this end, a professional nanny was called from abroad.

Rashnikov himself claims that he is not against the participation of both his daughters in the metallurgical business. However, he does not represent any of them at the helm of the metallurgical enterprise, because this industry is exclusively male prerogative, which takes a lot of time and effort, and the woman is still the keeper of the family hearth and should pay serious attention to the family.

Today's Day

Rashnikov Viktor Filippovich ("Forbes" quite reasonably classifies him as Russia's richest people) in May 2016 was again re-elected to the post of chairman of the board of directors of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works. Recall that the revenue of this enterprise for the past year amounted to almost 6 billion US dollars.

Earlier this year, Rashnikov said that hot-rolled production at MMK's existing plant in Turkey can only be launched after the economic justification of the measure has been confirmed. So far only the Cold Rolling Shop operates on Metalurji.

Also from the achievements of Rashnikov, it can be noted that this year between Magnitogorsk and Gazprom signed a contract for the supply of pipes.

In addition, as head of the hockey club Metallurg, Viktor Filippovich openly stated that he is ready to help the Russian Hockey Federation in building the new hockey stadium in the Urals. In particular, he said that in plans - the construction of a training rink near the active ice arena.

Awards

• Viktor Filippovich has a medal "For Labor Valor". Also in his assets are the Order of Merit and Honor.
• In the summer of 2002, Rashnikov was declared grateful on behalf of the Russian president.
• As part of the award to them. Peter the Great in 2000, Victor received the title of laureate "For a major contribution to the development of the Russian economy."
• In 2001 he was awarded for the production increase and high quality of steel produced in the oxygen-converter shop.
• In 2002, he was awarded the prize for technological re-equipment of the energy sector based on energy-saving technologies, and also received the Kosygin Prize.