Vladimir Yevtushenkov
Vladimir Petrovich Yevtushenkov
Date of Birth: 25.09.1948
Vladimir Petrovich Yevtushenkov - Russian entrepreneur, oligarch. One of the richest people in Russia, chairman of the board of directors and owner of shares in AFK Sistema.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Kamyenshchina in the Smolensk region (Russia). In 1973, Vladimir Yevtushenkov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology, in 1980 - from the economics department of Moscow State University. Doctor of economic sciences.
Career. From 1975 to 1982, he worked as a mine manager, deputy director, chief engineer at the Karacharov plant.
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In 1982 - chief engineer, first deputy general director of NPO Polimerbit.
In 1987 - head of technical management of Mosgorkomispolkom.
In 1990 - chairman of the Moscow Committee for Science and Technology.
In 1993, Yevtushenkov, together with several partners, founded the Financial Corporation Sistema. It is a diversified public corporation that manages and owns packages of shares in companies operating in the rapidly growing sectors of the economy's service industry. Companies controlled by AFK Sistema serve more than 100 million customers in Russia, CIS countries, Eastern and Western Europe. Among its main assets are the international mobile operator MTS, Komstar-OTS, Sistema RTI, Cietronix, Sistema-Hals, MBRB Bank, Detsky Mir, Intourist, Bashneft.
1993-2005 - president, chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema. Before the IPO on the London Stock Exchange, he served as chairman and in February 2006 was re-elected chairman of the board of directors. He is the main shareholder of the corporation. The company ranks 308th on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2013.
Since 2000, he has been a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE), and since 2001 has chaired the RUIE Industrial Policy Committee.
Since 2002, he has been a member of the board of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and chairs the Business Council of the Russian-Arab Business Council (RADR) established by the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2003.
He is a member of the government commission on science and innovation policy, the Council on Science and Technology under the President of Russia, the Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship under the Government of Russia, and the National Council on Corporate Governance.
In March 2004, Vladimir Yevtushenkov was elected chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Museum Development Fund 'Friends of the Russian Museum'. Owner of the Sistema Charity Foundation Board.
On September 16, 2014, one of the richest people in Russia was placed under house arrest in connection with the embezzlement case of shares of enterprises belonging to the fuel and energy complex of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
RUIE Chairman Alexander Shokhin drew an analogy to the Yukos case, stating that Vladimir Yevtushenkov's house arrest clearly worsens the situation with the economy and business climate in the country. RUIE is ready to provide guarantees that Yevtushenkov will cooperate with the investigation and will not hide from it.
Wealth Status. 2008: $10.6 billion - 16th place in the ranking of 500 Russian billionaires according to Finance magazine. 2007: $8.5 billion - 14th place on the list of 100 richest Russians according to Forbes. In the ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia for 2014, prepared by Forbes magazine, Vladimir Yevtushenkov took 15th place with a fortune of $9 billion.
With a personal fortune of $3.5 billion, in 2017 he ranked 20th on the list of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia (according to the American 'Kremlin list').
Honors. Vladimir Yevtushenkov is a doctor of economic sciences. In September 2009, he was appointed honorary consul of Luxembourg in Yekaterinburg and Khabarovsk.
Sanctions and Confiscations. Vladimir Yevtushenkov is subject to sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
On April 6, 2022, he was added to the sanctions list of Australia.
In September 2022, the High Anti-Corruption Court seized Yevtushenkov's assets in Ukraine: 17 properties and shares in several Ukrainian companies.
In 2023, due to participation in the war with Ukraine (AFK Sistema controls drone manufacturers and designers of equipment and software for the defense-industrial group 'Kronshtadt'), the Czech Republic placed Vladimir and Felix Yevtushenkov on the sanctions list.
Family. Married to Natalia Nikolayevna Yevtushenkova, née Baturina, sister of Elena Nikolayevna Baturina. Natalia Yevtushenkova has been a board member since 2000, and since 2007 has been a member of the board of directors of MTS Bank, previously known as the Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Vladimir Yevtushenkov has two children. His son Felix (born 1978) is the first vice president of PAO AFK Sistema, chairman of the board of directors of Bashneft. Until 2008.