Sergei Gusev

Date of Birth: 09.11.1966

Sergei Mikhailovich Gusev - Ukrainian entrepreneur and restaurateur. Member of the Supervisory Board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Deputy of the Kyiv City Council in the VII. and VIII. terms, candidate for the office of the Mayor of Kyiv in the local elections of 2015.

Place of Birth. Education. Born in Kyiv. Graduated with honors from the Kyiv Higher Aviation Engineering Institute in 1988 with a specialization in electrical engineering. Studied at Moscow State University.

Career. After graduation, he worked as an engineer in the research laboratory of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Since 1992 in the innovation sector of telecommunications and satellite systems at Inmarsat.

Since 1995, he has been engaged in investment and development activities.

Since 2001, he has been in the restaurant business. Together with his brother Yevgeny, he owns the restaurant chain 'Gusev Restaurants'. The chain includes the venues: 'Osteria Pantagruel' (opened in 1995), the pizzeria 'Pizzeria Napule', the Georgian restaurant 'Shoti', the café 'O'Cafe', the contemporary Israeli restaurant 'Adelle', and the café 'Fontan'.

Television Activity. In the years 2011–2013, he was a jury member of the cooking show 'Hell's Kitchen' on the Ukrainian channel 1+1 and the adaptation of the program on the Russian channel REN TV in 2012.

Political Career. Began political activities after Euromaidan. In 2014, he became a member of the Kyiv City Council, led the Self-Help faction, and was a member of the permanent house committee of the Kyiv City Council for property issues. Member of the Self-Help party.

In the local elections of 2015, he ran for the office of Mayor of Kyiv and placed fifth. However, he was elected as a deputy of the Self-Help party to the Kyiv City Council. At the time of the elections, he was the deputy director of FGSI Ukraine LLC.

From 2014 to September 11, 2018 - Chairman of the Samopomich faction in the Kyiv City Council.

From September 13, 2018, to 2019 - Chairman of the deputies group 'Kyiv Team' in the Kyiv City Council. Gusev's Team in the Kyiv City Council was supported by 17 of the 22 deputies from the former Samopomich faction.

In 2019, he ran as an independent candidate in the single-mandate electoral district No. 212 (part of the Darnytsia district of Kyiv) for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He was not elected.

Candidate for the office of Mayor of Kyiv in the local elections in Ukraine in 2020.

Social Activities. He is one of the benefactors of the National University 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy', the Ukrainian Catholic University, and the Kyiv School of Economics.

He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, a board member of the charity organization 'Ostfond Europa', and of the Supervisory Board of the charity fund 'Aid Center'.

Since March 2021, he has been the coordinator of the board of the National Restaurant Association of Ukraine (NRAP).

Family. He is not married. Has no children.

The grandfather of Sergei Gusev was the director of the Kyiv Arsenal.

October 25, 2023