Kuzmichev Alexei Biography
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by admin in K - O, Kuzmichev Alexei
Kuzmichev Alexei was born in Russia in city Kirov, 15 October 1962. A graduate of Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
In each of Russia's largest financial-industrial group is a public figure, usually the principal shareholder, which communicates with the authorities and the press, and absolutely non-public person, not giving interviews. In the "Alpha" in such non-public person is Kuzmichev Alexei. He is responsible for the business group "A1" - Russia's largest raider as in number and amount of transactions.
The once formidable firm Alfa-Eco "has already changed its name to a more respectable" A1 groups ", but continued to become chairman of the board of directors of the company is Kuzmichev Alexei.
Kuzmichev Alexei responsible for the strategic coordination and development of its own and client investment projects "A1" on the territory of Russia, CIS and other emerging markets.
Mr. Kuz'michev is also Chairman of board of directors of Russian Technologies, a member of the Board of Directors Altimo, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Alfa Finance Holdings SA (oil and financial assets).
His demonic image is diluted by good deeds business angel. Under the direction of Kuzmichev Alexei venture fund "Russian Technologies, which specializes in the development of nano-and biotechnology, has already invested $ 4 million, along with Intel Capital in the company" Elektrokom ", develops technologies to provide Internet access through an electrical outlet.
Since the mid 90-ies Kuzmichev Alexei as head of the company Crown Resources AG was in charge of the "Alfa Group's commodity exports. However, in November 2002, chartered by Crown Resources tanker Prestige sank off the Spanish coast, oil-fouled hundreds of miles of the Atlantic coast. After this "Alpha" instantly sold Crown.
Alfa-Eco "started business in late 1980, shortly after the carpets and computers switched on trade in oil, and then took as metals, coal, alcohol, sugar and grain. The Group specializes in buying distressed assets and their subsequent resale. As explained in the press once the logic of this business is one of the leaders of the group, it is cheap to buy shares of companies whose management is unwilling to respect the interests of shareholders, then managers or forced to share profits, or forced to leave. Shares in both cases markedly Expensive. For example, the income of "Alpha" from the resale of Achinsk alumina refinery in 2000 amounted to 680%. At the Volgograd Steel Works "Red October" the company earned in 2001 253%. In the same year, the resale of shares and accounts payable Korshunov GOK provided the Alfa-Eco "yield to 161%. And the profitability of the project Tagmet, completed in 2002, was 79%. In 2004-2005, the holding company managed to buy stake in Sun Interbrew for about $ 100 million and sold six months later for $ 350 million, earning hundreds of percent profit.
The ownership structure of "Alpha"
In Alfa's three main owner - Mikhail Fridman, Herman Han and Kuzmichev Alexei. Sam Friedman previously acknowledged that owns approximately 40% of the group. Until 2004, the parent company Alfa Group was CTF Holdings (CTFH), which through a chain of offshore companies owned all the assets of the group. In 2004, Alfa had restructuring: financial assets (principal - Alfa-Bank and AlfaStrakhovanie) were withdrawn in a separate structure - ABH Holdings Corp. (ABHH), which became the second parent company of the group.
As the reporting of international standards "Alfa Group in 2005, the major shareholders own 100% of one of the two parent companies of the group - CTF Holdings. In the other parent - ABH Holdings Corp. they own 77.86%. In the majority of "daughters" CTF Holdings for the three major owners of "Alpha" is the junior partners - the leaders of these companies (about 75% - of the main owners, and the remaining 25% under the proposed Friedman philosophy always passed on stock option program manager of business). Principal owners of Alfa-Group "generous to the managers working in their companies. The papers they receive as an incentive for better performance. However, according to the report, to dispose of shares in the company "Alfa" they are not free - can not sell these securities to the side, and in case of death or disability minority shareholder of his share in the company compulsorily redeemed. The accounts said that under the Charter of ABH Holdings, as well as the major shareholder agreements "daughters" CTF Holdings - Alfa Finance and Alfa Telecom. The redemption price is calculated based on the value of 110% of net assets of the company in accordance with the latest approved annual (or, at the request of the holder of the option, at the end of the previous quarter), the consolidated accounts under IFRS.
The owners of the financial business of Alfa's well-known: they disclosed in the preliminary prospectus Eurobonds Alfa-Bank. In it Friedman owns 36.47%, Han - 23,27%, Kuz'micheva - 18,12% (this is the main shareholders), the bank president Pyotr Aven - 13,76%, the founder of the investment fund, Pamplona Capital, former top manager of Alfa-Bank Alex Knaster - 4,3%, member of the Board of Directors of Alfa Capital Partners and Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Bank Andrei Kosogovu - 4,08% (this minority shareholders).
But who is a partner of Friedman, Khan Kuzmicheva in the telecommunication business was not disclosed. In a press release, for example, "Alpha" noted that the three "natural persons" are the beneficiaries of 22,14% Alfa Finance Holdings SA, which owns stakes in TNK-BP and the Turkish mobile operator Turkcell. Analysts suggest that this is the same Aven, Kosogov and Knaster with the same proportions that the ABH Holdings Corp. We Altimo (telecommunications business) said five minority shareholders, who own 26.31%. According to analysts, it is the same trio plus a former manager of Alfa-Eco "Gleb Fetisov, as well as advisor to the Board of Alfa Bank Alexander Tolchinskiy. Earlier Tolchinskiy was still co-owner Alfa Finance Holdings SA and ABH Holdings Corp, but in late 2006, sold for 1% of these companies, and 1% Altimo preserved.
After the merger of Pyaterochka "and" Crossroads "in the combined company X5 Retail Group Lev Khasis belongs to 1,8%, Alexander Kosyanenko - 3,4%, and the head Altimo Alexei Reznikovich - 1%.