Melnichenko Andrei Biography
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by admin in K - O, Melnichenko Andrei
Oligarch, co-owner of MDM Financial Group, and Converse, whose fortune is estimated at $ 2.7 billion, how miliarder achieved such a state?
Andrei Melnichenko, was born on 8 March 1972. in Gomel in the family physicist.
He studied at the physico-mathematical boarding school, Moscow State University, which came after the republican Olympiad in physics. In 1989. entered the Physics Department of Moscow State University. Lomonosova.Pervye steps in business done in late 1991. As a student, together with its partners - now the State Duma deputies Yevgeny Ishchenko and Mikhail Kuznetsov - established travel company, Sputnik, partners later sold orgtehniku.Zatem was open exchange, whose customers were mostly "shuttles", exchanging rubles for dollars. "So we have peace and quiet there until December 1992. Then he got the legislation under which foreign exchange could deal only with banks, with appropriate licenses, - said Andrei Melnichenko (magazine "Career", 2000).. - Began to look for a bank that would enable us to continue to conduct such operations. Looked for a smaller bank, which would be less expensive and cheaper would offer this service. Searches were conducted on a thick telephone directory, the logic of selection was simple as the creation of the world: we need a bank registered in the apartment. Found. Companions began working with the bank "Premier", opened the first bank in the currency exchange. Then the second, then it turned out that the volume of business substantially exceeds the volume of the bank's business in general, then it was decided to buy something of their own, or open a new delo.V March 1993. Bank of Russia has licensed the financial and credit companies MDM ( "Moscow Business World", the company then specialized in foreign exchange transactions). Appeared somewhat "exchangers" in Moscow, then to Novosibirsk, then to press Peterburge.V have multiple versions of the acquisition of the initial capital for MDM, which later became the most powerful financial and industrial gruppoy.Po version Andrei Melnichenko, the initial capital was earned on the exchange of currencies, was He is small - about $ 50 thousand (an interview with Vedomosti, 2001).. According to the Volgograd newspaper "Inter", the first money received by one of the founders of the MDM, Yevgeny Ishchenko - was taken out a bank loan "Premier" bail apartments parents of one of druzey.Esche one version, actively discussed in the press, based on the reluctance of management to disclose the MDM structure of equity. Numerous publications attributed to Alexander Smolensky, the founder of Bank Capital ", funding for the creation of MDM Bank. Thus, for example, "Novaya Gazeta" wrote: "It is Mr Smolensky was the founding father of structures such as MDM-Bank and the Sobin Bank." Whatever it was, at the end of 1993. Melnichenko, Kuznetsov and Ishchenko received a banking license, ie the company transformed itself into a real bank, retaining the title. Subsequently, Andrei Melnichenko has received Vocational Education and got MA in Economics Academy. Plekhanov a degree in finance and credit. "In 1997. MDM-Bank was involved in the criminal history with the company "Sher Khan". Wrote about this newspaper "Kommersant" (1997): "Moscow police filed charges of illegal banking activities of 11 employees the company" Sher Khan ". A few months ago in the field of view of officers of the Main Directorate for drug trafficking MVD of Russia were the members of the Afghan factions that are sold in Moscow, hashish, opium and heroin. Following the Afghans, the police noticed that one of them frequented company office "Sher Khan". This company four years ago established a citizen of Afghanistan, Mohammed Sher Khan. Operations of the firm did not engage in - the balance was zero. Nevertheless, almost every day of the "Sher Khan" guards were brought in MDM-bank with huge bags of cash. The police decided that the firm is engaged in some illegal business.
1 August 1997. law enforcement officers conducted a major operation to detain people who could be linked to "Sherhanom. Total time was caught about 60 people. They removed about 1 billion rubles. Among those detained were employees of banks and MDM and the Russian financial tradition. During interrogations, detainees were Afghans told of how Amnesty income. Traffickers are rented on a daily basis in "Sher Khan" their earnings. Then the exchange item bank "Russian Financial Traditions", working in the same building, helped the Afghans take the money and partly to exchange it for currency, issuing relevant certificates. The remaining money exchanged in paragraph MDM Bank. Muhammad Sher Khan and 10 other employees of his company were arrested. They were charged with illegal banking activity.
After a police operation, two State Duma deputy from the LDPR - Ishchenko and Kuznetsov, as well as executives at MDM Bank in Mosgorprokuraturu complained about the actions of law enforcement. They argued that the police exceeded their official authority (the operatives did not meet the statutory time limit allotted for the identification of detainees). "In the second half of 1990. Andrei Melnichenko, met with Alexander Mamut and, in his own words, recommends the appointment of Mamut to the supervisory board of MDM Bank. In an interview with "Gazeta.ru" (1999) so Melnichenko said about it: "We met in 1997 or 1996. Where, how, who introduced us, no longer remember. You see, I'm pretty sociable person. I have very many friends. I do not remember how I met with Abramovich, Deripaska. We have an insane amount of friends in common. Business relations with us personally with Mamut did not exist before. He had his bank Kopf, who is currently in a difficult financial situation, but whose license has not been withdrawn. In this bank, we have worked, as all others. We gave loans, attracted by these means.
It was at this time Melnichenko was the sole owner of his creation, buying shares Ishchenko and Kuznetsova.V mid-2000. merged MDM and Converse. However, he was a governor "Converse" Melnichenko has received control over the financial flows of the nuclear industry, which experts estimate is about $ 3 billion in god.Predsedatel board and owner of 76% of the shares at MDM Bank Andrei Melnichenko and former Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeny Adamov had planned to concentrate in Konversbank to 80% of financial flows of the nuclear industry, and then combine it with MDM.V the end of 2000. Melnichenko was appointed chairman of the Converse, one of the largest and most successful branch banks.
Since May 2002. Melnichenko has been president of MDM. "What vladeetAndrey Melnichenko - owner of 50% of MDM.
The structure of industrial MDM Group is composed of three industrial holding company:
- Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) (includes "Vostsibugol, Chita and Krasnoyarsk Coal Company, as well as a number of coal assets in Khakassia);
- Company EuroChem (Kovdorsky GOK, "Fosforit", "Nevinnomyssky nitrogen, Lithuanian Lifosa);
- Investment Company Rinaco (controls controlling stakes in OAO Taganrog Metallurgical Plant ", OAO Kuznetsk Ferroalloys, OJSC Volgograd Tractor Plant", JSC "Volgograd Motor Works", OJSC "Publishing House" information age "). Earlier in the group included more Pipe Metallurgical Company (TMK), uniting the Volga, Seversky, Seversky pipe plants and Taganrog Metallurgical Plant, in late 2002. it was sold to President Dmitry Pumpyanskomu.K trims early 2002. participants were MDM Financial Group MDM Bank, People's Bank Petrovsky, Komisotsbank, Vyborg-Bank and Murmansksotskombank, as well as the Latvian Trade Bank. In 2002. group included Uralsibsotsbank, Inkasbank and Konversbank.Na June 30, 2002. MDM Group's equity according to IFRS amounted to $ 330 million, total assets - $ 2.33 mlrd.PartnerySamymi "old" partners Andrei Melnichenko were Yevgeny Ishchenko and Michael Kuznetsov.Urozhenets Volgograd Yevgeny Ishchenko known as one of the founders of MDM Bank and former partner Andrei Melnichenko (1980-ies. Ishchenko and Melnichenko studied together in Physics and Mathematics, a boarding school at MSU). In MDMe Eugene dealt with the credit card industry, the development of investment projects. He has worked with companies of Siberian Aluminum, and Severstal, Nizhniy Tagil Metallurgical Combine, enterprises bus industry. With his participation implemented a number of successful investment projects, for example, factory aluminum cans near the Moscow-based
