Potanin Vladimir Biography
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by admin in P - T, Potanin Vladimir
President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Holding company" Interros ". Member of the Public Chamber. Former first vice-premier of Russia (1996-1997), author of the idea of mortgaging auctions in Russia in mid-1990's. One of the richest people in the world: in March 2008, took 25 items in the rating of billionaires, compiled by the magazine Forbes.
Vladimir Potanin was born January 3, 1961 in Moscow. His father was a Soviet trade representative in New Zealand. In 1983, Potanin graduated from the Economics Faculty of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), specializing in economics, international affairs ". On one thread with Andrei Brezhnev studied (the grandson of General Secretary of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev) and Alexei Mitrofanov (Liberal Democratic Party deputy chairman of the party). While studying at the Institute Potanin was an instructor Komsomol Committee MGIMO functioned on the Rights of the District Committee. Potanin subsequently joined the Communist Party.
In 1983-1990 years Potanin worked as an engineer in the firm "Fertilizer" and "Ore" trade union "Soyuzhimeksport" Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR. In 1990, Potanin, moved to the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC), founded by the CMEA countries.
In late 1991, Potanin became President of the registered in December of that year AOOT Foreign Economic Association (HLW), Interros, one of the founders of which was the MP Mikrodin. In turn, HLW Interros had been among the founders of the AO Mikrodin, created by MP Mikrodin. "According to others, HLW" Interros "appeared in 1990. According to several media outlets, the constituent documents of the main activity of the association known as waste recycling dairy industry, but capital earned primarily on serving large export operations. Assistance in the development of foreign trade association Potanin helped entrepreneur, creator of "OLBI diplomat Oleg Boyko. Other media pointed out that the Foreign Economic Association" Interros in 1991, was one of the founders of the group "OLBI. In late 1994, Potanin was elected chairman of Board of Directors established on the basis of HLW Interros same name by financial-industrial group (FIG).
In 1992-1993, Potanin served as vice president, then president he established the Bank's International Finance Company (IFC). Media wrote that Potanin and his associates (in the future - Chairman of the Board "ONEXIM Bank and director general of Norilsk Nickel), Mikhail Prokhorov, managed to turn the IBEC in its own structure: after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Soviet holdings of between $ 300 to $ 400 million were transferred of IBEC in the IFC, which subsequently left and clientele of the State Bank.
In 1993, Potanin became President of AKB ONEKSIM Bank, while remaining Chairman of the Board of Directors of IFC. In 1996, the media wrote that "ONEXIM Bank was the only one in Russia, with its own office with a full Swiss license, - Banque UNEXIM in Geneva. Post Chairman of the Board took Prokhorov (on svidelstvu colleagues, he and Potanin have equal status in the hierarchy).
In 1995, Potanin was elected co-chairman (from private banking institutions), the Board of Trustees ", the Economic Forum of the Regions" For Sustainable Development "(co-chair of the state structures addressed by the President Russia Finance Corporation Andrei Nechaev).
Since 1995, the media published many materials on the loans for shares. In particular, they called Potanin author of the idea of holding such auctions after the cabinet meeting on March 31, 1995 Potanin, proposed that the government loan banks in 9 trillion rubles in the security stakes in the elite public companies. Subsequently he Potanin is confirmed, pointing out that he had proposed auction had two goals - to find effective ownership of enterprises and to attract funds to the treasury. Other media pointed out that the idea was borrowed from Lukoil and Imperial bank, put out the budget debt of the oil company by selling rights to its shares of state-owned. In 1996, the economy minister Yevgeny Yasin, Russia, according to several media, in a letter addressed to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russia recommended to cancel the competition at Norilsk Nickel, "because it is extremely unfair." In the summer of 2000, the General Prosecutor of Russia offered Potanin to pay damages for the illegal receipt of Norilsk Nickel of $ 120 million on the basis of a pledge of the auction, but the further progress has not received. September 1, 1996 expired on bail, and on the terms of the contract holders of shares that the government failed to repay, have the right to sell at auction mined property. The head of Russia's Security Council Alexander Lebed to the president with a proposal to extend the federal ban on the sale of packages to March 1, 1997. As a result, the negotiations with Potanin, agreement was reached on the imposition of additional obligations for mortgage lenders in the event of a decision on the sale of shares.
In January 1996, at the founding conference Potanin was elected vice-president of the Association of Financial and Industrial Groups (AFPG). In March of that year he participated in a meeting with President Boris Yeltsin with a group of bankers and politicians, which, apart from Potanin, included Vladimir Gusinsky, Boris Berezovsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Alexander Smolensky, Vladimir Vinogradov and Anatoly Chubais. The result of the meeting was the creation of the analytical group at Yeltsin campaign headquarters, headed by Anatoly Chubais. Subsequently, in July 1996, Potanin received the thanks of President Yeltsin for his active participation in the organization and conduct of his campaign.
In 1996-1998, Potanin was a member of the Board of Directors of JSC "Oil Company Sidanko.
In April 1996, Potanin at the VI Congress of the Association of Russian Banks (ARB), was elected a member of the ARB. In the same month he signed a 13-year-treatment leading entrepreneurs of Russia "to break the deadlock!" to candidates for the presidency with a call to reach an agreement to ensure the peaceful development of the situation in the country.
In the summer of 1996 controlled Potanin Cyprus offshore Mustcom acquired - together with the structures of the George Soros - stake in the company "Svyazinvest" (to the Board of Directors of JSC Potanin came in January 1998).
August 14, 1996 Potanin signed an agreement with the Moscow government to sell 30 per cent stake in AMO "ZIL", owned by AO Mikrodin, for $ 6 million. Bank acted as mediator in the fin trade. In addition, the city authorities bought the bank's debt "ZIL", equal to 175 billion rubles, and signed a contract with him to open a credit line for the Moscow government to allow it to pay off debts for the car factory and for the shares that had previously been in the ownership group Mikrodin .
Also Aug. 14, 1996 Potanin was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, supervising the economic bloc. According to media reports, the appointment of Potanin welcomed the Minister of Economy Yassin and Central Bank Chairman Sergei Dubinin. In September 1996 - April 1997 Potanin served as manager of Russia in the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the post of chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission on the socio-economic development in mining areas. He headed the delegation to Russia for talks with the International Monetary Fund to grant Russia a loan. In November 1996, Potanin said about the need to commence bankruptcy proceedings AvtoVAZ. Chairman of the Board of Directors of AvtoVAZ, Vladimir Kadannikov, the predecessor of Potanin's the job of vice-premier, saw in an attempt to declare the company bankrupt, "a new redistribution of property in Russia. Media argued that in the period when Kadannikov was the first vice-premier, he has deferred tax payments AvtoVAZ (debts of an enterprise only to the federal budget amounted to 2.8 trillion rubles). In December of that year, government representatives and AvtoVAZ signed a protocol under which the approaches were found to avoid bankruptcy (AvtoVAZ was requested within two months of a shareholders' meeting and decide on the additional issue of shares amounting to 50 percent of share capital).
In December 1996, Potanin became chairman of the Commission on state aid development of the regions of Russia, in January, was appointed chairman of the Federal Commission for the formation of federal budget revenues by means of privatization under the government of Russia.
March 11, 1997 Potanin left the post of First Deputy Prime Minister in May and again took over as president ONEXIM Bank.
Potanin is fluent in English and French. He is fond of mountain skiing, chess, tennis and football. In August 2006, Potanin made as the leading reality show "candidate" in the TNT broadcast.
Potanin is married and has three children - two sons (elder Ivan - born in 1989, the youngest born in October 1998) and daughter Anastasia. Anastasia - two-time world champion aquabike, Ivan - champion of Russia in the same sport.
