Gazprom leadership - Russian gas kings

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

The Russian Federation has the richest mineral resources. Almost all the elements of the periodic table are hidden in the bowels of our country. Hydrocarbons, in particular natural gas, are especially important for the country's economy. The total volume of natural gas reserves in Russia is, according to various sources, 45-50 billion m³. Who controls this we alth?

The birth and development of a gas giant

By the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was firmly entrenched among the leading countries in terms of explored natural gas reserves. From the moment of their discovery, all gas fields were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Gas Industry of the USSR, which organized the production and transportation of the energy carrier.

In August 1990, the Ministry was transformed into a single state gas producing concern "Gazprom". The leadership was headed by Viktor Chernomyrdin. In November 1992, the company became a joint stock company. In just 5 years, more than 60% of the organization's shares were sold to private investors.

In the early 2000s, Vladimir Putininitiated the reformation of the company and its return under state control. Already in 2004, the state's share in Gazprom's block of shares was more than 50.2% instead of 38.7% a few years earlier.

In 2005, Gazprom began supplying liquefied natural gas to the US, and a year later to Japan, the UK and South Korea. The organization has subsidiaries-suppliers and transporters of gas in Belarus, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany and other countries.

The oil production market was being actively explored, oil refineries appeared as part of Gazprom. In 2004, it covered 24% of EU consumption with gas supplies. The dependence of some European countries on gas supplies from Russia reached 100%. During this period, the rapid development of supplies to Asian countries began. By the end of 2007, Gazprom's enterprises produced 85% of Russian and 20% of the world's gas.

By 2010, the company had international projects for the development of gas and oil fields in Venezuela (360 billion m³ of gas and 640 million tons of oil), India (375 million tons of standard fuel), Algeria (30 million tons of oil) and other countries.

Since 2007, the company has funded the Gazprom for Children charity program aimed at building sports facilities in various cities of Russia. Over 1,600 modern sports facilities have been built in 73 regions of the country over 10 years.

Holding "Gazprom-media", founded in 1998, is the owner of the TV channels "TNT", "TV3", "Friday", "2x2", "TNT4", "MatchTV", "NTV-plus", radio stations "Autoradio", "Humor FM ", "Echo of Moscow", publications "7 Days" and "Caravan" stories and other resources.

At the end of 2017, the company's net revenue exceeded 6.5 trillion rubles, and profit - 714 billion rubles. 472.1 billion m³ of natural gas was produced. Such international projects for the construction of gas pipelines as Nord Stream, Power of Siberia and others are actively developing.

The company employs 469,600 people. Gazprom is the largest energy company in the world.

Head of the Board of the concern

Future Chairman of the Board of PJSC "Gazprom" Alexey Borisovich Miller was born in Leningrad, in a family of Russified Germans in 1962. He graduated from the Leningrad FEI named after. Voznesensky. PhD in Economics.

In the 80s, he was one of the first reformist economists in Leningrad, along with Anatoly Chubais, Mikhail Manevich, Andrei Illarionov, Dmitry Travin.

In 1991, he went to work in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office, then headed by Vladimir Putin. Since 1996, he has been in charge of investment activities at OAO Sea Port of St. Petersburg, and in 1999, he headed OAO B altic Pipeline System. In 2000-2001 - was the second most important leader of the Minister of Energy of Russia.

In May 2001 he headedthe leadership of Gazprom, becoming the chairman of the board of the company. In the same year, Alexey Miller headed the Board of Directors of Gazprombank, and 2 years later - the Board of Directors of the insurance company Sogaz. Since 2002, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom.

In 2005, he was included in the Board of Directors of Sibneft, renamed Gazprom Neft. In 2010, Miller became the second most important person in the Russian Football Union. For three years in a row, starting from 2012, he annually ranked second or third in the Russian ranking of the highest paid top managers with an annual income of 25 million USD. At the end of 2017, Miller, Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom, topped this rating with an income of USD 17.7 million.

Awarded 15 orders and medals from 8 countries of the world for merits in strengthening Russian statehood, international friendship and cooperation.

Alexey Miller is married. Wife Irina is a non-public person. Son Michael also rarely appears in public. Miller himself can be described as a highly professional and experienced manager-reformer close to Vladimir Putin, who consistently defends the interests of both the authorities and his inner circle. In his free time, the head of Gazprom prefers skiing, horseback riding and playing the guitar with his family.

Head of the Company's Board of Directors

Another representative of the management of Gazprom Zubkov Viktor Alekseevich was born in1941, in the Sverdlovsk region. In 1995 he successfully graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Agriculture. In 2010 he became a doctor of economic sciences. After serving military service in the Soviet Army, he joined the ranks of the CPSU. For 18 years, starting in 1967, he managed various state farms in the Leningrad Region. In 1991, he left the CPSU and became Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Relations of St. Petersburg.

Since 1993, he was one of the chief executives of the State Tax Service of the Russian Federation. In 1999 - 2001 served as Deputy Federal Minister for Taxes and Duties. From 2001 to 2004 he was Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia. For three years, until September 2007, he headed the Federal Financial Monitoring Service. From September 2007 to May 2008, he was the Chairman of the Russian Government, a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and headed the Council of Ministers of the Russian-Belarusian Union State.

In May 2008 Viktor Zubkov returned to the Government of the Russian Federation. Over the next four years, he was engaged in the development of the forestry, fisheries and agro-industrial complex of the country with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister of Russia.

Since June 2008, he has been the permanent Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom. Since then, he has actually been implementing the political decisions of the Russian Government in the company.

For several years in a row, Zubkov combined the leadership of Gazprom with work as the head of the Rosagroleasing company andactivities as part of the Federal Government Commission on Tariff and Non-Tariff Regulation in Foreign Trade.

Possesses state awards and titles, is a real state adviser to the Russian Federation, 1st class. Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".

Married. Has a daughter, whose second husband is the former Minister of Defense of Russia A. Serdyukov. Viktor Zubkov is a quiet family man who loves skiing and athletics.