Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev: biography, career

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

A large official of the gas industry, Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev, is a very private person. Little is known about his life; he does not touch on the topic of his personal biography in an interview. But the general public is always interested in knowing the details of the life path of such prominent people. Let's talk about how the biography and career of Alexander Medvedev developed.

Early years

On August 14, 1955, Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev was born in a small urban-type settlement of Shakhtersk, Sakhalin Region. Almost nothing is known about the childhood of the future official. In an interview, Alexander Ivanovich says that he has been a hockey fan since childhood. Obviously, life in a village with a population of just over 10 thousand people did not abound with some significant events.

All the inhabitants of this place were connected with the activities of the coal mines, which were in the immediate vicinity. Medvedev never talks about how he studied at school or about his classmates. Canassume that he studied well, since seriousness and responsibility are the hallmarks of his character.

Education

Medvedev Alexander Ivanovich, whose family always remains in the background, does not talk about how he ended up in Moscow in the mid-70s. Whether the whole family moved here, or whether the young man came to enter the university on his own is unknown. But in 1978 he graduated from one of the country's leading universities in the field of applied and theoretical physics and mathematics, the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. MIPT has always been distinguished by the fact that it trained highly qualified personnel for the latest fields of science. Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev received a diploma in the speci alty "Automatic Control Systems". It is impossible to find details about his student years in open sources of information. But it is obvious that Alexander studied well, this helped him get a good job after graduation.

In 1987 he graduated from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Later, Alexander Medvedev defended his dissertation for the degree of candidate of economic sciences.

Beginning of a working biography

After graduation, Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev joined the prestigious scientific Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He started as an employee of the department of international relations, but quickly managed to move up the career ladder and became a senior researcher in this department, and lateracting head of the sector.

The high point of his career in the scientific community was the position of scientific secretary in the Comprehensive Program of Scientific and Technological Progress of the USSR and the USSR State Committee on Science and Technology. For 11 years, from 1978 to 1989, Medvedev made a significant breakthrough and achieved a lot. But times changed - and for Medvedev it was time to change the scope of his activities.

Business work

In 1989, Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev received a serious appointment and became the director of the Donau-Bank AG Soviet Foreign Bank in Vienna, the capital of Austria. The enterprise was engaged in various operations with currency, securities and precious metals outside the USSR. A little later, Alexander Ivanovich also headed the subsidiary of this bank, Inter Trade Consult GmbH. During this period, he actively develops new connections in Europe, and also strengthens the professional relations established during his work at IMEMO.

In 1991, Medvedev became the head of IMAG Investment Management and Advisory Group GmbH, also based in Vienna. The company was involved in raising funds for the Russian fuel and energy industry, developing various trade and project financing projects.

In 1997, he also decided to head the Eastern Oil Company Joint-Stock Company, but a year later he again focuses all his efforts only on working at IMAG. In total, Medvedev worked in Austria for 5 years, but then he was called to his homeland.

Gazprom

In 2002, Medvedev received a new high appointment. He became CEO of Gazprom's energy export subsidiary. At the same time, he joined the board of Gazprom, the largest transnational energy corporation. It successfully implements large-scale projects for the development of Russian gas resources, in particular, in Yamal, the Arctic shelf, the Far East, Eastern Siberia and other countries.

In 2006, the enterprise subordinate to Medvedev was transformed into Gazprom Export. Later, he became the second person in the main company, taking the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Alexei Miller. Since 2006, Medvedev has regularly appeared in the press. He acts as the official representative of Gazprom at the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the largest Italian oil and gas company Eni. Together, the gas giants were going to build and manage the South Stream gas pipeline. As part of the project, it was planned to build a gas pipeline along the bottom of the Black Sea, so that gas from Russia would come to the Balkan Peninsula and Austria. However, the project was never implemented in this form.

Also in 2007, Alexander Medvedev represented Gazprom at the signing of an agreement on the transfer to the Russian side of the Kovykta gas condensate field from the TNK-BP concern. From 2006 to 2009, Medvedev became the main representative of the Russian side in negotiations on gas supplies and transit with Ukraine.

In 2009, Alexander Medvedev entered the prestigious list of 100 most influential peopleof the world,” compiled annually by the American Times.

KHL

In 2008, Gazprom becomes the main sponsor of the newly created Continental Hockey League, which unites the teams of Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland, Slovakia, Belarus, China and Latvia. Medvedev took an active part in the process of creating this organization, and in 2008 the president of the KHL, Alexander Medvedev, appeared.

He led the League until 2014. A lot has been done during this time. Medvedev passionately cheered for his players, spent a lot of time and energy on improving the situation in domestic hockey. He himself participated in the matches of veterans, was friends with many players, tried to make Russian hockey better. But in 2014, the leadership decides on his resignation and Dmitry Chernyshenko comes to Medvedev's place.

Parting with Gazprom

Alexander Ivanovich Medvedev, for whom Gazprom has become a serious place to realize his professional potential, since 2009 began to lose his influence in the company. At some point, Alexey Miller allows himself an open injection of his deputy: "Isn't it too much for you, isn't it hard?" Insinuating that Medvedev has become too prominent in Gazprom.

For three years, Alexander Ivanovich lost almost all power. Contracts on foreign projects related to the development of fields and gas supplies are going into other hands. On the sidelines of Gazprom, they started talking about the fact that Medvedev was no longer in control of the situation, that he had let everything take its course. Revenuethe company began to decline. The so-called "gas war" with Ukraine put the final end to the cooperation between Medvedev and Gazprom. In 2011, Alexander Ivanovich leaves the concern and Gazprom Export.

Private life

Many major officials carefully hide the details of their private lives, including Medvedev Alexander Ivanovich. Wife, children, parents - all this is under the categorical heading "secret". Journalists have never been able to "catch" Medvedev and his family and find at least some information about it.