Berezkin Grigory Viktorovich: biography, family, interesting facts

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

The personality of this big businessman is little known in the public environment, although his financial condition is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. Who is he, Berezkin Grigory Viktorovich? "Forbes" in the ranking of the richest entrepreneurs in Russia the year before last put him in 146th place. At that time, his profit was estimated at $0.7 billion. One can only wonder how Berezkin Grigory Viktorovich became the head of a large commercial structure "ESN" and made it prosperous and powerful. However, the scope of his business interests has a wide range, and over the years of entrepreneurial activity, he experienced not only ups, but also downs. But despite the repeated fiasco in business, Grigory Viktorovich Berezkin was able to put together a huge financial fortune. What was remarkable in his biography? Let's take a closer look at this issue.

Biography

Grigory Viktorovich Berezkin is a native of the Russian capital. He was born on August 9, 1966. The future entrepreneur learned the value of money while still a teenager. ATFor 14 years, Gregory worked part-time by cleaning the underpass. Moreover, the salary received (160 - 200 rubles) seemed to him a fortune: not every adult could boast of such money.

Having received a matriculation certificate, Berezkin Grigory Viktorovich decided to become a petrochemist and entered the Faculty of Chemistry at Moscow State University. In 1988, the young man received a specialist diploma. But he decided to start a career at a university and entered graduate school. Three years later he graduated from it, and in 1993 he successfully defended his dissertation. In parallel with writing a scientific work, the young man worked as a junior researcher at the Department of Chemistry, Petroleum and Organic Catalysis. But after some time to develop a scientific career Berezkin Grigory Viktorovich, whose biography is not known to everyone, changed his mind.

First steps in business

In the early 90s, a graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University decided to try his hand at entrepreneurship. But where to start? An idea ripened in his head: to organize the production of cables for oil submersible pumps. Waste raw materials were lying around practically at all deposits of Komi and Siberia. Grigory Viktorovich with like-minded people took the “used out” cable, melted copper, and made a new “wire” from it. Customers for the goods were found immediately: oilmen. A novice businessman agreed with them on barter - he gave them a cable, and they gave him "black gold".

He resold the resulting oil to foreign markets.

Introducing the "great strategist"

Successes in the oil business were evident, and after some time, fate brought Berezkin to Roman Abramovich himself, who made money by supplying fuel from Komi. On the recommendation of the oligarch, Grigory Viktorovich was offered the position of assistant manager in the large commercial structure Komineft. He agreed, despite the fact that things in the company were far from going in the best way. She was in a severe financial crisis. The situation was complicated by the fact that an accident occurred at one of the sections of the oil pipeline. To minimize its consequences, Komineft was forced to borrow huge amounts of money from the EBRD and the World Bank. It was necessary to correct the financial situation of the enterprise, and Berezkin took on the function of an anti-crisis manager. The company carried out an issue of securities, thanks to which it was possible to increase the authorized fund of Komineft several times over. Such a measure allowed to force out several private investors from the company.

Masko

In parallel with the administration of the Komineft structure, Berezkin was in charge of affairs at the Mesko company, which was a joint product of RAO International Economic Cooperation and Komineft. Soon the latter was reorganized by merging with other companies: Kominefteprodukt and the Ukhta Oil Refinery.

As a result, a new legal entity emerged - KomiTEK.

Trying to get into big politics

In the mid-90s, a graduate of the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University decided to become a people's choice and independently put forward his candidacy for parliamentlower house of the Russian parliament. Few people were surprised that a big businessman, oilman Grigory Viktorovich Berezkin, was aiming for the deputies. His office was located within the boundaries of the University constituency No. 201, from which, in fact, he ran. But the entrepreneur failed in the elections, losing the parliamentary seat to his rival, economist Pavel Bunich.

KomiTEK

In 1996, Grigory Viktorovich took over the reins of the KomiTEK-Moscow company, whose profile was to export supplies of "black gold" produced by Noyabrskneftegaz. Some time later, Berezin became the full owner of the KomiTEK company, becoming the head of its executive body. After that, the businessman acquired a stake in Euroseverneft (38%) and a stake in SB-Trust (29%).

ESN

In 1997, Berezin became the head of the executive body of Evroseverneft (ESN). He held this position for eight years.

In the late 90s, the businessman sold the KomiTEK structure. She went to Lukoil.

Then the businessman met with Anatoly Chubais and asked to give him control over RAO's subsidiary Kolenergo. He agreed.

In 2000, the entrepreneur supported the initiative for ESN Energo to become the manager of the Kolenergo company, which at that time was close to bankruptcy. After some time, the businessman managed not only to bring the "daughter" of RAO out of the crisis, but also to prepare it for transformations. On thethe enterprise successfully tested an advanced financial accounting system and competent budgeting, and the energy sales process was modernized with maximum efficiency.

Great Deals

In 2003, Grigory Viktorovich Berezkin (ESN) buys 5% of RAO UES shares and resells them to Gazprom at a huge profit. Soon the businessman joined the Board of Directors of the largest energy supplier in the country.

In 2006, the entrepreneur made a number of transactions that brought him huge profits. Firstly, he sold almost half of the Rusenergosbyt enterprise to a foreign investor. Secondly, being the head of the ESN Board of Directors, Grigory Viktorovich bought the Reklamotiv advertising agency, the Sakvoyazh-SV print publication, and an Internet portal. All of the above acquisitions were consolidated under the leadership of the Media Partner company, which after a while began to invest in the energy industry. At the end of the 2000s, ESN, on a parity basis with Russian Railways, became the owner of a controlling stake in the energy company TGK-14.

In 2010, Berezkin is a member of the executive body of Russian Railways.

Reputation damage

One way or another, the biography of the businessman turned out to be flawed. Berezkin's reputation was tarnished by scandals related to his activities. The former head of the Ministry of Energy and Fuel, Viktor Kalyuzhny, publicly spoke about the fraudulent schemes used by the businessman in oil production. He referred to the liquidation of the KomiTEK structure, reporting thatthat Grigory Berezkin has not produced a single barrel of oil in his life, and that he “put together” financial capital in this business on the deft ability to maneuver cash flows in fraudulent ways.

Many people were perplexed by the story of the Yakut concern Alrosa, which is profiled in diamond mining. At the beginning of the 2000s, the federal authorities decided to strengthen their influence in this enterprise, but the local administration refused to assist them in this.

Grigory Viktorovich decided to "warm his hands" on this matter. He planned to buy out 5% of the shares of the Alrosa enterprise. The Fund for Social Guarantees for Servicemen under the Government of the Russian Federation acted as a potential seller. Officials from the Ministry of Property Relations interfered with the situation and threatened to abolish the Fund. The conflict of interest lasted until 2002, and after the intervention of Alexei Kudrin, the state "won" it.

Some are still outraged that Rusenergosbyt, owned by Berezkin, for some reason sold electricity to Gazprom at a price that was more than 2 times higher than the market price. This issue has been raised many times.

Marital status

Happy in his personal life Grigory Viktorovich Berezkin? His family is his wife and children, with whom he is certainly happy.

He tries to devote time not only to business, but also to his offspring and wife. Who is she, how did Grigory Viktorovich Berezkin meet her? The wife of a businessman - Elena, is engaged inart and is the owner of the gallery "Line - art". They fell in love with each other as students and got married in the last year of the institute. The hero of our article was not involved in any love scandals.