Ruchyev Alexander Valerievich: biography and activities of the president of the Morton company

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Ruchyev Alexander Valeryevich is widely known in business circles of Russia, whose activity is connected with construction. He is one of the founders and president of the Morton group of companies, which is one of the five hundred largest domestic companies.

Ruchyev's young years

Ruchyev Alexander Valerievich was born on December 30, 1973 in the city of Severodvinsk, in the Arkhangelsk region. He did not see his future in the provinces, and after graduating from school he immediately went to conquer the capital. In 1991 he entered the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology at the Faculty of Aerophysics and Space Research, where he studied with pleasure. Today, the businessman says that at one time he managed to get a fundamental physical and technical education.

Why did Alexander Ruchyev not start exploring space? His biography is replete with events of a completely different plan: they are connected with the earth, and not with the sky.

According to Ruchyev himself, until the fourth year he was not going to go into business, even though the nineties were already in the yard, and many comrades "spun" incommerce. Alexander thought that business in Russia was not for long, but the conquest of space was the future. And he himself dreamed of becoming an astronaut. He believed that the time was about to come when his profession in his homeland would become in demand. But Ruchev Alexander Valerievich did not wait for her finest hour.

Morton's first ten years

Toward the end of the institute Ruchev Alexander realized that he had to win his place under the sun in a new country in which everything had changed radically. His very first steps in entrepreneurial activity were the resale of consumer goods, which he bought in bulk or bartered, and then sold at factories.

Many of Ruchyev's classmates at that time worked part-time at construction sites, and soon this area seemed to Alexander more attractive than trade. Together with six comrades, in 1994 he created a small company, Morton, which at first made money by overhauling premises and buildings.

In 1998, Morton was lucky enough to receive an order for facade insulation, which the company carried out using its own unique technologies. The objects were houses in Mitino.

Young people did not stop there and continued to expand the scope of their activities. Soon, their first construction contract "burned out" - it was necessary to complete the building in Klin. And a little later they were lucky again - they got an order for the restoration of one of the old buildings on the Arbat. Successfully implemented project for the reconstruction and completion of the house-museumPorohovshchikov allowed the guys to put together start-up capital, which they invested in the further development of their business: the construction of residential buildings in Shchelkovo, pos. Bear Lakes, etc.

One of the company's most ambitious projects of that time was the development in 2004 of the huge May 1 residential complex on the Moscow Ring Road, which marked the beginning of a partnership between Morton and the construction giant DSK-1.

The main feature of the company was that the company "took over" the Moscow region, while others fought for plots in the center of Moscow. Thus, the wise Ruchyev Alexander Valerievich “Morton” saved from competitors and laid the foundation for the future resounding success of his company.

Takeoff

By 2008, the brainchild of Alexander Ruchyev could boast a revenue of four and a half billion rubles, and the total area of housing under construction exceeded one million square meters.

As you know, in 2008 the country was hit by a major financial crisis that drowned many successful Russian businessmen, including those in the construction industry.

Ruchyev Alexander Valeryevich and his Morton company not only managed to stay afloat at that difficult time – they “flyed up to the skies”.

Survival then was possible only with the support of the state, which became a lifesaver for Morton as well. In 2009, the company entered into a "fat" contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the construction of housing for the military. It was the "jump" that ensured the current prosperity of Ruchiev.

Patrons

Of course, such an obvious lobbying of the interests of not the most famous company in Moscow by the authorities did not go unnoticed by the public. From the mid-2004s to the present day, materials periodically appear in the media that Ruchev Alexander Valerievich, president of the Morton Group of Companies, has close ties with the leadership of the region, as well as the top of the Russian law enforcement agency, which he uses in the interests of his business.

In particular, the businessman is credited with patronage from the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, ex-Governor of the Moscow Region Boris Gromov, Minister of the Construction Complex of the Moscow Region Sergey Pakhomov, Vice Governor of the Moscow Region Ildar Gabdrakhmanov and other officials.

Ruchyev himself explains the success during the crisis by simple luck and high-quality long-term work of Morton on the territory of Balashikha, where it was planned to build housing for the military. That is, they simply chose the company that has already positively established itself in this area.

Morton today

The scale of today's activities of the company, once created by MIPT students, is impressive. It unites such organizations as Morton-RSO LLC, Morton-Invest LLC and Zhilstroyenergo-M LLC.

Morton has billions of dollars in turnover; in the process of implementation - projects with a total area of more than seven and a half million square meters.

Alexander Valeryevich Ruchev confidently tookniche, which is considered the most difficult. This is the construction of economy-class housing, where the cost of one square meter does not exceed seventy-five thousand rubles. The businessman explains the opportunity to build affordable housing by the fact that his company does not transfer important functions to intermediaries, but tries to do all the work, from creating projects to selling, on its own.

Priorities "Morton" gives government orders and is not listed among the companies that defraud equity holders.

Projects of Morton Group

Today, the turnover of this company exceeds one billion dollars. Completed projects:

• 17-storey building on Lechebnaya street, vl. 14, building 1;
• microdistrict in the center of Balashikha: 4 panel 17-storey houses and three 15-storey brick houses;
• Microdistrict "May 1" in Balashikha: house of variable number of storeys (19-22) and 24-storey brick building;
• three 22-storey brick towers in Balashikha;
• Southern Kuchino microdistrict in the city of Zheleznodorozhny: six 17-storey panel houses;
• Medvezhye Ozera village, Ozerny residential complex.

Now the company has a lot of new offers that will be developed in the near future:

• microdistrict "Ilyinskaya Sloboda" in the village of Ilyinsky;
• microdistricts in the Leninsky district of Moscow "Butovo Park" and "Butovo Park-2";
• microdistrict "Solntsevo Park";
• several projects in New Moscow, etc.

Besides this, Morton Group builds parking spaces next to its buildings. The company is also engaged inand business real estate: the so-called "headquarters" and multifunctional centers in Moscow and the region.

The company regularly increases its fleet and wants to create jobs in the areas where it is engaged in construction. Land for projects has always been purchased at market value or won in tenders.

The company has a corporate identity: "Morton" does not work in the far and middle suburbs. Only Moscow and nearby territories are in the sphere of interest.

Forbes rating

How do experts assess the activities of the company, which is headed by Alexander Ruchyev? In 2011, Forbes assigned Morton the 71st step in the ranking of the largest non-public companies in Russia. A few years earlier, a little-known subject of the construction business then bypassed such giants as Inteko, Glavstroy and Donstroy.

In 2012, Morton was ranked 68th in the same ranking, in 2013 - 109th, in 2014 - 111th, and in 2015 the company is at 103rd- m location.

According to Forbes, the revenue of Ruchyev's brainchild a few years ago amounted to 51 billion rubles; five and a half thousand people worked at the Morton facilities.

Customer ratings

As for customer ratings, their main complaint against Morton is that the company often delays the delivery of a new building. Construction is usually delayed by an average of a year. But in the end, the company still fulfills its obligations. Even during a deep crisis, Morton never oncedid not “throw” his clients, so the developer can be classified as reliable.

Builders Mutual Liability Insurance Society

Since 2013, Ruchev Alexander Valeryevich has been the head of the Society for Mutual Insurance of Developers' Liability, established by the thirty largest Russian construction business players from thirteen regions of the country. The main initiator of the creation of the society was "Morton". The purpose of the organization is to protect participants in shared construction, reduce risks and pay compensation to victims of unscrupulous developers.

Worldview of Alexander Ruchyev

Ruchyev Alexander Valeryevich considers himself a deeply religious person, and calls Orthodoxy the basis of the Russian nation. Repeatedly in his speeches, he emphasized this point and promised to make the centers being built by Morton Orthodox-oriented.

True, and there are critics here who charge Ruchyev with a discrepancy between words and deeds. Examples are given when residents of a particular microdistrict have been asking a company for decades to build at least a small temple on its territory or repair an existing one, but they are not heard.

Despite Ruchyev's conflicts with the general public, he still has great ambitions. And, being a believer, he believes that the country is in great need of new churches, which must be continued to be built. He often speaks at the Russian People's Cathedral and created the White Cross Foundation. This charitable organization supports the country's Orthodox communities.

For a whileago, Morton financed online media through the Russian Planet and Rustoria projects. At the moment, the company prefers to allocate funds to high-tech projects: modern wastewater treatment plants, transport systems, building houses, etc.

Ruchyev also supports several venture capital funds, which have recently allocated more than thirty million dollars to startups. The businessman himself considers himself a patriot and declares that he did not plan to leave Russia and never will.

Charity

Often Alexander Valeryevich is asked if he is engaged in charitable activities? The businessman answers in the affirmative, but does not disclose the details, explaining that good deeds should be done quietly, away from the eyes of the public, otherwise “you can fall into heresy.”

However, in the media, there are often notes that Ruchev Alexander Valerievich, whose photo can be seen in this article, periodically donates funds to Moscow Orthodox churches and foundations. He does not comment on this.

Private life

Ruchyev Alexander Valeryevich, whose wife gave him two daughters, prefers not to talk too much about his personal life either. Names, dates of important family events and other information of this kind are securely hidden by a businessman from prying eyes. And in this Ruchyev can be understood: there is already enough criticism of him. Therefore, it is better not to let journalists into the holy of holies, because, as they say: “Mymy house is my castle…” And who, if not the owner of a construction company, should know about this?