Alexander Ponomarenko: biography

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A. A. Ponomarenko was born on October 27, 1964 in the city of Belogorsk (Republic of Crimea).

Early biography of Alexander Ponomarenko

Alexander Anatolyevich served in the army from 1983 to 1985. He received the title of CCM in the late 1980s of the twentieth century, and is also the champion of Ukraine in boxing among juniors. In 1982, he was enrolled at Simferopol State University at the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports, but due to conscription, he studied there for only a year. And only in 1988 he received a diploma of graduation from a higher educational institution.

In 1997, he defended his thesis at the end of the State Academy of Management named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze in Moscow and became a candidate of economic sciences. After that, Alexander Ponomarenko worked for six years at ANO "International Institute of Corporation" in Moscow, first as a chief researcher, and then was appointed vice-rector. In 2001, Ponomarenko defended his doctorate in economics.

The start of an entrepreneurial career

In 1987, together with his business partner Alexander Skorobogatko, Ponomarenko opened a company that was engaged in the manufacture of building materials, plastic bags, perfumes andetc.

In the late nineties, Alexander Ponomorenko moved to the capital of Russia and decided to go into banking there. Thus, in 1993, he becomes a co-owner of a small bank, which later went bankrupt. But this fact did not stop the entrepreneur, and in the same year Alexander Anatolyevich became already a co-founder of JSCB Russian General Bank. Seven years later, business partners create a universal bank based on the RSL with a significant retail direction. By 2006, entrepreneurs manage to open a network of Investsberbank branches.

Outdoor advertising

The businessman decides to go in another direction, so in 2003 he becomes the beneficiary of a company that is engaged in outdoor advertising. By 2005, Olimp was one of the main players in the outdoor advertising market. The government of Moscow and MosgorTrans signed cooperation agreements with this company, but in 2011 it was decided not to renew the cooperation. Some sources report that over eight years of doing this business, the entrepreneur has generated revenue in the amount of about eighty million United States dollars.

Stevedoring business

Alexander Ponomarenko, together with other projects, in 1998 decides to enter the stevedoring business by investing his capital in the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port. A lot of money was involved in the expansion of the pier, the grain terminal, as well as in the construction of a new tankparka. In 2003, the businessman was admitted to the Board of Directors. In 2008, the situation changed, and Arkady Rotenberg, who was considered a close friend of Vladimir Putin, becomes the owner of ten percent of the shares of the Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port. Three years later, Ponomarenko and Skorobodko exit this business by selling their shares to Transneft and the Summa group of Ziyavudin Magomedov. According to press estimates, this transaction cost a total of two and a half billion United States dollars.

Sheremetyevo Airport

In 2013, already familiar entrepreneurs, such as Alexander Ponomarenko, Alexander Skorobatko, Arkady Rotenberg, become the founders of the TPS Avia Holding collective business project for investment in the Sheremetyevo international air harbor system. Thus, in 2016, entrepreneurs acquired most of the largest airport in the Russian Federation (68.44%), a smaller part (31.56%) remained in state ownership.

Alexander Ponomarenko has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Sheremetyevo International Airport since June 2016.

The main tasks currently facing businessmen are the construction of the newest terminal, the third refueling system and the roadway connecting the northern and southern (terminals D, E and F) areas of the terminal. This project involved a huge amount of money in the amount of 840 million dollars. According to the calculations of businessmen, the expected payback period after the introduction of objects intooperation will be approximately ten years.

We alth, personal life and hobbies of an entrepreneur

According to the well-known Forbes magazine, in 2016 the Russian billionaire was in 771st place among the richest people in the world. His fortune is about two and a half billion dollars. In 2011, an entrepreneur bought a complex of buildings with land near Gelendzhik, known as Putin's Palace, for $350 million.

The businessman is currently married and has three children. Alexander Ponomarenko, whose photo is presented in the article, does not like to talk about his personal life, so it is hidden from the public eye. Alexander Anatolyevich is a hunter and a supporter of a he althy lifestyle. He collects marine painters and hunting books.