Oscar Hartmann: biography and success story of the Russian billionaire and philanthropist

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

Oscar Hartmann is one of Russia's most successful and we althiest entrepreneurs and a prime example of how you can achieve incredible goals from scratch. To date, the businessman owns more than 10 companies with a total capitalization of over $5 billion.

Such people delight, and their success stories inspire and motivate. Therefore, now we should briefly talk about Oscar and how he started and what he was able to come to.

Biography

A businessman was born in 1982 on May 14 in Kazakhstan, in a family of Russian Germans. At the age of 7 he moved with his parents to Germany. There, Oskar Hartmann graduated from the School of Management with a degree in International Economics.

Started working at the age of 11 - delivering magazines and newspapers. He tried many activities: he worked at a gas station, a warehouse, even worked as a nurse in a hospital for a year.

The first business was an online store selling sports nutrition, slimming belts, etc. Oscar closed the case because he had to do alternative civilian service.

The future billionaire hatched the idea of a serious business in the mid-2000s. At that time, he worked first in the Malaysian representation of BMW, and then in the office of the Boston Consulting Group, located in Moscow.

The path to success

The future entrepreneur came to Russia - to a country where he knew no one - at the age of 25. With a start-up capital of $30,000, with which he founded the company KupiVip. This money was enough for Oskar Hartmann for 6 weeks of work.

It was at that moment that his little son, recently born to him and his wife Tatyana, was diagnosed with a fatal diagnosis - cystic fibrosis. Oscar needed to urgently find capital and money for medicines. This became the defining moment. The entrepreneur himself said in an interview that a person's ability to overcome such situations and move on determines success.

Oscar Hartmann said: “I have founded more than 20 companies, and every time there was fear and doubt. But! This can be overcome with more fear. I was scared when I founded KupiVIP. But even more terrifying was the idea that at 40 I could be employed and the owner of the business would determine who I was and what I was required to do.”

And when Oscar is asked what it takes to be successful, his first recommendation is to kill fear.

Companies

Oscar isfounder of many enterprises and organizations. Among them:

• KupiVIP.
• Aktivo.
• CarPrice.
• FactoryMarket.
• CarFix.
• Welf.world.
• Equium.club.
• R2club.

Telling about the biography of Oscar Hartmann and his enterprises, it should be noted that he is also a member of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, and also the chairman of the board of trustees of the Rybakov Fund organization.

In addition, the businessman founded and became a partner of several investment funds and invested more than 50 times in the development of Internet companies.

Oscar Hartmann's venture capital portfolio includes several dozen companies around the world.

Community activities

Oscar Hartmann is one of the most open and sought-after speakers in all of Russia. The entrepreneur demonstrates by example an active approach to business and life, as well as the benefits of positive thinking.

Oscar has an Instagram profile where he regularly posts fresh stories, photos, and interesting as well as informative posts that are useful for people interested in or doing business.

Oscar Hartmann also has a channel on YouTube, which has already subscribed to about 140 thousand people. The businessman makes very interesting videos in which he tells unbanal things.

In my videosthe billionaire answers the questions that are relevant for every businessman - "How to think?" and "What to do?" Many people are inspired by his words and really come to success. After all, this is not a business consultant or trainer, but a real person who built an entire empire, having practically nothing.