In this success post, we are going to share the story of Alexey Viktorovich, a Russian Billionaire businessman and one of the original founders of the Alfa Group, an investment company with its fingers in multiple industries.
According to Forbes Magazine, Alexei is worth more than $7 billion as of 2018. He is now the 17th richest person in Russia and 207th in the World.
Alexey Viktorovich Early Career
Alexey served in the Russian Army from 1980 to 1982 as a radio operator around the Russian Chinese border. After leaving the army next year, he attended the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. There he would meet Mikhail Fridman and German Khan, his future business partners.
Their first venture, Alpha Photo, a photochemical importing business, was initiated in the year 1988. The trio pretty soon broadened their field to export business as well with the little persuasion from Kuzmichev. This even leads to the birth of Alfa Eco in the year 1998, which is now the largest financial group in Russia.
Alexey Viktorovich Career
Alfa Group has stakes in the Turkcell a Turkish telecommunications company and had owned around 12% of Megafon, the Russian Cell Phone operating company, before selling the shares for a whopping $7 billion in 2012. The group also owns shares in various other Russian based companies from various industries such as insurance to Retail. Alexei owns almost 30% of the joint company assets and sits on the Alfa Finance Holding’s Board of Directors.
Alexey Viktorovich Career Highlights
Alexey has worked extensively on many continents, including the Iran, European countries, Iraq, Nigeria, etc. Also, he is the chairman of A1’s Advisory Committee, the company that operates within the Alpha Group and owns Russia’s biggest car selling company.
Alexey Viktorovich Personal Life
Alexey Viktorovich is married with one son and, as of now, resides in Moscow, Russia. Because he likes contemporary modern art, and in 2012 he purchased the Sam Durant’s painting “Dream more Work Less”.
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