Peter Aven's fortune. Aven Petr Olegovich: biography, achievements and interesting facts. Personal life of Peter Aven

Aven Petr Olegovich is included in the list of one hundred richest people Russia. His working career began as a junior research assistant, and today he is the head of the largest Russian holding Alfa Group. Having entered the Alfa Group family at the end of the 90s, Petr Aven was able not only to keep this ship afloat during the crisis years. He managed to raise the holding to new heights.

 

Dossier:

• Date of Birth: 16.03.1955
• Education: Economics Faculty of Moscow State University
• Business start date / age1993: 38 years old
• Startup activity: consulting financial services
• Current activity: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa Group
• Current state: $ 4,600 million (Forbes)

The success stories of some of Russia's richest entrepreneurs are a wonderful motivation for repetition. Aven Petr Olegovich - all the more so, because this story is about how, using talent and knowledge, not to miss the opportunity to rise up.

Luck since childhood

How else to call the fact that the boy was born in the professor's family on March 16, 1955 in Moscow. The long-awaited heir became the bearer of the genes of many nationalities - Jews, Latvians and Russians. The family included both a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the SSR (father Oleg Ivanovich) and an opponent of Soviet power who was shot in the 30s - his grandfather, a Latvian shooter.

In any case, the "golden spoon in the mouth" contributed to the fact that the boy was sent to study at the famous capital school No. 2 with a physical and mathematical bias, where with primary grades prepared future students of Moscow State University. However, Petya did not give too much of great importance study - he was "average", but a joker and the soul of the company.

It is interesting that it was at school that he met Arkady Gaidar's grandson, Yegor, who in the future opened the doors for him to the country's political elite.

But while schoolboy Aven did not even think that he was making some useful acquaintances - he just enjoyed life. Peter was very interested in music and even became the head of the school music club. By the way, later he had many good acquaintances precisely among famous singers, composers and performers.

Ability to find " the right people”Served our hero in his student years - he received higher education at the economics department of Moscow State University, where he met his future business partner -. The guys first became friends on the basis of the same musical interests, and then became business partners. This will be in the future, but for now Aven successfully graduates from the university, defends his thesis and receives a Ph.D.

Labor career: the beginning

After receiving a university diploma, the biography of Aven Petr Olegovich brings us to the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of System Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Here he spends the period 1981-1988. and grows to the rank of senior research fellow.

The next step was the position of adviser to the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989. However, Pyotr Olegovich does not give up his scientific work - in parallel, he works under a contract at the Austrian-Vienna International Scientific Institute.

The return from abroad coincided with the collapse of the Soviet empire. At this difficult time, there was a turn in the work biography of Pyotr Aven: he joined the "reform government" of his friend Yegor Gaidar as the head of foreign economic relations. In fact, this position meant the first deputy minister of foreign affairs of the RSFSR.

Further short political biography Petra Avena was just gaining momentum - since 1992, our hero headed the creation already in Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. And a little later he is included in the commission dealing with monetary and economic issues under the Russian government.

In 1992, the government is headed by Viktor Chernomyrdin. Petr Olegovich decides to resign. Until 1993, he worked as an advisor to the president of JSC "LogoVAZ" Boris Berezovsky.

Figure: 1. Aven had a good relationship with Boris Berezovsky.
Source: website i.obozrevatel.com

Aven maintained partnership with the oligarch Berezovsky for a long time. It was Aven and Fridman who introduced Berezovsky and Abramovich during the New Year celebrations in 1995. Pyotr Olegovich said: "The scale of personal hostility among the oligarchs is greatly exaggerated - many of us know each other, go to visit and relax together." (Business people, 1997).

Personal cash

In 1993, Aven decided to open his own business - he became a consulting company. Finance Petr Aven (abbreviated - FinPA) did not have its own assets, although the organization was a commercial financial structure.

Figure: 2. Many of Aven's financial theories have been perfectly implemented in practice.
Source: cdn.bfm.ru

Essentially, the company was dealing with liquid debt obligations. To be more precise, they advised those wishing to buy government debts on all points of the transaction, but did not affect the price. Among the deals were with India and Ghana.

Entrepreneur Aven later shared his memories: “We occupied an empty market niche. Our company bought up its debts from the state, which it could not pay for its obligations. Then, when it can already, the state returns the money to us. "

Hello Alfa Group!

The organization's services were used by OJSC AKB "Alfa Bank", which was founded by a student friend Fridman. It is not hard to imagine why Aven became a co-owner of this organization (for this he transferred half of his company to Friedman).

In the same year, Petr Olegovich returns to politics: he becomes a deputy of the State Duma, but our hero refuses the mandate. He wants to do his own business, especially since in 1994, after receiving a 10% stake, he becomes president of the bank. But still from the position of a member of the coordinating council Round table he does not refuse business of the Russian Federation.

Alfa Group only benefits from the arrival of a talented economist and strategist. With the help of Aven, it was possible to continue various payments even during the 1998 crisis. The hero's career is going uphill: in 1998 alone, Aven first entered the board of directors of Aviakor OJSC, then into the same structure at Alfa-TV, and then CJSC Television Stations Network.

Figure: 3. The arrival of Aven in "Alpha", definitely, benefited both.
Source: kvnews.ru

Since 2001, Aven has been holding senior positions in the holding, and since 2011 he is also a direct shareholder of the organization. Today he leads this consortium.

But at the same time, our hero does not believe in online banking, as he declares:

During this time, he has received various awards many times. For example, in 2004, a businessman was named the best financial manager. In 2005, he received the Order of Honor from Vladimir Putin, and in 2015, the Woodrow Wilson Prize in Washington for his contribution to the development of relations between the two countries.

More about the holding

It will be interesting to know a little more about the ship that Aven controls. Founded in 1989, today it is provided in many countries of the world - Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Great Britain and Luxembourg.

Alfa Group is one of

The consortium's interests include the following priorities:

• telecommunications;
• alcoholic beverages production (Aven is a member of the Latvijas Balzams Board of Directors in Riga);
• joint control with Renovo of OJSC TNK, an oil and oil product producer;
• consumer, retail business (sugar and grain);
• food sector (stake in Perekrestok);
• financial activities (banking and insurance services).

The holding is also involved in other non-business projects. Particularly distinguished among them are charitable and social, support for children and youth, the preservation of cultural values. Financial assistance is also obligatory, which is mainly provided to seriously ill children (Alfa Group is partners of the Life Line fund for seriously ill children, which has already received $ 10.7 million). Participation in good deeds of other organizations was also noted (for example, the “Basket of Kindness” from, together with which they collected 20,000 kg of food for 3,000 socially disadvantaged families).

In addition to other good deeds, there is support for children's health care (there are plans to invest $ 100 million for a children's endocrinology program). Ecology has not been forgotten either: the bank branch helps WWF-Russia in protecting the environment. The foundation also supports various innovative projects of young scientists.

Competitive wars and other scandals

Any barrel of honey has its own fly in the ointment. Many economic experts consider Aven (as well as Khan and Fridman) just a "public" owner who owns a symbolic share of the holding's ownership. Allegedly, the organization has a rather unstable foundation due to the fact that it was created on "offshore whales". The assumptions are based on the fact that many large borrowers and founders of the organization do not have any significant visible financial activities lately.

The first and main competitor is MDM-group, with which there was a struggle for "Conversebank" for a very long time. The winner was still a competitor, but many partners did not like that Aven deliberately used his connections in political circles to get what he wanted. At the same time, he allegedly hid behind the interests of Alfa-Bank, which he embroiled in this competition. But they prefer not to argue with Petr Olegovich - his lobby is too strong in political circles.

Petr Olegovich Aven is a representative of the galaxy of modern Russian entrepreneurs. Known as one of the co-owners of Alfa Group, statesman, art collector, philanthropist and businessman involved in charity work. His biography is an example life path, proving that everyone can achieve financial success. It is important not to miss the chance.

Childhood and youth

Petr Olegovich was born in Moscow into a professorial family. Date of birth of the future oligarch - March 16, 1955. Among Aven's ancestors were Russians, Jews and Latvians. Oleg Ivanovich, the father of the future entrepreneur, was engaged in computing technology, was a well-known specialist in this field. Later he taught at Moscow State University, was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Aven's grandfather is known as a Latvian shooter who got on the raster list during the repressions in the 1930s.

A successful career for Petr Olegovich was prepared from childhood. The boy is sent to the physics and mathematics school №2. The educational institution, which many successful people graduated from, is called the “nursery of geniuses at Moscow State University”. Aven studied medium, was fond of music, headed the school music club. From school he made numerous acquaintances among musicians.

Then the young man enters the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University. Three years after graduating from the university, he defends his thesis and becomes a candidate of sciences. As a student at Moscow State University, he meets a future business partner. Initially, they are united by musical interests, which later develop into a business partnership.

Carier start

The first place of work of the future businessman was the Institute for System Research, where he works as a junior research fellow. Petr worked at the institute for almost eight years, grew to a senior research fellow and in 1989 went to Austria for an internship. The return home coincided with the difficult economic situation in the country.

Aven becomes a team member whom he knew from school days. Holds two positions at the same time. One of them is the Deputy Foreign Minister. Later headed by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations. With the arrival of Petr Aven, he resigns and immediately becomes an advisor to the president of LogoVAZ.

"Alfa Bank"

In 1993, Aven creates and heads his own financial structure - a consulting company. Petra Avena Finance (FinPA) provided consulting services, had no assets and did not buy anything. The company that consulted with Aven was OJSC AKB Alfa Bank, founded by M. Fridman. Soon Petr Olegovich becomes its co-owner.

In 1993, Aven was elected a deputy of the State Duma, but he renounces the deputy mandate in favor of his company. To become a co-owner of Alfa-Bank, he gives him half of the shares of his company, receives 10% of the bank's shares and in 1994 becomes its president.

Peter Aven at the head of Alfa-Bank

After Aven came to Alfa Group, the holding's positions were noticeably strengthened. He successfully overcomes the crisis of 1998, continuing to pay money to depositors and settle other obligations. In May 1998, Aven became a member of the board of directors of Aviakor OJSC, in June he heads the board of directors of Alfa-TV CJSC, in November - Television Stations Network CJSC.

Since 2001, Aven continues to hold senior positions in Alfa Group, in 2011, after acquiring 150.6 thousand shares for $ 3 million, he becomes a shareholder of the company. In 2004, Institutional Investor magazine was named the best executive in the financial sector. In 2005, the businessman received the Order of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation for his success and conscientious work.

Collection

Petr Aven is also known as a connoisseur of painting and a collector, who collected the largest collection of paintings by artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. At the 2012 Christie’s auction, he acquires Kandinsky's Sketch for Improvisation No. 8 for $ 23 million.

The collection of Peter Aven consists of many masterpieces

Then he became the owner of a pencil portrait of V. Meyerhold by Yuri Annenkov. He paid $ 1.7 million for the drawing. He owns a collection of majolica and a collection of Soviet porcelain, consisting of 1,000 pieces.

Charity

In 2008, Petr Aven, together with his wife Elena, opened the Generation charitable foundation. The Foundation supports children's health care, cultural exchange between Russia and Latvia, scholarships and grants in science. Together with, and provide funding for the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center donated to the Jewish community.

Concert grand piano by Raymond Pauls

A concert grand piano was donated from the fund. The cost of a musical instrument is 120 thousand euros. Since 2012, they have been helping Madona Hospital (Latvia). The medical facility has a baby box for children that mothers refuse. Aven personally donated an EPIQ5 ultrasonograph to the maternity ward of the hospital. The businessman is a member of the trustees of the Bolshoi Theater, the Russian Olympians Support Fund and other organizations.

Personal life

Petr Aven is a widower, the wife of a businessman Elena died on August 25, 2015. The cause of his wife's death is a blood clot. Before this tragic incident, everything was going well in the banker's personal life. Elena was a historian by profession. They have lived together for over 30 happy years. The couple have twin children: son Denis and daughter Daria. Studied in the USA, at Yale University.

Peter Aven with his wife Elena

The banker loves alpine skiing, football, tennis, is fond of hunting, and is a fan of FC Spartak. He is fluent in English, reads and explains in Spanish. Loves poetry and literature. Of the last books he read, he calls "Heavenly Harmony" by Peter Esterhazy and "Everything Is Fixable" by Alexander Kabakov.

condition

Petr Aven is one of the richest inhabitants of the planet. In the 2007 ranking, published by Forbes magazine, the fortune of a businessman was $ 3.6 billion, in 2008 - $ 5.5 billion (178th position), in 2009, according to Finance, - $ 1.25 billion, in 2010 - returned to 2007 indicators

Petr Aven with children

Aven owns 7.021% of the shares of the Altimo holding, 13.8% of the shares of ABH Holdings, which unites the oil and financial assets of Alfa Group. In 2016, the oligarch ranks 19th in the list of wealthy Russian businessmen.

The personal fortune according to the latest estimates is $ 4.6 billion.

Petr Aven now

Today, the billionaire remains at the helm of Alfa Group, is engaged in charity work and writing. He is the author of articles and books on economics, a university professor, and teaches. The business tycoon's fortune continues to grow.

Giving interviews to journalists, Petr Olegovich proudly talks about his young generation - his son and daughter. Children live in America, but dream of returning to their homeland. The son graduated with honors and a double degree in mathematics and economics, the daughter is promoting the MAC brand in Estée Lauder.

How Russia was betrayed. P.Aven
Dedicated to the generation that has survived the nineties

We will need to tell our children and grandchildren about the people who destroyed and betrayed our vast country, so that they know them and, like us, can save it. It is necessary that they know each of them personally - how they lived, how they were brought up, what they believed, what they hated. Why are they like that. We need to tell about these people so that our children and grandchildren can recognize such people. So we will tell about them in the cycle “How Russia was betrayed” ... Still in the loop "How Russia was betrayed"

Peter Aven

Aven's confession contains the main answer to the question of why the reforms of the 90s in Russia were so criminal, immoral and failed.
Part 1

The young reformers of the 90s were always hungry for publicity and even theatrical. At the sunset of the USSR, the grandson of two great writers, Gaidar worked with the editions Pravda and Kommunist, and at the zenith of his career, without saying the endings in some kind of caricatured carelessness, he was obviously happy to broadcast his marginal philosophy, especially in the days of the 1993 putsch. calling the people to their defense. Koch hosted the show "Greed" on NTV, and now he actively writes on the blog and collaborates with his gentle friend Aven at Forbes. There they find out whether everything was really so badly done in the 90s and why they live like this, although richly, but cautiously in Russia.

Peter Aven himself is not devoid of the habits of a Russian cultural enlightener. Then he will bring Elton John to the Throne Hall of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoe Selo. Then, pretending, - they say, I'm not a writer - will scribble a review of the book of Nizhny Novgorod Zakhar Prilepin "Sankya" in the magazine "Russian Pioneer".

“... We - I, in any case, - did not steal anything from anyone,” he writes there. - And, I apologize for the stamp, we create thousands of jobs. And we pay scholarships - including for future engineers. And we have nothing to justify ourselves for. If I feel any guilt for my better life - so only in front of the old and the sick. Those who cannot. And those who do not want, in my opinion, should justify themselves before me. "

Here we see one of the many thoughts of the present Aven, surprising in impudence, that the country robbed and humiliated by his government should justify itself to him in why it is robbed and humiliated.

The power of the "bespectacled"

Today they would be called hipsters. In the 60s and 70s, these were just refined clever boys whom their parents assigned to the Moscow Physics and Mathematics School No. 2. Today Peter Aven calls this event the main thing in his life, and in this he is perhaps right. In the quiet of Moscow offices, in the narrow circles of the capital's scientists who did not smell the country, in their warm dining rooms a new generation of narcissistic misanthropes, provided with all the benefits, grew up.

After graduating from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, in 1980, Aven defended his Ph.D. thesis under the guidance of Academician Stanislav Shatalin. Then he sat in the same office of the All-Union Research Institute of System Research with Yegor Gaidar. The text of his doctoral dissertation on "Functional scaling" was published in 1988 under the editorship of his future close associate Boris Berezovsky.

Like many in the generation of "young reformers", Aven was a research fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, located in Laxenburg, Austria. At the same time, he was listed as an adviser to the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This ability to combine different positions and benefit from it will play a decisive role in his career.

Of course, it was not only the cabinet neighborhood with Gaidar that ensured Aven's entry into the government of the reformers. He really wanted it.

- All economists, especially graduates with honors schools, dream of running the country, - Aven told Forbes magazine. - For this, in fact, they are taught, for this they read books. And, having entered the government, we got this opportunity. We understood that, indeed, the reforms were difficult, for some time it would be unpopular, but, in principle, we still saw ourselves entering history, the elite of economists. Therefore, there was no doubt that reforms should be done, of course.

This confession contains the main answer to the question of why the reforms of the 90s in Russia were so criminal, immoral and failed. The government of vain, clever boys did not know how to carry out reforms, understood that they were extremely difficult, but the desire to go down in history quickly outweighed all fears.

Friend of Berezovsky and Putin

Petr Aven during the years of reforms and after them demonstrated an amazing ability to adapt and survive. Today it is believed that the president of Alfa Bank is a friend of Vladimir Putin and a skillful lobbyist for business interests in the corridors of power. In the 90s, on the contrary, one of the main ideologists of "Gaidarvinism" Aven was in partnership and friendly relations with Boris Berezovsky and many other current London inmates with whom. But he doesn't sit.

However, Aven's activities during the reforms were much more ambiguous and subtle than the clumsy work of the same Alfred Koch. If Koch was selling out enterprises - "iron", then the Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation was selling information. After leaving the ministerial post in 1992, after the resignation of Yegor Gaidar, Aven began working in the same specialty, only privately. He created his own company, "Finance of Petra Avena" (FinPA), which was engaged in consulting on Russian foreign debts. Naturally, by the nature of his ministerial service, he knew this matter better than anyone else, and had an excellent set of necessary connections in the government. Trade in state information today would be called insider information, but then there was no such concept in Russia, just as there were no players in the market favored by Aven.

Part 2

All reformers, without exception, have had dismissive statements about massive losses among the people.
The connection between government and business became Aven's main source of income. Alfa-Bank, for example, bought state debts of Russia for 25-30% of their value, and then received for them from the country full price... According to Novaya Gazeta, what kind of obligations should be bought, Mikhail Kasyanov, the chief negotiator on Russian debts in the West, told him. Rather, he ordered, first of all, to pay off those debts that were bought by "Alpha". A criminal case was even initiated regarding such an uncomplicated cooperation, but then it was closed under an indistinct pretext.

Nevertheless, despite the craving for the graceful and all the intelligence of his career, Petr Olegovich could not avoid the primitive privatization "cutting" of enterprises that occupied the whole country in those years. Even when he headed the ministry, it oversaw the privatization of significant foreign economic enterprises of the USSR. There were such facilities as, for example, Soyuznefteexport (now Nafta), which carried out up to 70% of the Union's oil export deals. The company's foreign ownership was estimated at $ 1 billion, but it was privatized for $ 2,000. The shares were distributed by private subscription among the former management of Soyuznefteexport and the ministry.

In 1995, Avena's Alfa-Bank got involved in the fight for the Sidanko oil company (now Tyumen Oil Company, TNK), which was put up for a loans-for-shares auction. Alpha structures bought 40% of TNK for $ 810 million. According to the Accounts Chamber, the State Property Committee and the Russian Federal Property Fund deliberately understated the value of the TNK stake put up for sale by more than 1.5 orders of magnitude. The treasury lost about $ 1.4 billion on this. Several years after this auction, TNK's management, headed by the chairman of the board of directors of the company, the general director of Nizhnevartovskneftegaz, Viktor Paliy, tried to fight the takeover of the company, since they had their own views on it. Paliy then stated that this privatization was a state robbery with the tacit consent of officials. It turned out that the agreement was not at all tacit. Chubais and Koh immediately dashed off a letter to the management of Sidanko demanding to exclude Paliy's re-election due to the "poor economic situation of the enterprise." The clever boys were, as they now say, naive about the interests of most of the population. But, as we can see, the naivety extended only to the interests of others, when the matter concerned oneself loved ones, brutal pragmatism immediately entered the business.

Thanks for the illiterate old people

Pragmatism is one of the main properties of Aven. At the present time, he is still present in power, promoting the interests of his business and providing "cover" for himself personally. Alfa-Bank and its president have delegated to both the Kremlin and the State Duma a lot of people who allow him to feel calm. Suffice it to say that the "gray eminence" and current Deputy Prime Minister Vladislav Surkov was once the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Alfa-Bank.

Forbes estimates Aven's fortune at $ 4.5 billion. The President of Alfa-Bank owns the largest collection of Russian paintings in Russia Silver Age - is considered to be a very good investment of money. The "Portrait of the poet Velimir Khlebnikov" by Mikhail Larionov, which belongs to him, is estimated, for example, at $ 20-25 million. In 1997, with a scandal at the price of an annual rent, he bought Alexei Tolstoy's dacha in Zhukovka near Moscow. Aven believes that he earned it all himself, unlike many residents of the country who do not want to do this.

“The grandfather in the novel“ Sanka ”, who got off the stove in a remote village and talks about the upcoming world cataclysms (something I, who has been engaged in the economy of the village for many years, have never met such literate grandfathers in any of my expeditions) is a direct relative of Russian elders- hermits. With whom, even though thanks to her for that, the Soviet regime ended. And then thousands of uneducated old people who do nothing, living in the mud have been fooling the people for centuries (and they took a lot of time from them - after all, they still had to get there). By the beginning of the twentieth century, the institution of such sufferers-hermits remained in the Christian world, it seems, only among the Orthodox, ”Aven is amazed. Note: all reformers, without exception, have made statements about some kind of massive losses among the people. For Chubais and Gaidar - "it's okay, others will be born." For Aven - "thank you, the Soviet regime has ended."

There is a version that Aven has one good reason not to be particularly afraid for his present in this country. It is connected with the fact that once the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation, which issued permits for foreign trade under his leadership, delegated this right to the administration of St. Petersburg, where Vladimir Putin served on the foreign economic side. Count - shared the bread. Aven always knew exactly who to share with. These are not illiterate old people for you.

Dmitry Inozemtsev
"Russian Planet", 29-30 October 2012

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banking Group "Alfa-Bank" Petr Olegovich Aven was born on March 16, 1955 in Moscow.

His grandfather was a Latvian shooter, his father, Oleg Ivanovich, was a computer scientist, a teacher of the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the Moscow state university (Moscow State University) them. M.V. Lomonosov, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

Petr Aven graduated from Physics and Mathematics special school No. 2 of Moscow in 1972, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University (MSU) M.V. Lomonosov in 1977, graduate school at Moscow State University in 1980.

In 1980 he received a PhD in Economics.

In 1981-1988, Aven worked as a junior, then as a senior researcher at the All-Union Scientific Research Institute for System Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences (VNIISI of the USSR Academy of Sciences).

From 1989 to 1991 he was an adviser to the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs; at the same time - an employee of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Laxenburg, Austria).

In the fall of 1991, Petr Aven became a member of the "reform government" as chairman of the Committee for Foreign Economic Relations (KVEC) - First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR.

In January-December 1992, Aven headed the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation, at the same time being the representative of the President of the Russian Federation for relations with industrially developed countries ("seven").

July-December 1992 - Deputy Chairman of the Currency and Economic Commission of the Government of the Russian Federation.

From May to December 1992, he was chairman of the Interdepartmental Commission on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

From December 1992 to February 1993 - Advisor to the President of JSC "LogoVAZ".

In the spring of 1993, Petr Aven created and headed the financial consulting company "FinPA" ("Finance of Petr Aven"), specializing in consulting on working with different kinds valuable papers. In the spring of 1993, Aven first began to advise and then cooperate with representatives of the Joint-Stock Commercial Bank (AKB) Alfa-Bank.

On December 12, 1993, Aven was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the list of the electoral association "Russia's Choice". On January 4, 1994, he resigned his deputy mandate, motivating his decision by his unwillingness to leave the post of general director of the FinPA company.

From 1994 to June 2011, Petr Aven served as President of Alfa-Bank. Responsible for the overall development strategy of the Bank and for maintaining ties with business and government circles in Russia and abroad.

Since June 2011 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alfa-Bank Banking Group.

Petr Aven - Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC AlfaStrakhovanie, Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of CTC Media.

He is a member of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, is a member of the Presidium of the Russian International Affairs Council (RSDM), a member of the Council of the National Organization for Financial Reporting Standards.

Trustee of the Russian School of Economics and the Center for Economic Policy (CEPR, UK); member of the Board of Trustees of the State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

In 2007 he was elected head of the Russian-Latvian Business Council.

Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics.

The Russian version of Forbes magazine estimated the personal fortune of Peter Aven in 2011 at $ 4.5 billion. According to this indicator, he took 28th place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia and 235th place in the world ranking.

In April 2005, by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was awarded the Order of Honor for the achieved labor success and long-term conscientious work.

Fluent in English and Spanish.

Petr Aven is married and has two twin children - a son Denis and a daughter Daria (born in 1993). His wife Elena is a historian by profession.

In 2008, the Petr Aven Charitable Foundation "Generation" was opened in Latvia, the priority areas of which were the support of children's health care, projects in the field of "cultural exchange" between Russia and Latvia, scholarships and grants in the field of science. Peter and Elena Aven became its founders.

Petr Aven actively supports art and theater in Russia, and is the largest collector of Russian art of the early 20th century.

The material was prepared based on information from open sources

Petr Aven is the chairman of the board of directors of the holding company of the banking group Alfa-Bank, a well-known collector and philanthropist. In the ranking of “200 richest businessmen in Russia 2019” by Forbes magazine, it is ranked 21st with a fortune of $ 5.2 billion.

Petr Olegovich was born on March 16, 1955 in Moscow into a family of teachers. His father, a computer scientist, taught at the Physics and Mathematics Department of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Education

He graduated from the Moscow Physics and Mathematics School No. 2. Then he entered the Economics Department of Moscow State University, where in 1980 he graduated from graduate school, defended his thesis and became a candidate of economic sciences.

Labor activity

After graduation, he worked for seven years at the Institute of System Research of the State Committee for Science and Technology and the USSR Academy of Sciences, together with Yegor Gaidar.

In 1989, he was appointed advisor to the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while remaining a research fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.

In 1991, he became Minister of Foreign Economic Relations of the Russian Federation in the famous "government of young reformers" Yegor Gaidar and the representative of the President of Russia for relations with the countries of the "Big Seven".

In July 1992, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Monetary and Economic Commission of the Russian government, but six months later he resigned.

In 1993, he created and headed the financial consulting firm in the field of securities "FinPA". FinPA occupied a segment of the market in which at that time it had no competitors. At the same time, he was a member of the “Russia's Choice” party and entered the State Duma of the Russian Federation, but refused the deputy mandate.

In 1994, he took over as President of Alfa-Bank, and was in this position until June 2011. From March 2015 to the present - Chairman of the Board of Directors of ABH Holdings S.A. Member of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank.

In October 2018, he took over as chairman of the board of directors of Alfa-Bank.

Social activities

He is a professor at the Higher School of Economics.

He is a member of the trustees of many Russian and foreign organizations: NES, the Center for Economic Policy in Great Britain, the Fund for Supporting Russian Olympians, the State Museum of Inventive Arts. A.S. Pushkin.

He is the chairman of the Russian-Latvian Business Council.

Hobbies

The banker's main passion is the visual arts.

The owner of the country's largest collection of Russian painting of the early 20th century. In 2012, at Christie’s auction, he bought a painting by Wassily Kandinsky "Sketch for Improvisation No. 8" for a record $ 23 million for the artist. At the same time, at Sotheby's, I bought a pencil portrait of Vsevolod Meyerhold by Yuri Annenkov for $ 1.7 million.

Speaks fluent English. Football comes first from sports games. He is a fan of FC Spartak.

Awards

Chevalier of the Orders of Honor and Three Stars, III degree.

Family status

In 1994, he and his first wife Elena (1958-2015) had two twin children - Daria and Denis.