Currently there is no needpersonal participation of representatives of the business elite in power structures. At the same time, they are not in a hurry to completely eliminate themselves from “state affairs”, using this lever to lobby their own interests. Power and business in Russia have been inextricably "interconnected" for more than ten years. A clear confirmation of this is the Russian businessman Mamut Alexander Leonidovich, who could easily have entered the corridors of the Kremlin of the Yeltsin era. He was called the gray cardinal of the domestic business. Today, he is considered the biggest philanthropist, despite the fact that his personality is shrouded in veils of secrets, secrets and intrigues.
Almost every Russian heard about the scaleThe financial condition of this mysterious oligarch, however, what kind of money a millionaire Alexander Leonidovich is turning over to a millionaire is little known. Today he has already proved that capital can and should be invested not only in plants and factories, but also in the cultural sphere.
The environment of a businessman notices that he is endowedsuch a rare and valuable quality as modesty, so he does not like to talk about his achievements in the business of the press. Let's try to open the veil of this mystery.
Biography
Mamut Alexander Leonidovich was born 29January 1960 in the Russian capital. His parents were experienced lawyers: Mother Tsitsiliya Ludvigovna took an active part in the famous Uzbek cotton business, and his father, Leonid Solomonovich, successfully defended his doctoral thesis.
Childhood
Little Alexander was lucky: he was sent to a special school with an English bias.
However, since childhood, he showed hischaracter, so teachers often delivered troubles, while not all sciences were given to him with ease. Nevertheless, he overcomes difficulties and after school makes the decision to become a lawyer.
Students and the beginning of a career as an entrepreneur
In 1977, he submits documents to the law school of Moscow State University, passes entrance examinations and for five years nibbles science granite.
After graduating from university, until 1990, Alexander Leonidovich Mamut worked in one of the legal consultations in the metropolitan metropolis.
Having gained invaluable experience in legal practice, hedecides to open his own company with the simple name “ALM-Consulting”. Soon, on an equal footing with businessman Andrei Gloriozov, he establishes a banking structure. At first it is known as “Business and Cooperation”, and then its name is changed to the Imperial battery. His clients were such oil giants as Gazprom and Lukoil.
Since that time, Alexander LeonidovichMamut, whose photo in the early 90s has not yet been published in the media, begins to gradually influence the state of affairs in the country. In 1993, he heads the Project Financing Company. A year later, he became a member of the Committee on Business and Industrial Policy under the Russian government.
The businessman himself believes that earn a solidhe was helped by businessman Andrei Melnichenko, who invited him to work at MDM Bank. It was with his submission that Alexander Leonidovich began to succeed, and after a few years he became a big and influential businessman.
Power structures are getting closer and closer
Именно в начале 90-х годов Мамут стал входить в Yeltsin’s inner circle and his company were such famous figures as Valentin Yumashev, Roman Abramovich, Tatyana Dyachenko. Subsequently, they began to say that he was a confidant of Boris Berezovsky.
Having the ability to influence state policy,in the mid-1990s, he wanted to assist in the settlement of the debt obligations that India had to Russia. However, VEB and the Ministry of Finance did not allow him to realize what he had planned.
In 1998, a businessman becomes a member of the Presidential Administration, while overseeing the country's economic development. After some time, he is a member of the executive body of Sobinbank OJSC.
In the period from 1999 to 2001, he heads the supervisory board of MDM Bank.
In 2000, he became a member of the executive body of the insurance company RESO-Garantia.
At the same time, he, with Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deribaska, decides to create a Foundation for Assistance to Russian Science, and this is only the beginning of his work in the field of patronage.
In 2001, he presented to Russianindustrialists and entrepreneurs a project to modernize the banking system, a few years later he organized the merger of Atticus Publishing with the Azbuka print publishing house. As a result, there appeared a structure possessing printing equipment - this allowed us to better engage in publishing. Now he heads the company Rambler & Go.
Personal life
Необходимо отметить, что Мамут Александр Leonidovich, whose personal life is notable for the fact that he married a woman (Nadezhda Lyamina), who was married to the grandson of the Soviet Secretary General, was not a Lovelace in his youth. With his first wife, he went to school together. Hope Lyamina he beat off the grandson of Brezhnev himself and soon married her. But soon there was a tragedy: Alexander's wife died from pneumonia. She left behind three children (two of them are foster), whom he is currently raising. After some time, he became interested in the young model Alena Akhmadulina, whom the businessman simply spoiled with luxurious gifts: what is the only pompous boutique in the center of the metropolitan metropolis. Alexander Mamut is ready to go for what broad gestures for the sake of love. "The second wife of a famous businessman!" - They spoke surrounded by an oligarch, referring to Alain Akhmadulin. However, later, the businessman’s feelings for the girl cooled, and he lost all interest in her. Here he is, Mamut Alexander Leonidovich. He has no wife officially today.
How rich is the oligarch
According to reputable publications,which includes the magazine “Finance”, its financial well-being is steadily increasing. At the end of the year before last, he consistently occupied the fortieth position in the list of the richest entrepreneurs in Russia. Then, experts estimate that he owns 2.1 billion dollars.
