Alexei Mordashov

Parents: Father Alexander Mordashov, graduated from the Gorky Polytechnic Institute with a degree in electrical engineer "and in the early 1960's moved to Cherepovets. There, at the Cherepovets Steel Mill, he met with his mother Mordashov, who worked in the department equipment.
In 1988. Alexei Mordashov graduated with honors from the Leningrad Engineering-Economics Institute. Togliatti.

In Leningrad, he met with Anatoly Chubais, who taught at this institute. After the first course Alexei Mordashov came to Chubais as an assistant to the chair. About Mordashov Chubais said that he gave him a lot of rare at that time knowledge of the economic mechanism, first introduced to the works of Yegor Gaidar.

Mordashov was in the scientific societies, in the second half of 1980 attended meetings of the club's "Perestroika".

Since 1988. Alexei Mordashov runs at the Cherepovets Steel Mill: Senior Economist, Head of the Bureau of Economics and Labor-repair machine shop number 1, deputy chief of planning department of the plant.
In 1990. internship in Austria.
In 1992. at the beginning of the privatization period Mordashov became director of economics and finance of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant, in 1993. transformed into OAO Severstal. Yuri Lipukhin, the then Director General of Works, confided 27-year-old Alexei Mordashov deal with the privatization of steel giant. Alexei Mordashov created a subsidiary company "Severstal-Invest" (24% of the shares owned by Severstal, and 76% - personally Mordashov) and then bought shares of Severstal. And as a result of his personal property were 16% of shares and a further 80% under its full control, as has repeatedly declared himself Mordashov in an interview. Lipukhin was forced to leave the main office of enterprise, and, thus, Mordashov became the director and the sole master of OAO Severstal.

From an interview with Itogi magazine: "It is unfair? Yes - recognizes Mordashov. - The plant has built the whole country, and he went to a small group of individuals. But useful, because it was an honest factory owner. I have to make sure that I could not be reproached for "prihvatizatsii. I want to prove that not for nothing did. The Bank will carefully examine Russia's enterprises applying for loans from Severstal bank did not find any offshore accounts or muhlezha taxes.

C 1996. - General Director of OAO Severstal.
Since 2001. - The head of RSPP working group on Russia's accession to the WTO and customs policy.
In 2002. shareholders of OAO Severstal agreed to establish a management company JSC "Severstal", whose Director General and became Alexei Mordashov, leaving the post of general director of Severstal.

Alexei Mordashov was awarded a medal "For Service to the Fatherland" 1 st and 2 nd degree.

Winner of the All-Russia competition "Career-96" and "Director of the Year-97". At the end of 1998. awarded «CEO» ( «Chief Executive Officer» - the best executives) on the results of the contest conducted by the magazine «Russia Review». Won the 1-th line in the rating of young Russian entrepreneurs in 2000, compiled by the magazine "Profile. Careers.

He is currently co-chairman of Russia's side of the bay "and steel industry, construction and building materials" Round Table of Industrialists of Russia and the EU, a member of the public council for the reform of enterprises under the government of Russia. Since 2000. Alexey Mordashov is a member of the joint Russo-German intergovernmental working group on strategic cooperation in the field of economics and finance.
What
has

Alexei Mordashov leads and controls the holding "Severstal-groups", consisting of four divisions:

Steel Division: OAO Severstal, Cherepovets Steel-Rolling Plant, 50% stake in the company to produce large-diameter pipes of the Alliance of 1420 ";

commodity division, Severstal-resource ": Kovdorsky GOK, Karelsky Okatysh, Kuzbassrazrezugol, Vorkutaugol", "Olkon", "North niobium" and "Stalmag";

Automobile division Severstal-Auto ": Ulyanovsk Automobile and the Volga motor plant;

transport division Severstal-Trans: port "Oriental" (Far East, 60%), the ports of Tuapse (more than 25%), in Taganrog (10%), the port in St. Petersburg, as well as 51% of the Kolomna diesel Plant, 50% of Riga Carriage Works.

Total volume of controlled items (according to the newspaper "Kommersant" in 2001). Is more than $ 1.8 billion, Forbes magazine up to 2002. evaluated the state of Alexei Mordashov of $ 1.2 billion
Lobby

Alexei Mordashov, maintains relationships with many of those in the higher echelons of Russia's authorities, who are called "Moscow by Petersburg. With some of whom he knew from the beginning of 1990. When he was a "circle" of young economists, created by a group of graduates LIEI. In this union were: the brothers Igor and Anatoly Chubais, the current Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin, the staff Chubais - Pyotr Mostovoy, Alexander Kazakov, the current president of banking house of Saint-Petersburg "Vladimir Kogan and others. Close to this group were schoolmates Kudrin: the current Minister for Antimonopoly Policy Ilya Yuzhanov and chairman of MDM-Bank Saint Petersburg "Olga Kazan, and was killed in 1997. Vice-Governor of Saint Petersburg Mikhail Manevich.
Partners

Vladimir Kogan, president of banking house of Saint-Petersburg ". Severstal owns 9,81% of shares in OAO "Industry and Construction Bank (St. Petersburg).

United Metallurgical Company. In June of 2001. United Metallurgical Company and Severstal announced the establishment of enterprises for producing large diameter pipes JSC "Alliance 1420" to carry out orders from Gazprom. According to the OMK, Severstal, they "are strategic partners, the relationship between them does not affect the ownership issues.

Oleg Deripaska, head of Basic Element. According to numerous publications in the media, Alexei Mordashov and Oleg Deripaska - irreconcilable opponents, but this does not prevent them to join efforts in the field of common interest. For example, Alexei Mordashov and Oleg Deripaska in 2001. together lobbied for the introduction of prohibitive import duties on foreign cars older than seven years and increase taxes on a new car in three years.
Opponents

Iskander Makhmudov, head of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company ".
We Mordashova there is speculation that the scandal with his ex-wife was not without Mahmudov. The right to suspect a competitor it makes the fact that "the matter of alimony is engaged prosecutor Vladimir Podverezhsky with which his post was removed Kachkanar director and former friend Mahmudova Dzholal Haydarov, who became the way of" Copper King "and then accused of drug possession .

Sam Mahmudov also commented on the situation: "I have absolutely nothing to this story. What are Mordashova have reason to talk about my involvement in the case, I do not know. Must ask him.

However, for the history, I carefully watched, and if Mrs. Mordashova be something to sue, I will propose something she had to buy ".

Oleg Deripaska, head of Basic Element.
Severstal has bought a controlling stake Zavolzhsky engine plant - a major supplier of components for gas in the sphere of interests of Oleg Deripaska. What has angered the latter.
Private

Married a second time. From the first marriage, son Ilya (1985g.r.), From the second - Cyril (1999g.r.) And Nikita (2000g.r.).