Biography of Miller's wife. Miller's team: key figures in the management of Gazprom. Getting started in the company

The role of natural gas for the stable development of the global economy in the long term cannot be overestimated. In the coming years, the importance of Gazprom, the largest transnational gas holding, will grow steadily, which will require its management to make many decisions that are crucial in the full sense of the word. Fortunately, for more than 15 years the company has been headed by an experienced top manager, under whose leadership the company has won many victories - Alexey Borisovich Miller.

Each of Gazprom's successes finds worthy coverage in the press, but the person behind these achievements - his individual career, managerial approach and outstanding personal qualities - sometimes remains in the shadows.

Meanwhile, Alexey Borisovich Miller is one of those specialists who today are usually called self-made men: having started work activity in the status of a junior researcher, he later took the post of head of the largest state monopoly.

AlexeiMillerwas born on January 31, 1962 in the city of Leningrad. In 1979 he entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics and five years later (in 1984) left the walls of the alma mater with a diploma in economics.

The first place of work of the future head of "Gazprom" was "LenNIIproekt" - now the largest research and design institute for housing and civil construction. At this research institute, he subsequently defended his Ph.D. thesis and worked for about a year as a junior researcher.

In 1990, AlexeiMillerwas invited to the Committee on Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council, and a year later he moved to the Committee on External Relations of the City Hall of St. Petersburg, where he worked until 1996 as Deputy Head and Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations. The responsibilities of the young economist included the development of the first investment zones in the city. In particular, he oversaw the investment zones Pulkovo (where the plants of the Coca-Cola and Gillette companies were built) and Parnas (where the complex of buildings of the Baltika brewing company was located). In addition, it was AlexeyMillerbrought the first foreign banks to St. Petersburg, such as the Dresden Bank and the Lyons Credit. He was also engaged in the hotel business - he was the chairman of the board of directors of the hotel "Europe".

In 1996 AlexeyMillermoved to work at JSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg", where he took the chair of the Director for Development and Investments. Obvious managerial talent and experience gained in previous positions allowed him to successfully continue his career as a leader.

In 1999Millerwas appointed director general JSC Baltic Pipeline System, and already in 2000 became Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia.

According to the then press secretary of the Ministry, Oleg Smirnov, Miller coordinated all the international activities of the department. It was thanks to his efforts that the Ministry of Energy managed to establish cooperation with OPEC and, as a result, to maintain a fairly high oil price on world markets.

The date of May 30, 2001 can be called fateful for the entire energy industry in Russia: it was on this day that Miller was elected Chairman of the Management Board of OAO Gazprom. In the same year, he first took the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprombank - and went down in the history of the company as a leader, under whose leadership a huge number of strategically significant projects were implemented.

Today PJSC Gazprom maintains close business ties with thousands of enterprises in Russia and abroad. In the special project of the portal "Business of Russia" – leading partner companies of the gas giant and its subsidiaries.

One of the strategic development areas of PJSC Gazprom – improving the manufacturability of gas transmission networks, which means that high technologies are a priority for its subsidiaries, the construction of new gas pipelines and the optimization of existing nodes. However, the most important task remains the same - it is a safe and uninterrupted supply of gas to the consumer. In the Republic of Tatarstan, this task is successfully solved OOO Gazprom transgaz Kazan... Today, the region has a well-developed gas infrastructure, and the gasification level is 99.37%.

Among the company's achievements are participation in an unprecedented for the country project of creating an innovative city "Innopolis", as well as a promising project for the reconstruction of the Minnibaevo - Kazan gas trunkline. The construction of three new gas distribution stations, as well as the reconstruction of another gas distribution station within the framework of this project will provide additional gas supply for Kazan in the amount of more than 3 billion cubic meters of gas per year, as well as gas supply to the Investment Technopolis "Smart City Kazan", the International Congress and Exhibition Center, the Center international trade, facilities for the world championship in professional skills and a number of other strategic facilities under construction in the republic.

The management and staff of Gazprom Transgaz Kazan cordially congratulate Alexey Borisovich Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, on his 55th birthday!

Thanks to your extraordinary talent as a leader and the professionalism of a modern manager, our country remains successful in strategic gas policy both within Russia and around the world! Your work at the head of Gazprom is always directed towards the future, and we believe that together with you we will make this future bright, warm and comfortable for every person! I wish you health, happiness, prosperity, new achievements for the good of Russia, further development and prosperity of PJSC Gazprom! General Director of Gazprom Transgaz Kazan LLC Rafkat Kantyukov

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Gas locomotive of the economy of Tatarstan

January 18, 2017 at 5:55 am

OOO Gazprom transgaz Kazan is one of the largest budget-forming enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan.

Another subsidiary of PJSC Gazprom that has achieved significant success in its activities - CJSC "Gazprom Armenia"- supplies gas to the domestic market of the Republic of Armenia.

The main activities of Gazprom Armenia CJSC are transportation, storage, processing, distribution and sale of natural gas, production and sale of electricity, reconstruction and expansion of existing gas transmission and gas distribution systems and underground gas storage. Ensuring reliable gas supply and safe operation of gas facilities are two cornerstones on which the company stands.

Over the past few years, Gazprom Armenia CJSC has invested over $ 900 million in the gas and energy sector of the republic.

Dear Alexey Borisovich! On behalf of the staff of Gazprom Armenia CJSC and on behalf of me personally, please accept my most sincere birthday greetings! Thanks to your professionalism, talent as a leader and dedication, PJSC Gazprom has been demonstrating outstanding performance indicators for many years and is constantly developing with an emphasis on the future! You know how to set strategic goals in the field of energy security - this is one of the most important and necessary qualities! We are sincerely proud that CJSC Gazprom Armenia, being a subsidiary of PJSC Gazprom, makes a significant contribution to the development of the gas economy and the energy sector of our country. Once again, I congratulate you on your anniversary, I wish you good health, inextinguishable energy and all the best! Chairman of the Management Board - General Director of CJSC Gazprom Armenia Hrant Tadevosyan

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Energy Security Guarantor of Armenia

January 19, 2017 at 6:36 am

CJSC "Gazprom Armenia" occupies a leading and stable position in the backbone sector of the economy of the Republic of Armenia - energy.

PJSC Gazprom's international partners include SE "Serbijagas" (JP "Srbijagas") is a state supplier of natural gas in Serbia. Dusan Bayatovic, director of Serbijagaz, spoke in an interview with Business Russia about how partnerships between companies are developing today and about the future plans of the Serbian state-owned enterprise.

Dear Alexey Borisovich! I sincerely congratulate you on your 55th birthday! In our difficult times, you have been successfully managing one of the world's largest energy companies for many years! Your high professionalism, dedication, foresight, talent to make the right decisions, attentiveness to people and extremely conscientious attitude to business cause admiration. You have shown yourself as a person who always treats others with understanding and never leaves business partners in a difficult situation. I would like to thank you for your trust and cooperation and wish first of all good health and good luck to you and your loved ones! I wish you success on your professional and personal path, new opportunities, prosperity and happiness! Director of State Enterprise "Serbiyagas" Dusan Bayatovic

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Strong partnerships are the path to success

January 27, 2017 at 7:39 am

Director of State Enterprise "Srbijagas"

Dusan Bayatovich

We believe that it would be useful for representatives of PJSC Gazprom in the future to consider the issue of establishing a gas hub in Serbia

Another long-term partner of PJSC Gazprom – Joint Stock Company "Specialized Registrar - Holder of Registers of Shareholders of the Gas Industry" (JSC "DRAGA") provides services for maintaining registers of shareholders of gas industry issuers and their subsidiaries, as well as a whole range of services that ensure the implementation of corporate actions of issuers, including such significant ones, such as holding general meetings of shareholders, buybacks and acquisitions of shares, preparation of securities issues, programs for updating data in the registers of shareholders.

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DRAGA JSC: We provide corporate support for the GAZPROM group, we carry out the development strategy

January 17, 2017 at 12:25 pm

DRAGA JSC provides a whole range of services to ensure the implementation of corporate actions of issuers of the gas industry and their subsidiaries

Gazprom is a global energy company that considers its strategic goals not only to ensure the reliability of energy supplies, but also to increase operational efficiency and use scientific and technical potential. In this regard, the interest of specialists in the capabilities of domestic defense enterprises is not accidental.

FSUE RFNC-VNIITF im. academic. E. I. Zababakhina " is one of the enterprises of the State Corporation Rosatom, which has close partnership with PJSC Gazprom. TO joint projects include developments in the field of improving gas transmission processes, the creation of power plants on solid oxide fuel cells, technologies for the intensification of hydrocarbon production.

Dear Alexey Borisovich! We know you as an economist, effective top manager, head of the largest domestic company. We appreciate your contribution to strengthening Russian statehood and development international cooperation... We note with satisfaction that PJSC Gazprom is showing professional interest in the enterprises of ROSATOM. For the RFNC-VNIITF team, cooperation with PJSC Gazprom means the implementation of new, interesting projects, these are extraordinary large-scale tasks, for which we have physicists and mathematicians, specialists in gas dynamics and numerical methods, programmers, designers and testers. Our computing power and production base allow us to manufacture non-standard high-tech equipment, simulate gas transportation processes, study the properties of materials in complex natural conditions, in the mode of underwater use. The result of cooperation with PJSC Gazprom was the modeling of combustion processes of hydrogen-containing mixtures in order to determine the safety threshold values, assessment of their capabilities in conducting "civil" tests of any type of impact - from static, dynamic and climatic ones to tests for radiation resistance of materials. On behalf of the RFNC-VNIITF team, I congratulate you on your 55th anniversary! Thank you for your cooperation, for giving us "food for thought" and the opportunity to show the potential of RFNC-VNIITF in the production of high-tech civilian products. I wish you good health, excellent mood, bright new business ideas and inexhaustible energy for their implementation! Happiness, joy and prosperity to you and your family! Director of RFNC - VNIITF Mikhail Zheleznov

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Gazprom and RFNC-VNIITF: Territory of Cooperation

January 25, 2017 at 8:37 am

RFNC-VNIITF is one of the enterprises of Rosatom State Corporation, which has close partnership with PJSC Gazprom.

Partner of PJSC Gazprom on the part of the machine-building industry – LLC "Electrotyazhmash-Privod" (LLC "Lysva heavy electrical engineering plant" Privod "), specializing in the development and production of power generating and drive equipment, control equipment for the fuel and energy complex, metallurgical, nuclear, chemical and other industries.

Several hundred units of Electrotyazhmash-Privod machines are in constant operation at PJSC Gazprom's facilities, many of them with an operating time of several hundred thousand hours.

The management and staff of Electrotyazhmash-Privod congratulate Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Board of one of the world's leading energy companies, PJSC Gazprom, on his birthday.

Dear Alexey Borisovich! We are grateful for your trust and are always ready to apply our experience and the latest technological advances to accomplish the tasks set by PJSC Gazprom. We hope our cooperation will grow stronger in the future! On this festive day, we wish you new professional successes, new victories and achievements, easy overcoming of any obstacles and brilliant implementation of all your plans. Good health, prosperity, happiness to you and your loved ones!

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Electric machines "Electrotyazhmash-Privod": more than 60 years on the market

January 20, 2017 at 5:27 am

The reliability of Privod electric machines has been confirmed by decades of successful work at Russian and foreign enterprises.

LLC "Vympel"(Stupino, Moscow Region) is another organization that assists PJSC Gazprom in achieving its goals. Since 2011, it has been providing enterprises in various industrial sectors with a full range of services to ensure the operation of lifting and transport equipment, from the supply of spare parts to commissioning.

Dmitry Gusarev, CEO of Vympel, told the Business Russia portal about the new trends in the field of Russian industrial safety.

We solemnly congratulate Alexey Borisovich Miller on his 55th birthday and wish effective solutions, continuation of widespread gasification, expansion of export sales markets, continuous progress in the complex and necessary activities of PJSC Gazprom! And also, of course, good health and energy to achieve your goals! Management and staff of Vympel LLC

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LLC "Vympel": it's safe with us!

January 17, 2017 at 12:54 PM

General Director of Vympel

Dmitry Gusarev

We offer a full range of services to ensure the safe, "smooth" operation of handling equipment

Partner of PJSC Gazprom in the field of oilfield services -.

The company specializes in enhancing oil recovery through the use of physicochemical technologies to align the injectivity profile of injection and production wells. The goal is to increase oil recovery by regulating the injectivity profiles of water-injection wells, creating filtration barriers along the routes of preferential filtration of water injected into the reservoir and additional washing of oil from water-flooded intervals and zones. This area of ​​oilfield services is in great demand among oil producing enterprises in Western Siberia. The company renders services to enhance oil recovery in such oil companies as PJSC Gazprom Neft, PJSC NK Rosneft, JSC NK RussNeft, JSC NK NEFTISA.

On the day of his 55th birthday, Alexey Miller would like to wish first of all good health, as well as the achievement of even higher indicators of ensuring natural gas needs of the population of the Russian Federation. We also wish to carry out gasification of the most extreme and inaccessible corners of Russia, because this will only strengthen the economic situation in the country. The team of Regionservisneft LLC

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High-tech oil production

January 30, 2017 at 5:38 am

LLC Regionservisneft - solving problems of increasing the efficiency of oil production using technologies.

OOO Manufacturing enterprise"Mehmash", founded in 2001 in the hero city of Tula, was initially focused on providing a wide range of services for the mechanical processing of metals. Since 2009, Mehmash has also been actively developing products for the oil and gas industry.

The business partnership between OOO PP Mehmash and PJSC Gazprom began in 2010 and allowed the company to develop steadily. During this time, Mehmash has become a manufacturer and supplier of products for projects: "Expansion of the UGSS to ensure gas supply to the South Stream gas pipeline", Stage I (Western Corridor), "Expansion of the UGSS to ensure gas supply to the South Stream gas pipeline", II stage (Eastern corridor), "Main gas pipeline Krasnodar Territory - Crimea", "Increasing the volume of gas supply to the south-western regions of Krasnodar Territory", "Main gas pipeline" Power of Siberia ".

Every Russian oil and gas oligarch or top manager of an oil and gas state company has something that they are proud of, more barrels and cubic meters and their billions. These are their children. We decided to show you what those whose fathers decide or decided the oil and gas destinies of the country look like.

A year ago Yusuf Alekperov, son of the president of Lukoil Vagita Alekperova, took first place in the rating of the richest heirs of Russian businessmen, compiled by the Finance magazine. According to the publication, Yusuf will inherit a fortune of $ 7.6 billion.

Children ranked second to six in the 2009 ranking former governor Chukotka and co-owner of the metallurgical Evraz Group Roman Abramovich from ex-wife Irina. Their total legacy is estimated by Finance at $ 13.9 billion - $ 2.78 billion for each of their five children.

The published rating of the richest brides in Russia should have in his pocket every single man in Russia who believes that places come true. It is symbolic that the victory in this rating was won by the daughter of the head of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson with a fitting name - Victoria.

Her dowry is estimated at $ 5.9 billion. The daughter of the founder and vice president of Lukoil is also considered an enviable bride. Ekaterina Fedun.

Children are surprisingly similar to their father Mikhail Khodorkovsky... At the ceremony of presenting the literary prize of the Znamya magazine, which was awarded to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his daughter Anastasia called meetings with her father "the saddest and most long-awaited moments." She is now 19 years old. Besides her, Khodorkovsky has three sons. The son from his first marriage with Elena Dobrovolskaya - Pavel (born in 1985) and two twins from his second marriage - Ilya and Gleb(born April 17, 1999).

Very little data on
son Alexey Miller, but, apparently, like a high-ranking father, he is more for the St. Petersburg Zenith. And probably. for the German Schalke?

The eldest son of Sergei Bogdanchikov, head of Rosneft, Alexey Bogdanchikov, worked in this company for a long time, but then left it. "The only reason for leaving are ethical considerations: my further career growth in Rosneft is limited by my family ties with its head," he said then. Alexey Bogdanchikov is 30 years old, he graduated from MGIMO in 2002, after which he worked for two years in the credit department of the Russian branch of the Dutch bank ABN Amro. In June 2004 he came to Rosneft, where he first worked in the department of appraisal and asset transactions.

Well, a little sketch of a happy family life Vladimir Putin... Pictured is his daughter Maria... And the reference is a sketch from the pre-presidential life Dmitry Medvedev, his wife and son Ilya.

According to Aleksey Borisovich, business is an intermediate activity of enterprising people between art and war. His colleagues have always noted his hard work, diligence, faith in partners and the ability to achieve his goal, thanks to which he achieved success.

From the moment A. Miller took up a responsible post in Gazprom, the following opinions began to be expressed about his merits:

• always prepared figure
• walks "on a ruler"
• knows how to bow
• arrogant
• touchy
• his life and ministry is like a shadow.

This person does not like noisy companies and for the most part prefers to spend time in a small circle of his closest people. Alexey is fond of alpine skiing, plays the guitar and sings well. In his household, he takes care of two purebred stallions named Vesely and Fragrant. In 2002, at the Moscow hippodrome, the Vesely horse won a prize at the races. Since that time, Fragrant has also won prizes more than 10 times, came first to the finish line 7 times. By the way, if we talk about Alexei's sports hobbies, then he is an avid fan of Zenit, he loves to play football himself, besides, he Vice President of the Football Union of the Russian Federation.

Alexey Borisovich does not like to spread about his family life. It is only generally known that he has a wife, Irina, and together they are raising their common son Mikhail and a daughter from their first marriage. Alexey spends all his free time in a narrow circle of his family.

Biography

Alexey Borisovich was born in Leningrad in 1962 on January 31 in the family of workers of the Research Institute of the Aviation Industry. Since Alexei's father, Boris Vasilyevich, passed away early, only his mother was involved in raising his son - Lyudmila Alexandrovna... The origin of the surname Miller goes back to ancestors who came from Germany.

The school years of the future economist passed within the walls of the Leningrad gymnasium school №330 in the Nevsky district of the city. After completing his school studies with honors, in 1979, Alexei entered the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Economics (Institute of Finance and Economics) and graduated in 1984. At that time in Leningrad there was a movement of economists-reformers, whose leader was A. Chubais; Alexey Miller was one of them who was active.

After graduating from the institute, Alexey entered the position of an engineer-economist at the Lenproekt Research Institute and soon received the junior scientific title of a graduate student, thus becoming on the path of improving the knowledge gained. As his skills improved, in 1990 he received the title of junior research fellow at Lenproekt and began to work in the Committee for Economic Reforms in the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. Here Alexey Borisovich holds a post deputy chairman of the mayor's office and becomes an Executive External Relations Officer. By the way, at one time this position was held by V. Putin ... Since the beginning of Putin's presidency, Miller has served as Deputy Minister of Energy Russian Federation .

Later, under the leadership of the President of the Russian Federation, Miller developed investment zones in St. Petersburg, in particular in Pulkovo, where, with his participation, branches of the enterprises were built. Coca Cola" and " Gillett". The production facilities of the brewery " Baltika". In the course of his investment activities, Miller attracted Russian business capital of foreign banks Dresden Bank and the Lyon Credit.

In 1996, A. Miller's investment activity was replaced by his occupation of the post of General Director of the St. Petersburg seaport. After that, until 2000, he served as general director of the Baltic Pipeline System.

Since 2000, Alexander Borisovich has become a state politician - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

Miller's career rise to Gazprom

A.B. In 2001, Miller was appointed by President V. Putin to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Gazprom. Sometimes you can hear that this appointment in the holding is dictated by the desire of the president to take full control over the gas empire. Today Miller justifies the presidential intentions and significantly strengthens the state role in Gazprom.

Alexey Borisovich also manages: Gazpromneft, Gazfond, SOGAZ, Gazprombank, and since 2012 - Russian Hippodromes.

Alexey Miller today

Today A. Miller owns a 0.00096% stake in PJSC Gazprom, which under his leadership sponsors the matches of the football club. Miller has been repeatedly re-elected to the position of director of Gazprom, and in 2011 he again holds this post for a five-year term. On May 31, 2016, he was again unanimously elected for 5 years as the managing director of the holding.

In 2017, Miller was awarded a state award, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, first degree. But this is only one of the number of previous multiple orders, certificates, awards and distinctions.

According to information in the online newspaper "Fontanka.ru", the head of the largest Russian company in the field of energy, he approved a work by S. Slepakov about oil; the videos of the single are shown today on many TV channels of the country.

According to the publication of the English edition of the Harvard Business Review, A. Miller has been ranked first in the list of the best top managers of the planet since 2010; in one year he earned $ 25 million.

If you want to achieve success in life in your affairs, follow the advice of Alexey Miller: our whole life is a mirror of the behavior of each of us, and our plans are sure to be realized.

In 1984 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics named after N.A. Voznesensky. In 1989 he completed his postgraduate studies at the same university.

Chairman of the Board of JSC Gazprom

2nd place

Place of Birth
Leningrad

Education

In 1984 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics with a degree in economics. PhD in Economics.

Family status
He is married and has a son.

The main stages of the biography

1984-1986 - engineer-economist at LenNIIproekt.
1986-1989 - post-graduate student of LenNIIproekt.
1990 - Junior Researcher, LenNIIproekt.
1990-1991 - worked in the Economic Reform Committee of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
From 1991 to 1996, he worked at the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall under the direct supervision of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
He was engaged in the development of the first investment zones in the city, in particular, the Pulkovo zones (the Coca-Cola and Gillette factories were built here) and Parnas (the Baltika brewing company grew up here). He brought the first foreign banks to the city, such as Dresden Bank, Credit Leone. He was engaged in the hotel business, was the chairman of the board of directors of the hotel "Europe".

1996-1999 - Director for Development and Investments of JSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg".
1999-2000 - General Director of JSC Baltic Pipeline System.
In July 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
In the Ministry of Energy, he was in charge of foreign economic activity.
On April 30, 2001, he was elected as the new chairman of the board of OJSC "Gazprom".
The decision to appoint Miller to replace Vyakhirev was made at a meeting of the Gazprom Board of Directors.
On May 6, 2002, the Russian government appointed Miller to represent the shareholder - the Russian Federation - to attend the company's AGM.

On July 7, 2008, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Gazprom Neft.
On May 18, 2010 he was elected Vice President of the Russian Football Union.

Third-party assessments, characteristics

Alexey Miller, the newly elected chairman of the board of Gazprom, has extensive experience in the fuel and energy complex, both on the domestic and international markets, said Oleg Smirnov, press secretary of the RF Ministry of Energy. He noted Miller's positive experience as curator of the Baltic Pipeline System project. Smirnov also stressed that Miller, working in the Ministry of Energy in the position of deputy minister, was the coordinator of the international activities of this department. In particular, while working in this position, Miller did a lot of work on cooperation with OPEC, Smirnov said. In addition, Miller's work with OPEC made it possible to maintain a fairly high oil price on world markets, which will have a positive effect on the formation of the current budget and the implementation of state investment programs, Smirnov is convinced. (RIA News ")

The appointment of Alexey Miller to the post of chairman of the board of Gazprom turned out to be for the company's management in literally words shocking. The management of the company found out about him an hour before the meeting of the board of directors - during a conversation with the president in the Kremlin. At the meeting, they discussed who will lead Gazprom in the next few years. It was there that Gazprom employees learned the name of their new boss. And after half an hour, Rem Ivanovich had no choice but to support the candidacy of Alexei Miller. ("Nezavisimaya Gazeta", May 2001)

In January 2001, the media reported that a successor had already been selected for Energy Minister Alexander Gavrin. This is Alexey Miller, who was appointed Deputy Energy Minister at the end of July 2000. In oil circles, they say that for the first time Miller was introduced to Gavrin: "Meet this, this is your replacement - the next energy minister."

Thus, Gavrin was given to understand that he had to work "until the first puncture." Miller came to the Ministry of Energy from the famous Baltic Pipeline System, which was created to finance and build the BPS, where he worked as CEO since October last year... And before that, in his career was the St. Petersburg seaport. The fact that the choice may fall on Miller is not surprising. He is well known to Vladimir Putin personally. When in 1995 the current president served as head of the committee for external relations of St. Petersburg, Miller was his direct subordinate - the head of the department for foreign economic relations. (Vedomosti, January 2001)

Almost all representatives of the Russian fuel elite unanimously called Miller "Putin's man", which gave one more reason to compare his appointment with Gryzlov's ... However, Gazprom as a possible step in Miller's career was not heard until yesterday. At the same time, the appointment of an outsider to the main position in Gazprom fits well with Putin's logic of gradual resignations in favor of, as they say, his own people. ("Nezavisimaya Gazeta", May 2001)

Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov reacted very positively to the appointment of Alexei Miller as head of Gazprom. He stressed that Alexey Miller is not a new person in the industry, for a year he held the post of Deputy Minister of Energy, "was engaged in pipelines and international activities"Kasyanov believes that it will be easy for Miller to master the whole range of issues." )

Khristenko believes that Miller is a "prepared figure" and that his qualifications will be enough to fulfill the new responsibilities entrusted to him. The Deputy Prime Minister recalled that at the Ministry of Energy, Miller was in charge of gas issues and, within the framework of his powers, was involved in work with the main strategic partners of Russia in the gas sector. The new chairman of the board of Gazprom has a degree in economics and a degree. "It's okay that he has no direct experience of working on gas wells," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

According to the deputy chairman of the committee for external relations of the St. Petersburg administration, Vladimir Churov, Miller came to work at the city mayor's office when Vladimir Putin became the head of the committee for external relations at the request of Anatoly Sobchak. Was one of Putin's deputies. He was engaged in the development of the first investment zones in the city, in particular, the Pulkovo zones (the Coca-Cola and Gillette factories were built here) and Parnas (the Baltika brewing company grew up here). He brought the first foreign banks to the city, such as Dresden Bank, Credit Leone. He was engaged in the hotel business, was the chairman of the board of directors of the hotel "Europe". He left Smolny a month after Putin left there in 1996. Worked as Deputy General Director of the Seaport. The port responded to the request to describe Alexey Miller with two numbers - in the early 90s, the port's cargo turnover was less than 10 million tons per year, in recent years it has grown to 30 million. (Izvestia, 2001)

According to a Vedomosti source in one of the federal departments, in the beginning of spring a draft decree on the appointment of Miller as Minister of Energy was on the president's table. According to the source, the current head of Gazprom then rejected the proposed post as unpromising. Then, according to a high-ranking White House official, the president had the idea to transfer Miller to Gazprom. “The decision was not spontaneous, but it was prepared by the highest officials of the state with a high degree of confidentiality,” explains the source of Vedomosti.

A. Miller's appointment means only one thing. Vladimir Putin is taking control of the gas empire into his own hands. This assumption is confirmed by the fact that five members of the board of directors, including R. Vyakhirev, by a court decision, lost the right to be re-elected to the board. Russian sources, not without reason, believe that over time, their places will be taken by loyal comrades, whose biographies mention St. Petersburg. (Business & Baltic)

Political views, positions

The new chairman of the board of "Gazprom" Alexey Miller promises to increase gas production by 10-15% by 2010. According to RIA Novosti, Miller said that the increase in production is expected to be achieved through the development of fields in the Arctic. In addition, the head of the gas company said that Gazprom, given the projected increase in gas consumption in Europe in the next 10 years, "is ready to provide this consumption with its supplies within the framework of existing contracts." At the same time, Miller recalled that for 25 years Gazprom had been a reliable gas supplier to Europe. (RIA News")

But despite many years of closeness with Vladimir Putin, the markets welcomed the appointment. more questions than gives answers. And the main question is whether the new head of Gazprom has enough strength and experience to "straighten" the company's financial flows and stop the process of asset stripping, the scale of which frightens the state and investors. The main partners of the concern so far comment on the change of power diplomatically.

“The Ruhrgas management positively assesses the fact that the election of the new head of Gazprom, Mr. Miller, took place on the basis of a unanimous decision. that many "independent" suppliers and consumers of "Gazprom" are really backed by its own managers, and if they are fired, they may unexpectedly turn out to be his inevitable partners from Mr. Miller's subordinates ("Vremya novostei", 2001)

Miller himself told news agencies that he intends to ensure continuity and strengthen the role of the state in the company. A source in the White House clarifies: the task of the new head of Gazprom is “to find out whether the assets were being withdrawn from Gazprom.” According to him, “Miller will maintain continuity for a while, but later on there will be changes in the composition of the monopolist’s board.” (Vedomosti, 2001)

The new director of OJSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg" (1999) is essentially supposed to create BTS from scratch: the company was registered in August 1999, and at the first stage the company's personnel will consist of 30 people who have yet to be recruited. Miller - Enough a famous person in St. Petersburg: before joining the "Sea Port of St. Petersburg", he headed the department of external relations of the committee for external relations of the city government. The political orientation of Miller, who was appointed to the post of the "controversial" company (recall that the decision to build a pipeline, which will be operated by BTS, was not supported by Lukoil and a number of other companies), is unclear: on the one hand, he was supported by the current directors of Transneft, controlled by Nikolai Aksenenko's team, and on the other hand, sources in the St. Petersburg administration speak of Miller's good relations with the management of Surgutneftegaz, a company extremely interested in BPS.

(Company magazine, 1999)

Additional Information

The ladies who worked with Alexey Miller in Smolny remember him from their female side and therefore asked them not to disclose incognito: "I always greeted, smiled." “Not a bad official, it is noticeable that a careerist, although he kept himself modestly, is always in the shadows. You know, one of those who“ sounds more than it seems. ”(Izvestia, 2001)

One of Miller's former PIC colleagues said: “Alexey is very executive and obedient.

He does what he is told. Nothing bad can be said about him, but good too.

He does not have his own opinion and is very convenient to deal with some other "Media-Most". And to steal from Miller's hand will not rise. If only not for yourself. "

(Vedomosti, 2001)

Awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree
Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree
Order of the "Cross of the Hungarian Republic" II degree (Hungary) - for merits in energy cooperation
Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia)
Order of Dostyk II degree (Kazakhstan) - awarded on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 2, 2006 for his contribution to the strengthening and development of cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.
Order of Honor (South Ossetia, August 24, 2009) - for merits in strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples, great personal contribution to the construction of the Dzuarikau - Tskhinval gas pipeline
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, February 12, 2010)
Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree and the Patriarchal diploma.
Order of the Holy Reverend Seraphim of Sarov, I degree (2009)
Honorary Citizen of the city of Astrakhan (2008)

Alexey Miller is the chairman of the board and manager of Gazprom, the head of the board of directors of three organizations: NPF Gazfond, Gazprombank and SOGAZ. Member of the State Commission on TC and the Global Energy Board of Trustees.

Childhood and student years

Miller Alexey Borisovich was born on January 31, 1962 in the now defunct Leningrad. His parents were employees of the research and production association "Leninets" - a closed-type military production. The father performed the duties of an assembly fitter, while the boy's mother was an engineer. In the family of Boris and Lyudmila, except for little Lesha, there was no one, so there was enough attention and love.

Due to his nationality and place of residence, his parents were often called “Russian Germans”. That is why various kinds of information about Miller's origin often surface on the Internet.

His second home was the 330th Leningrad gymnasium, which is notable for the intensive study of the exact sciences. Throughout his school time, he was an exemplary student: he did not conflict either with other students or with teachers. He was distinguished by shyness and diligence. Miller's teachers and classmates recall that he was an inconspicuous person, but at the same time he always strived to achieve various goals.

Having received a school certificate with good grades, he entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics without any problems. After completing his studies in 1984, he received a specialty and a diploma of an engineer-economist. For some teachers, Aleksey became a favorite student, while others say that he was a responsible student.

After graduation, Miller took up the post of an engineer-economist at LenNIIproekt. While working there, he decided to continue his studies and became a graduate student, and three years later, in 1989, he successfully defended his dissertation.

Rapid career

In the early 90s, in the life of Alexei Miller, perhaps the most important acquaintance in his life happened. Then the young specialist was just starting to work in the mayor's office of the city of St. Petersburg. His responsibilities included working with external relations, and then Vladimir Putin himself was Miller's boss. He carried out his activities for five years, as a result of which the Committee on Foreign Relations acquired contacts with major banks in the West.

After a rapid career in the Committee and good results, Alexey became a coveted employee in many large companies in the Russian Federation, and they wanted him for managerial positions. From 1996 to 1999, he worked for the Sea Port of St. Petersburg company, and then took over as general director of OJSC Baltic Pipeline System.

In the early 2000s, Vladimir Putin occupied the main place in the Kremlin, and Miller decided to follow his friend to Moscow. There he received the post of Deputy Minister of Russian Energy, but stayed in office for only a year and became the chairman of Gazprom. The new leadership, replacing Rem Vyakhirev, promises significant reforms, which took place almost immediately. The previously partially free "Gazprom" completely passed to the authorities and the process of returning the assets that Vyakhirev lost during his leadership began.

A year after starting work at Gazprom, instead of his previous position, Alexey is appointed to the post of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors. During this period, the organization has undergone significant personnel changes. Many people from Vyakhirev's entourage were fired. The vacancies were filled by people with whom Miller had previously worked and people from the Kremlin.

In connection with the numerous reshuffles, the opinion became popular that they would end with the resignation of Alexei, but he only just secured his position as leader, and in 2006 his contract was extended until 2011. A year earlier, the authoritative Harvard Business Review magazine evaluated Miller's abilities and awarded him the third line in the list of the most professional top managers around the world. In 2013, he was noted by Forbes magazine, according to the editorial board of which Alexei again took bronze in the ranking of the most successful world managers, whose annual income is about $ 25 million. In the Russian Forbes list, despite all the problems of Gazprom, Miller still takes 1st place.

Personal life

In terms of openness to journalists, Alexey Miller is one of those people who do not have enough time for numerous interviews and meetings with the press. The small number of interviews that he still gives are devoted to the work, development of Gazprom and the company's cooperation with foreign organizations.

Despite the lack of desire to talk about his personal life, it is known that he has been married for a long time, and in the family there is a son in addition to his wife. In his free time, Miller prefers to go in for sports: cycling or skiing. From time to time he is engaged in horse riding, and not always as entertainment. One of his responsibilities under the presidential decree is the development of Russian equestrian sports.

Alexey Miller now

IN this moment Alexey is engaged in two major projects aimed at improving the state of affairs of Gazprom. He oversees the construction of two branches for gas transportation: Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream. Miller regularly appears on television and meets with the heads of cooperating states.