Andrey Vavilov

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Andrey Vavilov
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Born
Andrey Petrovich Vavilov

(1961-01-10) January 10, 1961 (age 60)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
Alma materCentral Economic Mathematical Institute (PhD)
Spouse(s)Maryana Vavilova (née Tsaregradskaya)

Andrey Petrovich Vavilov (Russian: Андрей Петрович Вавилов; born on 10 January 1961 in Perm) is a Russian politician and businessman, senator and a former first Deputy Finance Minister of Russia, and the former Russian Secretary of State.[1]

Early life[]

In 1985 he worked as an engineer and a junior researcher at the Central Economic Mathematical Institute, and in 1988 he took the position of a senior researcher at the . In 1991, he headed a laboratory at the newly founded Institute for Market Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences. From 1991 to 1992 he worked as a researcher at the Institute for International Economics in Washington D.C..[1]

In 1991 in a dacha outside Moscow, Vavilov, Konstantin Kagalovsky, and three others developed an economic platform for Russia.[2]

First Deputy Finance Minister of Russia[]

In 1992 to 1997, Vavilov occupied offices in the Russian Ministry of Finance. From 5 November 1994 to 1 May 1997, Vavilov occupied the post of first deputy finance minister of Russia under Mikhail Kasyanov.[3] While in office at the Finance Ministry, one of his responsibilities was negotiating with the International Monetary Fund, the Paris and London Clubs. Under the supervision of Mr. Vavilov the Russian Federation was assigned to its first international investment ratings in 1996. He has initiated and arranged the issue of the first Russian eurobonds on the international market. From 1992 to 1997. Mr. Vavilov has participated in the preparation of the G7 meetings concerning the financial aspects of the summit that resulted in relieving the financial burden of Russia by $25 billion per year.

In 1996, he was the treasurer of Boris Yeltsin's election campaign.[4]

During tenure at the ministry of finance, he was close to both Oleg Boyko and Alexander Lebedev.[5][6][7]

On 3 February 1997, his car exploded outside of the Russian Ministry of Finance building but he was inside the building.[7]

He wrote off over $8 billion of Libya and Iraq debts with MFK Bank before he stepped down as first deputy finance minister.[8]

Businessman[]

On May 15, 1997 he replaced Alexander Khloponin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Генна́дьевич Хлопо́нин) and became the President the (Russian: «Международная финансовая компания») that is part of Mikhail Prokhorov's ONEKSIMbank-MFK group (Russian: группы ОНЭКСИМбанк – МФК). In July 1997, MFK combined with Stephen Jennings and Boris Jordan's Renaissance Capital (Russian: «Ренессанс Капитал») to form MFK-Renaissance Bank (Russian: банк «МФК-Ренессанс») with Boris Jordan as its president.[9][10] Vavilov became a board member of Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin's Interros (Russian: ФПГ «Интеррос»).[3]

Between 1998-2002 he was the Head of the .

On 16 March 1998, he became a financial advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom.[3]

Between May 2000 to 2002, he was the Chairman of the Board of which he obtained for $25 million and sold for $600 million to Igor Sechin's Rosneft.[3][4][2]

In 2002 he was elected as a member of the Federation Council of Russia representing the Penza Region Legislative Assembly.[1]

Wealth[]

  • By February 1995, he had obtained a two story penthouse at Trump Tower in New York City and a house in Los Angeles.[7]
  • As of 2007, he has a home in Australia.[4]
  • In 2009, he became the beneficial owner of a 8,275 square feet $37.5 million penthouse in the Time Warner Center in New York City.[2]

Writer[]

He is the author of the 2010 book, “The Russian Public Debt and Financial Meltdowns”.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c biografy, avavilov.ru/en.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Saul, Stephanie; Story, Louise (February 11, 2015). "At the Time Warner Center, an Enclave of Powerful Russians". New York Times. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Кто такой Андрей Вавилов" [Who is Andrey Vavilov]. Gazeta.ru (in Russian). February 13, 2007. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Перекрест, Владимир (Perekrest, Vladimir) (June 6, 2007). "«Тефлоновый» замминистра: ОН ПОЖЕРТВОВАЛ ради любви самым дорогим — репутацией честного человека" ["Teflon" Deputy Minister: He sacrificed for the sake of love the most precious - the reputation of an honest man.]. Аргументы и факты (Argumenty i Fakty) (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2021. Original website is https://aif.ru/archive/1663361
  5. ^ Иваницкая, Надежда (Ivanitskaya, Nadezhda); Малкова, Ирина (Malkova, Irina) (January 24, 2012). "Путеводитель высших интересов - Андрей Вавилов" [Higher Interests Guide - Andrey Vavilov]. Forbes (in Russian). pp. 120–129. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "Путеводитель высших интересов - Андрей Вавилов" [Higher Interests Guide - Andrey Vavilov]. polpred (in Russian). January 24, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Крутаков, Леонид (Krutakov, Leonid); Соколов, Сергей (Sokolov, Sergey); Плужников, Сергей (Pluzhnikov, Sergey) (March 15, 1997). "Подметный факс 97 года: Взрыв имени Андрея Вавилова" [Anonymous fax: Explosion named after Andrei Vavilov]. "Лица" (Faces) (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  8. ^ Крутаков, Леонид (Krutakov, Leonid) (April 5, 2000). ""Андрей Петрович на пару с неким Филином (представляется везде владельцем "Новой газеты") "кинули" главу ЛУКОЙЛа Вагита Алекперова - увели из-под контроля последнего СП "Северная нефть": Вавиловская башня. Возвращение блудного замминистра" ["Andrei Petrovich, together with a certain Filin (who appears to be the owner of Novaya Gazeta everywhere), threw the head of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov away from the control of the last JV Severnaya Neft": Vavilovskaya tower. Return of the prodigal deputy minister]. "Московский комсомолец" (Moskovsky Komsomolets) (in Russian). Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "МФК (1992-1999)" [IFC (1992-1999)]. Interros Company website (in Russian). 2010. Archived from the original on February 8, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "Йордан: государственник с паспортом США" [Jordan: statesman with a U.S. passport]. BBC (in Russian). April 5, 2001. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  11. ^ Saul, Stephanie, and Louise Story, "At the Time Warner Center, an Enclave of Powerful Russians" (with a summary in Russian -- Прочитать резюме на русском), New York Times, February 11, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-11.

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