Sergei Gordeev

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Sergei Gordeev
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Sergei Gordeev
NationalityRussian
Occupationproperty developer

Sergei Gordeev (Russian: Серге́й Эдуа́рдович Горде́ев) is a leading Russian entrepreneur. He is the main shareholder and CEO of PIK, a technology and property development company.[2] His net worth is estimated to be $1.94 billion, according to Forbes.[1]

Biography[]

Early career[]

In 1995, Sergei Gordeev founded the company , which he continued to lead until March 1998. Rosbuilding focused on repurposing and restructuring of industrial enterprises, construction sites, retail venues and department stores. In 2006, Rosbuilding's shareholders agreed to close down the company and terminate its business activities. Rosbuilding was disbanded and liquidated.[1]

In 2007, Gordeev founded the Horus Capital property development company, specialising in the construction and redevelopment of office and residential buildings. The company's portfolio included 15 sites with a total area of over 550 thousand square meters. In 2010, Gordeev sold Horus-Capital to O1 Properties, owned by billionaire Boris Mints.

PIK[]

In 2013, Gordeev partnered with the entrepreneur Alexander Mamut to acquire a stake in PIK from a subsidiary of the Suleiman Kerimov Foundation. Since 2014, Sergei Gordeev has been the CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of PIK. According to Gordeev, this is the most difficult business that he has had in his life.[3][4][5]

As of the end of 2020, Sergei Gordeev was the controlling shareholder of PIK and owned 59.15% of the company's shares.[6]

Other business interests[]

Sergei Gordeev was actively involved with the initial investment phase of Hyperloop One, a high-speed travel start-up. Virgin Hyperloop, formerly known as Hyperloop One, is working towards commercializing a high-speed technology system with the aim of moving passengers and cargo at the speed of airlines, but at the fraction of the cost of airline travel. The concept was first introduced by Elon Musk in 2013.[7]

Social activities and philanthropy[]

Outside of his business interests, Sergei Gordeev is known for his ardent interest in arts and architecture. He made a mark by saving and renovating architecturally significant buildings from the early Soviet era.

In 2005, Gordeev became the founder of the Studio of Theatrical Art under the leadership of Sergei Zhenovach, now part of the Moscow Art Theatre. Later, the Studio moved to the historic site of the Alekseev factory, which was once home for the Workers' Theatre, led by the world renowned theatre director and theorist Konstantin Stanislavsky. In 2016, Sergei Gordeev donated the building to the Russian Ministry of Culture to be used as the permanent site of the Studio of Theatrical Art.

In 2006, he created the Russian Avant-garde Non-profit Foundation, dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of the Russian avant-guard and publishing books on the history of avant-garde in Russia. Since then, more than 80 books were published by the Foundation.[8]

In the same year, Gordeev also bought the Melnikov House in Moscow. Built in 1927, the house previously belonged to Konstantin Melnikov, a Russian architect and painter who was considered a leader in the avant-garde architectural movement. Gordeev invested in refurbishing the Melnikov House and turning it into a museum. He later donated the building to the government to be used as a public museum. He also donated his collection of architectural graphics featuring works of Leonidov, Zholtovsky, Chernikhov, Vesninykh and Fomin to the Schusev Museum of Architecture.[9][10][11]

Gordeev also saved and restored the Narkomfin building, designed by Moisei Ginsburg in the late 1920s and one of the most significant monuments of architectural constructivism in Moscow.[12]

In 2008-2009, Sergei Gordeev played an active role in the creation of the State Museum of Modern Art in the city Perm in Central Russia. As the abandoned city river station was chosen as the venue for the new museum, Gordeev launched an international competition for renovating the building. Several world-famous architectural companies took part in the competition. In May 2010, Perm projects, the Museum of Modern Art and the Opera and Ballet Theatre, both financed by Sergei Gordeev, were award the Grand Prix of the Moscow Biennale of Architecture.[13][14]

A period in politics[]

In 2005-2010, Sergei Gordeev was a member of the Federation Council chamber of the Russian Parliament, first, until July 2007, representing the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug and then, until December 2010, representing the Perm Region. At the Federation Council, Gordeev was a member of the Culture Commission.[15]

In July 2008, at the initiative of Gordeev, the Federation Council unanimously supported a parliamentary request to the Government of the Russian Federation to make significant changes to the application of the federal law “Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites”. As a result of the request, 35 architectural monuments were taken under state protection.

During the term, Sergei Gordeev submitted to the State Duma a number of draft laws and amendments aiming to improve protection of the Russian cultural heritage.

In 2010, Sergei Gordeev announced that he was ending his political career and planning to fully focus on his business interests. In an interview to fellow entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov as part of the Business Secrets series, Gordeev said that from his experience he wouldn't recommend other businessmen to go into politics and that his own move into politics was driven by idealism.[16]

Awards[]

In 2008, Sergei Gordeev was nominated for the Innovation 2008 award at the Russian national modern visual arts competition for the “Russian Poor” exhibition in Perm, at which Gordeev collaborated with Marat Gelman.[17]

In 2010, Gordeev was awarded a diploma for his contribution to the development of the city of Perm.[18]

In 2011, the "Stanislavsky Factory" project, led by Sergei Gordeev and the British architectural design firm John McAslan + Partners, was named the best international project of the year by the RIBA International Awards. The project was also shortlisted by the World Architecture Festival in the New, Old and Regenerated City Quarters category. In 2012, the same project received a Civic Trust Award.[19]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Sergei Gordeev". Forbes.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ^ "More Than A Dozen Firms Led Top Oct. Real Estate M&A Deals". Law360. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Мамут и Гордеев приобрели 36% ГК ПИК". ТАСС.
  4. ^ "Экс-сенатор Сергей Гордеев возглавил группу ПИК". RBC.
  5. ^ "ПИК против всех: как решает проблемы миллиардер Гордеев". Forbes.
  6. ^ "ВТБ увеличил долю в группе компаний ПИК в три раза". RBC.
  7. ^ "Putin warned Russian businessmen from investing in the US". forumdaily.com.
  8. ^ "Авангард на память". Kommersant.
  9. ^ Ouroussoff, Nicolai (10 October 2007). "Sergey Gordeev: The man who may save Soviet architecture". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. ^ "Дар с отягощением". Kommersant.
  11. ^ "Another Russian revolution: the oligarch with a sense of history". The Independent. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  12. ^ Walker, Shaun (23 February 2008). "Another Russian revolution: the oligarch with a sense of history". The Independent. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Пермь I уходит в современное искусство?". 59.ru.
  14. ^ "Удвоение амбиций. У пермского конкурса два победителя". archi.ru.
  15. ^ "Гордеев Сергей Эдуардович". council.gov.ru.
  16. ^ "Сергей Гордеев: «Делайте бизнес, в который верите»". journal.tinkoff.ru.
  17. ^ "Премию дополнили обещаниями". Kommersant.
  18. ^ "История успеха Сергея Гордеева – бизнесмена, архитектора, гениального финансового стратега". moneymakerfactory.ru.
  19. ^ "Civic Trust Awards Celebrating 62 years of excellence in the built environment". civictrustawards.org.uk.


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