Alexey Miller is known as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the largest gas producing company in the world, PJSC Gazprom. In addition, Miller is a fan of Zenit, enjoys equestrian sports and has many titles and awards.
- FULL NAME: Miller Alexey Borisovich.
- Date of Birth: January 31, 1962 (56 years old).
- Education: Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after. N. Voznesensky.
- Start date of business activity: 1984 (22 years old).
- Job title: Russian economist, regional head, statesman, chairman of the board and deputy chairman of the board of directors of PJSC Gazprom.
- Current state:$27 million (Forbes, 2015).
Alexey Borisovich Miller received his higher education at the St. Petersburg Institute of Finance and Economics. N. Voznesensky. Later - the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences. He began working in 1984 at the age of 22 in the LenNIIproekt organization. Subsequently, he consistently and confidently climbed the career ladder. Now he is the Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom. According to Forbes, his annual profit for 2015 amounted to $27 million, and this allowed him to become the most expensive top manager in Russia for the first time. Miller has an information column on the official Gazprom website.
short biography
Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. Parents worked at the closed defense enterprise NPO Leninets and developed aviation equipment.
Graduated from school-gymnasium No. 330 with honors.
In 1984 he received higher education, in 1989 he defended his Ph.D. thesis.
In the 80s he was an economist-reformer, led by A. Chubais.
In 1987, he was a member of the “Sintez” club, where there were representatives of the younger generation from different fields of activity.
Start of work
In 1984, Alexey Miller began working at LenNIIproekt in his specialty. He held the position of engineer-economist. He interrupted his career to attend graduate school. Upon his return in 1990, he was appointed junior researcher. He also worked in the Economic Reform Committee of the Leningrad City Council Executive Committee.
In 1991, there was a sharp rise up the career ladder and an acquaintance with V. Putin. In 1991 - 1996 - worked at the St. Petersburg mayor's office in the committee for external relations, established contacts with the largest banks in the West. Changed positions:
- Head of the Department for Market Issues of the Administration of Foreign Economic Relations;
- Head of the Administration of Foreign Economic Relations;
- Deputy Chairman of the Committee.
In 1996, he left the St. Petersburg City Hall and headed OJSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg.
In 1999 - General Director of OJSC Baltic Pipeline System.
Gazprom
Since 2000, he was in Moscow and was the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. In 2001, he became Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, and since 2002, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The arrival of Alexey Borisovich to this position predicted powerful transformations. And they came instantly. The company became controlled by the government, and work began on the reversion of assets that were lost under the former leader R. Vyakhirev.
Alexey Borisovich is constantly re-elected by the board of directors of the holding to the position of chairman of the board. In 2016, his contract was once again extended for five years.
This is interesting! PJSC Gazprom is in seventeenth place in the list of largest energy companies according to SandP Global Platts. In addition, he is among the top ten.
The organization accounts for 11% of global and 66% of Russian gas production. The state controls over 50% of the shares. Alexey Miller owns 0.000958% of the company's shares.
In 2018, Gazprom, together with the five largest energy companies in the world, despite the threat of sanctions, began construction of a main gas pipeline.
Personal life
Alexey Miller does not talk much about his family. There is a daughter from his first marriage. The current wife Irina is not a public person. Together with her husband, she is raising her son Mikhail, who, like his father, is a fan of the Zenit football team.
In his free time, the top manager can be seen with his family. He also loves cycling and skiing. He is interested in horse riding and owns several thoroughbred stallions. His passion for horses at one time resulted in active work. In 2012, he received a position at Russian Hippodromes OJSC and became chairman of the board of directors. Later, the President issued a decree in which he set Miller the task of reviving the domestic equestrian sports industry.
Doesn't like buffets or noisy companies. He prefers them to playing the guitar. You can often meet him at Zenit matches. Now he is vice-president of the Russian Football Union (since 2010)
The band Deep Purple has always been his childhood passion, so now he doesn’t forget to attend the performances of his youth idols.
Titles and awards
Alexey Miller has many titles and awards:
- Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, 1st and 4th degree (2006, 2017).
- Order named after A. Nevsky (2014).
- Order of Honor (2009).
- Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (ROC).
- Order of the Holy Venerable Seraphim of Sarov (2009).
- Title of Honorary Citizen of the city of Astrakhan (2008).
- Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2010).
- Order of Labor (2011).
- Order of Friendship (2015).
- Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation (2012).
Current state
There is currently no reliable information about Miller's earnings status. He did not make his current position public for a long time. Forbes last reported data in 2015, when his income increased from $25 million to $27 million.
Born in Leningrad, he studied at gymnasium No. 330. Miller’s higher education was obtained at the Voznesensky Financial and Economic Institute in Leningrad, from which he graduated in 1984. From this year until 1990 he worked at LenNIIProekt, first as an economist, from 1986 as a graduate student, and in 1990 as a junior researcher.
Then a year in the biography of Alexey Miller was worked in the Leningrad City Council in the Committee on Economic Reforms. Afterwards, until 1996, he worked at the mayor's office in the Committee on External Relations. During this time, I managed to develop the city’s investment zones in many ways. In 1999, Miller became the general director of OJSC Baltic Pipeline System. And in 2000, Alexey Miller took the next most important post in his biography - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
In 2001, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Gazprom. In Miller’s biography, Gazprom is another career step. He was fully prepared for such a high position - during his entire work he gained a wealth of experience, and confirmed his knowledge with the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences. In 2002, he became deputy chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom, and in 2008 he headed the board. He has many awards - orders of various degrees and medals.
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Alexey Borisovich Miller
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Biography
From 2002 to the present – Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Gazprom, Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Gazprom.
From 2001 to the present – Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Gazprom.
In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
From 1999 to 2000 held the position of General Director of OAO Baltic Pipeline System.
From 1996 to 1999 was Director for Development and Investments of OAO Sea Port of St. Petersburg.
From 1991 to 1996 worked in the external relations committee of the St. Petersburg mayor's office. Headed the market conditions department of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations. Later he held the positions of Head of the Department and Deputy Chairman of the Committee.
In 1990, he was hired as a junior researcher at LFEI. In the same year, he headed a subsection of the Committee on Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
In 1986 he entered graduate school at LFEI. After defending his dissertation in 1989, he was awarded the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. In 1979 he graduated from high school and entered the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute (LFEI) named after. N. A. Voznesensky. After graduating from the institute, he worked as an engineer-economist in the master plan workshop of the Leningrad Research and Design Institute for Housing and Civil Construction "LenNIIproekt" of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.
Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree; Medal of the Order “3a of Merit to the Fatherland”, II degree; Order of the Cross of the Hungarian Republic, II degree, for services to energy cooperation; Order of “Saint Mesrop Mashtots” (Republic of Armenia); Order of “Dostyk” (“Friendship”), II degree (Republic of Kazakhstan); Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of Sergius of Radonezh, II degree and Patriarchal charter.
Date of Birth. 01/31/1962
Origin. Alexey Miller was born in the city on the Neva, when it still bore the old name Leningrad. His parents worked at a closed military plant. So Alexey has been able to keep military secrets since childhood. In addition, he grew up to be an obedient and efficient person. These two qualities probably determined his fate.
Education. Alexey received his secondary education at gymnasium No. 330 in St. Petersburg, from which he graduated with honors in 1979. However, the graduate was not awarded a gold medal, since there were too many excellent students that year, and there was simply not enough “gold” for everyone.
Immediately after school, Miller entered the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Finance (LFEI) and five years later became a certified engineer-economist.
In 1989, having defended his dissertation at the LFEI, the future millionaire received the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Career. The professional growth of financier Miller began back in the distant 80s, when he was a regular at the informal club of young economists “Sintez”. Already at that time he was on friendly terms with Anatoly Chubais, Andrei Illarionov, Mikhail Manevich, Alexei Kudrin - representatives of the past and present political elite.
In 1990, Alexey worked on the executive committee of the Leningrad City Council for economic reform. A year later, he moved to work in another Committee - for external relations of the city mayor's office (KVS). His immediate boss until 1996 was Vladimir Putin himself.
From 1996 to 1999, he held the position of Director for Development and Investment of the Sea Port in St. Petersburg.
In the year of appointment as President V.V. Putin (2000) Alexey Miller was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. And a year later he sits in the chair of the Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Gazprom.
The businessman also heads the Boards of Directors of Gazprom subsidiaries: Gazprombank, NPF Gazfond, IC SOGAZ and Gazpromneft (formerly Sibneft).
Hobbies. One of Alexey Miller’s colleagues, who wished to remain anonymous, called him a “careerist.” It is logical to assume that career is Miller’s passion. However, classmates say that when he was Alexey loved to play the guitar, run around the football field or cheer for Zenit.
According to the businessman himself, he still has a love for the guitar and Zenit, and in addition, he is not averse to skiing or biking.
Family. Alexey Miller and his wife Irina are raising their son Mikhail. The family lives in two houses - in St. Petersburg and in Moscow. Alexey does not talk about his personal life, and prefers to spend his free time in a quiet family circle
Phrase. In one of his interviews, Alexey Miller compared business to something between art and war.
What irritates him? Banquets, buffets, noisy companies. Although this may be due to kidney stones.
Advantages. Executive workaholic. Always achieves goals, believes in both himself and his partners.
Flaws. Doesn't like to stick out, always remains as if in the shadows. Hidden.
Valuable advice. Dreaming is good! This is how what was conceived becomes reality.
Awards. At one time, Alexey Miller did not receive a gold medal, but at the age of fifty he has many honorary titles, medals, and orders. For strengthening friendship and international cooperation, he was awarded orders from the Republic of Armenia, Kazakhstan, South Ossetia, Vietnam, and Italy. He is an honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan. He has holy titles and orders from the Russian Orthodox Church. Most recently, in February 2012, he received a certificate of honor from the hands of the President of the Russian Federation for his long, conscientious work in the gas industry.
According to Alexey Borisovich, business is an intermediate activity of enterprising people between art and war. His colleagues always noted his hard work, diligence, faith in his partners and ability to achieve his goal, thanks to which he achieved success.
From the moment A. Miller took up a responsible post at Gazprom, the following opinions began to be expressed about his merits:
- always a prepared figure
- walks "on a line"
- knows how to bow
- arrogant
- touchy
- his life and service to the cause are like a shadow.
This person does not like noisy companies and for the most part prefers to spend time in a small circle of closest people. Alexey enjoys skiing, plays the guitar well and sings. In his household, he takes care of two thoroughbred stallions named Vesely and Fragrant. In 2002, at the Moscow Hippodrome, the horse Vesely took a prize in the races. From that time on, Fragrant also took prizes more than 10 times and came first to the finish line 7 times. By the way, if we talk about Alexey’s sports hobbies, he is an avid Zenit fan, loves to play football himself, and besides, he Vice-President of the Football Union of the Russian Federation.
Alexey Borisovich does not like to talk 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 daughter from his first marriage. Alexey spends all his free time with his family.
Biography
Alexey Borisovich was born in Leningrad in 1962 on January 31 into a family of workers at the Aviation Industry Research Institute. Since Alexei’s father, Boris Vasilyevich, passed away early, only his mother was involved in raising his son - Lyudmila Alexandrovna. The origin of the Miller surname goes back to ancestors who came from Germany.
The future economist's school years were spent within the walls of the Leningrad gymnasium school No. 330 in the Nevsky district of the city. After completing his school studies with honors in 1979, Alexey entered the LFEI (Financial and Economic Institute) and graduated in 1984. At that time, a movement of reformist economists was active in Leningrad, the leader of which was A. Chubais; Alexey Miller was active among them.
After graduating from the institute, Alexey entered the position of engineer-economist at the Lenproekt Research Institute and soon received the junior scientific title of graduate student, thus setting himself on the path to improving his acquired knowledge. As his skills improved, in 1990 he received the title of junior researcher at Lenproekt and began working on the Economic Reform Committee in the Lensoviet Executive Committee. Here Alexey Borisovich holds the post deputy chairman of the mayor's office and becomes executive external affairs officer. By the way, at one time this position was held by V. Putin . Since the beginning of Putin's presidency, Miller has served Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
Subsequently, 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 enterprises were built " Coca Cola" And " Gillette" Brewery production facilities were built in the Parnassus area Baltika" During his investment activities, Miller attracted capital from foreign banks into Russian business Dresden Bank and Lyon Credit.
In 1996, A. Miller's investment activity was replaced by his taking up the post of General Director of the St. Petersburg seaport. After which, until 2000, he served as general director of the Baltic Pipeline System.
Since 2000, Alexander Borisovich has become a state political figure - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.
Miller's career rise to Gazprom
A.B. Miller in 2001 was appointed by President V. Putin to the position of deputy chairman of the board of directors at Gazprom. Sometimes you can hear that this appointment in the holding is dictated by the president’s desire to take full control over the gas empire. Today Miller justifies the president’s 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 is the owner of 0.00096% of the shares of PJSC Gazprom, which, under his leadership, sponsors matches of the football club "". Miller was repeatedly re-elected to the position of director of Gazprom, and in 2011 he again held this post for a five-year term. On May 31, 2016, he was again unanimously elected for 5 years as manager 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 a number of previous multiple orders, diplomas, awards and insignia.
According to information in the online newspaper Fontanka.ru, the head of the largest Russian energy company approved S. Slepakov’s work about oil; The single's videos are now shown on many TV channels across the country.
According to the publication of the English edition of Harvard Business Review, A. Miller has been ranked first in the list of the best top managers on the planet since 2010; in one year he earned 25 million dollars.
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 will definitely come true.
In 1984 he graduated from the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after N.A. Voznesensky. In 1989 he completed his postgraduate studies at the same university.
