Of course, a major businessman Vladimir Lisin is a colorful and authoritative figure in Russian business circles. His financial condition amounts to billions of dollars, and this is entirely his merit. Vladimir Lisin is familiar to many entrepreneurs as the owner of a huge metallurgical concern. He lives in two states - Russia and Scotland. In the north of the British Isle, he is the owner of a luxurious castle. At home, he prefers to spend a significant part of his leisure time in his own country club with the intriguing name “Fox hole”, where in a few hours he can create a mini copy of Venice with its unique palaces and picturesque canals. The businessman is able to set up metallurgical production with rolling machines and blast furnaces.
The popular Forbes magazine has already identified him among the twenty richest people in the world, and the print edition of Finance has repeatedly assigned it the status of "The Richest Man in Russia." So who is he, entrepreneur Vladimir Lisin? What is the secret of his success in life? Consider these issues in more detail.
Facts from the biography
Of course, not everyone knows what kind of person Vladimir Lisin is? The biography of a businessman, of course, deserves a separate consideration. He hails from Ivanovo, was born on May 7, 1956. In fairness, it should be noted that in childhood Vladimir Lisin was a rather phlegmatic child. He was closed and laconic. The boy did not like to stick out his "I", trying to stay in the shadow of his classmates. The child was not a bully and a bully. But he was not devoid of positive qualities: his concentration and attentiveness helped him to get four and five in subjects. There were two and three, but there were few of them. From a young age, his parents instilled in him such qualities as perseverance and determination. That is why in the future he could complete all the work that he had begun.
Start of work
The future oligarch Vladimir Lisin, whose nationality is Russian, began to earn money when he was 19 years old.
He was accepted as an electrician at the Kuzbass coal mine. However, the young man quickly realized that without a higher education, his career would develop slowly, and entered the Siberian Metallurgical Institute. In 1979, Lisin was already a graduate in the profession of a steel engineer.
Learning goes hand in hand
He receives experience and skills in work at the Tulachermet enterprise, where he cooks steel. Gradually, he tries himself in other positions and after some time becomes an assistant to the head of the workshop. In parallel with this, he is engaged in scientific work and in 1984 became a graduate student of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Metallurgy. After this, Lisin works at metallurgical plants located in various geographical points of Russia. He changed positions like gloves, was both an assistant to the chief engineer and deputy head, and served on the board of directors of a number of metallurgical plants. For five years he served on the executive body of Sayan Aluminum Plant JSC, and at the same time he was a member of the Board of Directors of Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant JSC.
Subsequently, the entrepreneur was elected vice president of the commercial structure of Trans-Cis-Commodites Ltd, which was perceived as a serious competitor in the aluminum market. But Vladimir Lisin, whose photo is often periodically published in popular business publications, does not forget about scientific activity.
In 1994, the future oligarch received a diploma from the Academy of National Economy, and two years later he completed his doctorate in the capital's institute of steel and alloys.
Lisin is the author of a huge number of monographs and scientific works in the field of metal production. In 1989, the oligarch was awarded the title of laureate of the prize of the Soviet government.
Businessman career
Since 1996, Lisin decides to do business. Having acquired a certain amount of securities of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works, he establishes an offshore company Worslade Trading, registered in Ireland, and begins to sell metal abroad. After that, the businessman begins to gradually acquire shares in major metallurgical plants, taking control of the controlling interest.
In 1997, Vladimir Lisin was a member of the executive body of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works JSC, works as a general director and heads the Russian Metallurgical Management Company.
The well-being of a businessman is rapidly increasing.
The oligarch becomes a wealthy man
By 2008, he already owns more than $ 20 billion. However, the onset of the economic crisis caused serious damage to the financial assets of the entrepreneur, reducing his income to $ 5.2 billion. But at the beginning of 2010, Lisin’s business went uphill again, and he was able to bring his profit to $ 18.8 billion. In 2013, he owned 17.2 billion dollars. Of course, many tried to find out a secret from him, thanks to which he became a financially independent person. He emphasized that in many ways he was able to enrich himself at the expense of his business qualities: sociability, ability to find compromises, think globally, and understand the market situation.
Political ambition
The entrepreneur took part in the election campaign of Alexei Lebed, who was planning to take the chair of the head of the government of the Khakass republic.
In 1998, Vladimir Sergeyevich could head the administration of the Lipetsk region, but subsequently he refused to participate in the elections in favor of Mikhail Neyrolin.
Interesting Facts
Journalists have repeatedly written that Vladimir Lisin, whose family strongly supports the businessman in all his endeavors, does not like to appear in corporate conflicts, trying to keep his distance from the Kremlin sidelines.
A businessman at leisure prefers to engage in shooting sports. He first took up arms when he was 12 years old. He himself decided to build a rifle base "Fox hole". Today Lisin leads the Shooting Union, while financing our national team. He himself says that he invests in the domestic economy about 90% of personal money. The oligarch also owns Business FM radio station.
Vladimir Sergeyevich also owns a newspaper of the same name. She goes out once a week. The businessman claims that his task was to establish an independent print publication that would objectively analyze the facts and acquaint the reader with them.
Personal life
Successfully developed at the oligarch Vladimir Lisin and personal life.
He is happy in marriage, he has three children. The businessman is trying to hide from journalists the facts about his personal life. About him we can say that he is an exemplary family man. The wife of Vladimir Lisin is his classmate. She owns the “Seasons” chamber gallery, which displays paintings by private artists for selected collectors. Lyudmila (that is the name of her spouse) collects the works of masters who worked in the 19th and 20th centuries. The pride of her collection is a painting by Petrov-Vodkin, which was presented to her by her husband, Vladimir Lisin. The businessman’s children are Alexander, Vyacheslav and Dmitry. The oligarch recalls that it was the care of his offspring that encouraged him to engage in entrepreneurial activity in order to ensure a comfortable life for his family members. Now every son of Vladimir Lisin has the right to count on a large inheritance.
Conclusion
The rivals of the businessman, envious of his success, argue that the oligarch’s main passion is money, and to achieve this goal he is ready to do anything. However, it is precisely such entrepreneurs that Russia needs in order to revive the national economy.
A man who has gone through a thorny path from a simple steelmaker to a billionaire cannot but deserve respect, especially if he achieved everything himself. And Vladimir Sergeyevich had to rely only on his own strength.
He does not compete with other rich people in buying luxury villas, luxury yachts, he does not even have the habit of wearing expensive watches. His passion is the Kaslinsky iron casting collection that has been compiled by the businessman for many years. He loves to read scientific and fiction, likes to smoke a quality cigar. The businessman is sure that rich people do not have much more joy than poor people.
“Financial independence can provide more opportunities, and only, but things like sky, sun, sea, are available to everyone,” he emphasizes.