In a business environment, his last name is very well known. Over the years of his career as an entrepreneur, Andrey Guryev has turned into a prosperous billionaire. And the domestic media often turned to his person. And there were more than enough reasons. For example, the press informed that Guryev Andrey had acquired a luxurious penthouse in England with a height of five floors and an area of more than 2,000 square meters. Such a luxury can afford units. Journalists also wrote that the businessman in his work does not always comply with the norms of the law. So who is Andrey Guryev? An honest and successful entrepreneur or businessman who believes that the end justifies any means? Let's consider this question in more detail.
Curriculum Vitae
Guryev Andrey is a native of the city of Lobny, near Moscow. He was born on March 24, 1960.
In childhood, the future senator showed interest in sports, and it was with him that he linked his future career. Having received a certificate of maturity, young Guryev Andrei successfully passed entrance exams at the State Institute of Physical Culture, a diploma of which he will receive in 1983. But two years before this, the young man will serve in the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In parallel with this, Andrei will keep fit in the Dynamo sports society.
Komsomol
In the mid-80s, a young man was actively involved in Komsomol work and after a while he occupied the post of secretary of the Komsomol of the capital city council of SB Dynamo. Then Andrei Guryev, whose biography we are considering, is appointed to senior positions in the Komsomol organization of the Frunze district committee of Moscow.
After the collapse of the Land of Soviets
In the early 90s, when the communist regime collapsed, the first cooperatives began to open, the owners of which were former Komsomol members and ideologists of a “bright future”.
But Andrei Grigoryevich Guryev created a structure that did not have a goal to make a profit. The future businessman established the Voluntary Public Charity Fund "Law and Order", which provided financial assistance to representatives of law enforcement agencies. Soon he was hired by the MENATEP commercial structure as a full-time expert in the information storage service. In this company, a graduate of the Institute of Physical Culture makes a good career: he is promoted to the position of deputy. Head of the investment department of the bank. In the mid-90s, Guryev manages affairs in the mining and chemical department of RosProm, which is structurally subordinate to MENATEP. In the second half of the 90s, Andrei Grigoryevich headed the direct investment department and the mining and chemical production department.
"Apatite"
At the beginning of zero, Guryev unexpectedly took the chair of the head of the executive body of Apatit OJSC. It is known that this enterprise, which is part of the PhosAgro structure, is engaged in the development of several large deposits of apatite - nepheline ore. How much the stake in Apatit cost businessman Guryev is unknown. The above-mentioned company MENATEP acted as a counterparty to the transaction.
According to unofficial data, Andrei Grigorievich bought Apatit securities for $ 200 million.
Illegal Stories
One way or another, but in 2008, the high-profile case of embezzlement of Apatit securities owned by the state became public. The defendants in the case were Platon Lebedev and Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In the end, they went to jail, and Andrei Guryev was only one of the defendants in the case, and then they could not prove his guilt. Moreover, at that time he had immunity, since he was a senator.
Some time later, the director of Apatit was charged with the fact that back in 1997, in violation of the current legislation, with the minimum benefit for the enterprise, he made a deal without the knowledge of shareholders to alienate the ANOF-2 mining plant. The buyer was the Elista CJSC Gornokhimprom. After this story surfaced, a photo of Andrei Guryev began to appear frequently on the pages of the press.
But this is not all things with a minus sign in which the businessman was noticed.
So, in 2008, an emergency occurred at one of the Apatit mines, as a result of which 12 people were killed. The head of PhosAgro Maxim Volkov and Andrei Guryev (businessman) were recognized as culprits of the emergency.
In addition, the chairman of the Apatit SD was accused of illegal acts in the field of tax relations, they say, the entrepreneur used illegal schemes that significantly underestimated the size of fiscal contributions to budgets of all levels. Moreover, Guryev actively used them from 2001 to 2005.
Senator's Chair
In 2001, Andrei Grigoryevich became a parliamentarian in SovFed, representing the Murmansk Region in the upper house of the legislative body. After some time, he received the position of assistant to the head of the committee in charge of the agrarian-food policy and the fishery complex. Then Guryev became a member of the committee that dealt with the affairs of the North. For 12 years, the businessman worked in the upper chamber of the Russian parliament and then decided to end his deputy career. According to him, this step was not easy for him; he thought about it for a long time. “I choose a business, and I think that my choice is correct. At the same time, I am grateful to my comrades in the chamber, because work in the Federation Council has become another milestone in my biography, ”Andrei Grigoryevich emphasized.
After his deputy, he returned to PhosAgro, taking the post of assistant to the head of the Board of Directors.
Family status
Is Andrey Guryev happy in his personal life? The businessman’s family is his wife and two children: daughter Julia and son Andrei. The latter, by the way, was appointed CEO of PhosAgro. Nevertheless, the businessman is trying to keep secret information about his personal life. Yes, it can be said without exaggeration that the exemplary family man is Andrei Guryev. The wife of billionaire Eugene met with the ex-senator at school. After her graduation, she became a student at the Moscow Aviation Institute (specialty is the design and manufacture of radio equipment).
Another public outcry was caused by information once indicated by Evgenia Guryeva in the income statement. The document contained an astronomical amount of 700 million rubles, while the financial condition of the spouse was estimated at only 15 million rubles. It is known that Eugene is a member of the board of the Gurievs charity fund. In PhosAgro, it has its own share of shares.
The businessman himself was awarded the Order of the Orthodox Church, the Order of Honor and the signs of “Miner's Glory”.