Currently, there is no need for personal participation of representatives of the business elite in government. At the same time, they are in no hurry to completely withdraw from “state affairs”, using this lever to lobby their own interests. Power and business in Russia have been inextricably linked for more than ten years. A vivid confirmation of this is the Russian businessman Mamut Alexander Leonidovich, who could easily enter the corridors of the Kremlin of the Yeltsin era. He was called the gray cardinal of domestic business. Today he is considered the largest philanthropist, despite the fact that his personality is shrouded in veils of secrets, secrets and intrigues.
Almost every Russian has heard about the scale of the financial condition of this mysterious oligarch, however, few people know what specific amount of money the millionaire Mamut Alexander Leonidovich is handing over. Today, he has already proved that capital can and should be invested not only in plants and factories, but also in the sphere of culture.
The businessman’s environment observes that he is endowed with such a rare and valuable quality as modesty, so he does not like to talk about his achievements in the business to the press. Let's try to open the veil of this mystery.
Biography
Mamut Alexander Leonidovich was born on January 29, 1960 in the Russian capital. His parents were experienced lawyers: mother Tsitsiliya Ludwigovna took an active part in the famous Uzbek cotton business, and his father, Leonid Solomonovich, successfully defended his doctoral dissertation.
Childhood
Little Alexander was lucky: he was sent to a special school with an English bias.
However, from childhood he showed his character, so teachers often caused trouble, while not all sciences were given to him with ease. However, he overcomes difficulties and after school decides to become a lawyer.
Studenthood and Entrepreneurship
In 1977, he submits documents to the law faculty of Moscow State University, passes entrance exams and for five years has been gnawing at the granite of science.
After graduation, until 1990, Mamut Alexander Leonidovich worked in one of the legal consultations in the metropolitan metropolis.
Having gained invaluable experience in legal practice, he decides to open his own company with the simple name “ALM Consulting”. Soon on an equal footing with businessman Andrei Gloriozov, he establishes a banking structure. First, it is known as “Business and Cooperation,” and then its name changes to the Imperial Joint-Stock Commercial Bank. His clients were such oil giants as Gazprom and Lukoil.
Since that time, Alexander Leonidovich Mamut, whose photo in the early 90s has not yet been published in the media, begins to gradually affect the state of affairs in the country. In 1993, he heads the CB Project Finance Company. A year later, he becomes a member of the committee on entrepreneurship and industrial policy under the Russian government.
The businessman himself believes that businessman Andrei Melnichenko helped him to earn solid money , who invited him to work at MDM Bank. It was with his submission that everything began to work out for Alexander Leonidovich, and after a few years he turned into a large and influential businessman.
Power structures are getting closer and closer
It was in the early 90s that Mamut began to enter the inner circle of Yeltsin, and the company was made up of such famous figures as Valentin Yumashev, Roman Abramovich, Tatyana Dyachenko. Subsequently, they began to say that he was a confidant of Boris Berezovsky.
Having the opportunity to influence state policy, in the mid-90s he wanted to help resolve the debt obligations that India had with Russia. However, VEB and the Ministry of Finance did not allow him to realize what was planned.
In 1998, a businessman becomes a member of the Presidential Administration, while overseeing the country's economic development. After some time, he is a member of the executive body of Sobinbank OJSC.
From 1999 to 2001, he heads the supervisory board of MDM Bank.
In 2000, he became a member of the executive body of the RESO-Garantia insurance company.
At the same time, he and Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deribaska decided to create a Fund for the Promotion of Russian Science, and this is only the beginning of his business in the field of patronage of arts.
In 2001, he presented a project to modernize the banking system to Russian industrialists and entrepreneurs, a few years later he organized the merger of the Atticus Publishing company with the ABC print house. As a result, a structure with printing equipment appeared - this allowed us to engage in publishing business more efficiently. He now heads the company Rambler & Go.
Personal life
It should be noted that Mamut Alexander Leonidovich, whose personal life is remarkable in that he took in his wife a woman (Nadezhda Lyamina), who was married to the grandson of the Soviet Secretary General, was not a womanizer in his youth. He studied at school with his first wife. He repulsed hope for Lyamin from his grandson Brezhnev himself and soon married her. However, a tragedy soon occurred: Alexander’s wife died of pneumonia. She left behind her three children (two of them adoptive children), whom he is currently raising. After some time, he became interested in the young model Alena Akhmadulina, whom the businessman simply spoiled with luxurious gifts: what is the price of a pompous boutique in the center of the metropolis. These are the wide gestures Alexander Mamut is ready to go for love. "The second wife of a famous businessman!" - they said surrounded by the oligarch, referring to Alena Akhmadulin. However, later the businessman’s feelings for the girl cooled, and he lost all interest in her. Here he is, Mamut Alexander Leonidovich. He officially has no wife today.
How rich is the oligarch
According to reputable print media, including the magazine Finance, its financial well-being is growing steadily. Following the results of the year before last, he steadily occupied the fortieth position in the list of the richest entrepreneurs in Russia. Then experts estimated that he owns 2.1 billion dollars.