Vladimir Lisin - a very rich man who has passed the way from a simple locksmith to the shareholder of the metallurgical giant

Vladimir Lisin is considered one of several "real" metallurgists among sectoral magnates. The main shareholder of NLMK in the 1980s was deputy general Director On the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine, he entered a young specialist here.

Vladimir Lisin - Biography

Magnat was born on May 7, 1956 in Ivanov. Quiet, closed, serious - this was in childhood Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin. Billionaire parents are rarely mentioned in sources, so there is practically nothing known about them.

He studied well, but, like everyone, received bad estimates, was a low growth, a non-zeanist - Vladimir Lisin was in his youth. His nationality is Russian.

Once the family moved from Ivanov to Novokuznetsk. After graduation, Vladimir entered the Siberian Metallurgical University. Education on the metallurgist engineer took place smoothly. Simultaneously with the classes, the future billionaire managed to work. For example, in 1975 he traveled to Bam, where he with a construction project was engaged in cleaning the flooded territory near the Zeyskaya HPP.

Start of employment

Lisin's labor activity began in 1975 by an electric train in Yuzhkuzbassugle. In 1979-1985 he was a station, the operator of the installation of continuous casting, the deputy head of the workshop in Tulachermet. In 1985-1989, he worked in Kazakhstan by a deputy chief engineer of the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine.

The beginning of commercial experience

By the beginning of the domination of private capital, the Karaganda combine was led by Oleg Soskovets, who became a patron for magnate in business. Under his leadership, Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin gained the first experience in the commercial business. Karaganda Combine with Swiss partners created TSK-style company. Its general director became Lisin.

Then Lisin twisted a joint business with an American businessman. They were the first to begin to apply the practice of tolling - exchanged raw materials from plants on finished products and sent to export. Duties under this scheme did not pay.

But Lisin still remained hired employee. The status of a partner, except Kisn, possessed only one person - the entrepreneur Mikhail Black.

At the end of 1992, Vladimir Lisin and his colleagues found another decent money bag. David Ruben turned out to be a new foreign investor. They created a TRANS WORLD GROUP group. Lisin became an employee of the corporation.

Cases went uphill

In 1992, the magnate entered the board of directors of the Sayan Aluminum Plant JSC.

In 1993, Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin became a partner at the TWG. Soon the largest metallurgical state plants turned out to be under the control of the group. The Tolling scheme gave the opportunity to control enterprises, while not buying their shares.

In 1995, the industry was not one registered murder. Made an attempt by commercial Director Sayan Aluminum Plant - Lisin then was a member of the Board of Directors. After these events, the TWG image became demonic.

But behind the rapid lifting of the group followed the same rapid drop. In 1996, TWG began to decay.

Lisin during his partition did not miss. With the existence of the group, he carefully looked at the repair plant - NLMK. Magnate gradually missed stocks. By the time of the collapse of the TWG, he accumulated 13% of securities.

The plant was unprofitable. Owners, folding TWG business groups, decided to ruin the factory. Vladimir Lisina, they offered an indental.

I would agree with Lisin - would become a multimillioner. But he went to them in the opposite and began to put his plan, deciding to intercept leadership over NLMK. The plant had modern equipment.

Everything led Lisin to to part with partners - with litigation and lawyers. For victory in this struggle, Lisin entered into an alliance with Vladimir Potanin, with whom an agreement was reached on how he would redeem the remaining stocks.

In 1998, the magnate was elected chairman of the leadership "Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine". According to Forbes magazine, it was this year that Lisin agreed with foreign companies-owners of NLMK shares. After purchasing securities, the Vladimir package rose to 63%.

Confrontation of Lisin and Potanina

The next step, Vladimir Lisin, wanted to do in 2000. The meeting of shareholders presented a 1.1 billion dollars restructuring program. Cash tools were supposed to provide Lisin's company for additional issues of shares. As a result, the share of TWG would have reduced twice.

Before the meeting of shareholders conducted before the closure of the Register, the billionaire was waiting for a nuisance: 34% of the shares that belonged to the TWG group were changed by the owner. The new owner was the company Vladimir Potanina Interros.

For the first time, Partnersin himself broke the relationship with him, also began hostile actions. Representatives of Potanina were against the issue of shares. After the Interros meeting began to strike strikes.

The property

In 2005, it became known about the largest transaction in the real estate market of Moscow - the sale of 38% of the shares of "City". The contract price is 130 million dollars. The Seller became the group "Guta", and the buyer - associations close to the businessman Vladimir Lisin.

This is not the first case of the magnate interest in real estate investment. In October 2000, he gained control over the Moscow "Ruby" and the Palace of Culture. Gorbunov.

Logistics

The Novolipetsky Plant acquired two seaports to "protect their export channels." This transaction provided unhindered transportation of the manufactured goods to Asia and Africa.

In June 2004, Lisin's structure came to the port of St. Petersburg. This acquisition guaranteed exports to Europe and the American continent.

In July 2006, NLMK finished a transaction for the purchase of 30% of the share in the "Independent Transport Company". It has become a key logistic asset of the plant, providing the supply of raw materials for production.

Acquisition and loss

Without losing control over the main asset, Lisin received more than 600 million dollars. Part of the funds went to build 5 container terminals in the St. Petersburg port.

In 2006, Lisin acquired 90% of the securities of two coal assets, which could increase the mobility of NLMK. Then NLMK acquired the company "Visa Steel".

In November 2006, the Lisin Combine and swiss company Duferco declared partnership. Documents were signed confirming the creation of a joint venture registered in Luxembourg. The parties received 50%. For its half, the plant paid $ 805 million. In addition, the parties issued an agreement on the expansion and technical development of enterprises included in the union. NLMK engaged in attracting funds. Thus, the plant went to the markets of Europe and the United States. Analysts believe that Lisin managed to get Western assets with a specific discount.

In March 2008, the state of the businessman was assessed by Forbes magazine $ 20 billion, but a serious blow to the global financial crisis, which began in the fall of 2008. Already in 2009, the journal estimated his funds of 5 billion dollars, in February 2010 "Finance" called Vladimir the richest man of Russia. In April, Lisin headed the list of the most wealthy businessmen of Russia with a state of $ 15 billion.

Life outside business

Vladimir Lisin is a doctor of technical and economic Sciences, Winner of the Prize of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, the Vice-President of the International Metallurgist Union, Kavaler of the Honor Order.

In 2001, the magnate became the vice-president of the National Sporting Federation, in 2002 - President of the Rowed Union of the Russian Federation. Already in the young years he was carried away by shooting, now it contains the Russian team. Lisin built a rifle complex near Moscow.

Personal life

In sports circles, Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin is well known. Personal life it is usually hidden from the media.

It is difficult to find a person more permanent. Vladimir Lisin's wife, Lyudmila, is his first and only love. A couple of three beautiful children, all the boys. Now they are considered rich heirs. Sometime, Vladimir Lisin's children gave him impetus to development. Seeing with what appetite your favorite sons pounce on food, the businessman swore, which would never allow them to dwell and make it impossible for this! The family of Vladimir Lisin lives in peace, peace and harmony.

Lisin's statements

"I definitely understand that it turned out to be right when I did not turn to this path - to take, take, take."
"I am constantly surprised when the person who appeared now, begins to argue about professional problems".
"Only professionals should work on the main positions, and people who do not understand everything. It is important to have experience and education, as well as pass the courses of additional education."
"The strategy is not a list of rules. It all depends on the specific situation."
"We follow our own words. In the company there is a principle: it is better not to say, but if they said, then you need to do. Many colleagues are in touch here, then they will protrude, and then - nothing."
"For example, I will decline to cut the staff and increase the salary of the remaining my employees. And the rest will go? I think they will wait for the fence to take away from more successful employees what they have earned."
"The company's economic power is dependent on its size."
"Purchase should pursue a specific pragmatic goal. Or it will be the pumping of assets, therefore, a speculative factor, or - the development of the market. The choice is not always easy."
"I think the supermonsters are harmful."
"One of my business partners has funned:" You will polish you to infinity own assets". He spoke it with irony, naturally, but, as it turned out, how many polishing of assets and gives a positive effect."
"The depth of optimizations of infinite. The market development never stops. If you stop twist the pedals, your path is rolling into the losing zone."
"It is necessary to understand that the world has changed, not to hide information, do not hide. However, I am not a guru to predict what will happen next."
"Many business-sphere mistakes arise due to the reluctance to come from their ambitions. Regardless of the situation, it is difficult to change the decision. But for any leader, own ambitions should not overlap the ultimate goal of the case."
"Economic laws do not change, any manager should know them."
"My works are aimed at improving company performance."

Vladimir Lisin Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine (NLMK), the richest man of Russia. According to the final, Lisin ranks 14th in the list of the richest people of the planet, yielding only to such riches as Carlos Slim, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett ..., His state of the Journal of Forbes rated at $ 24 billion.

Vladimir Lisin is one of the two "real" metallurgists among industry magnates. Where were his current colleagues about 15 years ago? Wherever, not in metallurgy. The co-owner of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin and the head of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Iskander Makhmudov worked as clerks in state foreign trade organizations. The owner of Severstal Alexei Mordashov and the creator of Eurorasholding Alexander Abramov were engaged in scientific work. Oleg Deripaska, Oleg Deripaska, has just studied in Moscow State University - to physics.

The main shareholder of NLMK in the late 80s was already deputy general director - on the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine, where he came to a young specialist. Well, about everything in order.

Success Story, Biography Vladimir Lisin

Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin Born on May 7, 1956 in the city of Ivanovo. Labor activity began in 1975 as an electric-makelier in Yuzhkuzbassugle. In 1979 he graduated from the Siberian Metallurgical Institute with a degree in Metallurg Engineer. In 1979-1985 - Stylevar, the operator of the installation of continuous casting steel, head of shift, plot, deputy head of the shop in Tulachermet. In 1984 he graduated from the graduate school of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Metallurgy. In 1985-1989 - He worked in Kazakhstan by the deputy chief engineer of the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine, one of the 4 largest plants of the country.

First commercial experience in Vladimir Lisin

By the beginning of the epoch of private capital, the director of the Karaganda Combine was Oleg Soskovets, who became a patron in business for Lisin. Under his leadership, Lisin acquired his first commercial experience, which still remembers with pleasure. Karaganda Combine together with Swiss partners created subsidiary "TSK-Styl", the general director of which was Lisin. The company used a loophole in the legislation: only state mediators were eligible to export the metals, but non-band metal (containing defects) was allowed to export freely. Abroad, such products were bought with a big discount, but their $ 20-25 million turnover per year, TSK-Styl company had.

In 1991, Soskovac became the minister of metallurgy - the last to the USSR, and in 1992 he entered the Russian government. Following him, Lisin moved to Moscow, where he met the American businessman of Soviet origin, the former head of the central grocery of Odessa Samu (Semenom) Odessa.

Kislin Trans Commodities company supplied raw materials to metallurgical factories - part of the Russian, part of the imported. At some point, his business snunted - immediately several factories, as if consistent with Kislin, said that they could not pay with him either money nor the metal. Kislin risked to lose $ 30 million invested in the case. This is where Vladimir Lisin, who promised to solve the problem.

All the fact that Lisin pulled out money is true, the story is silent about how it was he managed to do it, for sure they just used his dating.

After the first successful experience, Kisin and Lisin twisted a joint business. They were the first to put the practice of tolling on a wide leg - in exchange for raw materials, received finished products at the plant (mostly ferrous metals) and sold it for export. Customs duties were not paid under this scheme. "I controlled one, together with my secretary, 50% of the export of Russian cast iron, there were no competitors except for state foreign trade associations," recalls Lisin. Business turnover was already measured by hundreds of millions of dollars.

Despite successful work, Lisin remained only by the employee in Trans Commodities. The status of a partner, except for Slorin himself, had only one person - a leaving from Tashkent entrepreneur Mikhail Black. And the other "simple" employee employee was Iskander Makhmudov, the current owner of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company, a major producer of copper.

The rapid tillery of Trans Commodities looks implausably easy. Lisin explains this by the fact that Kislin was the first person who brought big money to the industry. " We specifically paid- explains Lisin, bearing in mind that the shipment of the goods was paid by "alive" money. "At that time no longer interested in metallurgy, the full ass was."

But at the end of the same 1992, Lisin and his Russian colleagues found a more weightless money bag. The British non-ferrous metals trader David Ruben became their new foreign investor. He was brought to Russia the younger brother Mikhail Black Lion. Two brothers, as well as Ruben, created a group of Trans World Group (TWG), in the sphere of interests of which not only black, but also non-ferrous metals entered. Lisin with Mahmudov became employees of the group. And Sam Konylin brothers somehow persuaded to move away from the business - he went to the United States.

Later, the beginning of Birzhevik Oleg Deripaska joined this group. He managed to convince black that he could organize the buyer of the controlling stake in the Sayan Aluminum Plant, and received money for this operation. (Now Deripaska with his company "Russian Aluminum" owns a dozen aluminum and alumina plants). So Lisin has new temporary allies.

Cases go uphill

In 1992, Lisin became part of the Board of Directors of Sayan Aluminum Plant JSC, in 1992-1993 he was chairman, then left this post, but remained a member of the Council for 1997 inclusive.

Already in 1993 Vladimir Lisin I received a partner status in the TWG. Soon under the control of the group, most of the largest metallurgical plants of the country turned out to be. TWG has become the third largest aluminum supplier to the world market - the annual sales volume in 1993 was, according to various estimates, $ 4-5 billion, and the group at that time had not yet owned any factory. The Tolling scheme allowed to control enterprises without buying shares. And the main defender of Tolling in the government was considered all the same Oleg Skoskovets, who already occupied by the Armchair of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Lisin as a representative of the TWG was part of the Board of Directors of five plants: three aluminum and two steel - Magnitogorsk and Novolipetsk combine. Legally, the TWG group has not been framed as unified company. It was typical of the conglomerate of Russian firms and offshore, formally independently dependent on each other.

In 1995, the wave of registered murders rolled the industry. In April, an attempt was made (failed) on the commercial director of the Sayan Aluminum Plant Valery Tokarev - Lisin at that time was a member of the Board of Directors there. In the same year, managers of firms that had interests on aluminum plants were killed - the head of the Yugorsky Bank Oleg Kantor, his deputy Vadim Yafyasov and the manager russian business Other large exporter Metals, companies Aius Felix Lviv. After these murders, the TWG image in the business community became demonic.

However, the rapid TWG take-off followed as a rapid drop. Already in 1996, the group began to disintegrate. It happened a few months after the scandalous resignation of Oleg Skosquet from the government post. The most influential people at that time in the corridors of the federal government - the head of the presidential administration Anatoly Chubais and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, TWG did not complain. The positions of black in Russia became rows, and their opaque business is too vulnerable to power structures. And then the brothers were collected with each other and began to share the business.

Vladimir Lisin in the section did not miss her. Working in TWG, he looked closely attentively to one of the controlled factories - NLMK. In parallel with the brothers black he gradually missed stocks. Brothers at the time of the collapse of TWG accumulated 34% of the securities of the plant, Lisin - 13%.

The plant was unprofitable as many others. The Tolling scheme made it possible to earn billions of export control structures, but not very helpful to the plants themselves. Brothers black, turning the business TWG, decided to go bankrupt the plant and sell someone's assets. Vladimir Lisin for his work and 13% of the shares were offered expressive.

If Lisin agreed - he would become a multimillioner, but would never have gone to billions. However, he went to the former partners and began to exercise own plan. He decided to intercept control over NLMK.

« It was necessary on something to concentrate on something, and in Lipetsk I had a big package"," So Lisin explained his choice in one of the interviews. In addition, the plant had modern equipment for Russian standards.

In short, everything let him down to part with partners. Without sublimation, but with litigation - " with lawyers, lawyers, with all reasons"," As Lisin himself says. To defeat this struggle, he joined a temporary union - with Vladimir Potanin (managed part of NLMK shares), with which an agreement reached, as to how it will redeem the remaining stocks. Lisin created his own offshore firm for selling metal for export and translated all financial flows NLMK on own company WORSLADE TRADING, registered in Ireland.

In 1998, Lisin was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Novolipetsky Metallurgical Plant and since then repeatedly re-elected to this post. According to Forbes magazin, it was in 1998 Lisin agreed with foreign companies owned by NLMK shares. After purchasing securities, the Lisin package rose to 63 percent.

Confrontation of Lisin and Potanina

The next big step Lisin planned to be made in 2000. The June 1.1 billion restructuring program was proposed to the June 1.1 billion program of restructuring. Money was ready to provide Lisin himself in exchange for additional issues of shares. After their release, the share of TWG would have fallen twice.

Judging by the fact that the issue of the release of new shares was included on the agenda of the shareholders meeting, Lisin had reason to believe that former colleagues from TWG would not or could not object.

But on the eve of the meeting of shareholders, before the closure of the registry, Lisin was waiting for an unpleasant surprise: 34% of the shares belonging to TWG were changed by the owner. Vladimir Potanina Interros became the new owner.

For the first time B. biographies Vladimir Lisina The strategic partner himself broke the relationship with him. Yes, and began hostile actions. At the meeting of shareholders, Potanin representatives voted against the issue of new shares. After that, Interros has hit the blow. In October 2000, NLMK announced the sale for $ 119.3 million. 100% stake in Stinol Refrigerator Plant Italian Merloni Elettrodomestici. Potanina's lawyers immediately began to challenge (without success) this transaction. And a little later, the auditors of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation came to the plant and counted the amount of more than $ 160 million, which NLMK allegedly inflicted the state. However, it was even before Lisin - the Accounts Chamber found that the funds were not taken into account in the authorized capital of the Company, which the state was once in the construction of Stinol, and besides, the NLMK property was illegally (according to the Accounts Chamber) included educational institutions.

The actions of state auditors did not have the consequences, but all this was like an attempt to create a Lisin maximum problems.

Vladimir Potanin at that time felt pretty confident. He was not afraid to lead the war on two fronts: In addition to the Novolipetsky Combine, fought for control over the oil company Sidanko against Tyumen oil company (TNK).

Lisin took the challenge and even began a counterattack. He preferred not to overpay the Potanin for the NLMK shares, and to put money on the buying of the securities of Norilsk Nickel - the main asset of Potanin. Then 8% of the shares of Norilsk Nickel, bought by Lisin, were almost twice as cheaper than 34% NLMK.

And in 2001, Vladimir Potanina seemed to be replaced. The "Interros" co-owner stopped all corporate conflicts. Sidanko's controversial shares he sold $ 1.1 billion and NLMK shares suggested Lisin for the same amount he paid for them in 2000. (Analysts of the United Financial Group appreciated this transaction at about $ 180 million) their shares of Norilsk Nickel Lisin in 2003 also sold on open market through the Swiss bank UBS.

Both metallurgical magnates have since been interested only in their factories. And earn a new reputation. Enhance business transparency and management efficiency.

Lisin has succeeded in this matter. Having invested about $ 30 million in the reconstruction of its own CHP, which provides almost half of the requirements of the plant in energy, it reduced production costs. Energy now costs him 15% cheaper.

Time of big shopping

In 2004, Lisin received an influential partner - Boris Ivanishvili. In February of this year, NLMK bought a Staplensky Mining and Processing Plant (GOK). For the controlling stake in Gok Lisin gave it former owner, Creator of the Bank of "Russian Credit" Boris Ivanishvili 15.5% of his 97% of NLMK shares. However, later for an unknown reason, the transaction was modified. For the Staplensky GOK, Boris Ivanishvili helped $ 510 million. Buying Stalensky Gok for many years provided NLMK with their own ore - the main raw material for metallurgical production.

Finally, in October, Lisin bought a package of licenses for exploration of gas condensate deposits on the shelf of the Kara Sea. In the same month, Kahi Bandukidze was bought by the Northern Oil and Gas Company, the main asset of which is 62% of the shares of the small Samara oil producing company Volganeft. The NLMK press release stated that the purpose of this transaction is to create a new platform for future investments in the field of energy. It was also said that NLMK considers investment projects in the energy sector as promising that meet the tasks of providing energy resources of the entire production complex of the NLMK Group.

In December 2005, the Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine completed the initial placement of his shares on the London Stock Exchange. For 7% of the shares of the Volumenta, 609 million dollars were reversed.

Following the IPO, the company's capitalization amounted to 8.7 billion dollars. According to some reports, promotion shares provided one of the offshore Vladimir Lisin, the main owner of NLMK. The latter, according to the Investment Memorandum of the Town Combine, to public accommodation owned 89.85% of NLMK shares.

THE PROPERTY

In July 2005, it became known about the largest deal in the Moscow real estate market - the sale of 38% of the shares of OJSC City. The cost of a signed contract - $ 130 million. The Seller was the group "Guta", the Buyer - structures close to the businessman Vladimir Lisin controlling the NLMK.

OJSC "City" is the management company of the project of the Government of Moscow, Moscow International Business Center (MDC) "Moscow City". The project is carried out ambitious construction on its scale on the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment; It is assumed that this area will become the largest business center of the capital of Russia. The total investment is estimated at 11-12 billion US dollars.

And this is not the first case when Lisin demonstrates interest in investment in real estate capital Cities. In October 2000, he acquired control over the Moscow Plant "Rubin" and DC them. Gorbunov with the territory adjacent to it, the so-called "humpback", about 60% of the shares of MTZ Rubin OJSC, the entrepreneur bought for $ 10 million from Alexander Milyavsky, who collected this package in the mid-90s.

Over time, Rubin has sold its television production, but retains the TC Gorbushkin Dvor.

LOGISTICS

In June, the Novolipetsky Combine bought two nautical ports to "protect their export channels." 69.4% of the shares of Tuapse Sea Trade Port OJSC were purchased for $ 190 million from Severstaltrans. In addition, subsidiaries were under the control of NLMK: JSC Tuapsey Ship Repair Plant, OJSC "Tuapsegration" and other assets. This transaction made it possible to ensure unhindered transportation of NLMK products to Asia and Africa, as well as reduce the costs associated with port operations.

Again, in June 2004, Vladimir Lisin's structures arrived by the port "St. Petersburg". The Danish company Jysk Staalindustri APS friendly company acquired a 50.01% of the shares of Morport St. Petersburg OJSC from the offshore company NASDOR, according to unofficial data, a deputy State Duma deputy Vitaly Yuzhilina and his partner Andrei Kobzary. Market participants assessed a deal at least $ 100 million. And in November 2005, Clospened to Mr. Lisina Offshore Chupit Limited for $ 30 million was purchased at the privatization auction from the state another 49% of the port shares. This purchase guaranteed the export channel to Europe and America.

In July 2006, the Novolipetskaya Metallurgical Plant completed a transaction for the acquisition of 30% of the share in LLC Independent Transport Company (LLC NTK). After the completion of this transaction, the share of NLMK OJSC in the authorized capital of NTK LLC was 100%. The seller of the package was the LLC Eurasian transport company».

NTK LLC is a key logistics asset of NLMK, providing timely supply of raw materials for the metallurgical production and delivery of finished products to consumers, both in Russia and abroad. NTK LLC coordinates interaction with Russian Railways and Administrations of Port Export Supplies.

Latest acquisitions and losses

Now, without losing control over its main asset, Mr. Lisin received in hand more than $ 600 million. In addition, the investabitations in 2005 indicated that the company's bank accounts at that time were about $ 2 billion, which in the aggregate gave g - Well, Lisina wonderful opportunities to finance its new projects.

Some of the funds were invested at the beginning of the construction of 5 new container terminals in the St. Petersburg Marine Port, which in February 2005 approved the investment program until 2010 with the Government of the Northern Capital.

In January 2006, OJSC NLMK carried out the sale of 11.96% of the Pack of Lebedinsky GOK shares by the structures of its main shareholder (Alisher Usmanova) for $ 400 million.

In the same month, OJSC NLMK acquired 100% of the shares of the Danish manufacturer Dansteel A / S (Danstil) for $ 104 million.

In February 2006, Lisin acquired 90% of the shares of two large coal assets: "Prokopyevskugol" and "Altai-Coke", which will be able to improve the mobility and independence of the NLMK company. For them, he paid about $ 800 million. Structures close to Iskandar Makhmudov. Earlier, he acquired a license to the Zherern coal deposit in Kuzbass, the development of which will completely cover all the needs of NLMK in the coking coal (this project is planned to be completed by 2009).

In August 2006, NLMK acquired a new asset - the Yekaterinburg company "Visa Steel". For 100% of the shares of the Ural enterprise, Lisin paid $ 550 million. The International Concern "Duferco".

In September 2006, OJSC NLMK completed the sale of a package in the amount of 92.04% of ordinary shares of Kmaruda OJSC OJSC Koks OJSC for $ 302.5 million. OJSC Coke is part of management company "Industrial and metallurgical holding", which belongs to the deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Boris Zubitsky. This transaction was carried out under the previously announced plan of the internal restructuring of the company, one of whose key aspects is to optimize the structure of assets. At the moment, the company's strategy is focused on the development of a key iron ore assets of OJSC NLMK - Stalensky GOK.

November 27, 2006 Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine and Swiss metallurgical company Duferco announced partnership. On this day, documents were signed on the establishment of a joint venture Steel Invest & Finance S.A., registered in Luxembourg. Each side received 50% of this joint venture. During his half, NLMK paid $ 805 million from own funds, and Duferco included the joint venture manufacturing assets: steel enterprise in Belgium and five steel robbing industries in France, Belgium, Italy and the United States. The new structure also belonged to the subsidiary of Duferco Transformation Europe (DTE), leading nine service metal centers in France, Belgium and the Czech Republic. In addition, the parties signed an agreement on the implementation of the Expansion and Technical Development Program that included in the joint venture enterprises with a total value of $ 401 million. Attracting these funds will be engaged in NLMK, and management will carry out Duferco. Thus, NLMK goes to the consumer markets in Europe and the United States, increases the production of high value-added products. At the same time, analysts believe that the NLMK owner Vladimir Lisina managed to access Western assets with some discount.

In December 2006, Immenso Enterprises Lisin controlled by Vladimir Lisin bought the minority stakes previously owned by NLMK in LipetskEnergo OJSC (14.11%), OJSC Lipetsk Energy Company Company (14.11%), Lipetsk Main Networks OJSC (14 , 11%), OJSC Lipetskoblgaz (19.39%), OJSC "Territorial Generating Company No. 4" (2.7%), as well as a controlling stake in Lipetsk City Energy Company LLC (51%). All stakes are estimated at $ 78.56 million. Most likely, then these shares will be oversold by a third-party investor. Back in February 2006, the NLMK Board of Directors decided that minority shares in energy companies are non-core assets and do not provide influence on the company's activities.

In March 2008, the state of Lisin was assessed by the Russian version of Forbes magazine at $ 20.3 billion, but a serious blow to him by the global crisis, which began in the fall of 2008. In April 2009, Forbes rated his state of 5.2 billion dollars (fifth place among Russian billionaires), and in February 2010, Finance called Lisin the richest man in Russia with a state of 18.8 billion US dollars. In April of the same year, Lisin headed the list of richest businessmen of Russia according to Russian Forbes, who appreciated his fortune in 15.8 billion dollars. And already at the end of March 2011, his state of the Journal of Forbes rated in 24 billion dollars. Vladimir Sergeevich Lisin – The richest man in Russia!

Today, he does not see attractive companies for investment in the conditions of falling markets and capital outflow from the country. " Now everything will fall, but the question is how long will fall, and how long will go out. I do not think that now there is a "golden chip",where you can invest money "Lisin shared with journalists.

Life of Vladimir Lisin out of business

Lisin - Doctor of Technical and Economic Sciences, Professor of the Department of Market Problems and the Economic Mechanism of the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Prize winner of the USSR Ministerial Council in the field of science and technology, Vice-President of the International Union of Metallurgists and Honorary Metallurgist of Russia, Kavaler of the Order of Honor and Cavalier Orden Sergius Radonezh.

In early 2001, Lisin became the vice-president of the National Sporting Federation (firing on plastic plastic plates), and in 2002 - the President of the Rowing Union of Russia. In his youth, he was addicted to shooting, and now actually contains the national team, heading the Roman Union of Russia. He even built in the suburbs - for himself and professional athletes - the rifle complex "Fox Nora".

Another personal businessman project, which he himself calls "Social", is the release of the daily newspaper "Gazeta". She has been published since 2001, but still does not bring profit. Lisin says that I was glad to create an "independent media" and nothing else from the newspaper is not necessary.

In business and sports circles, Lisin is well known, but keeps his personal life secret from the media. It is only known that he is married and has three children.

Lisin - collector. It collects furniture, household items, sculpture of small forms of Castle cast iron casting (it is considered the owner of one of the most complete private collections of the pre-revolutionary Caslin casting, which has more than 200 exhibits, despite the fact that the entire pre-revolutionary range of the plant was a little more than 300 species of various products. The most rare Exhibits of the Lisin Collection are estimated at 3-5 thousand dollars).

Votes Vladimir Lisin

I understand exactly what was right when I did not go on this path - to take, take, take.

I am always surprised when people who have appeared nowhere, suddenly begin to argue about purely professional problems. Without receiving education and reading only a couple of books, it is impossible to argue about how to lead the company.

In key positions, real professionals should work, and not people who understand everything in a bit. Important not only have experience, education and pass courses extra vocational education , but also just that is the desired self-critical and the ability to change, adapt. In sum, this is professionalism.

Strategy is not a set of unshakable rules. It depends on the situation.

We closely follow your own words. There is such a principle in the company: it is better not to say anything, and if they said, then do it. Many of our colleagues are inspired there, they sweat here, and then what? Nothing.

Suppose I will go along the path of reducing the state and raising the salaries to the remaining employees. And where will the rest go? I think they will stand behind the fence to take away from their more successful colleagues what they earned.

The economic power of the company depends not only on its size.

The acquisition must pursue some pragmatic goal. Either this is pumping assets, which means a speculative factor, or - market development: presence or control. And the choice is not always simple.

I think that supermonsters are harmful - what is a monopoly and what it leads to, it is clear to everyone.

One my colleague has fun: you will be infinity to polish your assets. It was said with irony, of course, but it turned out that it is polishing assets that gives effect.

The depth of optimization is infinite. The market never stops, and if you cease to twist the pedals, it means that your way is in the losing zone.

It must be understood that the world has become different, do not hide information, do not hide. But I'm not a guru to predict what will happen next. Let us leave this business to analysts.

Many business mistakes arise from the reluctance to enter personal ambitions. It is always very difficult to change the decision, whether it is technical, economic or political. But for any supervisor, personal ambitions should not close the ultimate goal of the business.

Economic laws are unchanged, they must know any manager.

All my work is aimed at improving company performance.

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Vladimir Lisin is a famous Russian entrepreneur, a majority shareholder NLMK, owner of Universal Cargo Logistics Holding. Billionaire, on April 18, 2019, his condition is estimated at $ 21.3 billion dollars (2nd place among the richest Russians-businessmen).

Education and scientific degree

As a schoolboy joined the WLKSM, was a member of the Union until 1984. In 1973 he graduated from school No. 41 and entered the metallurgist engineer in the now Siberian State Industrial University in Novokuznetsk.

Then I studied in the Higher Commercial School at the Academy foreign tradeAnd in 1992 completed training in the specialty "Economics and Management" in Ranjigs. At the moment, it is a professor at the Department of Market Problems and the Economic Mechanism of the Academy of National Economy.

In 1990 he became a doctor technical Sciencesdefending the thesis in Misi.

Labor activity

In 1975, he settled an electric train in the Union of Yuzhkuzbassugol. At the end of the institute, he worked at the NGO Tulachermet, where he passed the way from the rented steelmaker to the deputy head of the workshop. Was a member of the CPSU.

In 1986, it was employed in the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine O. N. Soskovtsa, first was the deputy chief engineer, and from the 1989th - deputy director.

Since 1993, he consisted in the governing bodies of leading Russian enterprises in the field of metallurgy. In 1996, he headed the Board of Directors of the Sayanogorsk Aluminum Plant, in 1998 - NLMK. He was part of the directors of Novokuznetsky and fraternal aluminum plants, Novolipetsky and Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Combines.

After purchasing a certain number of securities of NLMK, he established a Worslade Trading offshore company, which was registered in Ireland, and began selling a metal abroad. The state of the entrepreneur grew, he continued to acquire shares of these plants, and soon he already owned control packets.

It is known that the businessman participated in the electoral company Alexei Lebada, who planned to become the head of the Government of the Khakass Republic. In 1998, Vladimir Sergeevich could lead the administration of the Lipetsk Region, but later he refused to participate in the elections in favor of Mikhail Neurolin.

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In 2007, a 14.42% stake in Zenit bank acquired through the offshore company "Silener Management".

10/06/2011 was elected head of directors of JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation. On October 28 of the same year, his structure - Independent Transport Company LLC - acquired 75% minus at the auction. Two shares of OJSC "First Cargo Company" for 125.5 billion rubles. So a billionaire as the largest rolling stock operator in the Russian Federation began to control a quarter of the market freight traffic by rail. A year later, NTK bought the remaining 25%.

Latest news

On April 10, 2018, RIA Novosti announced that due to the new US sanctions, the loss of Russian billionaires per day after their introduction exceeded $ 15 billion (based on the rating of BLOOMBERG BILLIONAIRES INDEX (BBI)).

Thus, the state of the main owner of NLMK decreased by 1.31 billion dollars.

Social activity

Financing the release of the printed "newspaper", which was published from 2001 to 2010.

In 2002 he headed all-Russian sports public Organization Federation of Pole and Standal Footage "Run Union of Russia" as president.

From December 2002 - Chairman of the Board of the National Sporting Federation.

Since July 2009 - President of the European Rifle Confederation (ESC), which brings together 57 European federations from 49 countries in the Olympic and Neolimpian species of Pole and Standal Shooting.

From January 2011, he heads the All-Russian Association of Summer Olympic Sports as a president and is the vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee.

On June 20, 2013, he was elected to the Executive Committee of the International Sports Shooting Federation (ISSF), from December 2014 - the Vice Prevent of ISSF.

Also being a member:
- Marketing Commissions of the International Olympic Committee (Marketing Commission, Ioc).
- Council for the President Russian Federation on the development of physical culture and sports.
- Board of Trustees of the Olympic Support Fund.

Awards and titles

In 1990, he became a laureate of the USSR Council of Ministers in the field of science and technology, and in the 2001 Darin business reputation of the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship.

Wears the title of honorary metallurgist of the Russian Federation and an honorary citizen of Lipetsk. Cavalier of the Honor Order.

In the period from 2005 to 2016, he was among the ten richest businessmen of Russia according to Forbes magazine. In 2010 and 2011, he headed a list with a state of $ 15.8 billion and $ 24 billion, respectively. Twice was the second - in 2005 and 2012. In 2016, took the eighth place with a mark of $ 9.3 billion.

On March 20, 2017, the next annual ranking of the American Forbes magazine was published. This year, the honorary metallurgist was at the 57th line among the richest businessmen of the world and in the third position among Russians. At the same time, for the year, its state increased by $ 6.8 billion and amounted to more than $ 16 billion.

In March 2018, he headed the ranking of the richest Russian businessmen, and his condition increased to $ 19.1 billion. In the world list, he remained at the 57th position. On April 10, 2018 it became known that in connection with the new US sanctions, his condition decreased by $ 1.31 billion per day.

Hobbies

One of the main hobbies of the entrepreneur is collecting. It is considered the owner of one of the most complete private collections of pre-revolutionary Castle cast iron.

He is a sportsman for shooting. He belongs to the near Moscow rifle complex "Fox Nora".

Loves cigars.

Family status

Married. With their wife Lyudmila, they have three sons - Vyacheslav, Dmitry and Alexander.

The first sporting championship among metallurgists took place. The championship was held in the Moscow Sports and Rifle Complex "Lisa Nora". This is a paradise place 60 kilometers from the capital.

Justice for the sake of the sake of it is more correct to be called the hole not fox, but Lisina, because with red animals this place is not connected in any way: from the former career these hectares redoned in the rifle complex of the elite class, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine, passionate shooter and even the head of the Federation The corresponding sport is Vladimir Lisin.

The reminder from the career remained one thing - the complex is in the eccavators of the cutlery once excavators, and no one began to enjoy his edges. In the rest of the territory of "Lisa Nora" can be compared with the territory of a very good five-star hotel in Turkey: multi-kilometer area planted with greens, neat brawls made by gravel paths with pointers at each intersection. On them, it is also ecologically clean open electric cars, which delivering lost guests to the right place, around the arbor and cafes, the life-giving pine air sets up on peace and peace.

In the very center of the complex, a small, but the most picturesque lake: On one side - a beach area with brought soft sand and sun loungers, on the other - fishing grounds: they say, even a five-kilogram pike can be caught here. Above all this magnificence, the blue sky, according to which the helicopters fly: either excursion, or "business" - but they are neat, as if from Hollywood films, shiny silver or black lacquered paint. On the mountain - the border of the kittle man - proudly snow-white huge letters posted: Foxland.

It so happened that the most spectacularly this name looks from the parking lot of the most luxurious foreign cars with the most different regions - from Moscow and, of course, Lipetsk to Samara, Bashkiria, and even Chelyabinsk.

They say the rifle complex of this level here is no longer - Mr. Lisin tried very much, so that everything was beautiful and cozy, because it was originally assumed that the "foxes of the Nora" will become the base for sports competitions of the highest class. And here the European Championships under this sport have been held. Therefore, even the hotel in the complex is unique in its own way: rounded shape, it resembles an electric train departing from the tunnel. They say this structure so struck foreign architects that they specifically arrived here for a specialized journal of architects and builders.

At the usual time "Fox Nora" - an ordinary shooting club. True, closed type: Anyone can not get here, you need to purchase club card. Everything in the capital is solid - even the staff is dressed in the same uniform clothing with the emblem on the chest - the stylized image of the fox. And everything is foundally expensive: the floor-liter bottle of ordinary mineral water produced by Lipetsk costs 110 rubles - and this is the cheapest. In the lake, that we described above, you can really fish, but the pleasure is very paid. First you buy the opportunity to go fishing, and then weigh your catch and buy it - this is order. But the prices of sporting are quite democratic. Again, according to the metropolitan standards: on average, one shot (plate, cartridge and other addicts) will cost 45 rubles, in other Moscow region complexes are rapidly over 60.

But back to the goal of our narration - Sporting Championship. It has grown from corporate metallurgical transmissions. Friends were going - metallurgists and suppliers of metal products, talked about affairs and not only and were engaged in a favorite sport - shot on the plates. Then at the initiative of the president Russian Union Suppliers of metal products, Director General of the Information and Publishing Service "Metal Supply and Sales" Alexander Romanova, it turned into a "Tempticky Eye" tournament. At first, only residents of the capital participated in it, then regional metal studies who began to arrange "born" tournaments at their own ... This year they decided to arrange the country championship - and arranged.

In this case, the sporting is a shooting of hunting rifles for the so-called plates made of soft material like clay. Participants - Metallurgists this time gathered 29 - came from all over the country with their guns and cartridges. Those who have no such wealth in the presence, everyone was provided in the rolling department for an additional fee.

The only explicit inconvenience of the championship is a transport environmentally sterile deadlock, which is located "Fox Nora." The complex is located in the distance from the "foci" of public transport, it is possible to get to it only on its own car - that for wealthy metal traders is not a problem. But for ordinary ordinary people it is not easy. Perhaps therefore there were no spectators for very interesting competitions. But the participants came here with wives and children. After observing the shooting, they went to enjoy the Babi in the summer, who were installed in the capital: Moms stuck among themselves in a cafe, substituting the Faces of the Sun, and their kids either climbed the attractions of the playground - absolutely free for guests, or, taking noisy toy electric vehicles, Di driving experience.

An interesting point: in the very center of "foxed holes", opposite the reception building, built a huge round form ... how to call it ... Flumbus. Bright colors - blue, red, white, yellow and green, from afar similar to the pansies, there were flowers on it ... The most ordinary sleeves, for which one thousand collects the staff at the end of each day. The most common waste has become a good designer solution, around which the participants of the competition with hunting were photographed and the participants of the competition are solid metallurgists, and just guests are no less solid entrepreneurs with wives and children.

So, 29 participants, each right four shots of 25 targets. The top 12 go to the final, the winners are determined for the best result of all hundreds of shots. Magnitogorsk was represented by the leading specialist of the Central Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant Leonid Savitsky - magic and the experience of the arrows, whose account in many competitions, the best result - the 12th place in the fifth stage of the Russian Cup, which took recently in Chelyabinsk.

Arrows, taking a position, configured, holding a gun in front of him an imaginary line of the flight of a plate, which the special machine produces, then screams short: "Give!" Following this, the plate crashes, and in it, tiny and fast moving in the air, it is necessary to get just two shots. Platelets fly to the bottom - right left, and on top - on the side and right as if on the shooting. There are only four playgrounds for firing, on each trajectory of the target flight different.

Participants are divided into two groups. "A" - among themselves they are called professionals - these are advanced lovers to shoot, whose account is not only involved in all sorts of competitions of different levels, but also the title - from second-hand to the master and even sports masters. This time, from 29 participants in the tournament, the professionals were 11 people - this is a solid indicator. Magnitogorets Leonid Savitsky performed in this category.

Despite the amateur level of the competition, the struggle for the medals and the Cups put in the center of the site and proudly sparkling in the rays of the Sun, the participants in the competition include solid-impassively, and each slip is accompanied by a disappointed-induced short half-critician brighton, Sometimes accompanied by Materka.

The President of the Russian Union of Suppliers of Metal Production, Alexander Romanov, it can be seen that it is not a newcomer, even has a nominal t-shirt with his own surname on his back - already shot and surprised that he was able to get into the final, bypassing several candidates for the master and a couple of sports masters. We approach the question: It seems that a new favorite appeared in Russia in Russia - after tennis and the mountain skis, everyone will start studying at the sport?

- (laughs.) I hope so far to call him monosport of businessmen. And that's why. Firstly, this is a very democratic sport, given that people of all ages can do it, and there are no discounts on the Partician floor. In addition, firing exclusively in the fresh air and in an informal stop, so that business connections are overgrown into friendly. So I, for example, shot everywhere. Where was it? In Lipetsk, Tyumen, Rostov ... Word, wherever there is an opportunity. In the evenings, communicating with business partners, I prefer not to restaurants, but shooting sites and so I impass love for sports among my colleagues.

The results of the past championship are: in the group "A", the winner was recognized by St. Petersburg, Deputy General Director of Rustrobprom, Candidate for Master of Sports Alexander Belov - For him, victory in such competitions has already become a tradition. However, this time something did not develop from the very beginning - Alexander's first attempt was not very good, allowing two misses. Tuping that victories this time would not work, he relaxed, but in the final gave the best result. The second place is the General Director of the Chelyabinsk Trading House "Metal", Masters of Sports Igor Gaitov, the third place was taken by Moskvich, head of the logistics department of MetallSomatin Mikhail Solomatin.

The Magnitogorian Leonid Savitsky has a good result - the sixth place in the overall standings and the fourth - in his group. To reach the top three leaders, he lasted only four points. In the group "B" the winner is recognized chief Accountant Novolipetsky TomvertsBrybnate Alexander Sokolov, second place with our old friend Alexander Romanova, the third - Sergey Perekatova, Head of Management repair work NLMK.

In 1978 he graduated from the Siberian Metallurgical Institute with a specialty engineer-metallurgist.

In 1990 he graduated from the highest commercial school at the Academy of Foreign Trade

In 1992 - the Academy of National Economy in the specialty "Economics and Management".

Labor activity began in 1975 by an electric train in the union "Yuzhkuzbassugol". At the end of the Institute, he worked at the NGO "Tulachermet", where he passed the way from the rented steelovera to the deputy head of the workshop.

Since 1986, the Deputy Chief Engineer since 1989, from 1989 - Deputy General Director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine O. N. Soskovtsa.

Since 1993, he has entered the advice of directors of a number of leading Russian metallurgical enterprises.

Since 1996 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sayangorsian Aluminum Plant, member of the Board of Directors of Novokuznetsky and Bratsk Aluminum Plants, Magnitogorsk and Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combines.

Since 1998 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of NLMK.

In 2007, a 14.42% stake in Zenit bank acquired through the offshore company "Silener Management".

Titles and awards

Professor of the Department of Market Problems and Economic Mechanism of the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation, author 16 monographs and more than 150 scientific publications.

Prize winner of the USSR Council Council in the field of Science and Technology of 1990.

Honorary Metallurgist of the Russian Federation.

Kavaler Honor Order

President of the Rowed Union of Russia. Master of Sport.

Honorary citizen Lipetsk (2009).

The main asset is the controlling stake in the Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine. As of the beginning of 2010 - rich man In Russia (the state of this date according to the Finance magazine was estimated at $ 18.8 billion). Forbes magazine dated March 11, 2009 assesses a state of Lisin at $ 5.2 billion (93th place in the world).

Freely owned english language. Fascinated by rifle sports. Collects the collection of pre-revolutionary Castle cast iron (sculpture of small forms, household items, interior furniture - only more than 200 catalogized exhibits). Loves cigars. Married. Raises three children.
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For the first time, Vladimir Lisin's name fell into a field of view of the media in the late 80s, when Lisin, being the deputy director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine of Oleg Soskovts (subsequently Minister of Metallurgy of the USSR) established the Soviet-Swiss company TSK-Styl, which, using loopholes in legislation and A common chaos in the "rebuilt" country, chased abroad a non-Adcessational Metal of the Karaganda Metal Combine. The percentage of marriage at the time at the plant sharply increased, which allowed Lisin to earn his first big money.

In 1991, Oleg Soskovovets moved to Moscow. Lisin leisured him in the capital. True, Lisin always denied his friendship with Square Lisin, saying that he crossed him after moving only a few times. But be that as it may, but it was thanks to the Square that the future oligarch met those who helped him organize own business. Brothers Mikhail and Lev Black, Sam Kisin. In the first years, Lisin's cooperation helped his foreign companions that buy the cheap products of Krasnoyarsk, Novolipetsky, Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plants, Sayan and Novokuznetsky plants. Then Lisin entered the advice of directors of these enterprises. In addition, he first began to apply the practice of Tolling - for raw materials, the factories were paid by the finished products (mostly ferrous metals), which Lisin and its partners were sold for export, which is important, without paying customs duties. The turnover was hundreds of millions of dollars.

At the end of 1992, Lisin is already engaged not only by black, but also non-ferrous metals. He helped him in this new companion - David Ruben, who, together with Brothers, created a group of Rans World Group (TWG). Later, Oleg Deripaska joined them, which then only did his first steps in the business. In 1993, Lisin became a full-fledged TWG partner. Control of the Group turned out to be the majority of the country's largest metallurgical enterprises. At the same time, the main defender of Tolling was considered all the same Oleg Soskovets, by that time became a deputy prime minister.

In 1995, several registered murders occurred in the metallurgical industry. Heads of firms who had interests on aluminum factories were controlled by Lisin were killed. A little killed the commercial director of the Sayan Aluminum Plant, in which Lisin was a member of the Board of Directors.
(Lonely arrows - "Russian Forbes", December 2004)

But then he is pretty quiet (at least without shooting) sold his former companions. By that time, the positions of the TWG group were sharply shaken. It is noteworthy that the fall of the group happened a few months after Oleg Skoskovets with the scandal left his under Art in the Government of the Russian Federation. The then head of the presidential administration Anatoly Chubais and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin business Lisin was not going to support. But I didn't miss my Lisin. When business section intercepted control over NLMK.

In November 2005, the Ruben Brothers from Great Britain filed a lawsuit to Lisin, arguing that he received control over NLMK, in secretly transferring shares from the control of the nominal holder under the control of its own company. However, this judicial history is rapidly over. Lisina managed to resolve the conflict by a peaceful way, calling Oleg Deripaska and Vladimir Potanin to help Oleg Deripaska. The first prevented the brothers black to go bankrupt factory. The second did not interfere with the ransom of NLMK shares from foreigners (Potanin owned 50 percent of TWG shares).

However, they still say that Lisin is only the nominal owner of all "factories-steamboats". The patron sieves of the Sosques, the brothers, black, and, together with them, the Izmailovskaya OGS, which in the 90s of the "roofing" and "Dais" NLMK was still standing behind him. It is believed that Lisin in the interests of Izmailov gangsters acquired the Moscow Plant "Rubin" and DC them. Gorbunova, more known as "Gorbushka". Izmailovsky authority Anton Malevsky received income to 15 million dollars. For the shares of Izmailovsky, I also looked after a certain Aksen, after the death of Malevsky (he was fond of exotic sports) He headed the organized criminal group.
("So the steel was bought. Metallurgical oligarch Vladimir Lisin knows how to shoot in all senses" - Stringer, 03/13/2002; "Lipetsk subtaching" - interlocutor, 15.10.2008)

Lisin does not like loud public scandals, preferring to solve all disputes quietly. The story of Lisin's relationship with Vladimir Potanin is indicative here. Agreed at first, it seems to be cooperation, partners quickly became irreconcilable rivals. Potanin himself ruined the relationship, rightly bypassing - challenged the NLMK non-abnormal asset in court - the Stinol refrigerator plant, etched an auditors to the plant. Lisin in turn missed securities Norilsk Nickel. But then the oligarchs agreed, dividing the spheres of interest.

Lisin has repeatedly conflicted with the Lipetsk Governor. The last conflict happened in 2008, when Lisin claimed the governor's post. By the way, Lisin strives to the governor's chair since 1998, when his candidacy was considered as head of the administration of the Lipetsk region, but then Lisin himself refused to nominate and supported the alternative candidacy of Mikhail Narolina. In 2002, everyone was waiting for Lisin again to put forward his candidacy at the governor's elections, but the businessman went to the opponent - according to Kommersant's information, Lisin felt that the Kremlin would support Oleg Queen. The parties even signed a settlement agreement. Korolev pledged to stop the information war against NLMK, Lisin - not to advance in the governors.
("Kommersant", February 19, 2002)

But in 2008, the oligarch still decided to catch the missed. However, it was not only in unrealized ambitions. They said that Lisin, going to the governor's elections, tried to get out of the control of Izmailovsky, who, after the death of his leader Malevsky, began to behave particularly brazenly. It was even told that for Lisin as in the "old good" times came to a plant of brothers on jeeps, demanding to leave the plant, as well as pass the management of Rumelko ("Russian Metallurgical Company"), in which shares of criminal authorities were posted.

The main rival of the head of NLMK in the elections was the current governor of the region Oleg Korolev, a famous defender of workers. The election campaign of Lisin spent on the edge of the foul. One of the episodes of the pre-election struggle almost cost the governor of the queen of the chair. On November 7, during a rally on the central square of Lipetsk, two unknowns began to trample the Russian flag. Right opposite the Tribunes on which Korolev stood, the flag was burned. The governor's amazed face was shown on the whole country. The comment was one - Korolev does not control the situation in his field. As it turned out, the vandals who aburred over the flag turned out to be employees of NLMK, which acted on behalf of certain IMJAMEKERS Lisin. Alexander Voloshin had to intervene in the conflict of the oligarch and the governor. Lisina then was proposed by the place of the senator, but he considered that this position was too small for him ... they even said that Lisin had achieved an audience from Putin, argued that it was ripe for regional politics. But then the president recalled a businessman with a story with the sale of the Stinol plant (Lisin was beneficial to the company, and on loans with the state did not pay). As a result, the billionaire limited himself to the role of the "gray cardinal" of the region.

Lisin never walked on CT confluences with power - Putin even handed him the Order of Honor. They say, a billionaire has been established close ties with the Kremlin - in particular with the administrations of the President Vladimir Kheelin. Their friendship began in the Higher Commercial School of Foreign Trade Academy, in which Skin and Lisin studied in Soviet times.

Vladimir Lisin is attributed to the "authorship" of the Misel, "which caused a real panic on the stock markets. Then Vladimir Putin spoke with a sharp criticism of the metallurgical plant "Mechel", which was sold in coking coal domestic enterprises more expensive than abroad. Russian shares have become rapid cheaper. Many were counted that the president complained the chief client "Mechel" is the head of NLMK.
("Lipetsk False" - Interlocutor, 10/15/2008; "River and Mechel" - "Kommersant", 07/24/08)

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