Avdeev Roman Ivanovich, Russian businessman: biography, personal life, children. Charitable Foundation “Arithmetic of Kindness. Roman Avdeev Avdeev billionaire

Roman Ivanovich Avdeev(born July 17, 1967, Odintsovo) - Russian businessman, until the year was the only beneficiary of the Moscow Credit Bank, now he controls 85% of the bank's shares. Bank for - yrs. rose from 66th to 12th place in terms of assets (1.156 trillion rubles) in the rating of Russian banks, and its capital over this period grew 20 times to 115 billion rubles.

In November 2008, Avdeev left the executive position at the MKB, transferring the powers of the bank's chairman of the board to Alexander Nikolashin, but remained a member of its supervisory board.

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Biography

Avdeev began to actively engage in business in 1989, when a cooperative was created that produced PAL-SECAM decoders for TVs (analog television broadcasting standards, the first is distributed almost all over the world, the second is used in Russia, France and the former French colonies in Africa). Then he began to cooperate with the Ukrainian plant Electronmash.

The first business grew rapidly, the main sales points finished products became the radio electronics markets in Leningrad (Avtovo district) and Moscow (Tushinsky market). After the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of national currencies, R. Avdeev came to the conclusion that the conversion of rubles into Ukrainian hryvnias brings more benefit than the sale of finished products. In 1994, following an advertisement in a newspaper, the Moscow credit bank, which at that time had a foreign exchange license and had a staff of 14 people. Funds for the purchase of the bank were taken from trading businesses Avdeeva.

In the mid-1990s, Avdeev acquired a controlling stake in the Lebedyansky sugar factory (Lipetsk region) and bought agricultural land around it. By the mid-2000s, the Chernozemye agro-industrial group was formed on their basis, producing 3% of domestic sugar. In 2005-2008 these assets were sold. Proceeds from the sale were used to capitalize MKB, as well as to acquire other assets.

In 2005 became CEO concern "Rossium", which is its main investment unit. In 2008, the concern participated in the acquisition of land and construction markets in the Moscow region. Avdeev, together with a partner, owns 6 hectares of land 1.5 km from the Moscow Ring Road along the Minsk highway, where the Stroy TVC construction market with 500 retail outlets is located.

In the Moscow region, R. Avdeev is also a co-owner of the Akos Tex hosiery factory (Kupavna), in the construction of which he invested $ 20 million. The official website of the company:

In 2008, Avdeev began to develop the Sever-les group (Arkhangelsk), which includes 18 companies in the forestry and woodworking industries (annual revenue of $65 million). Subsequently, the group was sold, and the proceeds were used to capitalize MKB.

In the mid-2000s, R. Avdeev began to actively invest in agricultural land. The land bank currently owned by him has 100,000 hectares of farmland located in the Lipetsk, Tambov and Voronezh regions. Sugar beet, barley, wheat, sunflower and buckwheat are cultivated on these lands.

In 2010, he created the Domus Finance real estate agency. The company provides a full range of services for transactions in the primary and secondary real estate markets of Moscow and the Moscow region, Domus Finance adheres to a system of high professional standards focused on providing the highest quality service. To date, the company is implementing more than 20 projects located in Moscow and the Moscow region.

In 1994 he graduated from the Moscow International University of Business and information technologies; in 1996 Lipetsk State Technical University majoring in Industrial and Civil Engineering.

Prefers active rest. Engaged in yoga, running, rowing, cycling, skiing. In 2009, together with polar explorer Mikhail Malakhov, he climbed Wilson Peak - the most high point in Antarctica. Interested in philosophy.

Personal life

Roman Avdeev is married with a third marriage, he has 23 children, 4 relatives and 19 adopted. The desire to take children into the family arose after realizing the futility of targeted financial assistance to orphanages. All children with early age learn Russian and English language And. Roman Avdeev defines the upbringing of children as the main business of life.

Billionaires are also different. Someone needs yachts, planes, football clubs, Faberge eggs. Bank owner Roman Avdeev, in addition to his four children, adopted 19 orphans. The billionaire, who was ranked 69th by Forbes magazine, estimating his fortune at $ 1.3 billion, considers his main wealth big family. How it developed and what to do with orphanhood in the country - he told "RG" himself banker with many children.

ashamed in front of children

Roman Ivanovich, if you weren't wealthy man would adopt so many orphans?

Roman Avdeev: It's hard to answer this question honestly. Of course, my financial condition helps me a lot. After all, we also face serious medical problems in children, and we are forced to solve them abroad. As you can see, it's not free. We have the opportunity to hire teachers, nannies. But I know families that are not at all wealthy, who take a child. My friends adopted an orphan from birth trauma- the same age as them native child. I take my hat off to them. If I had the will power to take a disabled child - I don’t know. You can fill in anything, but not words, but actions have value.

What prompted you to have your first child?

Roman Avdeev: I'm from Soviet Union. And what was promoted is not an empty phrase for me. When I see a grandmother on the street who sells something because she needs money, I feel uncomfortable that I have a lot of them. And in front of the children who were abandoned, it's a shame. I tried to help orphanages and came to the conclusion that it was useless. Well, they will replace the windows with plastic ones, make repairs - the children are neither hot nor cold from this. This is for the reviewers. If you want to do something for your child, do it. Not everyone has the opportunity to accept an orphan. But more importantly, readiness. When I realized that the family was ready for such a step, we adopted twins. And then it's easier. Now the three elders already live separately, but in the summer we adopted three little ones, so we have 20 children with us.

In the view of many, the wife of a billionaire should spend time in beauty salons, and you just have Sofya Tolstaya ...

Roman Avdeev: She took me already with 12 children. We started adopting orphans from a previous wife who sadly passed away. Honestly, I was not going to marry with such a burden. It is generally more difficult for a woman than for a man to accept someone else's child into the family. This is a strong emotional burden. Elena accepted everyone, we had a daughter, and we adopted five more. At the same time, she teaches English at the institute, even though I buzz in her ear to quit my job.

Morning with exercise

It is hard to even imagine the day of such a large family ...

Roman Avdeev: Today I got up at five in the morning, went to the gym. I didn’t see anyone - there are no fools to study at this time. I'll be back in the evening - the children will sleep. It often happens to me.

We have two in the fourth grade who get up to school on their own, four more first graders help them get ready and have breakfast. All study at a regular state gymnasium in Odintsovo. There half an hour drive from home - the driver takes.

After lunch, the preparatory classes go to class. Before that, they went to kindergarten - also an ordinary one, now we are preparing them for school. Reading and writing is one thing, but it is psychologically difficult to sit through 40 minutes of a lesson. Therefore, we load it with sports: in the house - a swimming pool, in the yard - a skating rink. It is bad that the main classes are held at home, because of this there is little communication with peers. I try to socialize them, not isolate them from life.

Of course, we also have household assistants, and a cook, and drivers ... We can’t all fit in one house, there are four of them on the site. Each child has their own room, their own space. In the summer we leave for the Lipetsk region - several houses have also been built there.

Are the expenses for such a family comparable, for example, with the maintenance of a yacht or an airplane?

Roman Avdeev: I've never owned a yacht and don't intend to buy one, so there's nothing to compare it to. All basic family expenses - for nannies, teachers, tutors, coaches. In addition to Russian teachers, foreigners are involved with children. All our children have been learning two languages ​​since the age of one - English and Russian. This is important - two cultures, a different perception of the world. Then they easily learn both the third and the fourth language.

Sending you to study abroad?

Roman Avdeev: I will send, from the age of twelve.

Don't snitch

With education, it is more or less clear, but what about upbringing? On remote access?

Roman Avdeev: To this question, I usually answer that the child does not have to devote a lot of time. You have to give when you need to. The family is the environment where the child feels safe. We create such an environment for him. We get together for family councils, discussing what happened during the week. Without edification. It is important that the mechanism that makes a person a person starts. How is a baby taught to walk? Supporting by the handles - so as not to fall. In this case, bruises, bruises are inevitable. But not letting him walk is an even greater evil.

Are you a strict father?

Roman Avdeev: I play the role of Baba Yaga. When you need to have a serious talk with someone, I do it. Sometimes we punish. On New Year went to France to ski. The girls "set up" their brother, for which they were deprived of sweets for the whole vacation. But we talked - they understand why it happened. And I don’t like sneaks - I nip in the bud.

You are probably often asked: are you afraid of genetics? "Abandoned" children come from drug addicts, alcoholics ...

Roman Avdeev: I think that genetics has no influence on questions of morality. This is laid down by education, traditions, culture. And here the role of parents is great. The formula is simple: my children should know what is good and what is bad. But I will not impose anything: when they grow up, they will make their own choice.

Do you know the most common wish of potential Russian adoptive parents? So that it was "a girl under three years old of Slavic appearance." Do you have preferences?

Roman Avdeev: We don't even talk about nationality. But age matters to us. We try to take abandoned children up to a year. Just to invest more in the child. This period - from zero to three years - is very important for its formation.

Is secrecy required?

Roman Avdeev: Need. Let the family decide whether to tell the child that he was adopted or not. Because the stories are different...

Will you tell the truth to your children?

Roman Avdeev: I do not hide, and it is impossible with so many children. There was a case when a child asked me if he was native? I say: we have a family, I am the godfather, Lena is the godmother. He ran off like nothing happened. And then I worried.

Photo from the family archive of Roman Avdeev.

If the biological mom or dad shows up, will you let me in?

Roman Avdeev: Now this is hardly possible. But when the children grow up and if they want to find parents, I will help them.

You, like Bill Gates, wrote on your blog that you are not going to leave a legacy for children. This is true?

Roman Avdeev: Who does not repeat the Chinese proverb that you need to give a fishing rod, not a fish, but we still give the fish ... Of course, I will help the children, but I am not going to do it for them. When the elders grow up, I buy the first car. I used to say that the best first car is a Lada. Now I stand on the position that it can be anything, but no more than 400 thousand rubles. Of course they are offended. I, too, as a child, was offended that someone had a better toy, and we lived quite modestly. But this is normal: in general, this is how the soul grows. This is how we socialize.

Have you ever wanted such a big family?

Roman Avdeev: I don't put the question that way. This is my destiny, and I am satisfied with it. For me, the family is not a burden, but a part of life from which I enjoy.

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Serious passions flared up around the orphans in connection with the new law. Do you think it is necessary to give Russian children for adoption abroad?

Roman Avdeev: If we did not have so many social orphans in our country, there are almost 800 thousand of them in orphanages, and the adoptive parents stood in line, then, of course, we would do without foreigners. But in the context of the current situation, in my opinion, we must give back.

All children should live in families. An orphanage is a dead end branch of development. I traveled a lot on them, I am well acquainted with the situation. It's not that people there are bad or there is little money, the system itself is sweatshop, it is not capable of growing adaptive members of society. And this is no secret to anyone.

Now sound different offers how to reduce the number of orphans in the country. For example, to pay 100,000 rubles at a time for a disabled child, to simplify the adoption procedure… Do you think this will have an effect?

Roman Avdeev: I am in favor of financial incentives with both hands. But that alone doesn't solve anything. And sometimes it leads to worse. If you remember, decent payments to foster families were established in one of the subjects of the federation, but during the crisis they were cut, and people began to return children back to orphanages. What a trauma for orphans!

But financial incentives are not necessarily direct payments. These children must be guaranteed free education(such that they can enter a university) and free medicine, including all necessary operations, and if the child is disabled, then prostheses.

The state itself, without the participation of citizens, will not cope with orphanhood. It should form an environment where these problems will be addressed pointwise. Its mission also includes propaganda. family values. Sounds Soviet, but it's true. At least for the sake of self-preservation, the state should promote and support the family. And even in our advertising, if the image of a family is exploited, then it is always a father, mother and one child.

Is the adoption process really that complicated today?

Roman Avdeev: This is one of the common "legends" that it is necessary to collect an unthinkable amount of papers. Of course, certificates are required that you are not a drug addict, have not been in prison and are not terminally ill. I don't even understand which of them can be neglected? I easily registered all the children and went through all the courts. I was ready to pay, but there was not even a hint of it anywhere. True, there was a funny incident in the passport office. I come with a court decision to prescribe a child, and they tell me: "We won't prescribe, you want to get an apartment from the state."

Orphanage - is it for a long time?

Roman Avdeev: I'm afraid so. The task in society should be set differently: not to reduce the number of children in orphanages, but to do everything so that they do not get there. I was invited to a TV show where young parents were sitting - they themselves were former orphanage children, from whom four children were taken away, because they live in poverty. It is easier for guardianship authorities to remove children from a dysfunctional family than to help it. It's not normal. Then let's go to India, take all the children from the slums.

As for state orphanages, they need to be enlarged so that there is a swimming pool, and all kinds of halls, clubs, circles. And pupils should go to a regular school - along with their families. Although their parents will certainly resist. In words, we are all for orphans, "but not in our school."

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Roman Avdeev is 45 years old. Born in Odintsovo near Moscow. He studied, as he himself says, in fits and starts: he started with MPEI, then - the University of Business and Information Technologies, a technical university. From the first cooperators: at the age of 22, he began to produce PAL-SECAM decoders, which were then in short supply, which were sold on the Tushino radio market. After 5 years, he acquired a small bank with a dozen employees, now it is one of the largest in the country. Among sports hobbies are yoga, skiing, rowing, cycling.

Avdeev opened his cooperative in 1989. In 1994, he bought Moscow Credit Bank. By 2006, he created the Chernozemye agricultural holding and became the general director of the Rossium investment concern. In 2010, he opened the Domus-Finance real estate agency, and in 2012, the Ingrad development company. Bought in 2017 football club"Torpedo". Married three times.

The main business of the life of businessman Roman Avdeev is his family. Considering its size, he built several houses on his plot. Children have playrooms, a cinema, a swimming pool, a ski track. It is a pity that it is not often possible to bring everyone together - already grown up and still small - only on major holidays.

Roman Avdeev adopted his first children when he was 34 years old. The businessman's second wife then had oncology, but the wife supported her husband's intention to take Katya and Tima into the family of twins. Agreed with the decision of the father and sons from the first marriage, Anton and Cyril. After the death of his second wife, Roman Ivanovich, being a wealthy widower, adopted 10 more children.

Roman Avdeev: “My wife and I discussed for a long time: we can or we can’t. Because there was such a story I helped orphanages for a long time, and then I realized that it didn’t work.”

According to Avdeev, it is easier for a man than for a woman to accept children who are not their own. And he is very grateful to his third wife, who brings up with him adopted children and children from past marriages as relatives.

Avdeev said that for the first time he decided to take exactly two children, because he wanted both a boy and a girl at once.

Roman Avdeev: “We wanted twins precisely because these children have less chance of getting into a family. They take one easier. Then I took all the other children from the Odintsovo or Naro-Fominsk hospitals - just the nearest districts. We had preferences based on gender. But then, when it came down to specifics, they kept getting off track. Ideally, they wanted to have an equal number of boys and girls. And now we have more boys.”

Now eight children live permanently with their parents. The youngest are 6 years old. From the age of 12, many were sent to study abroad to the UK and Germany. Weekends are spent with parents whenever possible. Make a stool for a Forbes billionaire with your son best entertainment for Saturday evening.

The main thing in relationships with children, according to Avdeev, is trust, not the amount of time you spend with them. In his family, they receive various opportunities, but the billionaire does not plan to leave them an inheritance.

Roman Avdeev: “I try to help them and try to give them what will remain with them all the time, this is upbringing, education, knowledge. And then they have to choose and rely on themselves. I always say: I will help you, and you can always count on me, but I will not do anything for you. I definitely want to leave everything for charitable purposes and for solving the problems of orphanhood.

“It is very important that a person become a person”
R. Avdeev

Roman Ivanovich Avdeev - successful businessman, philosopher, member of the supervisory board of the Moscow Credit Bank and father of twenty-three children. Roman Avdeev is on the 68th line of the rating of the Russian edition of Forbes "200 richest businessmen Russia - 2014 "with a fortune of 1.4 billion dollars.

The future billionaire was born in 1967 in small town Odintsovo, where he spent his entire childhood. In 1984, Roman Avdeev was enrolled in the ranks of students of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute, and two years later he was drafted into the army. After the army famous businessman continued his studies, which he combined with a part-time job.

On the way to building a business

The future billionaire opened his own business in 1989. Banking was not Roman Avdeev's first choice in business. The businessman founded an enterprise that distributed decoders and imported computers to Russia. Subsequently, interaction was established with the Ukrainian electronics manufacturer, the Electronmash plant. Soon, however, Avdeev noticed that he was earning more money on foreign exchange transactions than on trading activities and decided to try his hand at banking. In 1994, the entrepreneur took a business course at the Moscow international university business and information technology. In the same year, Avdeev bought the Moscow Credit Bank. As the entrepreneur himself recalls on his website, at that time the bank was a package of documents and fourteen people in the state. All processes were set up from scratch and now Moscow Credit Bank is one of the largest and most stable credit organizations countries.

In the mid-90s, a young businessman turned his attention to the agro-industrial business: he bought shares in Lebedyansky Sugar Plant OJSC and the surrounding area. In 1996, Avdeev graduated from the Lipetsk State Technical University. By 2006, the Chernozemye agricultural holding was organized, which produced about 3% of Russian sugar. However, at that time, Avdeev did not see the prospects for the growth of this business and sold it. The proceeds were used to increase the capital of MKB.

In 2005, Avdeev became the general director of the Rossium group of companies. Roman Avdeev is a co-owner of a factory in the city of Kupavna. He invested about $20 million in this venture.

In 2008, Avdeev decided to build a business in the forestry and woodworking industries. However, this business entrepreneur also decided to sell and invest in the development of MKB.

In 2010, the entrepreneur organized the Domus Finance real estate agency.

A year ago, through Gardenhills, Avdeev acquired a controlling stake in a large Russian company"Veropharm", engaged in the production medicines. On December 12, 2014 the American company Abbott redeemed a controlling stake. Abbot paid about $305 million for the venture.

Interests and hobbies of Roman Avdeev

Roman Ivanovich is a very versatile person. The billionaire prefers outdoor activities. A businessman considers sports as a tool for character education. Roman Avdeev's hobbies include yoga, rowing, cycling, horseback riding. skiing. In 2009, the billionaire conquered Wilson's Peak. Back in the late 90s, Roman Avdeev became interested in philosophy. The entrepreneur believes that philosophy provides logical and research material, and business can bring this material to life.

Although successful entrepreneur He devotes a lot of time to work, he considers his family to be the main interest in life. In addition to his four children, Roman Ivanovich has nineteen more adopted children. Avdeev adopted the first two babies in 2002. According to the businessman, the decision to adopt children came to him after realizing that assistance to orphanages was ineffective. It is important for a child to feel that he has a family. In an interview with 7ya.ru, the banker told in accordance with what principles his family lives. When adopting, Roman Ivanovich does not choose children. However, he believes that it is necessary to adopt before the age of 1 year in order to invest in the child as much as possible even in early childhood. It is very important to devote time to the child, and not pay him off with expensive toys. All the children of a businessman learn, in addition to Russian, English. Roman Ivanovich considers it important to instill respect for people in children. In March 2014, the businessman opened the Arithmetic of Kindness charity foundation.

The billionaire told Forbes magazine about his attitude to business and success.

In business, Roman Avdeev adheres to the following principles:

A business is just a business that will be sold sooner or later.

Business is a tool, not a goal. This is an opportunity to do something.

For long-term success, luck is not enough, you need to work hard.

In business, it is very important to make decisions quickly.

A person should be engaged in a business in which he is a professional.

In his interview for Euromoney, the billionaire expressed the opinion that the main problem Russian business is the lack of business thinking. First of all, the education system is to blame. Education was at a good level during the Soviet Union, but it was attuned to an industrial society. Now it needs to be reformed to fit the modern business environment. Education should not only transfer knowledge, but also show students the sources of knowledge and how to apply them.

Regarding the issue of Western sanctions against the Russian Federation, which is topical for Russians, in the same Euromoney, Avdeev gave his vision of the situation. The banker believes that at some point the parties will be able to sit down together and discuss a solution to the issue. The current situation is unfavorable for both parties, and the main problem is the lack of communication between the two parties. Roman Avdeev is sure that sanctions against state-controlled banks are automatically sanctions against the entire banking sector of the country. The closure of the international bond market for Sberbank and VTB can in no way be to the benefit of private banks, in particular MKB. At the same time, the IBC has a fairly diversified funding base. If access to one source of funding is limited, this is noticeable to the bank, but should not bring serious problems. The businessman believes that Russian clients will not leave Western banks that provide loans to support businesses under the influence of political events. Avdeev considers it possible to create a national payment system, but at the same time he proposes to answer the questions, what are the goals of creation, how effective will it be and whether it will allow the best place in the global world system.