Megdet Rahimkulov
| Megdet Rahimkulov | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 October 1945 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| 🏳️ Citizenship | Russia |
| 💼 Occupation | businessman, economist |
| Known for | holdings in OTP Bank former executive (Gazprom) former head of Panrusgaz and Általános Értékforgalmi Bank |
| 💰 Net worth | $ 1.4 billion [1] |
| Board member of | OTP Bank |
| 👶 Children | Timur Ruslan and one other son |
Megdet Nigmatovich Rahimkulov (Russian: Мегдет Нигматович Рахимкулов, Tatar: Мәгъдәт Нигъмәт улы Рәхимколов, 16 October 1945, Moscow) is a Russian businessman of Tatar origin. He was a Gazprom executive[2] and also the former head of Panrusgaz and Általános Értékforgalmi Bank. He was the wealthiest person in Hungary, until his return to Moscow in 2008 and he is a leading owner of OTP Bank.[3]
His assets are now managed by a holding company in Cyprus.[1]
Early life[edit]
In 1971, Rahimkulov, still a student, took a job at the USSR Ministry of the Gas Industry.[4]
Career[edit]
After graduating from the State University of Management, Rahimkulov became deputy head of Soyuzgazavtomatiki, a Mingazprom enterprise. From 1989 to 1992, he was the general director of Gazexport. In 1992, Rahimkulov was appointed General Director of OOO Interpromkom (InterProm), a company that supplied IT equipment to Gazprom.[4]
Rahimkulov became a Chief Executive and 10% owner of a Gazprom and MOL joint venture in the mid 1990s. MOL is a Hungarian multinational oil and gas company. When Gazprom acquired AEB, a Hungarian bank, Rahimkulov maintained a 6% direct holding in the bank until 2011.[1] Rahimkulov and his sons, Ruslan and Timur, sold their entire share of MOL to VCP Capital Partners Unternehmensberatung AG in September 2011.[5]
Rahimkulov bought shares in OTP, a leading Hungarian bank, with the proceeds from the MOL sale.[1] As of September 2017, he and his sons own 24,186,511 shares in OTP, giving them 8.64% ownership of the company.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Rahimkulov is married to Salina Galina Dmitrievna. They have two adult sons, Timur and Ruslan, as well as one other son. In 2009, Rahimkulov declared that he had seven grandchildren.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Forbes Profile". Forbes. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ Putin's game in European energy: divide and conquer Spectator, The, Nov 3, 2007 by Barnett, Neil
- ↑ "Megdet Rahimkulov & family". Forbes.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "БИОГРАФИЯ — МЕГДЕТ РАХИМКУЛОВ". FinParty. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Rahimkulov family parts with entire holding in Hungarian MOL". Portfolio.hu. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ownership structure". OTP Bank. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Megdet Rakhimulov". FinParty. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
External links[edit]
This article "Megdet Rahimkulov" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Megdet Rahimkulov. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
