Said Gutseriev divorced his wife. Gutseriev Mikhail Safarbekovich. Labor activity and business

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Mikhail Gutseriev is married, has a son and a daughter. Another son of Mikhail Gutseriev - Chingiz Gutseriev - died after a car accident in 2007.

Mikhail's brother, Sait-Salam, also a major businessman, was a deputy State Duma.

Mikhail Gutseriev's nephew, Mikail Shishkhanov is also a big businessman, main owner and president Binbank.

Biography

Mikhail Gutseriev began his career as a loader. At the same time he studied at the evening department Jambul Institute of Technology by specialty - a chemical technologist. Later he graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Gubkin University of Oil and Gas, postgraduate study of the St. Petersburg Law Institute, doctoral studies Russian Economic Academy. Plekhanov. PhD in Law, Doctor of Economic Sciences.

1976-1992 Mikhail Gutseriev worked at the Grozny Production Association, where he rose from a worker to a general director.

Pioneer of private banking, in the USSR - in the late 1980s, he founded one of the country's first cooperative banks.

Since 1982, he worked at the Grozny Production Association of the Ministry of Local Industry of the RSFSR, where in 4 years he worked his way from a process engineer to the general director of the association. The youngest general director among the heads of industrial enterprises in the USSR (26 years old).

In 1988 he created the first Russian-Italian joint venture in the North Caucasus - a furniture factory. "Chiital".

In 1991 he was elected chairman of the Association of Entrepreneurs Chechen-Ingush ASSR.

In 1992, with the coming to power Dudayev was forced to leave the whole business and move to Moscow, where he created an industrial and financial company "BIN"(Bank of Investments and Innovations), which brought together industrial enterprises, trading companies, financial institutions.

In 1993, he founded and headed JSCB "BIN", which today is one of the 30 leading commercial banks in Russia.

In 1994, by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was appointed head of the administration of the economic favored zone "Ingushetia".

Government and public awards M. Gutseriev: Order of Friendship, Order of the Badge of Honor, Order of Merit and two medals. Laureate of the National Peter the Great Prize, winner of the competition of the magazine "Company" - "Best Manager of the Year".


Politics

In 1995, according to the list, he was elected to the State Duma, where he served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. He entered the LDPR faction in the State Duma of the second convocation.

Was a confidant in the 1996 presidential election. In the parliamentary elections of the 3rd convocation, he refused to run for the Zhirinovsky Bloc, left the Liberal Democratic Party and was elected to the State Duma in 1999 as an independent deputy (single-mandate constituency N12).

On January 14, 2000, at the meeting of shareholders of JSC NGK Slavneft, M. Gutseriev was elected president of the company. He refused the parliamentary mandate.

On February 27, 2001, he was elected Vice President Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

In September 2002, he created and headed OAO NK "RussNeft".

In September 2005, streets in the city of Grozny and the village of Goity, the Chechen Republic, were named after Mikhail Gutseriev.

In 2006, "RussNeft" and Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov opened "High School of Innovative Business", one of the five corporate universities of Moscow State University. The programs were developed by "RussNeft" and three faculties of Moscow State University (Geological, Chemical and Faculty of Management), taking into account the tasks facing oil corporations, in three master's programs: "Geological and physical studies of oil and gas fields", "Chemical processing of hydrocarbon raw materials", " Natural Resource Management".

On May 7, 2010, Mikhail Gutseriev returned from the UK to Russia, landing on a charter flight at the Ingush Magas airport, to visit the graves of his parents and son. Later, he took over the leadership of the RussNeft company.

In the rating of top managers - 2010 of the Kommersant newspaper, he took second place in the nomination "Fuel complex", and in 2014, according to the publication, he entered the list of the 25 most influential businessmen in the country - heads of strategically important enterprises in Russia.


September 1, 2011 by order of the President of the Udmurt Republic for the contribution to the construction of the building of the Udmurt Oil and Gas Institute state university The institute was named after Mikhail Gutseriev.

According to the Vedomosti newspaper, Gutseriev is the largest owner of commercial real estate on Tverskaya Street in Moscow.

In June 2012, Gutseriev acquired from Alexandra Lebedeva radio stations "Prosto Radio" (94 FM in Moscow) and "Good Songs" (94.4 FM in Moscow). Subsequently, the Vesna FM radio station appeared at a frequency of 94.4 FM, and the Vostok FM radio station at a frequency of 94 FM.

On January 30, 2013, it became known that 75% of the shares of the Krutoy Media holding ("Love Radio", "Radio Dacha" and "Taxi FM") were acquired by the structures of Mikhail Gutseriev, and 25% remain in the possession Igor Krutoy. By the time of the transaction, the entrepreneur already owned two radio stations: Vesna FM and Vostok FM. The new owners announced that they would retain the holding's previous program policy.

In the summer of 2013, Mikhail Gutseriev again became the sole owner of the company OAO NK "RussNeft".

In November 2013, he acquired the radio station Finam FM (99.6 FM Moscow).

In December 2013, a deal was completed to acquire another radio station - Ru.FM(frequency 94.8 MHz), in its place created Radio "Moscow Speaks". In two years, Mikhail Gutseriev managed to assemble a large media holding, which occupies a leading position in the Moscow region (2nd place after "Gazprom-media").

December 7, 2013 at the festival "Song of the Year - 2013" Mikhail Gutseriev was awarded a special prize named after Robert Rozhdestvensky in the nomination "Best Poet of the Year". As a result, in the 42-year history of the festival, M. Gutseriev set an absolute record, having received nine awards as a poet in one competition.

In November 2014, Mikhail Gutseriev became the winner of the prestigious Russian music competition "Golden Gramophone Award". Two songs of the poet "We are afraid to love" performed by Valeriya (composer D. Dubinsky) and "Strange Dream" (performer Denis Klyaver, composer S. Revtov) were recognized as laureates of the competition.

In December 2014, twelve songs based on verses by Mikhail Gutseriev became laureates of the Song of the Year 2014 festival, and the author himself was recognized as the Best Poet of the Year for the second year in a row. Thus, Mikhail Gutseriev broke his own record "Songs of the Year", set by him a year earlier and became the most successful poet in the history of the legendary festival.

In February 2015, in connection with the large-scale expansion of the business of two large oil and gas companies belonging to him (OAO NK RussNeft and OAO NK Neftisa), he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Companies, focusing on strategic asset management.

In August 2015, it became known that in 2020 Gutseriev expected to launch a mining and processing complex in Belarus. China, the world's largest consumer of potash fertilizers, is participating in the financing of the enterprise, which, after reaching full capacity, will provide it with potassium in the amount of up to 1.8 million tons per year.

China Development Bank will provide the company with $1.4 billion at a rate of 4.3 percent for a period of 14 years and the start of payments in 5 years, Gutseriev said. The guarantor of the loan, according to the memorandum of understanding, is the government of Belarus. Slavkali's products will be exported by the state trader Belarus Potash Corp., he said.

Income

In 2012, with a personal fortune of $6.7 billion, he was ranked 17th in the list of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia (according to Forbes magazine). For 2014, he has a fortune of $ 3.3 billion and ranks 33rd in the Forbes magazine rating.

Rumors (scandals)

At the end of July 2007, Mikhail Gutseriev officially announced the unprecedented pressure exerted on him by Russian state, and announced the sale of RussNeft to a holding company loyal to the Kremlin "base element". Gutseriev left the post of president of "RussNeft" and announced the termination of his entrepreneurial activities (in addition to "RussNeft", he owns the company "Russian Coal", etc.) and leaving for science.

On August 28, 2007, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow issued a sanction for the arrest in absentia of Gutseriev, satisfying the petition Investigative Committee at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Gutseriev has been put on the international wanted list. At that time, Gutseriev was already in London.

At the end of October 2009, the Investigative Committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs changed the preventive measure for Gutseriev from arrest in absentia to a written undertaking not to leave.

In January 2010, Gutseriev regained control of 100% of the oil company. By mid-April 2010, all charges against the businessman were dropped, and criminal cases were dropped. In April 2010, it was announced that the Gutserievs were selling 49% of the company to structures AFK Sistema, and another 2% of the shares - Sberbank.


March 26, 2016 in the Moscow restaurant "Safisa" Mikhail Gutseriev married his son. The celebration was held with unprecedented scope and luxury.

As the media found out, the bride's dress was ordered in France - from Ellie Saab. It weighs 25 kilograms. Its value is not disclosed, but it is a sum with six zeros.

The guests of the Gumeriev family were entertained by world superstars: Jennifer Lopez, Elton John, Sting, Patricia Cass, Enrique Iglesias, Beyonce and others. As LifeNews found out, inviting J. Lo to a private party costs 5 million euros, and Elton John - seven.

The host was the People's Artist of Ingushetia Tamara Yandieva. In total, about 600 people attended the ceremony.

Not every poet is destined to become a billionaire, not every billionaire can become a poet. The owner of the RussNeft company, Mikhail Gutseriev, is a businessman, scientist, politician and poet, whose creative career is in full swing today, as evidenced by numerous music awards and all-Russian recognition.

Childhood and youth

The man was born on March 9, 1958 in Akmolinsk, Kazakhstan, in a poor large family, but he was always proud of his parents and ancestors. Mikhail is an Ingush by nationality. There is a legend in the Gutseriev family about a grandfather who, at the age of 9, came to Georgia through the Cross Pass. He walked barefoot to study.

Gutseriev earned his first money at the age of 13. He and his friends glued postcards on chipboard boards, varnished them and sold them. It was already in Grozny, where the family moved in 1961.

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In 1975, after graduating from school, he worked as a loader for a year, and then moved to Kazakhstan and entered the evening department of the Institute of Technology. During the day, the future chemist-technologist worked as a winder at a garment factory, then became a foreman, and in the evening he went to lectures at the institute.

After graduating from high school, Gutseriev went to Grozny to look for work. Near the bus stop, he saw an association of art crafts, entered it. They took him to work. Mikhail Safarbekovich worked for days at the enterprise. In 1985, a man headed the factory, becoming the youngest general director of the USSR.

Later, Gutseriev graduated from the Russian State University of Oil and Gas and the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Career and business

In 1988, during the era of perestroika, Mikhail Safarbekovich founded the commercial "Binbank" and JV "Chiital", which was engaged in the production of furniture. With the coming to power of Dzhokhar Dudayev, the entrepreneur moved to Moscow, where he founded the BIN corporation. It included industrial, commercial and financial organizations.

The first significant business project of Gutseriev was the free economic zone "Ingushetia", the essence of which was tax incentives for entrepreneurs. Ingushetia was serviced by the financial corporation BIN, owned by Mikhail Gutseriev.

The businessman has always been attracted by the oil business, the entrepreneur connected his biography with him. In 2000, he was offered to head the state company Slavneft. 2 years after taking office, the meeting of shareholders of the corporation dismissed him. Then Gutseriev founded his own oil company RussNeft.

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In 2007, the businessman started having problems with law enforcement. The Investigative Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs accused him of tax evasion and illegal business activities. Mikhail was forced to leave Russia for England. There he began to buy up radio stations and after 3 years he became a key player in the radio broadcasting segment. Today he owns Vesna FM, Vostok FM, Finam FM, Govorit Moskva, Chanson.

In 2010, all charges were dropped against Mikhail Gutseriev, and in 2013 he became the sole owner of the RussNeft oil company.

The billionaire is fond of songwriting and actively collaborates with Russian pop stars. He first turned to poetic creativity in his youth and still pays attention to his passion. The man has repeatedly been recognized as the best poet of the year. Songs based on his poems are performed by Stas Mikhailov and others.

Politics

In 1995, Mikhail Gutseriev retired from business and took up parliamentary activities. He passed to the State Duma from the LDPR party. The deputy coordinated the activities of a number of committees, served as deputy chairman of the faction. He has always actively participated in the settlement of the Chechen armed conflict, as well as in other issues related to the situation in the Caucasus.

The head of the LDPR says that he was acquainted with Gutseriev several years before the elections, and invited a businessman to the party, because he knew him as an honest and principled person.

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Mikhail Gutseriev and Alexander Lukashenko

With his money, shelters, children's sports schools, hostels, educational and medical institutions, temples were built - there are more than 30 large objects in this list.

On January 14, 2000, after being elected president of JSC Slavneft, Gutseriev resigned his deputy mandate.

Personal life

Mikhail Gutseriev is happily married. Nothing is known about his wife, the businessman does not like to talk about his personal life. The entrepreneur has two children - a son and a daughter. Another son, Chingiz, was in a car accident in 2007, which became fatal for him.

On March 26, 2016, the billionaire married his son Said Gutseriev to Khadija Uzhakhova. What is known about a girl from an Ingush family is that she received a medical education. Khadija is not the daughter of influential people.

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Journalists dubbed the celebration the "wedding of the year." The bride was wearing a French dress that weighed 25 kg. Jennifer Lopez and other world famous celebrities performed before the guests. Only on the fees of the stars who performed at the wedding, Mikhail Gutseriev spent more than € 3 million. In 2019, the billionaire's fortune was estimated at $ 3.7 billion.

Mikhail Gutseriev now

Now Gutseriev continues his poetic activity. Creative evenings of the songwriter are held at the best venues in the country, including the State Kremlin Palace. The entrepreneur informs about his creative success through

Mikhail (Mikail) Safarbekovich Gutseriev. Born March 9, 1958 in Akmolinsk (Kazakh SSR). Russian entrepreneur, doctor of economic sciences, songwriter.

By nationality - Ingush.

Father - Safarbek Saadovich Gutseriev (born 1920). In 1941 he graduated from a law school, later received a second higher education, graduating in absentia in 1971 from the economics department of the North Ossetian State University with a degree in Trade Economics. During the war he served in the prosecutor's office. At the age of 23, he became a district prosecutor. After the deportation of the Ingush people to Kazakhstan in 1944, Safarbek Gutseriev worked as a senior investigator for especially important cases in the Akmola regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1948 he was illegally repressed and sentenced to 25 years in prison and 5 years of exile with a complete loss of rights. Six months after Stalin's death, Safarbek Gutseriev was released, reinstated in the party, and in 1955 was fully rehabilitated. After the war, he worked in various leadership positions on a regional scale: head of the UPTK "Tselinstroy", director of the SMU, as well as other organizations in industry and trade. Awarded 11 state awards.

Mother - Marem Yakubovna Akhilgova, housewife, mother-heroine.

Grandfather - Saad Gutseriev (1882-1948), originally from the suburbs of Vladikavkaz. As a nine-year-old boy, he crossed the Cross Pass alone and moved to Georgia, settled in Tbilisi. He graduated from a real school, then was trained in the Separate Corps of Gendarmes of the Russian Imperial Army. He served as a bailiff in Western Georgia and Sukhumi. Later he moved to Vladikavkaz, engaged in business. He owned a starch and distillery. After the revolution, he led various enterprises of the People's Commissariat of Industry. In 1944, Saad Gutseriev was repressed, his house was confiscated, and his entire family was exiled to Kazakhstan, where he died in 1948. Today, the most modern and beautiful hotel in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, built by the Gutseriev family, bears the name of their grandfather - "Saad Marriott".

Elder brother - Khamzat Safarbekovich Gutseriev, since 1985 - head of the criminal investigation department, in 1990-1995 - deputy minister of internal affairs - head of the criminal police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ingushetia, in 1995 he switched to scientific work Petersburg Law Institute, in 1998-1999 - Deputy Head of the St. Petersburg Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, in 1999-2002 - Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Ingushetia, Lieutenant General of Militia. In 2002, he planned to become president of the republic, but his candidacy was withdrawn from the elections, and he moved to Moscow. In 2002-2004 - President of the commercial bank "BIN", in 2004-2010 he was a member of the Federation Council from the Aginsky Buryat Autonomous Okrug.

The younger brother is Sait-Salam Safarbekovich Gutseriev (born 1959), deputy of the State Duma of the third and fourth convocations (1999-2007), co-owner of the SAFMAR Industrial and Financial Group, which includes assets in various areas of industry, construction, real estate.

The family was large - nine children.

Graduated high school No. 23 of the city of Grozny.

He studied at the music school in violin and piano classes. From a young age he began to write poetry.

Since 1975, he worked as a loader at the Grozny Gorplodovoshtorg enterprise. Since 1976, he has been a rewinder in the silk-screen printing shop at the folk art crafts factory in Dzhambul (Kazakh SSR). Further, until 1982, he was a sewing shop foreman at the same factory.

At the same time, he studied at the evening department of the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Dzhambul Technological Institute of Light and Food Industry, majoring in Leather and Fur Technology.

Since 1982, he worked in the Grozny Production Association of the Ministry of Local Industry of the RSFSR, where in 4 years he went from a process engineer to the general director of the association, becoming the youngest general director among the heads of industrial enterprises in the USSR.

In 1988, he created the first Russian-Italian joint venture in the North Caucasus - the Chiital furniture factory.

In the same 1988, he founded one of the country's first cooperative banks "Kavkaz".

In 1991, he was elected Chairman of the Association of Entrepreneurs of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR and Chairman of the Association of Entrepreneurs of Artistic Crafts of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR.

In 1992, when Dudayev came to power, he was forced to leave all business and move to Moscow, where he created the industrial and financial company BIN (Bank of Investments and Innovations), which united industrial enterprises, trading companies and financial institutions. In 1993, he founded and headed JSCB "BIN", which today is one of the 30 leading commercial banks in Russia.

In 1994, by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was appointed head of the administration of the economic favored zone "Ingushetia".

In 1995, he graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in finance and credit, and the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas with a degree in oil and gas engineering and technology. He also graduated from St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with a degree in civil law”, in the same postgraduate study in the specialization “criminal procedural law”, doctoral studies of the Russian Economic Academy. Plekhanov with a degree in free economic zones.

In 1996 he defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Crime in largest cities: The state and problems of prevention based on the materials of Moscow and St. Petersburg ”in the St. Petersburg Law Institute, candidate of legal sciences. In 1998 he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Formation and development of economic favored zones: Methodology and practice" at the Russian Academy of Economics, Doctor of Economics.

In 1995 he was elected to the State Duma, where he served as Deputy Chairman of the State Duma. In 1999 he was re-elected to State Duma 3rd convocation. However, on January 14, 2000, at the meeting of shareholders of JSC NGK Slavneft, he was elected president of the company, and refused the deputy mandate.

On February 27, 2001, he was elected Vice President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

In February 2001 he was elected a full member public organization Russian Academy natural sciences for outstanding contribution to the development of economic science and services in the organization of the oil business in Russia.

In September 2002, he created and headed OAO NK RussNeft.

Russneft case:

Lived in London since 2007. Mikhail Gutseriev announced the pressure exerted on him by the Russian state and announced the sale of RussNeft to Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element holding. Gutseriev left the post of president of RussNeft and announced the termination of his entrepreneurial activities.

On August 28, 2007, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow issued a sanction for Gutseriev's arrest in absentia, satisfying the petition of the investigative committee under the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Gutseriev was put on the international wanted list.

In January 2010, Gutseriev regained control of 100% of the oil company. By mid-April 2010, all charges against the businessman were dropped, and criminal cases were dropped. In April 2010, Gutseriev announced the sale of 49% of the company to the structures of AFK Sistema, and another 2% of the shares to Sberbank.

In the summer of 2013, Mikhail Gutseriev again became the sole owner of OAO NK RussNeft.

In June 2012, he acquired the radio stations Prosto Radio (94 FM in Moscow) and Good Songs (94.4 FM in Moscow) from Alexander Lebedev. Subsequently, the Vostok FM radio station appeared on the first frequency, and Vesna FM on the second.

On January 30, 2013, it became known that 75% of the shares of the Krutoy Media holding (“Love Radio”, “Radio Dacha” and “Taxi FM”) were acquired by the structures of Mikhail Gutseriev, and 25% remain in the possession of Igor Krutoy. By the time of the transaction, the entrepreneur already owned two radio stations: Vesna FM and Vostok FM.

In November 2013, he acquired the Finam FM radio station, which, together with the Vostok FM and Vesna FM stations, included in the Izyum holding.

In December 2013, a deal was completed to acquire another radio station - RU.FM (frequency 94.8 MHz) for $ 10 million, Radio Moscow Speaks was created in its place. In two years, Mikhail Gutseriev managed to assemble a large media holding, which occupies a leading position in the Moscow region in terms of the number of radio frequencies (second place after Gazprom Media).

In April 2015, Mikhail Gutseriev acquired a 100% stake in Radio Shanson radio station. The cost of the transaction was estimated on the radio market at $50-60 million, according to Gutseriev - 60.

In January 2017, Mikhail Gutseriev became the owner of the Bridge Media group of companies, one of the country's leading television holdings, which includes a number of popular music TV channels.

In November 2017, Mikhail Gutseriev acquired another major Russian federal radio station.

He is the largest owner of commercial real estate on Tverskaya Street in Moscow.

Personal life of Mikhail Gutseriev:

Married. He does not show his wife to the public and nothing is known about her. Has a son and a daughter. Another son died in a car accident at the age of 21.

The eldest son - Chingiz Gutseriev (1986-2007), graduated from the private school of Harrow and the University of Warwick in England, then studied at the Russian State University of Oil and Gas named after I.M. Gubkin. He died after a car accident in 2007.

Younger son- Said Gutseriev, born April 18, 1988. He graduated from the private school of Harrow in England, then - the University of Oxford, Faculty of Archeology and Geology, and the University of Plymouth (Department of Oil and Gas). Has British citizenship. Entrepreneur, general director of one of the leading oil refining companies in Russia - ForteInvest, is a shareholder of the NPF European Pension Fund. He is on the boards of directors of all the enterprises owned by his father.

March 26, 2016 at the 20-year-old student of the University of Medicine and Dentistry Khadizhi Uzhakhova, the celebration took place in the Moscow restaurant "Safisa", 600 guests were entertained by Jennifer Lopez, Sting, Enrique Iglesias and Alla Pugacheva, the bride's wedding dress weighed about 25 kg and cost tens of millions rubles. The celebration was organized by the Russian company "ARS" Igor Krutoy. The wedding was one of the most resonant in 2016.

Songwriting by Mikhail Gutseriev

In 2013, the Litera Literary Club, which popularizes poetry on the Internet, posted a series of video clips on the network in which young actors from Moscow and St. Petersburg read Gutseriev's poems. In 2014, this initiative was picked up and artistically developed by film and theater director Mikhail Levitin (junior).

In 2014-2018, together with the Mosfilm film studio, he shot several film cycles based on the works of the poet, which are of great interest both in literary and artistic circles and in the Internet community. In these films, which have become a new form of fusion of cinema and poetry, Gutseriev's poems are read by famous Russian actors.

In 2015-2018, a number of Gutseriev's poetic works were published by the leading literary and artistic publications in Russia.

He became widely known as a songwriter.

Songs on his poems are performed by the most famous singers and groups in Russia, among them:,, Maxim Pokrovsky, Mitya Fomin, Turetsky Choir, Batyr, Lara Fabian, Mark Tishman, Sergey Lyubavin, Lyudmila Sokolova,, Zheka, Yasenia, Yuri Smyslov and many others .

Most of the works were written by Gutseriev together with composers Kim Breitburg, Igor Krutoy, Sergei Revtov, Igor Zubkov, Viktor Drobysh, Sergei Bakumenko, Igor Azarov.

At the festival "Song of the Year-2012" the songs of Mikhail Gutseriev became laureates: "Two Lives" by Alexander Buinov (author of poems - M. Gutseriev, author of music - A. Buinov), "Joker" by Stas Mikhailov (author of poems - M. Gutseriev, author music - S. Mikhailov) and "Territory of Love" by Rada Rai (author of poems - M. Gutseriev, authors of music - V. Klimenkov, A. Atash and S. Akalin).

At the New Wave 2013 music competition in Jurmala, Gutseriev's songs were performed by Laima Vaikule ("Wild Tango"), Kristina Orbakaite ("Masks"), Iosif Kobzon ("Soul").

On the New Wave 2014, his songs were sung by Denis Klyaver ("Strange Dream"), Philip Kirkorov ("Idol"), Natasha Koroleva ("Apricot Dreams"), Nikolai Baskov ("Cherry Love").

At the "New Wave-2015" in Sochi, songs were performed on the verses of Mikhail Gutseriev performed by Nikolai Baskov ("Love is not words"), Valeria ("Formula of Happiness"), Alexander Kogan ("I'm waiting for a call"), Ani Lorak ( "Autumn Love", Philip Kirkorov ("Indigo") and Alla Pugacheva ("Pulls the heart of the hand").

On the New Wave 2016, Mikhail Gutseriev's songs "Tea with Milk" performed by Taisiya Povaliy, "I'm tired of walking" (Natasha Koroleva), "I'll ascend after you" (Tamara Gverdtsiteli), "What year" (Yaseniya), “I will give you love” (Nikolai Baskov), “Chimera” (Philip Kirkorov), “Indivisible” (Dima Bilan), “One Hundred Weeks” (Alexander Buinov).

In 2017, at the New Wave festival, songs based on his poems “Stone on the Heart” (Polina Gagarina), “I Don’t Believe” (Philip Kirkorov), “Insomnia for Two” (Kristina Orbakaite), “Landmark of Love” ( Tamara Gverdtsiteli), "Autumn underfoot on the sole" (Natasha Koroleva), " early winter"(Alexander Buinov), "The heart is a home for love" (Taisiya Povaliy), "Your eyes are marengo" (Nikolai Baskov) and "I miss the old ones" (Grigory Leps).

In a number of songs, Mikhail Gutseriev acts as a composer - “Sometimes they talk about love ...” performed by Alexander Malinin, “Do not judge me, my love” by Rada Rai, and also “The Girl in White” by Lyudmila Sokolova.

From 2012 to 2017, five albums of songs based on the verses of Mikhail Gutseriev were published - “Territory of Love”, “We are afraid to love”, “This is the time of love”, “Formula of happiness” and “Tea with milk”.

In December 2013, Mikhail Gutseriev received eight diplomas from the 42nd annual music television festival "Song of the Year 2013" for the lyrics he wrote for a number of popular songs: "Wild Tango" performed by Laima Vaikule (music by Sergei Revtov); "Strange Dream" performed by Denis Klyaver (music by Sergei Revtov); "Chills of the Soul" performed by Stas Mikhailov (music by Stas Mikhailov); "Cherry Roses" performed by Iosif Kobzon (music by Andrey Pryazhnikov); "Moscow traffic jams" performed by Max Pokrovsky (music by Maxim Pokrovsky); “We are afraid to love” performed by Valeria (music by Dmitry Dubinsky); "Three Days" performed by Sofia Rotaru (music by Oleg Makarevich); "Masks" performed by Kristina Orbakaite (music by Kim Breitburg).

On December 7, 2013, at the Song of the Year 2013 festival, Mikhail Gutseriev was awarded a special prize named after Robert Rozhdestvensky in the Best Poet of the Year nomination. In total, as a poet, he received nine awards in one competition.

In November 2014, Mikhail Gutseriev became the winner of the prestigious Russian music competition "Golden Gramophone". His songs "We are afraid to love" performed by Valeria (composer D. Dubinsky) and "Strange Dream" (performer Denis Klyaver, composer S. Revtov) were recognized as the winners of the competition.

In December 2014, twelve songs based on Gutseriev's poems became laureates of the Song of the Year 2014 festival, and the author himself was recognized as the "Best Poet of the Year" for the second year in a row. The following songs became the winners of the festival: "Idol" performed by Philip Kirkorov (music by D. Kontopoulos); "Cherry Love" performed by Nikolai Baskov (music by I. Krutoy); "The share of the female - the will of the male" performed by Joseph Kobzon (music by M. Pokrovsky); "Moscow Autumn" performed by Christina Orbakaite (music by S. Revtov); “This is the time of love” performed by Valeria (music by I. Brylin); “Happiness Above the Earth” performed by Zara (music by V. Drobysh, T. Leontiev); “Woe does not matter” performed by the duet “Nepara” (music by L. Milkman, A. Zolotarev, R. Dzhanibekov); “I am corrupted by you” performed by Natasha Koroleva and Alexander Marshal (music by V. Kokhan); "I'm waiting for a call" performed by Alexander Kogan (music by V. Drobysh); “You are my happiness” performed by Alsou (music by I. Krutoy); “My Ripe” performed by Slava (music by V. Kokhan); “Love of Tired Swans” by Lara Fabian (music by I. Krutoy).

In December 2015, Gutseriev was again recognized as the best author of "Song of the Year". His following songs became the winners: “Your hands embrace” performed by Taisiya Povaliy (music by Victoria Kokhan); "Indigo" performed by Philip Kirkorov (music by Tomislav Brkic, Zoran Savin); “Love is not words” performed by Nikolai Baskov (music by Igor Krutoy); "Formula of Happiness" performed by Valeria (music by Sergei Revtov); Tic Tac Toe performed by Viktor Rybin and Natalia Senchukova (music by Alexander Sokolov); "Incompatible Love" performed by Stas Piekha (music by Viktor Drobysh, Timofey Leontiev); "Monogamous" performed by Slava (music by Sergei Revtov); "This Year of Love" performed by Zara (music by Victoria Kokhan); "Bitter Taste of Elderberry" performed by Lyubov Uspenskaya (music by Igor Azarov); "Autumn Love" performed by Ani Lorak (music by Alexei Romanof); “I will definitely return” performed by Denis Klyaver (music by Sergei Bakumenko); "There is no word" I "" performed by Natasha Koroleva (music by Andrey Pryazhnikov); “I understand that you are tired” performed by Stas Mikhailov (music by Stas Mikhailov).

In April 2016, within the framework of the XV anniversary music festival "Chanson of the Year", held in the State Kremlin Palace, 9 songs at once to the verses of Mikhail Gutseriev were recognized as winners of the competition: "Territory of Love" performed by Rada Rai (music by V. Klimenkov, A. Atash and S. Akalina); "Chanel" performed by I. Krug (music by D. Dubinsky); “Do not be afraid of love” performed by T. Bulanova (music by K. Kostomarov); “I just slowly love” performed by M. Shufutinsky (music by I. Zubkov); "Crazy Nights" performed by A. Marshal (music by M. Pokrovsky); “Warm hands on colored velvet” performed by A. Buinov (music by L. Milkman, A. Zolotarev); "Your hands embrace" performed by T. Povaliy (music by V. Kokhan); "God's Smile Rainbow" performed by the "Turetsky Choir" (music by S. Revtov); “Bad Boy” performed by S. Mikhailov (music by S. Mikhailov).

In December 2016, Mikhail Gutseriev was again recognized as the best poet of the 45th anniversary festival "Song of the Year", he was awarded the statuette "Poet of the Year". The festival diplomas were awarded to the following songs based on verses by Mikhail Gutseriev: “Don't Call” performed by Alla Pugacheva (music by Andrey Ktitarev); “I will give you love” performed by Nikolai Baskov (music by Igor Krutoy); "Indivisible" performed by Dima Bilan (music by Denis Kovalsky); "He and She" performed by Alexei Glyzin and Valeria (music by Dmitry Dvoretsky and Vadim Uslanov); "Chimera" performed by Philip Kirkorov (music by Oleg Zholtikov); "One Hundred Weeks" performed by Alexander Buinov (music by Mikhail Gutseriev and Andrey Ktitarev); "Crazy Happiness" performed by Anita Tsoi (music by Victoria Kokhan); "I'm tired..." performed by Natasha Koroleva (music by Maxim Pokrovsky); “A dream where we are together” performed by Stas Mikhailov (music by Stas Mikhailov); “Tea with Milk” performed by Taisiya Povaliy (music by Victoria Kokhan); "God's Smile Rainbow" performed by the "Turetsky Choir" (music by Sergei Revtov and Mikhail Gutseriev); “I will ascend after you” performed by Tamara Gverdtsiteli (music by Leonid Molochnik and Alexei Zolotarev).

In December 2016, Mikhail Gutseriev was again among the winners of the prestigious Golden Gramophone pop competition. His song "Indivisible" performed by Dima Bilan (composer D. Kovalsky) became the winner of the competition.

In April 2017, as part of the Chanson of the Year music festival, held at the State Kremlin Palace, 12 compositions based on the verses of Mikhail Gutseriev performed by Russian pop stars became laureates of the popular award and were awarded statuettes: “I understand you are tired” performed by Stas Mikhailov ( music by Stas Mikhailov); "Crazy Happiness" performed by Anita Tsoi (music by Victoria Kokhan); "Bitter Medicine" performed by Rada Rai (music by Rashit Kiyamov); "Forgotten" performed by Alexander Ivanov (music by Sergei Revtov); "Tea with milk" performed by Taisiya Povaliy (music by Victoria Kokhan); “Heart is a home for love” performed by Taisiya Povaliy (music by Victoria Kokhan); “I will ascend after you (Across the sky barefoot)” performed by Tamara Gverdtsiteli (music by Leonid Molochnik and Alexei Zolotarev); “You Know” performed by the Turetsky Choir (music by Andrey Ktitarev); "He and She" performed by Alexei Glyzin and Valeria (music by Dmitry Dvoretsky and Vadim Uslanov); "One Hundred Weeks" performed by Alexander Buinov (music by Andrey Ktitarev and Mikhail Gutseriev); "The Color of Saffron" performed by Evgeny Grigoriev (music by Alexander Lunev and Evgeny Grigoriev); "Intervals of Love" performed by Irina Krug (music by Victoria Kokhan).

In November 2017, two songs based on poems by the poet Mikhail Gutseriev became laureates of the Golden Gramophone Music Prize: “The Heart is a Home for Love” performed by Taisiya Povaliy and “Crazy Happiness” performed by Anita Tsoi.

In December 2017, Mikhail Gutseriev was again recognized as the Poet of the Year at the Song of the Year festival. Diplomas of the festival were awarded to 12 compositions written to the poet's poems: "I miss the old us" (Spanish: G. Leps), "One insomnia for two" (K. Orbakaite), "A stone on the heart" (P. Gagarina) , “Not just love” (A. Semenovich), “Your eyes are marengo” (N. Baskov), “Early winter” (A. Buinov), “Landmark of love” (T. Gverdtsiteli), “Love doomed us to happiness” (S. Mikhailov), “The heart is a home for love” (T. Povaliy), “Autumn under feet on the sole” (N. Koroleva), “I only have you” (Natalie), “You Know” (Turetsky Choir ).

The ceremony of presenting the Russian National Music Prize ended with the triumph of the poet. The shortlist of the award includes five compositions written to the poems of Gutseriev: “Chimera” (Philip Kirkorov), “I miss the old us” (Grigory Leps), “Love doomed us to happiness” (Stas Mikhailov), “Landmark of love "(Tamara Gverdtsiteli) and" The heart is a home for love "(Taisia ​​Povaliy). "Chimera" was recognized as the "Best Music Video", "I miss the old us" won in the nomination "Urban Romance", and Mikhail Gutseriev himself was recognized as the "Poet of the Year".

In March 2018, Gutseriev became the laureate of the BraVo International Professional Music Award in the Poet of the Year nomination.

In April 2018, 12 songs based on the poet's verses became laureates of the XVII Chanson of the Year award: "She was just a girl" performed by Mikhail Shufutinsky (music by Igor Slutsky); “I miss the old us” performed by Grigory Leps (music Andrei Misin); “In the house where my sadness lives” performed by Tatyana Bulanova (music by Max Pokrovsky and Victoria Kokhana); “Only so” performed by Evgeny Grigoriev (music by Evgeny Grigoriev); "Early Winter" performed by Alexander Buinov (music by Pavel Sementsov); "Zinaida" performed by the group "Na-na" (music by Victoria Kokhana); "Do not judge me, my love" performed by Rada Rai (music by Sergei Revtov and Mikhail Gutseriev); “Autumn underfoot on the sole” performed by Natasha Koroleva (music by Victoria Kokhana and Alexander Sokolov); “The heart is a home for love” performed by Taisiya Povaliy (music by Victoria Kokhana); “Happiness is indebted to misfortune” performed by Sergei Lyubavin (music by Sergei Revtov); "Loneliness" performed by the group "Earthlings" (music by Schukin Ruslan and Balakshin Nikita); “Love doomed us to happiness” performed by Stas Mikhailov (music by Sergey Revtov and Stas Mikhailov).

Songs of Mikhail Gutseriev:

Love story - Spanish Mikhail Shufutinsky;
Apricot dreams - Spanish. Natasha Koroleva;
Alia - Spanish Group "PM";
Asia-80 - Spanish. Maxim Pokrovsky;
Without love, a second - a verst - isp. Rada Rai;
Without your love I can not - Spanish. Artur Klimenkov;
Crazy Nights - Spanish. Alexander Marshal;
In the house where my sadness lives - Spanish. Tatyana Bulanova;
Venice - Spanish Danko;
Cherry Love - Spanish. Nikolay Baskov;
Cherry roses - Spanish. Joseph Kobzon;
Return - Spanish. Nikolay Rastorguev;
Gamma-beta - Spanish. Katya Lel;
Eyes of Love - Spanish. Maxim Pokrovsky;
Bitter taste of elderberry - Spanish. Lyubov Uspenskaya;
Bitter medicine - isp. Rada Rai;
Two Lives - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
Two stools - Spanish. Alexander Marshal;
Girl in white - Spanish. Ludmila Sokolova;
I divide love into shares - Spanish. Vitas;
Joker - Spanish Stas Mikhailov;
Joya - Spanish Rustam Shtar;
Wild tango - Spanish. Laima Vaikule;
The share of women - the will of men - isp. Joseph Kobzon;
Daughter of the East - Spanish. Abraham Russo;
My friend elephant - Spanish. Children's choir;
Soul - Spanish. Joseph Kobzon;
Barely breathing - Spanish. Mitya Fomin;
Yellow Points - Spanish. Maxim Pokrovsky;
Forgotten - Spanish. Alexander Ivanov;
Green pool - Spanish. Stas Piekha;
Zinaida - Spanish "On-On";
You know - isp. Choir Turkish;
Go alone - Spanish. Dmitry Malikov;
Indigo - Spanish Philip Kirkorov;
Istanbul - Spanish Maxim Pokrovsky;
Love Calendar - Spanish. Taisiya Povaliy;
Stone on the heart - Spanish. Polina Gagarina;
What year - isp. Yaseniya;
Tic-tac-toe - Spanish. Viktor Rybin and Natalia Senchukova;
Crocodile people - Spanish. Maxim Pokrovsky;
Idol - Spanish. Philip Kirkorov;
A piece of sweet ice cream - Spanish. Viktor Rybin and Natalia Senchukova;
Palms on your knees - Spanish. Nikolai Trubach;
Love is poison - Spanish. Jasmine and Denis Klyaver;
Love - at gunpoint - Spanish. group "Republic";
Love - not words - Spanish. Nikolay Baskov;
Love of tired swans - Spanish. Lara Fabian;
Love is tired in secret - Spanish. Sergey Lyubavin and Nastya Nicole;
Bully Boy - Spanish. Stas Mikhailov;
Mom - Spanish Mikhail Shufutinsky;
Muscat - Spanish Shahzoda;
Masks - Spanish Christina Orbakaite;
Materaya love - isp. Irina Krug;
Spring will help me - Spanish. Batyrkhan Shukenov;
My feelings - lace - Spanish. Abraham Russo;
Prayer - Spanish Edward Bakumenko;
Moscow. Business lunch - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
Moscow autumn - Spanish. Christina Orbakaite;
Moscow traffic jams - Spanish. Maxim Pokrovsky;
My Sweet Pain - Spanish. Nadezhda Kadysheva;
We are afraid to love - isp. Valeria;
Love doomed us to happiness - Spanish. Stas Mikhailov;
It doesn't matter grief - Spanish. "Nepara";
Do not be afraid of love - Spanish. Tatyana Bulanova;
I do not believe - isp. Philip Kirkorov;
Don't call - Spanish Alla Pugacheva;
Not just love - Spanish. Anna Semenovich;
Indivisible - Spanish. Dima Bilan;
Without parting, I cry in vain - Spanish. Mark Tishman;
Do not save - Spanish. Abraham Russo and Rada Rai;
Incompatible love - Spanish. Stas Piekha;
Do not judge me, beloved - Spanish. Rada Rai;
There is no word "I" - Spanish. Natasha Koroleva;
Night call - Spanish. Vlad Sokolovsky;
They sometimes talk about love ... - Spanish. Alexander Malinin;
Loneliness - Spanish. "Earthlings";
One for two insomnia - Spanish. Christina Orbakaite;
Monogamous - Spanish. Glory;
One heart for two - Spanish. Rada Rai;
Chills of the soul - Spanish. Stas Mikhailov;
He and She - isp. Alexey Glyzin and Valeria;
She was just a girl - Spanish. Mikhail Shufutinsky;
Landmark of love - Spanish. Tamara Gverdtsiteli;
Autumn love - Spanish. Ani Lorak;
Autumn in Moscow - Spanish. Andrey Bandera;
Autumn underfoot on the sole - Spanish. Natasha Koroleva;
Letter of the soul - Spanish. Batyrkhan Shukenov;
Call, be bold - Spanish. Maria Rubanovskaya;
Midnight - Spanish Nadezhda Kadysheva and the ensemble "Golden Ring";
I understand you are tired - Spanish. Stas Mikhailov;
I am corrupted by you - isp. Natasha Koroleva and Alexander Marshal;
Handrails of love - Spanish. Yuri Smyslov;
Last letter - Spanish. Nikolay Rastorguev;
The last step is Spanish. Anastasia Stotskaya;
Truth and lies - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
Intervals of love - Spanish. Irina Krug;
Early winter - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
Homeland - Spanish. Stas Piekha and Vladimir Markin;
Pink tenderness - Spanish. Natalia Vlasova;
Warm hands on colored velvet - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
Made a step - isp. "On-On";
The heart is a home for love - Spanish. Taisiya Povaliy;
A dream where the two of us - isp. Stas Mikhailov;
My ripe - isp. Glory;
The country is behind us, and we will win - Spanish. Nikolai Baskov, Alexander Buinov, Valeria, Zara, Alexander Ivanov, Denis Klyaver, Natasha Koroleva, Stas Mikhailov, Kristina Orbakaite, Anita Tsoi, Maxim Pokrovsky;
Old devil - Spanish. Grigory Leps;
One hundred weeks - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
One hundred lakes and five seas - Spanish. Glory;
Strange dream - Spanish. Denis Klyaver;
Fate - isp. Lolita;
Judgment Day - Spanish. Alexander Buynov;
Crazy Happiness - Spanish. Anita Tsoi;
Happiness is indebted to misfortune - Spanish. Sergey Lyubavin;
Happiness above the earth - Spanish. Zara;
You are my happiness - Spanish. Alsu;
Your eyes marengo - Spanish. Nikolay Baskov;
Your hands are native embraces - Spanish. Taisiya Povaliy;
Your kiss - isp. Glory;
I'm losing you - Spanish. Diana Gurtskaya;
Territory of love - Spanish. Rada Rai;
Only in this way - isp. Evgeny Grigoriev;
Three days - Spanish. Sofia Rotaru;
You look into my eyes - isp. Taisiya Povaliy;
Forgive me - isp. Alexander Marshal;
Pulls the heart of the hand - isp. Alla Pugacheva;
I have only you - isp. Maxim Pokrovsky;
Smile of God rainbow - Spanish. Choir Turkish;
Formula of happiness - Spanish. Valeria;
Chimera - Spanish. Kirkorov Philip;
Saffron color - isp. Evgeny Grigoriev;
Tea with milk - Spanish. Taisiya Povaliy;
Cherry Sunset - Spanish. group "PM";
Chanel (Fictions in the summer garden) - Spanish. Irina Krug;
This is the time of love - Spanish. Valeria;
This year of love - Spanish. Zara;
I'm waiting for a call - Spanish. Alexander Kogan;
I will ascend after you - Spanish. Tamara Gverdtsiteli;
I know, mom is Spanish. Olga Cherry;
I will not return to love - Spanish. Nikolay Baskov;
I don't see the sun behind the night - Spanish. Angelica Agurbash;
I will definitely be back - Spanish. Denis Klyaver;
I will give you love - Spanish. Nikolay Baskov;
I remember - Spanish. Vlad Topalov;
I just slowly love - Spanish. Mikhail Shufutinsky;
I miss the old us - Spanish. Grigory Leps;
I'm tired ... - Spanish. Natasha Koroleva;
I want to fly in a dream - Spanish. Children's choir;
I want the winter of April - Spanish. Soprano Turkish

An amazingly versatile person - Gutseriev Mikhail Safarbekovich - is known not only as a successful businessman, but also as the author of poems, which became the basis for numerous pop hits. His life is also notable for the fact that he owes all his achievements only to his own diligence and talents.

Childhood and family

Mikhail Gutseriev was born in distant Akmolinsk in the Kazakh SSR. This happened on March 9, 1958. His the large family was forced to move from her native Ingushetia to Kazakhstan due to repression and deportation at the end of World War II. When Mikhail was 3 years old, they were able to return to their historical homeland. And he received a certificate already in Grozny. In addition to general education, Misha also graduated from a music school in the violin class.

From an early age, he was characterized by activity and enterprise, as well as a gentle, poetic soul. Since childhood, Mikhail was very fond of reading, their family had a good library. In addition, he went to the book depository near the school every day. In his childhood alone, according to him, he read more than 1000 books.

The beginning of the working biography

After school, at the age of 17, Gutseriev Mikhail began to work. At first it was the position of a loader at a fruit and vegetable base. In 1976, he decides to go to work in the Dzhambul region, where he enters the factory of folk art crafts as a roller. Quite quickly, he becomes a sewing workshop master at the same enterprise. At the same time, Mikhail studies in the evenings at the Institute of Chemical Technology. In 1982, having received a diploma in the specialty "Technology of fur and leather", he returned to Ingushetia.

Grozny period

In Grozny, Mikhail Gutseriev gets a job at the production company of the Ministry of Local Industry. At first he works as a process engineer, but quickly moves up the career ladder. For 6 years he has grown to the position of CEO of the company. In 1988, Gutseriev, taking advantage of the changes that had come, opened his first own enterprise, the Chiital furniture factory, which, together with Italian partners, produced scarce products.

He also decides to open the first cooperative bank in the Chechen Republic. In 1991, the man is already an authoritative businessman in the region. He is elected to the post of chairman of the Association of Entrepreneurs of the Republic. In 1992, D. Dudayev came to power in the Chechen-Ingush Republic, in connection with which Gutseriev was forced to hastily leave his homeland, taking a minimum of things. He goes to Moscow.

Moscow period

In the capital, Mikhail Gutseriev, whose biography is now connected with the world of big money, creates an industrial and financial company "Bank of Investments and Innovations" - BIN. The company brought together various industrial, financial and manufacturing enterprises. Next year, Gutseriev opens commercial Bank under the same name and becomes its president. And today this financial institution is one of the largest in Russia. Included in the TOP-30 domestic banks. In 1994, Gutseriev was appointed head of the administration of Russia's first free economic zone.

Education

In 1995, Gutseriev graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Later he received a diploma from the Russian State University of Oil and Gas with a degree in Petroleum Engineering and Technology. He also successfully graduated from the St. Petersburg Law Institute, having mastered civil affairs within its walls.

All four higher education Gutseriev are connected with various stages of his activity. In addition, he defended his Ph.D. thesis in jurisprudence and became a doctor of economic sciences, having written a paper on the specialization "Free Economic Zones". Mikhail Safarbekovich's craving for science was embodied in a number of scientific articles and five monographs.

Political activity

In 1995, Mikhail Gutseriev, whose photo could now be found in articles about the richest people in the country, enters politics. He is elected to the State Duma on the lists of the LDPR party, where he becomes deputy chairman. In 1996, he acted as a confidant in the presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovsky. In the next elections to the Duma, Gutseriev refused to be included in the lists of the Liberal Democratic Party. He wins the election as an independent candidate. But a year later, he refuses his deputy mandate in connection with his election as president of the Slavneft oil company.

Russneft

Mikhail Gutseriev, whose fortune is estimated at almost a billion dollars, entered the oil business in 2000. After working for two years at Slavneft, he creates his own enterprise, Russneft. For two years, Gutseriv was able to bring her to a leading position in this industry. It is one of the ten largest traders of "black gold" in Russia. In 2007, a campaign called "the Russneft case" begins. Gutseriev stated that powerful pressure was put on him in order to take away the business. He was charged with receiving illegal income on an especially large scale. Similar conclusions were made in relation to several of Gutseriev's partners.

In August, the Investigative Committee issues a sanction for the absentee arrest of the businessman, but he is already in the UK. He was forced to hastily sell the oil company to Oleg Deripaska. For three years, the struggle continued in the courts and in government offices. In 2010, Mikhail Gutseriev managed to regain 100% control over RussNeft and clear himself of all charges. For some time, he sold business shares to various companies, including Sberbank. However, since 2013, he again became the sole owner of Russneft. In 2015, it unites two of its energy companies: Russneft and Neftis. And he becomes the strategic manager of this largest consortium.

Business diversification

In addition to the fuel and energy industry, Gutseriev's interests extend to many other profitable areas of the economy. So, he is one of the largest owners of commercial real estate in the center of Moscow. Gutseriev and members of his family also take part in the most different areas business: construction, real estate, insurance, finance. His company is actively involved in home improvement. For example, she participated in the construction of several Olympic facilities in Sochi. The Gutseriev clan owns a whole network of hotels and shopping centers. The joint capital of Mikhail and his relatives is estimated by Forbes magazine at $3.85 billion.

Media tycoon Mikhail Gutseriev

The entrepreneur is constantly looking for areas of application of his strength and capital. Therefore, his eyes could not help but dwell on such a profitable and interesting industry as the media. In 2010, Mikhail Gutseriev begins a massive attack on the radio market. In 2012, after difficult negotiations, he buys from Alexander Lebedev two radio stations, Prosto Radio and Good Songs. Subsequently, they were transformed into "Spring FM" and "Vostok FM". In 2013, Gutseriev acquires 75% of the media holding of Igor Krutoy, who owned the Radio Dacha, Love Radio and Taxi FM stations.

Gutseriev left the formats of new radio stations unchanged. In 2013, the entrepreneur buys the Finam FM station, and a little later, RU.FM, which was transformed into Radio Gvorit Moscow. These acquisitions have made Mikhail Safarbekovich the largest player in the broadcasting market. Today, his Izyum holding occupies second place in this industry after the Gazprom Media concern. In 2015, Gutseriev acquires the Radio Chanson station.

good deeds

In addition to his entrepreneurial successes, Gutseriev is known as a philanthropist. His companies are actively involved in many charitable projects. In 2004, Mikhail Safarbekovich became one of the key negotiators with the terrorists who seized the school in Beslan. In 2005, at his own expense, he rebuilt his own school, which was destroyed in Grozny. In 2006, Russneft, together with Moscow State University, opened a corporate university " graduate School innovative business.

Among the most famous projects in which Gutseriev took an active financial part, the following can be noted: the construction of churches in Udmurtia, Belarus, Izhevsk, Kaliningrad, Novosibirsk. Moreover, he helps Orthodox, Muslim, and Jewish communities. Also, Gutseriev's companies repeatedly provided assistance to medical organizations by buying the necessary equipment, resuscitation vehicles, vehicles. They help organize treatment for those in need abroad. The Safmar Fund, established by RussNeft, is systematically engaged in supporting various socially significant projects.

creative life

Another unexpected facet of the personality of a successful entrepreneur is his poetry. The family of Mikhail Gutseriev notes that he wrote from his youth, but never attached serious importance to this, did not try to publish. Until, in the early 2000s, his works were suddenly set to music. So the compositions "Two Lives" and "Judgment Day" appeared. And after that, the poems began to live an independent life. In total, Gutseriev has written about 700 poems to date, of which only a small part have become songs. But almost every song becomes a hit.

The secret of such success lies in the heartfelt texts. Gutseriev's poems make the audience feel, touch the listeners with their sincerity and depth. Among the composers who write songs to the verses of Mikhail Safarbekovich are the names of the best pop musicians: Kim Breitburg, Viktor Drobysh, Sergei Revtov, Max Pokrovsky. The best singers of Russia consider it an honor and pleasure to perform his songs: Nikolai Baskov, Philip Kirkorov, Valeria, Iosif Kobzon, Grigory Leps and many others.

Awards

For my entrepreneurial activity Mikhail Safarbekovich was repeatedly awarded, including the Order of Friendship and the "Badge of Honor", medals "For Labor Valour". His work was marked by a diploma of the President of the Russian Federation. Gutseriev also has a huge number of various awards, awards from Orthodox Church. A separate part of his achievements are diplomas for songwriting. Among them are numerous diplomas "Songs of the Year" and "Golden Gramophone", awards "Poet of the Year".

Personal life

The entrepreneur took place in family life. The wife of Mikhail Gutseriev has been married to him for over 40 years. The couple had three children. The eldest son, Genghis, died at the age of 22 in a car accident. It happened in 2007. Mikhail at that time was wanted and could not come to Russia for his son's funeral. Therefore, the body was transported to Azerbaijan, where the farewell of the father and son took place. Today, the children of Gutseriev Mikhail Safarbekovich - a son and a daughter - are the heirs of his empire. In May 2016, he married the youngest offspring Said on a grand scale. The Russian and world press wrote about the luxury of the celebration for a long time.