Igor Rotenberg - number 166 in the Forebes Russia "Richest businessmen of Russia" rating

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:44

It's no secret that Igor Rotenberg is the son of Arkady Rotenberg, the head of SMP Bank. Besides the fact that his father is one of the most successful businessmen in Russia, he also has a long-standing good relationship with the country's president, V. Putin. What is Igor famous for and what are his assets? Read about it in the article.

Short biography

He was born in Leningrad in 1973. Until 2002, there were no significant ups and downs in his career, but by this time Igor Arkadyevich graduated from the Higher School of Privatization and Entrepreneurship and went to work at the Federal Agency for State Property Management. There he got the position of deputy head of the property department of the fuel and energy complex. So he worked for only a year. In 2003, he headed the department of transport and communications property there.

In 2004, Igor Arkadievich took the position of Vice-President of Russian Railways, and in 2006 he became the head of the Board of Directors of NPV Engineering. Igor Rotenberg is also a co-owner of two other companies, OOO Gazprom Burenie and OAO Mosenergo, where he heads the Board of Directors. He was also the head of the Board of Directors of SMP Bank, which is controlled by his father and uncle.

Rothenberg Family

Mr. Rotenberg's father is an honored coach of Russia. His entrepreneurial activity began in the early 90s in collaboration with his brother Boris, a citizen of Finland.

His career as an entrepreneur took off after 2001. The career of his son also went uphill. Igor Rotenberg, whose biography is a series of ups and downs, is a worthy representative of his family. Two sons of Arkady Rotenberg's brother, Roman and Boris, are also successfully engaged in business.

In 2013 alone, companies controlled by Arkady Romanovich received orders worth 1 trillion rubles. This is an astronomical sum. According to Forbes magazine for 2015, companies controlled by Igor Arkadievich received government orders totaling more than 37 billion. The main customers are the following companies: Rosaviatsia, Rosavtodor, Department of Construction of the City of Moscow, Main Directorate of Road Facilities of the Moscow Region.

Igor Rotenberg himself is married and has three children.

Commercial Assets

The main assets of Igor Arkadyevich are concentrated in the following companies:

• Gazprom-Bureniye LLC;
• JSC TEK Mosenergo;
• JSC TPS Energia;
• LLC "GLOSAV";
• PJSC Mostotrest;
• Transstroymekhanizatsiya LLC;
• Marc O'Polo Investments Ltd.;
• JSC TPS Real Estate.

By the way, TPS Real Estate is developing large shopping centers in Russia and Ukraine. To dateIgor Arkadyevich can be called an independent businessman. He bought some of the assets from his father.

Leading a rather private life, Igor Rotenberg and his wife rarely appear in society and avoid journalists. It is quite possible that this is due to the strong employment of the businessman and the desire to avoid possible rumors. Very rarely he gives interviews to economic publications, while his name often appears on the pages of economic and analytical publications.

Scandals

A number of scandals are connected with Igor Arkadyevich. One of them is the very system of business inheritance that is characteristic of the Russian elite. The middle class reacts sharply negatively to the redistribution of income among certain families. Growing children become heirs to large assets of their fathers. Among them is Rotenberg Igor Arkadyevich. The biography of him and his father is another confirmation of this. The loudest scandal in the life of the Rotenbergs in recent years was the discovery of the Platon system.

Plato is a new problem for truckers

If you go to the main page of the website of the "Platon" system, you can see that right under the emblem there is an inscription "toll collection system". From whom and under what conditions? The Platon system was created to collect fees from trucks weighing over twelve tons, of which there are about 2 million in the country, excluding transit.

Even in the fall of 2015, truckers began to actively demandcancellation of Plato. Roads were blocked, including those at the entrance to the capital. The main reasons for this development were not so much the introduction of a toll system, but two facts:

1. Fare was too high according to many drivers.
2. Contrary to the current legislation, Igor Rotenberg's company was appointed as the operator of the system. At the same time, judging by the newly discovered circumstances and documents, no competition was held.

The Rotenbergs have been criticized. The conflict was temporarily suspended after Vladimir Putin announced at his annual press conference that the tariff should be reduced. Until December 31, 2018, the ratio will remain at 0.82. However, the protesters indicated that their actions would continue.

Igor Rotenberg did not comment on the situation in any way, and the presidential press secretary denied the information that it was the friendship of the head of state and the businessman's father that helped his company conclude such a lucrative contract.