Aleksey Alexandrovich Mordashov is one of the most famous and richest oligarchs in Russia. From his youth he was ambitious, purposeful. At the age of 27, he already became the financial director of the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant, and after a while, his owner.
The start of the journey
Alexey Mordashov was born on September 26, 1965 in the city of Cherepovets. His entire family worked at the steel plant.
As a child, he was a modest, quiet boy. At school he became a diligent student, able to find a common language with both teachers and classmates. Back in the sixth grade, I became interested in economics.
In 1982, Alexey went to enter the Leningrad Institute of Engineering and Economics. Successfully graduated from it in 1988 (with honors). He was an excellent student, received an increased scholarship.
Career start
After receiving an education, Alexei did not stay in Leningrad, but returned to Cherepovets. He wanted to “get out into the people” as quickly as possible and understood perfectly well that without connections it would not be easy to do. And in nativehe had a family in the city, with the help of which Alexei quickly got a position as a senior economist at a metallurgical plant.
Thanks to diligence and activity, Alexei soon became a person close to the leadership. In 1992, he was already appointed financial director of the steel plant.
Career development
When mass privatization began in the country, Mordashov quickly got his bearings in the situation. On a tip from the director of the plant, Lipukhin, he began to buy shares from workers. Ultimately, Alexey Mordashov took over the controlling stake and became the main owner of the company.
For Lipukhin it was a big surprise, but he could not do anything. And he gave way to the chair of the general director of the plant to the new head.
Under Alexei Mordashov's rule, Severstal has reached a new level. He brought many innovations to the company that worked to the benefit of production.
As a leader, Alexei was always tough. He fires employees without hesitation who do not provide value. Easily cuts wages if needed. Rumor has it that when Alexei was buying shares in the company, he could not pay money to employees for months so that they could part with their vouchers more easily.
Over time, Alexei Mordashov acquired the Ulyanovsk Automobile and Izhora Pipe Plants, and many other companies, including foreign ones. In the Vologda Oblast, he controls all the mediaspace.
In 2015, Alexei left the Severstal plant, where he held the post of CEO for 19 years.
Alexey Mordashov went to we alth by leaps and bounds. And now he ranks second in the list of the richest people in Russia and 60th in the world ranking.
Personal life of Alexei Mordashov
Despite the fact that Alexei is a billionaire, he is a modest person in life. He dresses simply. Doesn't fly in a private jet. Long lived in Cherepovets. Exclusive cars bypassed.
The first time he married when he was 19 years old, a girl Elena, who was three years older than him. In 1985, a son appeared, named Ilya.
In 1996, the family broke up, according to Elena, due to the rapid growth of Alexei's fortune. All this was accompanied by permissiveness and betrayal.
After the divorce, Alexey left his wife an apartment, a nine car, alimony in the amount of $1,000 a month and $6,000 a year additionally. A few years later, the wife tried to challenge such small alimony, but did not achieve results.
The second wife of the billionaire was also called Elena. The girl was his colleague. They became a couple even before Alexei's divorce from his first wife. They had two children: Kirill and Nikita, pogodki. The second marriage of Alexei Mordashov also did not last long.
In 2015, Forbes magazine reported that the billionaire found himself a new life partner named Larisa, but this information has not been confirmed. Also, according to rumors, Alexei has six children.
