As a rule, any civilized society closely follows the life and actions of not only politicians, athletes and actors, but also businessmen. Our article will talk about a man named Adoniev Sergey Nikolaevich - an entrepreneur and a major investor who is in the second hundred of the richest people in the Russian Federation with a capital of 800 million US dollars.
Birth and youth
The future millionaire was born on January 28, 1961 in Lvov. In the early years of his life, Sergei Adoniev, together with his parents, moved to Leningrad, where he successfully graduated from the Polytechnic University. In the same higher educational institution, he remained to teach, and spent several years as a mentor to students. It was while working at the St. Petersburg alma mater that he was able to pull off his first serious business venture, which consisted in supplying computer equipment to his own department.
To this day, the friends of this richest man say that he has remained to some extent a teacher who is not too lazy to repeat what he said and teaches people in every possible way. In any case, this is confirmed by one of the first business partners of the hero of the article, billionaire Belotserkovsky.
Banana Oligarch
Sergey Adoniev, whose biography is given in the article, in 1991 became the founder of a company called Albee Jazz. Oleg Boyko and Vladimir Kekhman were also co-founders of the firm. This commercial project specialized in the supply of various overseas fruits and sugar to Russia. Literally in one year, the company became the leader of the suppliers of these products in the Russian Federation. But during the banking crisis of 1995, Albee Jazz went bankrupt. In this regard, in 1996, Sergey Nikolayevich and his partners opened a new project - the Joint Fruit Company (JFC) concern. It should be noted that this organization also went bankrupt, but already in 2012. True, the Russian at that time had already sold his shares a long time ago.
Jail Term
Sergey Adoniev is a vivid example of the fact that a person should never renounce a dungeon or a scrip. Even during the existence of JFC, the businessman was under investigation. The case was connected with the fact that he was accused of bribing Kazakh officials in order to ensure the supply of a batch of Cuban sugar to Kazakhstan in violation of international law. The entrepreneur was also found guilty of money laundering. As a result, he ended up in an American prison and stayed there for 30 months, and also paid a four millionth fine.
While in prison, Sergei Adoniev devoted a lot of time to reading literature and was constantly aware of the global stock market. Such curiosity allowed JFC to survive in 1998 and not experience the consequences of a default.
Also forBarred businessman came up with a brand called Bonanza, under which JFC subsequently sold bananas for many years.
Two years after his release, Sergei sold his share to partners, but nevertheless, the nickname "Banana King" was attached to him.
A look into the future
Having received the money for his shares in JFC, Adoniev acquired a part of SPN Digital, which specialized in the sale of content for cell phones. In 2006, the entrepreneur learned about WiMAX long distance signal transmission technology. And after that, the man decided to establish a new mobile communications company in Russia, which will work on the basis of modern standards.
As a result, Sergey, together with Denis Sverdlov, launched the Yota operator. The project started in 2008, and a year later the company became profitable. Her income was 6 million dollars. In 2010, Yota was the first in the Russian Federation to implement LTE technology in practice.
Merge
In 2012, Sergei Adoniev enters into an agreement with the main shareholder of Megafon, Usmanov Alisher. Based on the agreement, these two companies formed a single holding Garsdale. Such a deal was executed in order to reduce the cost of doing business and its further development.
In 2013, Adoniev decided to sell his shares in the concern to Usmanov. And two years later, Sergei Nikolayevich sold half of his securities to the Chinese giant China Baoli Technology. Nowadays Russianowns almost 38% of Yota Devices.
In the summer of 2015, information appeared that Adoniev, together with his business partner Avdolyan, owns 1.3% of the shares of the Russian IT brand QIWI.
Work in other fields
Sergey Adoniev, whose wife supports him in all endeavors, carries out his commercial activities not only in the field of telecommunications, but also in the greenhouse business. In 2014, he allocated money for the construction of the Lukhovitsky Vegetables greenhouse complex. Also, the entrepreneur is one of the founders of Aviamotors, which is designated as the main official BMW dealer in Northern Palmyra.
In February 2017, Sergei Nikolayevich sold his stake in the greenhouse business to his partner Sergei Rukin. It is worth noting that Adoniev owned 80% of the shares.
Investment and charitable activities
The Russian owns a blocking minority in ZAO SPN Publishing. This publishing house was founded in 1990 and today publishes in Russia a local version of the world-famous Rolling Stone magazine and a variety of teaching aids.
Adoniev is the founder of the "Islands" foundation, which was created to provide full-fledged assistance to children suffering from cystic fibrosis. Sergey not only pays for the treatment of those in need, but also provides all kinds of support to the families of these sick children. The fund pays special attention to those regions of the country where the level of medicine is extremely low.
In 2009, the businessman opened the Strelka Institute, which teaches architecture and design. AlsoAdoniev allocated money for the repair of the electric theater "Stanislavsky", located in Moscow.
At the end of 2016, the entrepreneur was awarded the title of "Patron of the Year" following the presentation of the national award.
By the way, the oligarch has a very interesting hobby, which is collecting Soviet porcelain.
Marital Status
Maria Adoneva, the wife of Sergei Adoniev, has been the legal half of this big businessman for many years. A woman can often be seen at various social events in the company of we althy ladies like herself. Maria is on good terms with Ksenia Sobchak.
