Ayrat Khairullin is a well-known domestic state and political figure who built a career initially in business. In the State Duma, he represented the United Russia party. He was a member of the Duma committee dealing with agrarian issues. He became famous as the creator of holdings, which were called the joint-stock company "Edelweiss Corporation" and the open joint-stock company "Agroholding Krasny Vostok". At the moment, he leads the national union of milk producers. He is a ruble billionaire, and is considered one of the richest and most influential people from Tatarstan. Has the title of Doctor of Economics.
Biography of the entrepreneur
Ayrat Khairullin was born in 1970 in Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan. His father worked at the Kazan Agrarian University, served as head of the department. Previously, this institution of higher education was called the Agricultural Institute.
The mother of the hero of our article was also connected with agriculture. She worked in the relevant republican ministry.
Ayrat Khairullin after school followed in the footsteps of his parents - he entered the Gorky Agricultural Institute,located in Kazan. He graduated from the university with a degree in economics-organizer of agricultural production.
Employment career
Khairullin Airat a year after the institute became the director of the individual private enterprise "Edelweiss". Two years later, he acquired his own limited liability partnership, which was called the Edelweiss Firm. In it, he served as General Manager. At the same time, he had his own chain of food stores, which began to open throughout Kazan.
In 1996, Airat Khairullin began working in the Krasny Vostok joint-stock company, which changed its legal status to the Krasny Vostok Brewing Company open joint-stock company in 2002. He also managed this enterprise in the rank of general director.
In a short time he managed to create a brewery, which became a virtual monopoly. And not only in Tatarstan, but also in neighboring regions. True, Khairullin Airat headed this plant in difficult times. In the mid-90s, there was a real rampant crime in Kazan. Real gangs competed with each other. So, the hero of our article replaced Aibat Aibatov, who was killed shortly before that, as the head of the enterprise.
Political career
Khairullin Airat first thought about the career of a politician in the early 2000s. That's when he made the decisionrun for the city council of deputies in Kazan. He won a landslide victory in the elections. And soon he went to the People's Council of the Republic of Tatarstan.
In 2003, he declared himself for the election of deputies of the State Duma of the fourth convocation. Politician Airat Khairullin put forward his candidacy in the Volga single-mandate constituency. And in these elections he was successful. The hero of our article got a seat in the federal parliament. In the State Duma, he joined the committee on agrarian issues, which was closest to his main professional activity. Received the post of Vice Chairman of the Committee. He was directly in charge of issues related to the food industry, consumer cooperation and food.
Agricultural business
Working as a deputy of the State Duma did not prevent Khairullin from developing his own business. In 2005, he sold the assets of his Krasny Vostok brewing company. The Russian plant with all the equipment was bought by the Turkish beer giant Efes. The amount of the contract was officially announced. $390 million.
Now the deputy of the State Duma Airat Khairullin begins to closely engage in agriculture. He founds a company that is part of the Krasny Vostok Agro concern. She is engaged in the production and processing of milk, as well as the livestock and agricultural business.
Second term in federal parliament
Ayrat Nazipovich Khairullin, whose biography has been closely associated with politics since 2000, won the elections to the State Duma of the fifth convocation in 2007. This time, he is going to parliament on federal lists from the all-Russian political party United Russia.
In the Duma committee devoted to agrarian issues, he again holds the post of deputy chairman. Parliamentarians are discussing bills aimed at increasing productivity, supporting farmers, and developing agricultural business in the country. It is easy to see that many of these issues are of interest to Khairullin from a professional point of view. So the talk that the people's choice, and he is not the only one, is lobbying his interests in the parliament, has been going on for a long time.
Perhaps, hence the high income that Airat Khairullin has. The State Duma deputy has an annual income that exceeds the amount of 200 million rubles. At the same time, he owns a large amount of real estate. For example, a private cottage with several floors, three luxury apartments and two German Mercedes-Benz cars. In terms of income among fellow parliamentarians, he is in the second ten. He also has high positions in terms of income among all Russian officials. Khairullin is among the 50 richest statesmen. Such data is provided by Forbes magazine.
Therefore, it is safe to say that his family is already provided for and will not deny themselves anything. The hero of our article has a wife, together they raise three children - a daughter and two sons. Successful businessKhairullin's brother, who is a co-owner of his companies and also a multibillionaire, is also leading.
Community activities
Khairullin pays great attention to social and scientific work. In 2008, he headed the National Union of Milk Producers. He holds a post in this public organization to this day.
In 2009, Khairullin defended his dissertation and received a doctorate in economics. And in 2011, for the third time in a row, he entered the federal parliament. And again from the United Russia party.
Compromising evidence on the deputy
Throughout his career, Khairullin has repeatedly been criticized and accused of illegal business activities.
For example, in 2012, opposition politicians Ilya Ponomarev and Dmitry Gudkov published a scandalous investigation en titled "Golden pretzels of United Russia 4. Kuban bacon".
In it, along with other entrepreneurs, the name of Airat Khairullin was also mentioned. His shares were found in almost a hundred agricultural enterprises, while in the declaration he indicated less than half of them. Moreover, 24 companies were founded just at the time when the hero of our article was acting as a deputy.
Also, his name is mentioned in the report of the leader of the Yabloko party, at that time, Sergei Mitrokhin. The main claims were also that the deputy received the business by exercising his powers.
