Avdeev opened his own cooperative in 1989. In 1994, he bought the Moscow Credit Bank. By 2006, he created the Chernozemye agricultural holding and became the general director of the Rossium investment concern. In 2010, he opened the Domus-Finance real estate agency, and in 2012, the Ingrad development company. In 2017, he bought the Torpedo football club. Married three times.

The main business of the life of businessman Roman Avdeev is his family. Given its size, he built several houses on his site. Children have playrooms, a cinema, a swimming pool, a ski track. It is a pity to bring everyone together - already grown up and still small - does not work out often, only on big holidays.

Roman Avdeev adopted his first children when he was 34 years old. The second wife of the businessman then had oncology, but the wife supported her husband's intention to take twins Katya and Tima into the family. Agreed with the decision of the father and sons from the first marriage, Anton and Cyril. After the death of his second wife, Roman Ivanovich, being a wealthy widower, adopted 10 more children.

Roman Avdeev: “We discussed with my wife for a long time whether we can or cannot. Because there was such a story - I helped orphanages for a long time, and then I realized that it didn’t work ”.

According to Avdeev, it is easier for a man than for a woman to accept non-natural children. And he is very grateful to his third wife, who brings up adopted children and children from past marriages with him as relatives.

Avdeev said that for the first time he decided to take just two children, because he wanted both a boy and a girl at once.

Roman Avdeev: “We wanted twins precisely because these children, they have less chances to get into the family. Take it easier than one. Then I took all the other children from Odintsovo or Naro-Fominsk hospitals - just the nearest districts. We had gender preferences. But then, when it came down to specifics, they got confused all the time. Ideally, they wanted to have an equal share of boys and girls. And now we have more boys. "

Now eight children live with their parents. The youngest are 6 years old. From the age of 12, many were sent to study abroad - to the UK and Germany. Children spend weekends with their parents whenever possible. Making a stool with your son for a billionaire from the Forbes list is the best entertainment for Saturday night.

The main thing in relations with children, according to Avdeev, is trust, and not the amount of time you spend with them. In his family, they receive various opportunities, but the billionaire does not plan to leave an inheritance to them.

Roman Avdeev: “I try to help them and try to give what will remain with them all the time - this is upbringing, education, knowledge. And then they have to choose and rely on themselves. I always say: I will help you, and you can always count on me, but I will not do anything for you. I definitely want to leave everything for charity and for solving the problems of orphanhood. "

Roman Avdeev is the only ultimate beneficiary of the Rossium concern, a member of the Supervisory Board of Credit Bank of Moscow.

Childhood

Born on July 17, 1967 in the city of Odintsovo, where he still lives. He spent his childhood in a simple but close-knit family with his father, mother, grandmother and uncle.

Education

After completing his studies at the 3rd Odintsovo school (1974-1984), he entered the Moscow Power Engineering Institute at the Department of Automated Control Systems for Thermal Processes of the Heat Power Engineering Faculty. After the second year he was drafted into the army.

In 1994 he graduated from the Moscow International University of Business and Information Technologies, and in 1996 - from the Lipetsk State Technical University with a degree in industrial and civil construction.

Labor and business activities

In 1989, he founded his first business related to the sale of equipment and computers.

In 1994, according to an advertisement in a newspaper, he bought the Moscow Credit Bank, which at that time possessed a foreign exchange license, had a staff of 14 people, but actually existed only on paper. He took the funds for the purchase of the bank from his trading businesses.

Since 1996, he has been developing businesses in the field of agriculture and grocery retail, which were later sold, and the funds were invested in Credit Bank of Moscow.

In 2008, he decided to actively develop MKB (which at that time was only in the seventh ten largest banks in terms of assets) as a universal banking institution with a transparent corporate governance structure.

In 2011, the Domus Finance real estate agency appeared, on the basis of which the Ingrad group of companies was created in 2014.

In 2012, funds from IFC and EBRD were raised to the equity capital of MKB, and the bank entered the top 20 banks in terms of assets.

In 2013, the banker acquired the drug manufacturer Veropharm, which was sold a year later.

In 2015, it was decided to develop Rossium Concern LLC as a diversified diversified investment holding company, uniting, in addition to the bank, such areas as finance, development, commercial real estate, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural business.

At the end of 2016, MKB entered the top ten largest banks in Russia in terms of assets and is the largest regional private commercial bank in the Russian Federation. Roman Ivanovich is its main beneficial owner and is a member of the bank's supervisory board.

On May 24, 2019, Vedomosti reported that the businessman would invest 100 million rubles in the development of the Postnauka publishing house and become its co-founder.

Awards

On December 7, 2012, he was awarded the Hurry to Do Good Medal - a departmental award of the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Russian Federation, which is awarded for his great contribution to the protection of human and civil rights and freedoms enshrined in the Constitution of Russia, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the European Convention on protection of human rights.

In 2014, he won the SPEAR’S Russia Wealth Management Awards in the “Banker of the Year” nomination, and was also awarded the “Industry Legend” title in one of the personal nominations of the award.

In 2015, he won the RBC award and was named the "Best Investor" of the Year.

Hobbies

He is fond of philosophy and I am sure that it is very useful in business. He himself often drives, uses the subway and electric trains, walks without security.

He is not involved in any sports professionally, but he is fond of skiing, yoga, mountaineering, jogging. In 2009, he climbed the highest point in Antarctica (together with polar explorer Mikhail Malakhov) - Wilson Peak.

I am convinced that parents should not overprotect their children. By his own admission, he is not going to leave an inheritance to his children.

Charity

He is actively involved in charity work. In 2014, he founded the Arithmetic of Good charity foundation.

Family status

Married with a third marriage. In his family, 23 children are being brought up - they are native and adopted children.

Roman Ivanovich Avdeev is a domestic entrepreneur, one of the largest beneficiaries of the ICB.

Childhood and student years

Roman Avdeev was born in 1967 in Odintsovo. He spent his childhood in a poor but close-knit family. The future banker studied in an ordinary city school, and he began to receive good grades only in the last grades. After school, he entered the Moscow Institute at the heat and power faculty. According to Roman Ivanovich, his choice was accidental. At the end of his second year, he was drafted into the army. In 1998, he returned home and began to combine his studies with work as a watchman and cleaner. Avdeev received a diploma of higher education only in 1994.


Start of an entrepreneurial career

Roman Ivanovich first tried himself as an entrepreneur in 1989. He founded a cooperative that made decoders for televisions. Avdeev's entrepreneurial career was successful from the very beginning, and the goods supplied by his company were actively sold in Leningrad and Moscow. Avdeev also established contacts with the Electronmash plant, after which his business expanded even more.

MKB and other projects

In 1994, Roman Avdeev found an advertisement for the sale of Credit Bank of Moscow. In those years, he had a foreign exchange license, premises and about 14 employees. The bank officially existed in the documentation, but was not active. The man thought that the bank could be turned into an independent business. Avdeev immediately acquired it with funds taken from an existing enterprise.


In 1996, Avdeev began to develop his entrepreneurial activity in the field of rural and food industries. The business was not successful, and soon Avdeev sold all the shares. The money was invested in the ICD.

A little later, the man bought controlling shares of a sugar plant, which was located in the Lipetsk region. He also acquired nearby land that was ideal for agricultural purposes. In the 2000s, the production organization "Chernozemye" was established there, which supplied about 3% of all Russian sugar. By the mid-2000s, Avdeev sold his shares and invested them again in MKB.

In 2005 Avdeev became the director of the Rossium concern. Three years later, he participated in the purchase of land plots in the Moscow region. Together with his partner, Avdeev acquired 6 hectares of land and created a construction market with over 500 points of sale.

In 2008, the entrepreneur set about developing the Sever-Les association, which was located in the Arkhangelsk region. It included 18 firms that were engaged in the timber industry. Subsequently, the merger, which had an annual revenue of 65 million USD, was sold. The money was invested in another project.

In 2008, after the sale of all shares of Chernozemye, Avdeev rescued a considerable amount of funds, which he decided to capitalize in Credit Bank of Moscow. At the time, it was in about 70th place in the list of establishments with the largest assets. MKB was a universal bank and had a transparent governance structure.

"Business in motion" with Roman Avdeev

In 2010, Avdeev founded an agency for the sale of real estate, which was named "Domus Finance". The company, which still exists today, specializes in concluding transactions on the sale of real estate from both the primary and secondary Moscow markets. The company has an extensive staff of highly qualified employees and provides high quality services. Today the real estate agency implements over two dozen large projects.

Two years after the creation of Domus Finance, Avdeev founded the Ingrad company. Her main specialization is the construction of high-class residential complexes in Moscow and the surrounding areas.

In 2012, the ICD was a huge success. The assets of EBRD and IFC were invested in its capital. In the same year, it was included in the list of the 20 largest domestic banks. In 2013, Avdeev became the owner of the pharmaceutical company Veropharm, but sold it a year later.

In 2015, the businessman began to develop the Rossium concern. As a result, it turned into a whole investment holding, which united not only banks, but also other institutions involved in financing, the sale of commercial real estate, and the production of pharmaceuticals.

In 2016, MKB was among the 10 largest banks in the Russian Federation. Roman Avdeev is still the main owner of MKB and is also a member of its supervisory members.

Awards

At the end of 2012, Roman Avdeev was awarded the honorary medal “Hurry to do good”. It testifies to the enormous contribution to the protection of civil rights prescribed in the Constitution.


In 2014 Avdeev was named "Banker of the Year". He was also honored with the Industry Legend awards. A year later, the banker was named "Best Investor" based on the results of the RBC award.

Personal life and children

Now Roman Avdeev lives in his hometown of Odintsovo with his third wife.


At the moment, the banker is one of the two most large billionaires in the world. He has 23 children. 19 of them were adopted.


Roman Avdeev believes that parents should not over-control the younger generation. Once he also admitted that he did not intend to leave a will to his offspring.

Charity, hobbies and personal views

Roman Avdeev is a philanthropist. In 2014, he founded the Arithmetic of Good Foundation. The funds are used for educational and other needs of children. Particular attention is paid to children from orphanages and boarding schools.


Roman Ivanovich loves philosophy. He believes that this science is useful in the field of entrepreneurship.

The entrepreneur maintains a blog on LiveJournal, where he shares his thoughts on social assistance and charity, notes on historical topics and other interesting publications.

The man has a passion for sports, but does not want it to become his second job. The billionaire goes skiing and cycling, tries himself in mountain climbing, goes to the gym, walks a lot.

Roman Avdeev is especially fond of running. He has taken part in marathons more than once. Once a man combined this hobby with the activities of his own foundation by organizing a charity marathon. All funds raised as part of the event were spent on individual lessons for schoolchildren. The training was aimed at preparing them for admission to universities.

The banker takes time to travel. He states that familiarity with foreign cultures plays a huge role in personal development.

Roman Ivanovich Avdeev(born July 17, 1967, Odintsovo) - Russian businessman, until the city was the only beneficiary of the Moscow Credit Bank, now he controls 85% of the bank's shares. Bank for - years. rose from 66th to 12th place in terms of assets (1.156 trillion rubles) in the rating of Russian banks, and its capital during this period grew 20 times to 115 billion rubles.

In November 2008, Avdeev left the executive position in the MCB, transferring the powers of the chairman of the bank's board to Alexander Nikolashin, but remained a member of its supervisory board.

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Biography

Avdeev began to actively engage in business in 1989, when a cooperative was created that produced PAL-SECAM decoders for televisions (analog television standards, the first is widespread almost all over the world, the second is used in Russia, France and the former French colonies in Africa). Then he began to cooperate with the Ukrainian plant "Electronmash".

The first business grew rapidly, the main points of sale for finished products were the radio electronics markets in Leningrad (Avtovo region) and Moscow (Tushinsky market). After the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of national currencies, R. Avdeev came to the conclusion that the conversion of rubles into Ukrainian hryvnia brings more benefits than the sale of finished products. In 1994, according to an advertisement in the newspaper, the Moscow Credit Bank was bought, which at that time possessed a foreign exchange license and had a staff of 14 people. Funds for the purchase of the bank were taken from Avdeev's trading businesses.

In the mid-1990s, Avdeev acquired a controlling stake in the Lebedyanskiy sugar plant (Lipetsk region) and bought agricultural land around it. By the mid-2000s, an agro-industrial group "Chernozemye" was formed on their basis, producing 3% of domestic sugar. In 2005-2008, these assets were sold. The proceeds from the sale went to the capitalization of MKB, as well as the acquisition of other assets.

In 2005 he became General Director of the Rossium concern, which is its main investment division. In 2008, the concern took part in the acquisition of land and construction markets in the Moscow region. Avdeev, together with a partner, owns 6 hectares of land 1.5 km from the Moscow Ring Road along the Minsk highway, where the construction market of the Stroy TVC with 500 retail outlets is located.

In the Moscow region, R. Avdeev is also a co-owner of the Akos Teks hosiery factory (Kupavna), in the construction of which he invested $ 20 million. Official website of the company:

In 2008, Avdeev began to develop the Sever-Les group (Arkhangelsk), which includes 18 companies in the timber and woodworking industry (annual revenue of $ 65 million). Subsequently, the group was sold, and the proceeds were used to capitalize MKB.

In the mid-2000s, R. Avdeev began to actively invest in agricultural land. The bank of land currently owned by him totals 100 thousand hectares of farmland located in the Lipetsk, Tambov and Voronezh regions. Sugar beet, barley, wheat, sunflower and buckwheat are cultivated on these lands.

In 2010 he created the Domus Finance real estate agency. The company provides a full range of services for transactions in the markets of primary and secondary real estate in Moscow and the Moscow region, Domus Finance adheres to a system of high professional standards focused on the highest quality services. Today the company is implementing more than 20 projects located in Moscow and the Moscow region.

In 1994 he graduated from the Moscow International University of Business and Information Technologies; in 1996, Lipetsk State Technical University with a degree in Industrial and Civil Engineering.

Prefers active rest. Doing yoga, jogging, rowing, cycling, skiing. In 2009, together with polar explorer Mikhail Malakhov, he climbed Wilson Peak, the highest point in Antarctica. He is fond of philosophy.

Personal life

Roman Avdeev is married to a third marriage, he has 23 children, 4 relatives and 19 foster children. The desire to take children into the family arose after realizing the uselessness of targeted financial assistance to orphanages. All children learn Russian and English from an early age. The upbringing of children Roman Avdeev defines as the main work of life.

What should life be like for a billionaire? The imagination vividly draws landscapes of the Californian hills, a snow-white yacht off the coast of Nice, the interiors of Michelin restaurants, the leather interior of a private jet. But the life of Roman Avdeev turned out to be different ... With a fortune of 1.4 billion dollars, instead of buying another football club, he won 19 ships in order ... to become an adoptive father to 19 babies.

short biography

Roman Ivanovich Avdeev was born on July 17, 1967. The future oligarch grew up in Odintsovo. Here he graduated from high school - ordinary, general education. Now it is MBOU Odintsovo Secondary School No. 3.

The businessman studied so-so. As he himself recalls, in fits and starts - he interrupted from threes to fours. But, according to the teachers, he was always distinguished by perseverance. If he set a goal, he went ahead to it, despite the obstacles.

After school he entered the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Later he graduated from 2 more universities: Moscow International University of Business and Information Technologies and Lipetsk State Technical University (specialty - "Industrial and Civil Engineering").

It remains a mystery how one person combined a thirst for business (humanitarian profile) and love for various technical disciplines (for example, "sopromat").

Not only did the businessman go to an ordinary school and not the most prestigious universities, he also managed to serve in the army, where he was drafted immediately after the second year at MPEI. Who would have thought that this ordinary-looking young man would enter the Forbes list and become one of the richest people in the country?

Becoming in business

However, back in 1989 Avdeev founded the first cooperative. Then he was engaged in spare parts for imported TVs - then it was bad with electronics, with components - even worse. This is how the "start-up capital" was earned. Later there was a major contract with the Ukrainian "Electronmash". But with the collapse of the Union, the future banker quickly realized that selling currency was more profitable than physical goods - this is how the Moscow Credit Bank appeared. It all started with the purchase of a license and a staff of 14 people. But Roman Ivanovich clearly pulled out a "lucky ticket" - later MKB will enter the "ten" largest banks in the country.

In addition to the banking sector, the oligarch mastered construction and housing and communal services - this is where his technical education came in handy. Having bought "Ingrid" by Mikhail Prokhorov, Avdeev actively plunged into real estate.

There were experiments in the agricultural field. To this day, the banker owns part of the assets of Agronov-L, a small (nationwide) land bank. Prior to that, the agricultural holding "Chernozemye" was successfully sold.

However, the billionaire spends money in a very peculiar way. For example, in 2017 he presented his native school with a modern classroom for experiments and experiments, equipped with the latest technology. He founded the Arithmetic of Good charitable foundation. With the money of the businessman, the Moscow football club Torpedo was literally "raised from its knees".

But he never had a yacht. According to the oligarch, he is not going to buy it. Instead, he pays for teachers, nannies and doctors for foster children - he has 19. And that's not counting 4 of his own.

Personal life of the oligarch

Roman Ivanovich is married twice. The first wife, unfortunately, died. It was with her that he made the decision to adopt adopted children. And not one - two.

This did not happen immediately. At first there was the usual help to orphanages. We bought things, did repairs. But, as Roman Ivanovich admits, over time, an understanding of the global futility of this venture came. Yes, something was changing point by point. New windows were installed, bed linen was changed there. But on a national scale, this cannot change the system. And does this really need children?

I didn’t want to help for the "tick", for the inspectors. And children more than anything else dream of living in a family. Therefore, as the businessman says, if you want to do something for the child - do it. And so they began to adopt ...

As the businessman himself put it in an interview, the second wife "took" him already with the "train" - together with her husband-oligarch, she got 12 adopted children. But the Avdeevs did not stop there. Currently, the family is raising 23 children - 19 foster children and 4 relatives.

Children are the most important thing in life

In his blog, Roman Avdeev once said that he would not leave a legacy to the children. According to the entrepreneur, the task of parents is to give children the opportunity to choose their own path, to do what they love. Everything else they have to achieve themselves. By the way, Bill Gates did the same, bequeathed all his fortune to a charitable foundation.

Roman Ivanovich admits that in the family he plays the role of Baba Yaga. Serious heart-to-heart talk and punishment are exclusively his prerogative.

The guys are not particularly pampered. Even the first car, according to Avdeev, should not be more expensive than 400 thousand rubles. Although he buys it for the children at his own expense. Of course, it's not greed at all. It is necessary to instill in children the ability to achieve their goals, to rely only on themselves. As the businessman says, "a person should be a fighter in life, and not just go with the flow." We need to teach children to value work. After all, the oligarch himself worked as a cleaner after the army - he had to somehow feed his family.

By the way, the native and adopted children of Roman Ivanovich Avdeev all study at the same secondary school No. 3 in Odintsovo. Although the father of many children does not spare money for education. The best teachers, both Russians and foreigners, have been studying with each child since childhood - children learn 2 foreign languages ​​at once. Just regular school is a way to socialize kids. A kind of "shock therapy" is an excellent preparation for an independent life.

How does Avdeev find free time for children?

Sports, swimming pool, vacation trips to the mountains - you just wonder how businessman Roman Avdeev has time to devote so much time to his family. Avdeev himself once expressed his best opinion on this topic: “You don’t need to devote much time to children, you need to devote it on time”.

The businessman believes that the most important period in a child's life is from 1 to 3 years old. Therefore, the Avdeevs try to take refuseniks at this very age.

Of course, it will not be possible to help everyone - in 2017, according to official statistics, there are more than 800 thousand orphans in Russia. But Roman Ivanovich sincerely hopes that someday every child will live in a family.

"Credit Bank of Moscow" by Roman Ivanovich Avdeev

Founded in 1992. It was originally a small joint stock company with a modest office and 14 people. In 1994 the list of founders was expanded. It was then that Roman Ivanovich Avdeev entered it. In 1995, the organizational and legal form was changed to a limited liability company. At the same time, the bank entered the 100 largest financial and credit companies in the country.

Since 2017, MKB has been one of the ten largest banks in the country, and the Central Bank on September 13 included it in the list of 11 largest credit institutions that are systemically important for the country's economy.

Football club "Torpedo"

The interests of an entrepreneur are not limited only to business. With his employment, Roman Ivanovich manages to find time for public affairs. So, Avdeev could not remain indifferent to the fate of the Moscow "Torpedo".

When I found out that the club was not playing in its own stadium, I decided to buy it. Moreover, according to Avdeev himself, the goal was precisely to preserve the club and its traditions, and not to make a profit. By the way, "Torpedo" went to an entrepreneur with a debt of almost a billion rubles. Roman Ivanovich promised that all debts would be paid off.

This is hardly charity. Yes, the football club has got a new stadium where fans can enjoy the game of their favorite team. But somehow behind the scenes in this story, the project of residential and commercial development of the adjacent territory approved by the mayor's office of the capital remains. The success of Torpedo is a good advertisement for the sale of apartments in the area.

Charitable Foundation "Arithmetic of Good"

But "The arithmetic of good" is another matter. Roman Ivanovich founded this charitable foundation to help sick children. It happens that an expensive operation or treatment is urgently needed. And officials just shrug their shoulders. This is where Avdeev comes to the rescue with his millions.

conclusions

The example of Roman Ivanovich shows that everyone can achieve success in life. You don't need to have influential relatives, start-up capital, etc. for this. Of course, it's good if there are some "levers" that can multiply your efforts. But the bottom line is that these efforts must be made unambiguously. For example, Avdeev gets up at 5 am. He drives to the capital himself, goes to the gym or does yoga when “normal people” just open their eyes. At the same time, he goes to bed no earlier than midnight. And so over the past 3 decades.

Now Roman Avdeev is on the Forbes list. But it was not easy for him. Everyone wants to live beautifully. But those who dream only of material benefits will never have enough motivation to go all the way to the end. The problem is that they already want to dine in the best restaurants, drive expensive cars, and relax in the best resorts.

But Roman Avdeev for years denied himself what he needed, worked as a cleaner and a security guard - fed the business. It's no surprise that the business has grown and is now feeding it. The truth is, for most people, the price they have to pay to become truly rich and successful is too high. It takes too much effort, nerves and self-denial to make that kind of money from scratch.

Many people think that money is evil. A rich person must be greedy. It is not for nothing that the collective image of old Scrooge is so popular among children and adults.

Roman Ivanovich is a living example of a billionaire who does not put money at the forefront. It is more important to be in harmony with yourself internally. And when you feel that you have to help, help. It is important that Roman Ivanovich found himself, found his destiny, is engaged in a business that he sincerely loves. Villas, cars, yachts and private planes are all that comes.