Banker Roman Avdeev is a famous person both among businessmen and ... among adoptive parents. The 45-year-old owner of Moscow Credit Bank is the father of 23 children: 4 relatives and 19 adopted. How and how does such a large family live?

Roman, how it all began - what was that impulse?

The question is very simple. I tried to help orphanages - it's completely useless. Not because they do not work well with children there, and not because there are some bad teachers, evil people - on the contrary, there are many fans of their work. It's just that the format itself is such that it doesn't teach children to live independently after the orphanage, children don't socialize. Accordingly, I asked myself the question: "How else can you move in this direction?" And 10 years ago he began to adopt.

How do you understand which child is yours?

If there is a willingness to accept a child, then we do not choose anyone. We have a principle: we adopt very young, babies. After all, everything in a child, in principle, is laid up to 3 years. And even more, which we do not see and do not realize, is laid for up to a year - here the conditions for development, attention, care are very important. We just can do more for a small child, we will have more time. I often communicate with those who want to adopt. Sometimes they say: "We want to be older, otherwise we have no strength for the baby." But here you need to decide: do you want to take the child into the family - or do not want to. If yes, then this is some kind of strange approach - no strength.

Yes, you need a lot of strength. Roman, are you discussing with your family the decision to adopt another child?

It cannot be just my decision. I believe that the support of the family - the spouse, the spouse - is the main thing here. Otherwise it is completely pointless. I am glad that my wife Elena supported me. But she was internally ready: when we got married, I already had 12 adopted children. He began the adoption process with his wife, who is now dead.

There is also such a situation: a woman wants to adopt a child, thinks it over, and a man is against it.

So you don't need to do this. You need to be ready: if both spouses have no desire to accept this child, then it is not necessary. The key word here is to accept.

And theoretically, you can somehow prepare a man, win him over to your side?

In theory, everything is possible. Edison said that theoretically you can take a person, disassemble it into molecules, transfer it through wires, and on the other hand assemble it - in general, this does not contradict any physical laws. This is a difficult question, very difficult. A person must come to the decision on adoption himself. So purposefully taking, preparing, going to a psychologist - in my opinion, this does not work. This does not mean that people who are not ready to adopt are bad. No, everyone has their own life. I am not encouraging anyone to adopt.

And if we are talking about a childless couple, when for a woman the appearance of a child in a family becomes a matter of principle?

What kind of family is this where people cannot agree on key issues? Family means constant agreements, respect, the ability to hear each other.

When you just started adopting, there was a misunderstanding: why do you need, why so many?

Of course they did. They still write to me, say, on the website: "Yes, everything is clear, he is so far from taxes." They write a lot of different things. I am completely calm about this: they do not understand - and okay.

And those close to you?

My parents support me. Honestly, I did not discuss this especially: I did not collect all the relatives - here, advise how best to do it. It's still a decision of one family. I discussed this with my parents after my wife and I had decided everything. They are scared, of course, they express different concerns - but support.

What kind of fear?

Well, we are all mortal ... They are afraid that we will not have enough strength, that it will be difficult to raise children if I am gone - and they are still small. Such are completely everyday fears. Again, this is a question of acceptance. If you are ready to accept a child, then any other fears - the notorious genetics or something else - are not important. I look at things soberly, anything can happen - and with your own child too. But if this is your child, you accepted him - and these are all my children - then everything becomes easier. The only thing that can be understood by the word "genetics" is physical diseases, including hereditary ones. And upbringing can handle everything else. I deeply believe in it. And most importantly, I see it on the example of our family.

The adult generation of the family - and the children. From left to right: wife's mother Tamara Stepanovna, Roman Avdeev. Center - from left to right: wife of Roman Avdeev Elena, father - Ivan Isakovich, mother - Galina Borisovna.

But, on the other hand, wonderful people have their own monster children ...

It is necessary to educate. And often education is replaced by corruption - people simply pay off their children. The child does not need to devote a lot of time, but when needed. And you need to support it - exactly when you need it. And very often parents buy expensive toys instead of socializing. For example, I was forced to buy an iPhone for the children - because everyone in the class has it! I don't understand why parents - often not very well off - buy this? I resist this in every possible way. There was an experience of going to one paid school, there began to "scratch": "What a brilliant child you have", "We have delicious food" - but not a word about education. Everything is somehow discussed in the wrong way, in the wrong way. This is a tragedy for families - you need to take care of your child, you need to love children.

But when do you have time? To be engaged with so many children, to delve into their problems?

I repeat once again: it is not the amount of time that is important, but the quality. Very often I hear - now, I had a small child, I need to run to bathe him, because he remembers that his dad is bathing him, and this is imprinted in his memory for the rest of his life. This is complete nonsense. The child needs to be given time when necessary. And is in partnership with him. No, of course, you also need to communicate with the baby. Another thing is that with him we do not enter into adult communication, colloquial. It is very important that the presence of the child in the life of the child was not just for show, but that it was high-quality communication.

Do you all get together, are there any family traditions?

We live outside the city, in a cottage community. There is a large territory, there are 3 houses on it. Each child has his own room. We often meet at the table on weekends. But there is no such special tradition: everyone has their own affairs, their own interests, everyone has their own compulsory program. In winter, we go skiing to France. More often it turns out several people: so that everything, everything together, has not happened for a long time. If we talk about family traditions, then I am sure that freedom is an absolute blessing. And the imposition of tradition, no matter how beautiful they may be, is an absolute evil. Everything should be organic. Everyone should get a buzz from family, joint life.

Three adult children live separately, do you also have time to communicate with them?

Yes, with all quite normal relations. The eldest is 23 years old, I am already a grandfather.

Do all the kids give gifts for the holidays?

Yes, they do all the crafts, draw. But it's no secret, of course, that everything is organized by mom and nanny. And on my mother's birthday - me and the nanny (laughs).

How do you celebrate children's birthdays?

We just get together, congratulate, give presents. The birthday boy gives his gifts. But we don’t make a fetish out of anything, we don’t create a problem out of anything. So, to celebrate every birthday on purpose, with invited clowns or a big trip somewhere - there is no such thing. So you have to celebrate every week - and the holiday will turn into some kind of routine. We try to keep everything sincere.

Do you go somewhere together in Moscow?

Very rarely with our plugs. If some groups only go to the cinema.

Schools, nannies and manny

Probably such a large family has complicated logistics. How do you manage to organize everything?

Routine and discipline is an important issue. Every child has their own schedule, although we certainly deviate from it often. This is both good and bad. There are classes that are compulsory for everyone. For example, all my children are bilingual. Four English educators - three women and a man - they just don't know any other way, they don't speak Russian. Probably, there is not enough male influence, but we do not have such a tradition. And the British have: they even have a term - manny - man + nanny, that is, "man-nanny." Accordingly, English, swimming (we have a pool at home, an instructor comes), music. This is a must. With additional education, the key word, I believe, is interest. Now they say that children are overwhelmed, tired - this is not the case. If the child is interested, he will go to bed later. Why are children their enemies? So they like it. And, of course, the school, the kindergarten - all public.

Roman Avdeev with his wife Elena

You also have a real kindergarten at home! But do they still go?

We try to make children communicate more outside. And the fact that they go to kindergarten, the main idea is socialization. Yes, they communicate a lot with each other, but we suddenly encountered a problem that we did not even expect. They were taught that everyone around is brothers and sisters, toys should be shared. And the kids went to kindergarten - and began to bring toys from the kindergarten. Well, this, by and large, is called "theft". They began to pay attention, specially personalize - this is your toy, but this one is yours. They also had separate toys, of course, but they got used to taking everything in the house, everyone around them. “Where is the car from? - I took it from the boy in the group. - Does the boy know? - Not". Children must learn the norms of behavior, for this we send them to kindergarten.

Sometimes wealthy people, on the contrary, try to separate their children from "ordinary" people, to limit communication. The idea of ​​"growing a breed" is not close to you?

No, not close. For example, when we fly by plane, we always take economy class tickets. Or I was in England talking with the lord, the most upperclass. Well, a completely social, completely simple person. In the summer, the whole family goes to the dacha in Lipetsk. I have never flown with children either to the Maldives or to the Bahamas. It seems to me that Lipetsk is much better - we have our own cows there. A good rest - and everyone likes it. I consider it very important to cultivate respect for all people, no matter what. We certainly have a chef. But we teach children: "He cooks because you cannot, he helps us - and you should be grateful to him." They address by name and patronymic, no familiarity. And we talk to the staff: if suddenly the children go over some boundaries, so that they are strictly suppressed. There are no problems with nannies, but sometimes it happens with other workers.

Do the kids have household chores?

Certainly. The first responsibility is to clean your room. Our children are on self-service: the smallest ones learn to dress and undress, and then they build up and build up. Everything that they can do for themselves by age, they do themselves.

The last question: are today's children different from us?

Yes, I look at my children: they differ from me for the better. Everything. Because there are new opportunities, there are no such complexes that I had during my upbringing - after all, life does not stand still.

Banker Roman Avdeev is a famous person both among businessmen and ... among adoptive parents. The 45-year-old owner of Credit Bank of Moscow is the father of 23 children: 4 relatives and 19 adopted. How and how does such a large family live?

- Roman, how did it all start - what was that impulse?

- The question is very simple. I tried to help orphanages - it's completely useless. Not because they do not work well with children there, and not because there are some bad teachers, evil people - on the contrary, there are many fans of their work. It's just that the format itself is such that it doesn't teach children to live independently after the orphanage, children don't socialize. Accordingly, I asked myself the question: "How else can you move in this direction?" And 10 years ago he began to adopt.

- How do you understand which child is yours?

- If there is a willingness to accept a child, then we do not choose anyone. We have a principle: we adopt very young, babies. After all, everything in a child, in principle, is laid up to 3 years. And even more, which we do not see and do not realize, is laid for up to a year - here the conditions for development, attention, care are very important. We just can do more for a small child, we will have more time. I often communicate with those who want to adopt. Sometimes they say: "We want to be older, otherwise there is no strength for the baby." But here you need to decide: do you want to take the child into the family - or do not want to. If yes, then this is some kind of strange approach - no strength.

- Yes, you need a lot of strength. Roman, are you discussing with your family the decision to adopt another child?

- It cannot be just my decision. I believe that the support of the family - the spouse, the spouse - is the main thing here. Otherwise it is completely pointless. I am glad that my wife Elena supported me. But she was internally ready: when we got married, I already had 12 adopted children. I started the process with my wife, who is now dead.

- There is also such a situation: a woman wants to adopt a child, thinks it over, and a man is against it.

- So you don't need to do this. You need to be ready: if both spouses have no desire to accept this child, then it is not necessary. The key word here is to accept.

- And theoretically, you can somehow prepare a man, win him over to your side?

- Theoretically, everything is possible. Edison said that theoretically you can take a person, disassemble it into molecules, transfer it through wires, and on the other hand assemble it - in general, this does not contradict any physical laws. This is a difficult question, very difficult. A person must come to the decision on adoption himself. So purposefully taking, preparing, going to a psychologist - in my opinion, this does not work. This does not mean that people who are not ready to adopt are bad. No, everyone has their own life. I am not encouraging anyone to adopt.

- And if we are talking about a childless couple, when for a woman having a child in a family becomes a matter of principle?

- What kind of family is this where people cannot agree on key issues? Family means constant agreements, respect, the ability to hear each other.

- When you just started adopting, there was a misunderstanding: why do you need, why so many?

- Of course they did. They still write to me, say, on the website: "Yes, everything is clear, he is so far from taxes." They write a lot of different things. I am completely calm about this: they do not understand - and okay.

- And those close to you?

- My parents support me. Honestly, I did not discuss this especially: I did not collect all the relatives - here, advise how best to do it. It's still a decision of one family. I discussed this with my parents after my wife and I had decided everything. They are scared, of course, they express different concerns - but support.

- What kind of fear?

- Well, we are all mortal ... They are afraid that they will not have enough strength, that it will be difficult to raise children if I am gone - and they are still small. Such are completely everyday fears. Again, this is a question of acceptance. If you are ready to accept a child, then any other fears - the notorious genetics or something else - are not important. I look at things soberly, anything can happen - and with your own child too. But if this is your child, you accepted him - and these are all my children - then everything becomes easier. The only thing that can be understood by the word "genetics" is physical diseases, including hereditary ones. And upbringing can handle everything else. I deeply believe in it. And most importantly, I see it on the example of our family.


The adult generation of the family - and the children.
From left to right: wife's mother Tamara Stepanovna, Roman Avdeev.
In the center - from left to right: wife of Roman Avdeev Elena, - Ivan Isakovich, mother - Galina Borisovna.

- But, on the other hand, wonderful people have their own monster children ...

- It is necessary to educate. And often education is replaced by corruption - people simply pay off their children. The child does not need to devote a lot of time, but when needed. And you need to support it - exactly when you need it. And very often parents buy expensive toys instead of socializing.

For example, I was forced to buy an iPhone for the children - because everyone in the class has it! I don't understand why parents - often not very well off - buy this? I resist this in every possible way. There was an experience of going to one paid school, there began to "scratch": "What a brilliant child you have", "We have delicious food" - but not a word about education. Everything is somehow discussed in the wrong way, in the wrong way. This is a tragedy for families - you need to take care of your child, you need to love children.

- But when do you have time? To be engaged with so many children, to delve into their problems?

- I repeat once again: it is not the amount of time that is important, but the quality. Very often I hear - now, I had a small child, I need to run to bathe him, because he remembers that his dad is bathing him, and this is imprinted in his memory for the rest of his life. This is complete nonsense. The child needs to be given time when necessary. And is in partnership with him. No, of course, you also need to communicate with the baby. Another thing is that with him we do not enter into adult communication, colloquial. It is very important that the presence of the child in the life of the child was not just for show, but that it was high-quality communication.

- Do you all get together, are there any family traditions?

- We live outside the city, in a cottage community. There is a large territory, there are 3 houses on it. Each child has his own room. We often meet at the table on weekends. But there is no such special tradition: everyone has their own affairs, their own interests, everyone has their own compulsory program. In winter, we go skiing to France. More often it turns out several people: so that everything, everything together, has not happened for a long time.

If we talk about family traditions, then I am sure that freedom is an absolute blessing. And the imposition of tradition, no matter how beautiful they may be, is an absolute evil. Everything should be organic. Everyone should get a buzz from family, joint life.

- Three adult children live separately, do you also have time to communicate with them?

- Yes, with all quite normal relations. The eldest is 23 years old, I am already a grandfather.

- Do all the kids give gifts for the holidays?

- Yes, they do all the crafts, draw. But it's no secret, of course, that everything is organized by mom and nanny. And on my mother's birthday - me and the nanny (laughs).

- How do you celebrate children's birthdays?

- We just get together, congratulate, give gifts. The birthday boy gives his gifts. But we don’t make a fetish out of anything, we don’t create a problem out of anything. So, to celebrate every birthday on purpose, with invited clowns or a big trip somewhere - there is no such thing. So you have to celebrate every week - and the holiday will turn into some kind of routine. We try to keep everything sincere.

- And in Moscow you get out somewhere together?

- Very rarely with our plugs. If some groups only go to the cinema.

Schools, nannies and manny

- Probably such a large family has complicated logistics. How do you manage to organize everything?

- Routine and discipline is an important issue. Every child has their own schedule, although we certainly deviate from it often. This is both good and bad. There are classes that are compulsory for everyone. For example, all my children are bilingual. Four English educators - three women and a man - they just don't know any other way, they don't speak Russian. Probably, there is not enough male influence, but we do not have such a tradition. And the British have: they even have a term - manny - man + nanny, that is, "man-nanny". Accordingly, English, swimming (we have a pool at home, an instructor comes), music. This is a must. With additional education, the key word, I believe, is interest. Now they say that children are overwhelmed, tired - this is not the case. If the child is interested, he will go to bed later. Why are children their enemies? So they like it.

And, of course, the school, the kindergarten - all public.

- You also have a real kindergarten at home! But do they still go?


- We try to make children communicate more outside. And the fact that they go to kindergarten, the main idea is socialization. Yes, they communicate a lot with each other, but we suddenly encountered a problem that we did not even expect. They were taught that everyone around is brothers and sisters, toys should be shared. And the kids went to kindergarten - and began to bring toys from the kindergarten. Well, this, by and large, is called "theft". They began to pay attention, specially personalize - this is your toy, but this one is yours. They also had separate toys, of course, but they got used to taking everything in the house, everyone around them. “Where's the car?” “I took it from the boy in the group.” “Does the boy know?” “No.” Children must learn the norms of behavior, for this we send them to kindergarten.

- Sometimes wealthy people, on the contrary, try to separate their children from "ordinary" people, to limit communication. The idea of ​​"growing a breed" is not close to you?

- No, not close. For example, when we fly by plane, we always take economy class tickets. Or I was in England talking with the lord, the most upperclass. Well, a completely social, completely simple person. In the summer, the whole family goes to the dacha in Lipetsk. I have never flown with children either to the Maldives or to the Bahamas. It seems to me that Lipetsk is much better - we have our own cows there. A good rest - and everyone likes it.

I consider it very important to cultivate respect for all people, no matter what. We certainly have a chef. But we teach children: "He cooks because you cannot, he helps us - and you should be grateful to him." They address by name and patronymic, no familiarity. And we talk to the staff: if suddenly the children go over some boundaries, so that they are strictly suppressed. There are no problems with nannies, but sometimes it happens with other workers.

- Do the children have household chores?

- Certainly. The first responsibility is to clean your room. Our children are on self-service: the smallest ones learn to dress and undress, and then they build up and build up. Everything that they can do for themselves by age, they do themselves.

- The last question: are today's children different from us?

- Yes, I look at my children: they differ from me for the better. Everything. Because there are new opportunities, there are no such complexes that I had with me - after all, life does not stand still.

Almost everyone can become a billionaire, but not every billionaire is capable of preserving humanity. These words fully characterize one of the richest businessmen in Russia - Roman Ivanovich Avdeev. Possessing a huge fortune and being an active participant in the business, he finds time for charity and in every possible way takes care of those who need help.

Almost the entire biography of Roman Avdeev is inextricably linked with Odintsovo. It was here, in the western suburbs of the capital of the Soviet Union, that a boy was born on July 17, 1967, who in the future was destined to become the head of the largest Russian bank and the famous father of many children.

According to the oligarch, he comes from an ordinary workers 'and peasants' family. In addition to his father and mother, his uncle and grandmother took an active part in his upbringing. The relatives of the current billionaire could not boast of prosperity, but an almost beggarly existence was brightened up by warm family relations and care for others.

As the businessman recalls, his outer CLOTHES, in which he walked and went to school, was a sweatshirt issued to his parents at the factory as work clothes.

Nevertheless, the entrepreneur keeps the warmest memories of these years.

At the school where Roman studied from 1974 to 1984, he did not show outstanding achievements and was a stable "average". One of the young man's serious hobbies was radio electronics. However, the matter did not go beyond the hobby. Fate prepared for Avdeev a completely different path.

Education

Having received a certificate of maturity, Roman Avdeev decided to continue his education in one of the capital's universities. In 1984 he became a student at the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. In 1986, the training process was interrupted due to the call of Roman into the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Over the next two years, he served in one of the construction battalions of Kostroma.


Returning from the army, Roman continued his studies at the institute, which he graduated in 1989 with a diploma in thermal process control systems.

Later, to the existing higher education, Roman Ivanovich added two more, obtained in the mid-90s at the Moscow International and Lipetsk Technical Universities.

Roman Avdeev's career and business

Roman Avdeev had to think about his labor activity during his student years. Having found a family and becoming a father, in parallel with his studies, he was forced to earn money at the department. In search of additional income for the scholarship, the young man worked as a night watchman and even as a cleaner in one of the local vocational schools.

The rapid development of private entrepreneurship in the late 80s pushed the university graduate to create his own business, which was started with the sale of radio components. Expanding the business, the young entrepreneur began to sell decoders and other television units that were in short supply.


Having mastered the capital markets, Avdeev and his partners expanded their business to St. Petersburg, and after concluding an agreement with the Ukrainian "Electronmash" began importing foreign computer equipment.

In the course of his work, Roman often had to deal with money from other countries. Engaged in the exchange of cash, he concluded that foreign exchange transactions can bring more profit than the banal resale of goods. This is how the idea of ​​creating your own bank was born.

In 1994 Avdeev became the owner of the documentation of the Moscow Credit Bank. As it turned out, the organization existed only on paper, and the young financier had to start a big business practically from scratch.

At the start, Roman Ivanovich had only an office with fourteen employees at his disposal.

At that time, the future billionaire did not even suspect that by 2018 his brainchild would take 9th place in the banking system of Russia and would be listed as the largest private commercial bank of regional importance.

At the same time, Avdeev developed a vigorous activity in other areas of entrepreneurship.

Since the mid-90s, he began to buy up the assets of enterprises in the agricultural sector, which by 2006 led to the creation of the Chernozemye holding. The businessman sold this organization profitably in 2008.


From 2000 to 2003, Avdeev owned the Stolitsa retail chain, which also brought the entrepreneur substantial profits. Then there was the Sever-Les group, which includes 18 companies specializing in timber and woodworking. When the group was sold, Roman Ivanovich's fortune increased significantly.

Working in different directions, the businessman did not forget about his bank for a minute and used almost all the profits for its capitalization. In 2008, Roman Avdeev took over as chairman of MKB and completely switched to its development.

Opposing shareholders to participate in the work of the enterprise, after 10 months Avdeev ceased to chair the "MKB". During the period of his leadership, the financial organization not only survived the all-Russian crisis, but also significantly strengthened its positions.

Leaving the chair of the chairman of "MKB", the businessman was actively engaged in investment projects, which resulted in the creation of the most powerful diversified holding "Rossium".


The group "Ingrad", specializing in development activities in the capital and the region, became part of the concern. This organization was acquired by a businessman in 2010 and was originally called Domus Finance.

Another offshoot of the holding was the non-state pension fund Soglasie, owned by Avdeev since 2014, later transferred to the assets of Rossium.

Concern Roman Avdeev is active in the oil and gas industry. Direct Oil, which is part of it, specializes in oil and gas exploration. Among the discoveries of this company is the Troitskoye deposit.

The enterprises of "Rossium" are involved in agriculture. London-based SOVA CAPITAL LIMITED is involved in this segment.

In addition, Avdeev's holding owns shares in pharmaceutical companies that are part of the Pharmacy Chain 36.6.

Roman Avdeev's condition


Roman Ivanovich Avdeev has not been a newcomer to Forbes for a long time, and his photo can often be seen on the pages of prestigious financial publications. The billionaire holds the main capital in the shares of enterprises and organizations that are part of the holding "Concern" Rossium ".

In order to trace the dynamics of changes in the state of an entrepreneur, it is enough to use the information provided annually by Forbes (city - $, billion / place in the rating of 200 richest people in Russia):

  • 2011 – 0,95/102;
  • 2012 – 1,3/69;
  • 2013 – 1,4/69;
  • 2014 – 1,4/68;
  • 2015 – 1,1/73;
  • 2016 – 1/69;
  • 2017 – 1,3/66.

In 2018, Roman Avdeev ranked 56th among the richest Russian entrepreneurs. Now his capital is estimated at $ 1.7 billion.


Roman Ivanovich is significantly different from other oligarchs. He is not a supporter of expensive yachts and airplanes, and it even happens that he gets to his place of work by subway. The businessman invests all the funds in his children, of whom the billionaire already has 23!

The private life of Roman Avdeev

It is possible to judge whether Roman Avdeev is happy in his personal life by the number of his children, of whom four are relatives, and 19 are adopted. However, the oligarch does not divide them into friends and foes, and each member of the Avdeev family is equally surrounded by care and affection.

During his biography, Roman Ivanovich was legally married three times, and only the third of them brought him the long-awaited faithful companion of life - Elena. This woman debunks the usual image of the wives of billionaires. She became Roman's wife when he already had 12 children. Elena actively joined the life of the family, accepting each child of the oligarch as her own.

Avdeev's children are not lacking in anything. Experienced educators and teachers constantly work with them. Surrounding the heirs with care, the businessman strives for each of his descendants to find themselves in life and not rely on outside help.

Roman Ivanovich began to introduce his eldest sons to his business, and now they comprehend the intricacies of the financial business, working at MKB.

As a person who was once in need and not indifferent to other people's problems, Avdeev is actively involved in charity work.

Since 2014, the Arithmetic of Good Foundation, created by him, has been providing all kinds of support to Russian orphans.

Roman Avdeev is an avid athlete. Keeping fit, he sticks to a vegetarian diet and jogs every day. His hobbies include skiing and cycling. The oligarch is engaged in rowing and is considered a good climber. In his asset ascent to Wilson Peak - the highest point of Antarctica.

Among the businessman's acquisitions is the Russian football club Torpedo, for which Avdeev is currently reconstructing the stadium.


From a hobby in the biography of one of the richest people in Russia, one should note the philosophy and passion for long-distance travel, where Roman Ivanovich learns the subtleties of the culture of different peoples.

For his services in public and business activities, Avdeev was awarded the Hurry to Do Good medal, the Banker of the Year and Industry Legend titles, as well as several prestigious awards.

Roman Avdeev today

In 2018, Roman Ivanovich Avdeev significantly increased activity on the financial front. At the end of winter, the businessman was elected to the post of the board of directors of the Rossium holding. The Moscow Credit Bank, which belongs to him, plans to expand at the expense of the assets of the Yugoria insurance company and the Sovetsky bank.


At the same time, information appeared in the press that the oligarch was thinking of selling his financial organization, but Avdeev himself avoided commenting on this topic.

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 School of Odintsovo (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 - this is a departmental award of the Commissioner for Human Rights 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 became the winner of 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.