Honestly speaking, it is surprising that an entrepreneur who has been running a business in Europe for 9 years does not know how things are with taxes and fees there, but let’s say, the scale own business I might not have paid attention, it happens...
We won’t go far, let’s take the Czech Republic, where the company Management Development Group Inc., founded by Dmitry Potapenko, is registered.

So, road tax or also called owner tax Vehicle, if an entrepreneur is the owner of a vehicle, he is required to register as a road tax payer. The amount of tax depends on specific gravity machine and engine size. It doesn’t matter what kind - a car or a truck, you own a car and carry out commercial activities- pay this tax. You can calculate the amount of tax using the link, the site is in Czech, but it’s not difficult to figure it out.

In addition to all of the above, since 2007 the Czech Republic has had electronic system collection of road tolls, which applies to all motor vehicles or vehicles with trailers with a maximum authorized weight of 12 tons or more, including buses.


The amount of toll for freight vehicles and buses depends only on the environmental parameters of the vehicle and the number of axles. The same system as “Platon”, with company registration, receipt of an on-board device, details can be found, the site is informative, there is a version in Russian.
But what does this mean? The Czech government takes money from carriers - THREE TIMES! THREE TIMES!

In other countries of central Europe the situation is the same, only the methods of control and payment may differ.
Dmitry Valerievich also mentioned some registrars, which also required installation and because of which logistics costs increased, apparently by registrars he meant tachographs. I’ve always liked the way retailers try to justify any price increase by increasing the logistics component; we’ll look at this issue in detail another time. So, what does Mr. Potapenko do, what kind of business does he run? if it has recorded an increase in logistics costs, although carriers claim that rates have not increased since 2009. In the introduction to his speech he introduces himself “I am an entrepreneur, engaged in retail, food production, so-called DIY, and catering, doing business in Russia and in 4 foreign countries”.

UPD3 In comments, allowerdy suggested that companies Tverskoy product, orange, 4 seasons, economy - group of companies Rhythm - 2000 belongs to Tver Indian Chhatwal Harminder Singh. An interesting interview with him, Dmitry Valerievich is not mentioned as a co-owner.

Dmitry Potapenko- not just charismatic Russian entrepreneur, in recent years he has grown into a politician known for his sharp criticism economic policy states. Also Dmitry Potapenko became famous for breeding clean water those who are behind such a phenomenon as , which our hero quite rightly considers an illegal mechanism for seizing real estate from citizens.

Dmitry Potapenko, without being the creator of really large retail chains for the mass sector, is known as a kind of consulting guru in the development of this area of ​​​​domestic business and as an interesting speaker, a prominent public figure, loved by the press.

Biography of the charismatic businessman Dmitry Potapenko

Trading networks, led by the hero of our story, feel quite confident even amid the storms of crisis and sanctions, but the most large networks, which he led in the past, are still not his property, our news business portal.

Potapenko Dmitry
Industry - Trade, retail
Company - Management Development Group Inc
Position - Managing Partner
Place of birth - Moscow

Dmitry Potapenko- Managing partner of Management Development Group Inc, this charismatic businessman is known for his harsh statements. For example, at an industry conference of retailers, he said: “Each of you will be offered to “sit on the track” as soon as the business becomes interesting to some specific kid in uniform” (see the full text of the speech). In the interview, our speaker also honestly admits that he does not eat in the establishments he owns and does not buy food in his stores: “If you start introducing an emotional component, then you stop seeing the nuances,” explains Mr. Potapenko.

In the 1990s, Dmitry Potapenko was a security guard for a year and a half, protecting the president of the Rossiysky Credit bank. Dmitry Potapenko founded his first retail chain in 1992 with the company Natashkyang Korotia Systems - these were Tusar electronics stores.

Career of Dmitry Potapenko

1995-2000 Dmitry Potapenko- Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Grundic GmbH in the Baltic States
1998-2001 Dmitry Potapenko - General Director of OJSC "MEZ DSP", Vice President for Investment Development of PBC "CreditImpexBank"
2001-2003 Dmitry Potapenko- Deputy Manager of the Logos Group of Companies, General Director of Wholesale Sales Centers LLC
2003-2005 - manager sales network"Pyaterochka" (Moscow and Moscow region)

2005 - present vr. - Managing Partner of Management Development Group Inc.

Education of Dmitry Potapenko

Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering and Automation, MBA (Economics)
BABT under the Ministry of Economic Development, MBA (Business & Economic Option) California State University (Hay Ward)

Here's what Dmitry Potapenko writes about himself:
A native Muscovite in the 4th generation, of which there are no longer any left in Moscow... I studied a lot and am still studying.... MBA, California Heyward State University, Economic Option MBA, Economics, VAVT under the Ministry economic development and trade
Certificate of the Moscow Regional Audit Chamber, “ International standards accounting and reporting" IAS/GAAP
Certificate of the center “Det Norske Veritas”, “Internal audit of quality systems”. Standards ISO 9000:2000, Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation; Diploma "Engineer-design-technologist".

Business proposals of Dmitry Potapenko

How to spend my money... I will decide myself... no need to write or call...
Have worked. A lot of. And I will work. Because life is work... on something different every time. Rest is the same as work. If you do it professionally, of course.
Grundig. "Pyaterochka", "Carousel", "Skhodnya-Mebel", GC "Logos", etc.
Now he is the founder and managing partner of Management Development Group Inc. www.7MD.EU Then it’s like an official resume, so as not to explain: “What did you do “Before now”?” “Pyaterochka”, “Karusel”, Retail chain
General Director of the JSC. Network Manager for the Central Federal District. A chain of supermarkets with more than 150 facilities. Retail trade, Development
What did you do yourself? Operational management and development of the Pyaterochka chain in Moscow and Moscow Region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region
Development of business processes and procedures for the Karusel hypermarket
Launch of the Karusel hypermarket

Work with the Mayor's Office, Prefectures and Administrations of Moscow, the Government of Moscow and Moscow Region, the Administration of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region
Search and purchase of objects and land plots for construction and rent
Preparation of company documents and launching an IPO
Creation of construction projects and their approval by the State Emergency Service, Sanitary and Epidemiological Supervision, the Consumer Market Administration, and GLAVAPU.
External architectural solutions and advertising companies
Creation of shopping complexes with a unified concept
Creation of layouts and layouts.
Planning and control of the work of merchandiser companies.
Sales and pricing policy
Financial flow management
Credit policy, attraction of investment resources from the Government of Moscow and Moscow Region, international investment banks and companies
Preparing the company for an IPO
Organization and control, work of companies in the field of procurement, sales, logistics, warehouse complex, 10,000 people.

GC "Logos", LLC "Wholesale Sales Centers"

Deputy Manager of the Group of Companies, General Director of the company. A group of companies from 7 areas of wholesale and retail channels in Moscow and the CIS for sales printed products. Dealer and wholesale supplies to the regions.

What did you do yourself?

Management, development and restructuring of the holding.


Minimization of taxation.


Organization and control of the work of companies in the field of procurement, sales, logistics of the warehouse complex, 2500 people.
Analysis of financial and economic activity company, $10 million/month.
Planning new areas of activity

OJSC "MEZ DSP and D", PCB "CreditImpexBank"

CEO. Vice President for Investment Development. One of the largest factories in Europe for the production of chipboards and furniture parts. Related productions. Woodworking technologies, building materials.

What did you do yourself?

Enterprise restructuring and crisis management.
Business development programs in cooperation with PCB "CreditImpexBank".
Holding project management.
Minimization of taxation.
Optimization customs procedures, credit and leasing relationships;
Creation of a system for adapting a company to fiscal audits.
Financial flow management;
Management of a team of 2500 people;
Creation of a management team according to the Myers Brix typology.
Conducting equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions of companies.
Optimization of business and business processes according to ISO 9000:2000 and IAS/GAAP;
Corporate development of areas.
Reengineering of holding divisions.

Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Moscow office American corporation Manhattan Ind. Corp. Exclusive manufacturer of goods under trademarks: Grundig, AKAI Ind, Sankyong Cemical.

What did you do yourself?

Strategic and operational planning and management;
Creation marketing strategy, product placement.
Marketing research; market segmentation;
Company positioning;
Company pricing strategy, TM promotion.
Monitoring and management of logistics operations.
Minimization of taxation.
Organization of wholesale and retail trade operations of the company ($120 million/year turnover).
Creation of client networks and service networks in Moscow and the regions.
Placement of orders for production at factories in South Korea, China, USA, Germany
Development and analysis of investment projects.
Development of new products and services;
Minimization of taxation.
Internal training programs
Management of information and analytical flows

Dmitry Potapenko, businessman: “Before the crisis, entrepreneurs did not work, but were just bars” Comments: 110
Businessmen are groaning under the yoke of the crisis. What do entrepreneurs have to sacrifice?
Will the new Trade Law reduce food prices? Who took advantage economic problems for redistribution of property? About this and much more in an interview with the former CEO trading network"Pyaterochka" by Dmitry Potapenko, managing partner of Management Development Group Inc., which includes one and a half dozen retail chains, restaurants and manufacturing enterprises with a total turnover of more than $140 million per year.

FIVE FLIGHTS PER WEEK

The interview took place on the field. At 10.30 Dmitry Potapenko arrived from Perm at the Kazansky station. We agreed to meet in the neighboring one - Leningradsky - at the monument to Lenin. The businessman was going to transfer to the train to Tver.

He is about ninety meters tall and weighs over 100 kilos. Dressed in a suede jacket and leather pants. The look is completed with a short haircut. The police like to check the documents of such comrades at train stations - what a millionaire he is! And not a single bag with me (in response to a perplexed question, he pulls out a bag with toothpaste and a brush from his jacket pocket: “I travel light”).

What are you, Dmitry, going to Tver by train - a crisis?

This is the same as saying: Muscovites take the metro because of the crisis. Although normal people usually travel by whatever transport is convenient.

- “Normal” people, perhaps, actually drive whatever they need. But for some reason I have never seen businessmen with multimillion-dollar fortunes on trains...

Don't think of rich people as schizophrenics. Many of them buy groceries at Auchan and travel around Moscow by metro. “Ninety percent of the office plankton, who need to be driven with a filthy broom from any job, strive for this fetish - the car,” he says reverently Potapenko, rolling his eyes.

Don't you have a car?

And not just one - five. But the question is different: why? If we are talking about prestige, then we return to the thought of schizophrenia. On the other hand, imagine that you bought a Lamborghini. You live in a village where everyone has it. Attention, question: are you enjoying the fact that you got a Lamborghini?

No, if in this village it is in every yard...

Right. And it’s another matter if you get out on a public road, and there are “sixes” and “eights” nearby... The person who thinks that they are making fun of him in a “Lamborghini” is just a sucker. He has an inferiority complex. And I don’t care about all this. I can take the metro too. - Potapenko pulls out a travel card for 60 trips from his shirt pocket. - I travel to Tver by train 2-3 times a month, when a meeting of the board of directors of one of the retail chains is held there. Four to five flights per week. This is how I always work.

“THE WORKERS WANTED TO PUNCH MY MOUTH”

How has the crisis affected the work of your enterprises?

Demand collapsed. Sales in our retail chains fell by an average of 16%. We began to prepare for the crisis ahead of time, in May last year. Since then, depending on the chain and region, they have reduced staff by 40%, assortment by 15-60%, and store area by 5-40%. We had to deprive top managers of bonuses. This is approximately another 0.5% of the total turnover of the networks. As a result, we not only did not go to a loss, but also significantly increased our profits. And from November 1, we will reduce another 10% of staff. But overall, the current crisis does not terrify me.

Has it ever been worse?

In 1998, I, a young hotshot in a vest, headed the Skhodnya-Furniture factory. By that time, the company’s employees had not been paid wages for 8 months. And I need to organize production - I fired almost 1.5 thousand employees in two months.

Didn't they spit in your back?

The first thing the hard workers wanted was to punch them in the face. But it is difficult. In addition, I know what a person needs, I know how to resolve conflicts.

So what does a person need?

Money and the opportunity to find a job later. Troublemaking does no good. Well, the man fumed and ate his severance pay. What next? A potential employer will say: “Why do I need this freak who didn’t work, but downloaded his license?!” Finding a job will not be easy.

Why are the management of other retail chains now complaining about losses?

Because until recently they did a terrible job. They began to think with their heads only when the crisis came. Set goals and reduce costs for business processes. Before the crisis, many people had businesses to show off in front of women.

AVTOVAZ WORKERS ARE NOT TO GUILTY

It turns out strange. The crisis originated in America, and, judging by the rate of economic decline, it hit Russia first... Why?

Before the crisis began, Western guys played on our dead stock market. When they had their own problems, they said: “We went, the wives said - return the money home.” And then it turned out that the Russian stock market does not exist. Yes, there is no crisis in Russia! If we haven’t built a damn economy for 20 years, and everyone has been doing “administration,” then what do you want? Which statesman was responsible for AvtoVAZ in the form in which it still exists? Nobody. And the money pumped into it is colossal. And they will pump it in, because the enterprise is so-ci-al-but-mean-mine,” the businessman pronounces syllable by syllable. - AvtoVAZ employees, of course, are not to blame for producing such cars. The person in charge of the auto industry as a whole is to blame.

How will we get out of the crisis?

Through pseudo-nationalization.

What else is this?

Sometimes a negative image of a particular business is deliberately created. And then officials and security forces transfer this business to themselves or to the right people. Businessmen will only have the husks of small enterprises left. The big money will go to mayors, high officials or their associates - in a word, to the state.

You can't even call it corruption...

I’ll tell you now about corruption. The other day, the head of the Investigative Committee, Bastrykin, said that if officials are imprisoned at the current rate, there will be no one to work. That is, he openly said: corruption cannot be overcome. I believe that it is impossible to fight corruption in this country. Corruption is the quintessence of power.

Citizens and businessmen in Russia do not break the law because they want to break it. But because the laws are deliberately written in such a way that you cannot help but break them.

Are you sure you can’t do without bribes?

Try opening a store or restaurant. 33 regulatory authorities and about 600 by-laws await you. The point will start working in the best case after 9, and usually after 14 months from the start of paperwork. During this time, it is necessary to pay rent for the premises and salaries to employees. And the businessman will also be accused: why is he complaining - his business is still profitable...

Is it unprofitable, or what? It’s no secret that the trade markup on goods sometimes reaches 100%.

We earn so much that our pockets are full of income! - Potapenko sneers. - Although if we read the statements of the largest retailers, verified by foreign companies, we will see: net profit does not exceed 1.5 - 2%.

You're not begging. - I point to the expensive watch on Potapenko’s hand.

The main part of my business is Groceries and inexpensive restaurants like canteens. I make money not on the markup, but on the number of clients served.

THE LAW “ON TRADE” PUSHES TO CRIME

Officials together with senators and State Duma deputies are promoting new law"About trade." Will the document reduce prices in stores?

The main innovation: the law introduces another regulatory organization - the Federal Antimonopoly Service. When in America fuel prices jumped along with oil prices, in Russia a liter of gasoline still cost 20 rubles. FAS conducted inspections and issued fines. What, the price of gasoline has fallen?

There is an interesting clause in the law. When entering the retail network, the manufacturer will be charged not 15 bonuses, as now, but only one. Prices must go down.

They won't go. The manufacturer simply will not be part of the retail chain. Imagine the situation. You are a merchant. 70 manufacturers with a product line of 100 items each are vying for a shelf measuring twenty meters. A total of seven thousand positions. And you only need to choose 60 of them. How will you personally solve this problem?

I’ll take brands that are well-known, and I express the first thought that comes to mind.

Don't know...

The current bonuses are an auction rate. Whoever paid the most from the manufacturers made it onto the store shelf. The money officially passed through the accounts and was taxed. Now they say: “No, guys, this is wrong.” No question - payments will go into the shadows.

That is, the problem will be solved by bribing the merchant?

How else? Man produces socks, bicycles or milk. The product is similar to one already available on the market. What to do? The manufacturer himself will take the money out of his pocket, but this will be a bribe.

What to do?

The problem must be approached from a different angle. Quantity production capacity in the world is 150 times more than necessary for consumption. There is a crisis of overproduction. Only in France, for example, the state does not fight the networks, but pays producers extra so that they do not produce excess. In this case, everything is not lost. And we are doing the diametrically opposite. We raise import duties, “protect domestic producers,” twist the arms of retail chains...

IN RUSSIA THERE IS NO COMPETITION FOR LOADER POSITIONS

In Europe prices are falling, but here they are rising...

They are growing due to increasing costs. Let me remind you that at the beginning of 2009, each of us - let's say, “ordinary people” - silently swallowed the 30% increase in the price of utilities. Naturally, this affected the costs of the entire business.

Until recently, the low wages of Russians were called ours competitive advantage before the West...

Look at the advertisements - Muscovites want salaries starting from 1000 euros. But even in Europe the normal salary is more modest. For example, the average Bulgarian or Czech receives about 400 euros. IN retail trade and in restaurant business Guest workers work all over the world. In the French “Simple” (Auchan chain), the cash register is staffed by Vietnamese people who, at best, speak a few phrases in French. The Wal-Mart checkout counter in America is staffed by Mexicans. But here they say: it is impossible for the loader to be Tajik. But we have no competition for the position of a loader.

Well, in Moscow and St. Petersburg people are actually unaccustomed to hard work, but in the regions?

In Tver, where we are going, all quotas for foreigners have been reset, which means I can’t hire them. Previously, Uzbeks worked for me for 8 thousand, and they worked, - Potapenko mints the syllables. - Now Tver residents don’t work for 14 thousand. They know that they are irreplaceable, and they simply ferment.

Lower positions should be occupied by people without education, with low needs, but not by local citizens. This is an international trend. Replacing the Soviet word “limitchik” with “guest worker” did not solve the problem. Then there was a limit, and now there should be a limit. The townspeople will not become janitors.

How big is the role of chain stores in trade?

Networks are not the main channel for bringing products to the buyer. At least 15 thousand retail outlets are registered in Moscow. Different formats: tents, chain stores, something else. There are only 75 chains operating in Moscow and the Moscow region - no more than 800 stores. So, 800 stores versus 17 thousand. Question: if I’m a manufacturer, why the hell do I go online if it exists? great amount free points?

According to Soviet habit, 99.9% of production managers associate the word “sales” with the State Planning Committee. They don't understand that when you produce a product in industrial scale, then the first task is not production, but sales. It is the basis of economies around the world. But it doesn't work for us. Our product is not available in any country in the world. And not because it is not allowed there, but because it costs three times more than its analogues.

You are a manufacturer yourself, why don’t you solve this problem at least for yourself?

I have two production facilities in different cities. But at the same time, I really understand what I make the goods from. And they produce everything from this. When someone starts yelling: “I am a domestic manufacturer!” - I propose to prove this without populism and politics. Whose equipment are you using? For some reason it's imported. Work force whose? Tajiks. Information Technology not Russian either. Ingredients are also often imported from abroad. It's like calling a BMW assembled in Russia a domestic car. The same applies to our entire economy in general.

Dmitry Potapenko- World karate champion. In the late 80s - early 90s, he worked as an orderly in a morgue, a security guard in a casino and a bodyguard for the president of the Russian Credit bank. At the age of 25, he became the youngest vice president at the Grundig company in the CIS and Baltic countries. Former director the Pyaterochka and Karusel retail chains, the Skhodnya-Mebel factory and other enterprises.

What is Dmitry Potapenko's Business - Management Development Group Inc.

Now he is the managing partner of Management Development Group Inc., which includes retail chains ProdECO and “Gastronomchik”, the restaurant chain “Restoranchik” and other enterprises. The car fleet includes Mitsubishi Pajero, Lexus and Kia Rio. Married, has two daughters.

Potapenko Dmitry Valerievich:
At the age of 25, Dmitry became the youngest vice president at the Grundig company in the CIS and Baltic countries. Former director of the Pyaterochka and Karusel retail chains, the Skhodnya-Furniture factory and other enterprises.
Now he is the managing partner of Management Development Group Inc., which includes the retail chains ProdECO and Gastronomchik, the restaurant chain Restoranchik and other enterprises.
Staff size: 7,500 people.

Management Development Group Inc.- European company operational management. Management and support of businesses: Retail food chains “ProdECO”, “Gastronomchik”, “Marka”, “Tverskoy Product”, “Economy”, “Orange”, “4 Seasons”, “Kuhni Rossii”. Southern Federal District, Central Federal District and Ural Federal District. “Tasty” Bulgaria. "Levner" Czech Republic
Retail DIY networks: “Parade of Planets”, “KhozMag”, “Kangaroo” Ivanovo.
Chain of canteens and cafes "Restoranchik". Real meat", "Restaurant". Real fish”, “Pizza Uno”, Construction workshop ECOnomStroy, Design Bureau “ArtPrague”. The Group's turnover in 2013 was 367 million US dollars.

The annual turnover of 367 million dollars is impressive, especially considering that Potapenko hosts programs on several radio stations, is a frequent guest on television, and conducts master classes and seminars. Run a business with a turnover of a third of a billion dollars, and even manage to handle such a volume social work- this undoubtedly deserves respect.

Go to the website of Management Development Group Inc. The first thing that surprised me was that language switching doesn’t work on the site, only the Russian version is available, Czech and English are provided, but they don’t work, it’s a bit strange for a company with its head office in the center of Europe, but oh well, let’s look further
Management Development Group positions itself as a company that is engaged in external operational management and business creation according to the technical order of the investor. And below is a list of objects under management, the logos of these companies are located on the right side of the main page - “Gastronomchik”, “Restaurant”, etc.

True, in an interview in 2009, he says, “Good afternoon, dear colleagues. I’m Dmitry Potapenko. Who doesn’t know - the owner of 12 retail chains, a couple of four restaurant chains, and other little bullshit.” this negligence, of course, is captivating, is it a joke? - either 2 restaurant chains, or 4, and there’s plenty of crap too, well, 367 million dollars in turnover, who’s going to keep track of what’s owned, not to mention the logistics.
Here, of course, the question arises: Is Potapenko the owner of networks or the owner of a network management company? Or are these different projects?

Let's see what kind of brands are managed by Management Development Group. Unfortunately, you won't be able to go from the main site, since the links don't work, you'll have to Google, I won't attach screenshots of the search results, so as not to inflate an already voluminous post. If you have any doubts, you can search by company names yourself.

"ArtPraga architectural bureau", the logo actually says architectural studio, let's look at both options - hmm, strange, there are no matches, it is mentioned only on the MDG website, neither the official website nor any other mentions.
“Restaurant, real meat” has no website, no address where you can go for dinner, no reviews from restaurant critics - it is mentioned only in an interview with Potapenko himself.
“Restaurant, real fish” is the same story as with real meat, there is nothing on the Internet, not a single photo.
"EconomStroy" there are a lot of results for such a request, the logos do not match even once, it is impossible to determine whether it is Economstroy or not.
"ProdEco" is somewhat of a coincidence - it is unlikely that Potapenko is a Czech coal company; Potapenko did not mention assets in the mining industry. Company from Sverdlovsk region, with a similar type of activity “creation of retail enterprises”, office in Vyshnyaya Pyshma, spelling of the name is different ProDeCo, completed projects do not overlap. There is a mention of a certain Prodeco store in Shchekino; it is reported that the ProdEco brand belongs to the Ecoriteil company, which in turn is part of the holding of one of the largest chemical enterprises, Shchekinoazot.
Portal Wallmart.ru - only works home page, last and only update May 28, 2015, places under advertising banners, are busy advertising the portal itself, links to sections either do not work or lead back to the main page.
“Gastronomchik” there are many stores with this name, the logo from the site does not overlap, the name fits http://gastronomchik.rf/, a grocery chain, “shop at home” format, 2 in the city of Essentuki and 1 in Budennovsk.

This gives a turnover of 367 million dollars?

Google also does not know about the Levner network in the Czech Republic, or about Vkusno in Bulgaria - no websites, no addresses, no mentions. It only knows the address at which the company is registered: Chech Republik 130 00 Praga 3, Blodkova 1280/8. Somehow, from a company with a turnover of 367 million and a staff of 7,500 employees, you expect a little different, but on the other hand, why these high costs.

True, new data has recently appeared; in an interview on December 10, 2015, Potapenko answers a journalist’s question
During your debate, you talked about the fact that you work, among other things, abroad. At the same time they criticized Russian conditions and praised conditions in the West. What format do you run your business there?

It remains approximately the same. Manufacturing, a small carpet factory, a small chain of canteens, not very large retail. All this amounts to approximately 25 million euros of annual turnover, no more.

That is, it’s already 25 million, but it was 367 - is that overestimated? Or fell from 367 to 25 in 2 years? 25 is only in Europe?

I spent several hours searching for information, but the answer to the question of who Mr. Potapenko was never appeared. What businesses does he have in the Czech Republic, Belgium, China, Russia that give such a turnover?
Without this, it is impossible to understand what logistics problems his enterprises are experiencing.
I don’t question talents and business qualities Dmitry Valerievich, times are difficult, but where can you look at the fruits of his business activity? Why was the tactic chosen to close information about the business, given such media openness of the owner himself?

The transfer of Oleg Tinkov's "Business Secrets" to RBC in 2012, we are talking, among other things, about the Czech company Management Development Group, Dmitry confirms the staff of 7,500 people and the fact that he is the owner of this company.

Article by Sergei Stepanov on the Ardexpert portal, provides information from open base for Czech companies:
- The company Management Development Group Inc. is listed in this register. s.r.o.
- The founders are Dmitry Potapenko and, apparently, his parents.
- According to the explanatory note to the balance sheet available on the website, there are NO employees at all in the company - only the director-secretary, which is Mr. Potapenko.
- The company has no revenue, at least as follows from the balance sheet for 2013. For the year 2104 there is no balance in the system yet.

Dmitry Potapenko: “I have long advised against dealing with Russian banks. You'll get screwed"

“Our state wants rich citizens. Because the state is not an abstract being, it is concrete people, people with billions. And your “change” will help them save another billion.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Banks that imagine themselves as police need to be supported”

“I transfer money to my daughter, my wife, and friends. If the girl who sits in the bank thinks that this is how I finance terrorism... Let's help banking system, no one prohibited cash.”

“Power show-offs will not save the economy and demographics. Russia will have a hard time throughout the 21st century.”

“We are a very highly nationalized country. We have stopped developing. Our stability means total control, which destroys the economy. The conclusion is simple: two terms, no more.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Incomes are falling, taxes are rising, but the authorities don’t even twitch an eye”

“The new cash desks will only give fines to cultural centers and a set of broken tax links. To the state about companies with a turnover of up to 60 million rubles. per year you only need to know that they exist.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “A ban on weapons will not help, the authorities in Russia will start killing with hammers”

“The authorities are doing everything right, the question for us is: are we ready to sell our dead every second, do stuffing, falsify criminal cases. You and I are doing this, not some other Russia.”

Potapenko: “In Russia, the consensus of society and the authorities is: they lie to us, we lie to them. National idea"

Dmitry Potapenko: “The authorities are strangling themselves, Putin can no longer make any decisions”

“Thank you to the authorities for what they are doing. Of course, we shout and become marginalized, but on the whole this is good for the development of the country. The crisis cannot be avoided; it’s good if it happens no earlier than 2021-2022.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Why do we need 10 million migrants by 2025? Feed the servicemen and vote"

“There will be only 3 strata: service workers, migrant workers who feed them, and the titular nation. The latter will die out, because those who miraculously survived until retirement will have to be fed by their children. This awaits those who are now 45.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Did Medvedev retire for 20 years? Why are the authorities interested in our income?”

“Which Russians and whose income does the government care about? Everything is fine with the incomes of those Russians. If we talk about us, the orphans and the wretched, then the main thing is that we bring the income to their purses.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Do you want a business without costs? Master technologies from 20 years ago"

Soap bubble Dmitry Potapenko. Impenetrable soap bubble. December 15th, 2015

A couple of years ago, having once again noticed this impudent slob on one of the talk shows, appreciating his boorish pressure, he said to his relatives: “Our oppositionists still haven’t grabbed hold of him? It’s in vain. He’s like a bulldozer. He’ll take over the city with his arrogance and blatant lies.”

I waited. For a week now, liberal resources have been busy promoting Mr. Potapenko. Refer tovideo clip , they incomprehensibly exclaim, “Beautiful! He’s cutting down the truth!” They go to search engines and, writing with joy, replicate the biographical information scattered on the Internet of an unprecedentedly successful businessman and two-time world champion in karate.

Let's start with something minor, but striking. With karate.
" Twice world champion in karate. Multiple champion of Moscow and Russia".
Zero specifics. What championships, what countries, what years? People who know first-hand about karate shrug their shoulders. Haven't heard the name "Potapenko".
Yes, even " wrestled professionally"Also a multiple champion, probably?
I almost forgot - a great golfer. " I started playing golf and in my first year I received a medal as « Olympic hope » "

"The first company « Black leopard » I built it from scratch at 18 years old".
Okay, let's skip it.

Obvious inconsistencies in various biographical information and interviews in the early 90s. During the same year, Mr. Potapenko "studied at MIREA", " founded his first retail chain - Tusar electronics stores", " was the director of the Otari Kvantrishvili gambling club", and " worked as a security guard"(immediately after creating your own retail network, or immediately after getting a job with the most influential thief in law?).

In 1995, a twenty-five-year-old security guard with electronic gambling experience became "Vice President Sales and Marketing Grundic GmbH". One bio at a time" in the Baltic countries". According to others" in the CIS and Baltic countries". Again, zero confirmation.
" CEO « JSC MEZ DSP » "(Moscow experimental particle board plant in Podrezkovo).
" Vice President for Investment Development of PBC« CreditImpexBank» " (formerly "Kreditimpex Bank" on the old Arbat?).
" Deputy Group Manager « Logos » ".
" General Director of LLC « Wholesale centers » ".
"General Director and Chief Accountant Company « RemtransAVTO » ".

Such a busy schedule did not interfere with the studies of the multi-machine genius. "MBA, California Heyward State University, Economic option"(correct - California State University, Hayward)." MBA, Economics, All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade".

Previously, the media (in his words) repeatedly presented Potapenko as "founder and manager of the network « Pyaterochka » ". Often recorded in "owners", "general directors ". Upon closer examination, it turned out that he came to a working network (created by Andrei Rogachev and Alexander Girda), so he could not possibly be the founder. Now only"sales network manager « Pyaterochka "(2003-05) "

He has been working for the last 10 years"Managing partner of the European operational management company Management Development Group Inc.". Russia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Belgium, all the way to China.
Here you should definitely look into the respected cargomax : http://cargomax.livejournal.com/2982.html.
Questions, questions.

Among the heaps of data he voiced, there is no doubt that Potapenko was 45 years old, that he studied at Kuntsevo school 714, that he studied in the karate section in the area, was a farce, submitted documents to MIREA, traded at Gorbushka, hung around with bandits and much more. years ago I was involved with Pyaterochka.

A cross between Khlestakov and Bender, comes from a criminal background? With the organic makings of a self-promoter, in the armor-piercing style of “lying without blinking an eye”? Or a truly talented, mega-creative businessman operating fabulous millions in six (at least) countries?

As an adult, I lean towards the first option. That is, to Ostap Ibragimovich Khlestakov. A salesperson (lectures, seminars, forums, TV - all based on a fabulous biography) and monetizing the results of this dust-free work.

Potapenko repeats from interview to interview: " I am the son of two GRU colonels". Not far from the lieutenant's son...

An amazing candidate for the position of new Navalny. Plus new Nemtsov, new Kasparov and new Kasyanov combined. It breaks better and holds a blow better. He will be able to portray his closeness to the people in a less lame manner. Speaks in simple clear language, sometimes obscene. A quick reaction coupled with the aforementioned boorish pressure and attack.

Remember the pre-election photos of the Navalny family, taken in an American, deliberately benevolent format? The Potapenko family also does not disappoint. Watchable wife-psychologist Elena, two daughters (the eldest of whom, according to their father, "winner of almost all Russian Olympiads in physics and mathematics").

There are an abundance of soap bubbles in politics. The promise and danger of Potapenko lies in his thick-skinned impenetrability. A kind of impenetrable soap bubble.

Four quotes from the future opposition leader

"We, of course, have a very high opinion of ourselves (the country, the people). We supposedly know a lot, but in fact we really are Mongolia, just with a gas baton"

"We are the last redneck, we can’t do anything other than get drunk and sing songs. The main thing for us to say is “We are from Russia!” Let us already understand that the world is moving along the path of globalization. Russia depends on buyers abroad and it’s time to start talking politely there and stop being rude"

"Are you for the country?
- No you're wrong. I'm for myself"

"What's good about Russia? We have a great client: we spit on him, but he adores us"

An unspoken business principle is that money loves silence. The colorful and charismatic Dmitry Potapenko, an entrepreneur with 25 years of experience, lives in spite of this folk wisdom. From a young age, he embarks on risky ventures, opens his own businesses, promotes ready business, while managing to appear on radio and television, give interviews, conduct seminars and, more recently, write books.

Dmitry Potapenko

Potapenko's childhood and early life

Despite the publicity, the details of the businessman’s career path are difficult to reconstruct: it contains many gaps, ambiguous episodes and discrepancies. It is reliably known that Dmitry Potapenko was born in Moscow in 1970. Evil tongues were talking about the family's affiliation with the special services, but there was no serious confirmation of the rumors.

Potapenko's education

As a child, the future businessman practiced karate, tried wrestling, but did not forget about the exact sciences, as a result of which Dmitry Potapenko became a student at the Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation. Even then, his entrepreneurial abilities were evident, and in 1992 the first Potapenkovo ​​chain of electronics stores was founded "Tusar", which lasted until the end of the 90s. More accurate information about her has not reached our days. A year later, Potapenko completed his studies with the qualification “technological design engineer”, but there is no connection between his further career and education. He also has an economic education, although in an interview he ironically calls himself a “plow economist”: in 2003, he received an MBA degree from the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade.

Dmitry Potapenko

Career of Dmitry Potapenko

Potapenko himself believes that his serious career began in 1995, when he became vice president of marketing for the representative office of the German concern Grundig in the Baltic countries. Before that he worked part-time orderly at the morgue, sold equipment at the legendary Gorbushka - in general, he led a standard life for an active young man in the 90s. The sporting successes of his youth were also useful in adult life - Dmitry Potapenko worked as a personal security guard for the president of the Russian Credit bank.

Dmitry Potapenko, founder and managing partner of Management Development Group

The 1998 crisis - an impetus for career development

Dmitry Potapenko met the 1998 default in office general director The Moscow Experimental Plant of Particle Boards is an enterprise that did not flourish in the 90s, and after Potapenko left, it eked out a modest existence. He remembers this period as one of the most critical in his career. At the same time, the entrepreneur held one of the senior positions in CreditImpexBank, which has now died due to the revocation of its license, but Potapenko no longer had anything to do with this.

Success in Russian retail

Dmitry Potapenko truly became a public face in the early 2000s. The success of the Pyaterochka chain, of which he has worked as a manager in Moscow and the Moscow region since 2003, is associated with his activities. It was at this time that he was invited to television shows dedicated to business issues and on radio broadcasts. He earns a reputation as a witty, straightforward speaker who is not afraid of either authority or competitors. The experience of working for the owner became for Dmitry Potapenko an interesting, but intermediate step in his career - since 2005, he became the founder and managing partner of ManagementDevelopmentGroupInc.

Speech by famous businessman Dmitry Potapenko in Kirov

Small networks are the basis of Potapenko’s business

Today's enterprise of Dmitry Potapenko is, in fact, a union of entrepreneurs who are ready to legally confront business giants on an all-Russian scale. Fund strategic management ManagementDevelopmentGroupInc. helps businesses and networks pass government audits and grow as a result of the audit. More detailed information it is difficult to find out about the project - in the Russian segment of the Internet it is presented as a one-page site with a minimum of information.

Brands Potapenko

Not too much is known about the brands promoted by the company. The Stavropol “Gastronomchik”, for example, is trying to reach the level of online trading; ProdECO’s contacts are completely lost against the background of the manufacturer of special equipment of the same name. This is not surprising, since in numerous interviews Dmitry Potapenko stated that two or three stores per city is already a network, and it is precisely such projects that are the object of his business interests. Total, by different sources, the annual turnover of managed mini-grids reached $300 million.

Business abroad

In addition to Russia, Dmitry Potapenko conducts business in 9 more countries. It all started with a few grocery stores retail outlets in the Czech Republic, which he received by chance as payment for a debt. A businessman views his assets abroad as long-term investment, which pays off slower than in Russia, but functions more reliably. This is primarily due to the attitude of the state towards business - in the Czech Republic it is an assistant to the entrepreneur, and not an executor squeezing out the last juice. In addition to the Czech Republic, Dmitry Potapenko has projects in Belgium, Bulgaria and China.

Photo from Potapenko's VKontakte account

Political career

His extraordinary oratorical qualities, pressure, and directness made Dmitry Potapenko popular with the audience. His desire to fight for the rights of entrepreneurs forced him in 2016 to join the business ombudsman party “Right Cause,” which was soon renamed the “Growth Party.” Under its banner, Potapenko ran for the State Duma in the 2016 elections. He conducted his campaign in Kaliningrad. The businessman claims that on principle he did not use “dirty” technologies, paying for votes; naturally, in the existing political conditions, he lost, but gained invaluable experience and the opportunity to once again speak publicly about the rights of business.

Speech by Dmitry Potapenko at the Business Forum "Strategy-2017"

Personal life

The family life of Dmitry Potapenko, despite all the openness of the entrepreneur, also gives many reasons for gossip. His wife is a native of Penza, Elena, a lawyer by first education, an accountant by the second, and a psychologist by the third. The latest achievement of a charming young woman is a specialization in psychological counseling and psychocorrections. From 2009 to 2016 she was the general director of the Penza center "Maximum", who conducted business training, is now engaged in private practice.

Dmitry Potapenko with his wife Elena

An obvious workaholic, Elena believes that her husband works around the clock. According to some reports, Potapenko got married in 2014, a year after they started dating. Now they are raising two daughters, one of whom is studying at the institute, the second at school. Dmitry’s infamous statement about a wife who would hang herself because of boots worth more than 4.5 thousand rubles, from an interview in “Arguments and Facts” in 2012, probably refers to some other wife.

Potapenko now

Reports on the activities of the company managed by Dmitry Potapenko have not become public, but his popularity as a journalist and radio host is growing. On Fridays, the entrepreneur can be heard in the program “In fact” on the radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. On Thursdays, he invites his fellow businessmen to the “Potapenko Course” program on “Echo of Moscow,” which he has hosted since January 2016. Chief Editor this station, was delighted with the speech of Dmitry Potapenko, who was just starting his political career, on the interaction between the state and business, and allocated him an hour for the author’s broadcast.

An entrepreneur is characterized by ineradicable optimism: he believes that Russian business will survive in any political and economic situation. This does not prevent him from recommending partial transfer of assets abroad for insurance purposes. The opinion of a businessman can be heard in his own Youtube channel, where he uploads all broadcasts on radio and television, a series of interviews “Business Cases”, dozens of speeches at forums and seminars.

Potapenko the writer

The new incarnation of Dmitry Potapenko is his “Honest book on how to do business in Russia.” In it, he opens the eyes of beginners and describes what awaits them in their work. This and real experience businessman, and advice and warnings for beginners. A captivating narrative depicts in detail the interaction with inspection authorities, law enforcement agencies, competitors - everything that awaits the daredevil who decides on the feat of doing business in Russia. As is typical for Dmitry Potapenko, all the horrors and nightmares of entrepreneurship are described with humor and optimism.

Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation; Diploma "Engineer-design-technologist". MBA, Economics, VAVT under the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. MBA, California Heyward State University, Economic Option.