Owner of Uralchem. Dmitry Mazepin: “Business is painstaking work! How Uralkali was conquered

Mazepin Dmitry Arkadevich

Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1968. Graduated from the Minsk Suvorov School, Moscow State Institute international relations (Faculty of Economics). Since the mid-1990s, he has held senior management positions in large companies: OJSC Tyumen Oil Company, OJSC Nizhnevartovskneftegaz, OJSC Coal Company Kuzbassugol. From 2002 to 2003 – President of OJSC AK Sibur. Since 2007 – Chairman of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

Konyaev Dmitry Vladimirovich

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1971. Graduated from Moscow State University(Faculty of Economics), California State University Hayward (MBA). Since 1998, he has held a number of senior management positions in large manufacturing and trading companies: Cederrot International AB, Mineral Trading LLC, UralKali Trading SA (Singapore). From 2007 to 2011, he held the position of commercial director of JSC UCC URALCHEM. From 2011 to 2018 – General Director of JSC UCC URALCHEM. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

Tatyanin Dimitry Vitalievich

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, Deputy General Director - Director of legal issues JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1967. Graduated from Voronezh State University (Faculty of Law), Institute of Business and business administration Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation (EMBA course). Since 1993, he has held senior management positions in legal departments various companies: Infistrakh LLC, KredoBank OJSC, Alfa-Eco group, AK Sibur OJSC. From 2007 to 2019 – legal director company "URALCHEM". Since 2019 - Deputy General Director - Director for Legal Affairs of URALCHEM. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

Momtsemlidze Sergey Raulievich

General Director of JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1968. Graduated from Perm State Technical University with a degree in economics and industrial management, Academy National economy under the Government of the Russian Federation (MBA). From 1993 to 2006 held senior positions in Uralkali and affiliated structures. In 2007, he was appointed director of LLC Transport and Logistics Company of the Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant. In 2008, he was appointed director of OOO URALCHEM-TRANS. From 2011 to 2018 - Director of the branch "KChKhK" JSC "UCC "URALCHEM". Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Kirov Region V, VI convocations (since 2011 - to the present). Since 2018, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

Osipov Dmitry Vasilievich

General Director of PJSC Uralkali

Born in 1966. Graduated from the Faculty of Radiophysics and Cybernetics of the Gorky State University. Since 2011, he has been a member of the Council and a member of the Financial Committee of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA). Since the mid-1990s, he has held senior management positions in large chemical companies: OJSC Khimprom (Volgograd), OJSC Propane-Butane Company, OJSC Sibur-Khimprom. From 2005 to 2007 – CEO OAO Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant. From 2007 to 2011 – General Director of URALCHEM. From 2007 to 2013 – Member of the Board of Directors of OAO UCC URALCHEM, from 2011 to 2013 – Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO UCC URALCHEM. In December 2013, Dmitry Osipov was appointed General Director of PJSC Uralkali. Since March 2014, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Uralkali. Since 2016, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

Genkin Mikhail Vladimirovich

Member of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1967. Graduated from Gorky State University (Department of Radiophysics and Cybernetics). Since the mid-1990s, he has held a number of senior positions in chemical companies: LLC National Gas Company, OAO AK SIBUR. From 2007 to 2017 – Director for Business Development of JSC UCC URALCHEM. Since 2007, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

Bulantsev Igor Vladimirovich

Deputy General Director - Director for Economics and Finance of JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1969. Graduated from Moscow State Technical University. Bauman, Faculty of Special Mechanical Engineering, Automatic systems management". In 2000, he graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in Banking and Finance. Received an MBA from IESE in 2006 Business School(University of Navarra), Spain. From 1995 to 1998, he worked at Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank as head of the conversion operations department at foreign market. In 1998-2003 served as senior vice president of Guta Bank. In 2003 -2009 worked as First Deputy Chairman of the Board of OrgresBank (in 2009 it was renamed to Nordea Bank). From 2009 to 2016 was the Chairman of the Board of Nordea Bank. From 2016 to 2018 served as Senior Vice President of PJSC Sberbank, Head of Sberbank CIB (Sberbank's corporate investment division). Since 2019 - Deputy General Director - Director for Economics and Finance of JSC UCC URALCHEM.

Papsheva Elena Sergeevna

Member of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM

Born in 1979. Graduated from the Russian State University of Oil and Gas. THEM. Gubkin, Faculty of Law, Moscow international school business MIRBIS (Institute), management of organizations, in 2006. received an MBA degree from the MIRBIS Institute. Since 2007, she has held senior positions in the legal and financial departments of URALCHEM. Since November 2014 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM. Since June 2015 - Member of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM.

In 2016-2017, Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin managed to increase his fortune almost 6 times - up to 74 billion rubles ($1.3 billion, according to Forbes). But, apparently, we will soon see the collapse of his chemical empire.

Mazepin's key enterprises seem to be in danger of bankruptcy - the billionaire's attempt to improve things at the expense of Togliattiazot (ToAZ) failed. The main asset of Dmitry Mazepin is the Uralchem group of companies, which is considered one of the largest producers of mineral fertilizers in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. Problems in Uralchem began to mature more than four years ago, but then it looked like a great success.

In 2013, the company received a loan of $4.5 billion from VTB Capital. Mazepin needed money to purchase a stake in Uralkali from Suleiman Kerimov; the bank provided him with funds secured by the purchased shares of the enterprise. Here we cannot help but remember that the change of ownership of Uralkali also had political motives. The holding formed a powerful cartel together with Belaruskali, but contradictions arose between its owners and the leadership of Belarus. The conflict was resolved at the interstate level. It was assumed that the change of owners of Uralkali would restore relations. Therefore, there is every reason to believe that Mazepin paid Kerimov a clearly inflated price and thereby compensated him for political costs.

At the time of the transaction, Uralchem already had debts of $676 million. In 2014, due to the collapse of the ruble exchange rate, the company found itself in the situation of “currency mortgagers.” It seems that the losses from the sharp change in exchange rate differences amounted to about 1.7 billion rubles, while the value of the stake in Uralkali purchased by Mazepin fell almost 3 times - to $1.2 billion. By the end of the year, Uralkali’s loss amounted to more than 33 billion rubles, the reasons, apparently, were a decrease in global demand for fertilizers due to the “sanctions war”, as well as a drop in the quality of Uralkali’s products due to man-made reasons. The failed attempt to restore the alliance with Belaruskali also played a role.

According to some reports, Mazepin’s structures violated the terms of the loan agreement with VTB Capital already in 2014. Then, taking into account the political situation, the bank abandoned harsh influence on the debtor, but it is unlikely that this position will be maintained forever.

Moreover, at some of Dmitry Mazepin’s enterprises, creditors may find signs of asset withdrawal.

Credit for "black hole"

Dmitry Mazepin’s business strategy is demonstrated in practice by the events surrounding the Voskresensk Mineral Fertilizers (VMF) plant. The enterprise was purchased by the oligarch in 2008, despite the fact that a year earlier regulatory authorities ordered the plant to be closed due to extreme wear and tear on production lines. In 2009, by order of Rostechnadzor, the operation of the ammonia systems at VMU was stopped, one of the two sulfuric acid systems was closed, which led to massive staff reductions. At the end of 2009, the plant suffered a loss of 1.5 billion rubles. One might assume that the billionaire bought the troubled plant in order to bring it back to life. VMU is the city-forming enterprise of Voskresensk. Dmitry Mazepin could carry out a deep modernization of the plant and bring it to profit, thereby supporting life in the single-industry town near Moscow. However, there is information that almost immediately after the purchase of the plant, the transfer of “suitable” assets of VMU to Uralchem could begin. Access railway tracks, wastewater treatment plants, land and the buildings of individual workshops were probably carried out for a reason through the Cypriot company Assethill Holdings Ltd, which at that time was part of affiliates with the Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant, another Mazepin structure. By the way, the main “assistant” of the chemical magnate in the privatization of VMU is considered to be the former mayor of Voskresensk, Yuri Sleptsov, who was later convicted by the Moscow Regional Court for bribery. To be fair, it should be noted that in 2016, the owner of VMU tried to partially repurpose the plant and begin producing modern water-soluble fertilizers. But, despite this, today the plant’s load is no more than 50% of its rated capacity, and taking into account current economic realities and the fall in demand for fertilizers, the plant’s prospects are completely uncertain.

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Flight of Uralkali

Dmitry Mazepin acquired the worn-out Voskresensk plant not for own funds, and for this he took out a loan from Sberbank for 3 billion rubles. The money was received by Dmitry Mazepin, despite current obligations to this bank in the amount of 700 million rubles. Is such “assistance” possible without the personal participation of the head of Sberbank German Gref? By the way, this institution is the largest creditor of Uralkali, around which last years Several interesting events occurred that remained almost unnoticed by the press. In 2015, the company delisted from the London Stock Exchange; in December 2017, a message appeared about the decision of the board of directors of Uralkali to also leave the Moscow Stock Exchange. Apparently, Uralkali (PJSC Uralkali) is now preparing to transition to private company and further potential reorganization, liquidation or sale. This may be due to significant wear and tear production assets and regular accidents, as well as large debts of the holding. The company's debt to Sberbank is $2.46 billion, and the total amount of debt is about $5 billion.

Due to the difficult situation in the potash market at the end of 2016, Uralkali experienced a decline in production volumes (by 5%) and sales (by 2%), and a decrease in revenue by 27% compared to 2015. Problems at the company's production sites led to an increase in production costs by 6%. Because of all this, by 2020 the company planned to reduce personnel by 20%.

It is quite possible that in this situation Mazepin will decide to bankrupt PJSC Uralkali. No one will be surprised if by that time the company’s funds and assets will leave the company’s balance sheets. This may be confirmed by the fact that in 2017, the Federal Tax Service assessed additional taxes to Uralkali by 980 million rubles, since it believed that the company had underestimated the income tax base through a transaction with related parties. We were talking about the income that Uralkali received as a result of transactions with the purchase and sale of shares of the enterprise between mutually affiliated PJSC Uralkali, Cypriot Enterpro Services and JSC Uralkali-Technology.

Businessman or raider?

Against the backdrop of problems with the main assets, Dmitry Mazepin continues to participate in a shareholder conflict with the owners of the Togliattiazot company. The confrontation began 10 years ago, and in 2012 it entered an active phase. ToAZ shareholders became defendants in a criminal case of fraud: according to investigators, in 2008–2011, Togliattiazot sold its products (ammonia and urea) abroad at artificially low prices. The court decided to arrest the defendants in absentia; now, according to some sources, they are in the United States.

By the way, there is one interesting detail: at the end of 2015, ToAZ minority shareholder Evgeniy Sedykin, who is associated with Dmitry Mazepin, carried out the so-called repeated annual meeting shareholders, as a result of which Sedykin himself was elected chairman of the board of directors of ToAZ OJSC for an indefinite period. Subsequently, Togliattiazot successfully challenged all the procedures carried out in the courts; in July last year, Sedykin was sentenced to four years probation for an attempted raider takeover of ToAZ.

And one more interesting detail: in January 2018, the press reported the detention in Russia of Sergei Sokolov, who was the head of the security service of Boris Berezovsky. Sokolov is suspected of illegal trafficking in firearms, and another person involved in the criminal case is the ex-chief of the ToAZ security service Oleg Antoshin. Those arrested are also being checked for involvement in staging terrorist attacks. Probably, the gentlemen in 2016 could have been involved in the planting of weapons and illegal political literature on the premises of Togliattiazot. The customers and sponsors of this operation, which was supposed to publicly discredit the main owners of ToAZ, have not yet been identified, but someone can link the actions of Sokolov and Antoshin with the activity towards ToAZ of persons from Dmitry Mazepin’s entourage.

At least Uralchem’s lawyers are serving the interests of the arrested Sokolov and Antoshin in court. And they certainly do this not out of mercy, but perhaps out of fear that the accused will begin to actively cooperate with the investigation and very unpleasant details of their work will come to light. Among other things, in the story of the attacks on Tolyatti-Azot, a terrifying question arises: how could it be that the respected member of the Forbes list and owner of Uralchem, Dmitry Mazepin, is so often mentioned in the context of the openly criminal elements of Sedykin, Sokolov and Antoshin? In the story of the new attempt to seize Togliattiazot, as many media outlets write, a former high-ranking employee of Lubyanka is also involved, who, according to available information, is lobbying for the release of Sergei Sokolov. It is obvious that a real raider hurricane has begun around Togliattiazot, in which more than one “soldier of fortune” is participating.

But will all this help solve Uralchem’s financial problems? The ground is burning under his feet: dangerous industrial accidents; debts, the amounts of which are already poorly correlated with the real assets and activities of enterprises; numerous scandals that do not subside around him. So isn't it time to see that the methods he's used to are backfiring? Perhaps his time has already passed?

Born on April 18, 1968 in Minsk, he graduated from the Minsk Suvorov Military School in 1985. Later he studied to become a military translator. In 1986-1988 he served in Afghanistan as a translator. After graduating from the Faculty of Economics of MGIMO in 1992, he worked in the financial sector of Russia and Belarus, and held senior positions in large Russian companies and government agencies.

1992-1993 - Insurance Company Infistrakh, CEO.
1993-1995 - CB Belarusbank, deputy director of the branch.
1995 - JSCB Falcon, first deputy chairman of the board, acting chairman of the board.
1996-1997 - VAO Raznoimport, Deputy General Director.
1997 - Vice-President of Tyumen oil company
1997-1998 - Executive Director of the Nizhnevartovskneftegaz oil production enterprise, part of TNK.
1998-1999 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Flora-Moscow Bank.
1999-2001 - Advisor to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
2001 - General Director of the Kuzbassugol coal company.
2002 - First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
2002-2003 - President of AK Sibur.
since 2007 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uralchem.

After leaving Sibur, Dmitry Mazepin decided to go into business in chemical industry. In 2004, the Konstruktivnoe Bureau company, controlled by D. A. Mazepin, acquired a controlling stake in OJSC Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant at an open auction by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. In 2005, he headed the board of directors of the plant. Later, Konstruktivnoe Bureau acquired stakes in the Perm JSC Halogen and Minudobreniya, the Berezniki JSC Azot, and the Volgograd Khimprom (transferred to Renova in 2006). In 2007, on the basis of the assets of the Constructive Bureau holding, the Open Joint Stock Company United Chemical Company Uralchem was created. In June 2008, 75.01% of the shares of Voskresensk Mineral Fertilizers OJSC were acquired.

State

Forbes magazine included D. A. Mazepin in the list of 100 richest businessmen in Russia in 2010, estimating his fortune at $950 million.

Dmitry Arkadyevich Mazepin(b. April 18, 1968, Minsk, BSSR) - Russian entrepreneur, main owner and chairman of the board of directors of the United Chemical Company Uralchem.

Biography

Since 2007, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uralchem.

In 2008 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Institute of Economics and Management with a degree in Organization Management. At the same university in 2012, he defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Formation methodical approach to managing the stock potential of an oil industry enterprise."

Married for the second time. Has four children.

Business career

1992-1993 - insurance company Infistrakh, general director.
1993-1995 - CB Belarusbank, deputy director of the branch.
1995 - JSCB Falcon, first deputy chairman of the board, acting chairman of the board.
1996-1997 - VAO Raznoimport, Deputy General Director.
1997 - Vice President of the Tyumen Oil Company
1997-1998 - Executive Director of the Nizhnevartovskneftegaz oil production enterprise, part of TNK.
1998-1999 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Flora-Moscow Bank.
1999-2001 - Advisor to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
2001 - General Director of the Kuzbassugol coal company.
2002 - First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.
2002-2003 - President of AK Sibur.
since 2007 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uralchem.
since 2014 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Uralkali

He was appointed head of Sibur a few months after the arrest of the previous head of the company, Yakov Goldovsky. The main task set for Mazepin by the management of Gazprom was to return Sibur to the operational control of the parent company and bring it out of a deep crisis. After spending a little more than six months as head of the company, he was dismissed in February 2003. In just a few months of working at Sibur, Mazepin managed to resolve the most pressing issues: pay off months of salary arrears, pay off debts to energy workers and start up the holding’s idle enterprises. During the short time that Mazepin worked at Sibur, there was a noticeable increase in the processing of associated petroleum gas at several gas processing plants.

After leaving Sibur, Mazepin decided to go into business in the chemical industry. In 2004, the Konstructive Bureau company, controlled by Mazepin, acquired a controlling stake in OJSC Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Plant at an open auction by the Russian Federal Property Fund. Initially, Mazepin claimed that he was acting in the interests of OJSC Gazprom, but in the end he became the owner of the plant himself.

According to some media reports, the assets on which it was built own business Mazepin, were withdrawn from Gazprom.

In 2005, he headed the board of directors of the plant. Later, Konstruktivnoe Bureau acquired stakes in the Perm JSC Halogen and Minudobreniya, the Berezniki JSC Azot, and the Volgograd Khimprom (transferred to Renova in 2006). In 2007, on the basis of the assets of the Constructive Bureau holding, the Open Joint Stock Company United Chemical Company Uralchem was created.

In June 2008, he acquired 75.01% of the shares of Voskresensk Mineral Fertilizers OJSC, in 2011 - 100% of the shares. In the same year, he merged the enterprises of the Kirovo-Chepetsk plant and Halogen (Perm) into JSC Halopolymer. In 2015, he resigned from the board of directors of Halopolymer.

In December 2013, Mazepin, together with Mikhail Prokhorov, bought a controlling stake in Uralkali OJSC from Suleiman Kerimov and became the owner of 19.99% of the shares. Management of the enterprise passed into the hands of Mazepin. In March 2014, he became Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company.

New markets - new prospects

One of the key factors in the development of any production is the presence of stable demand for products. In the case of the URALCHEM holding, one of the leaders in the European mineral fertilizer market, the source of demand is the agro-industrial complex.

Currently, the company is actively entering new foreign markets and establishing cooperation with states where agriculture remains the main driver of the economy to this day. In particular, we are talking about creating a Russian hub for direct supplies of mineral fertilizers to the countries of South-East Africa.

In February, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Uralkali Dmiry Mazepin personally met with the President of the Republic of Zambia Edgar Lungu and the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa and discussed the prospects for joint work.

Cooperation between Zambia and Zimbabwe with Russian companies will significantly reduce fertilizer prices for African agricultural producers, who are currently forced to purchase fertilizers from intermediaries for an average of $450–500 per ton. For comparison, Russia can offer mineral fertilizers on the world market, including in African ports, at a price of $250–300 per ton.

According to the President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, “investment in agriculture is a powerful stimulus for the economic development of our country. Zambia is in the middle of South East Africa and if our experience is positive it will become good example for other countries in the region.

President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, for whom the meeting with Dmitry Mazepin was the first contact with Russian business after his election, noted:

- The country is now opening up for business, including Russian. For the last 16-17 years we have been isolated due to Western sanctions, but now the economy is entering a period of recovery. We will pay special attention to the development of the mining sector, Agriculture and industry. Capital used to flee Zimbabwe, but now we need competition.

According to him, restrictions on doing business in Zimbabwe are being lifted for foreign investors, and administrative and economic barriers are being eased. The head of the republic stressed that Zimbabwe guarantees the safety of foreign investment and security for investors.

Here is how Dmitry Mazepin commented on the results of meetings with the heads of two African countries:

- In southwest and southeast Africa, there are historically traders who buy fertilizers at ports and transport them to landlocked countries, providing logistics and storage services for chemical products. We believe that the companies URALCHEM and Uralkali can take on these responsibilities, so farmers will be able to purchase fertilizers at much more favorable prices. At a meeting with the President of Zimbabwe, we received an invitation to participate in both the supply of fertilizers and mining projects in this country. Of course, we would be interested in this. When we receive guarantees of stable business development at such a high level, this is very important for us.

The volume of supplies of URALCHEM and Uralkali products to South-East Africa is currently about 100 thousand tons per year, and in the near future, according to Dmitry Mazepin, it can reach 500-600 thousand tons annually.

The creation of the Russia-Zimbabwe Business Council, which will be headed by Dmitry Mazepin from the Russian side, was also discussed with the President of Zimbabwe and other members of the government of the republic.

Social responsibility as a priority

URALCHEM Holding has been and remains a company actively investing in social and charitable projects. And the determining factor here is Dmitry Mazepin’s personal involvement in issues of public well-being.

For example, in 2012, he donated $0.7 million of his personal funds to buy cars for large families in the Kirov region. And in 2013, Russian Forbes included the businessman in the TOP-7 ranking of leading Russian billionaire philanthropists - after in just a year, funding for social and charitable projects of the chemical giant URALCHEM more than doubled - from more than 90 million rubles in 2011 up to 232.3 million rubles in 2012. In 2014, the company donated 234.5 million rubles to charity in Russia and abroad.

Today, URALCHEM continues to comply with all obligations to the state and society. In 2017, over 3.6 billion rubles in taxes were paid to the Russian budget, over 550 million rubles were allocated to charitable projects within the framework of six main programs: “URALCHEM for Children”, “URALCHEM for Veterans”, “URALCHEM for the Regions”, “URALCHEM - education and science", "URALCHEM - cultural traditions" and "URALCHEM - sports".

Among the largest completed projects- support for the federal program “KaDetstvo” to create and develop a network of cadet corps in Russia, train future personnel for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and law enforcement agencies, and educate the younger generation in the spirit of patriotism. In addition, the company provides financial support to the Russian Heroes Association, which unites Heroes Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation and full holders of the Order of Glory, living in 55 constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as charitable foundation assistance to people of the older generation “Third Age”, veterans of the anti-terrorism unit “Alpha”, labor veterans of the chemical industry.

In 2017, Kirovo-Chepetsk continued to implement a large-scale social project“URALCHEM - roads to the city”: the company allocated 25 million rubles for the repair of the city’s largest transport arteries.

In the field of culture, URALCHEM, together with the Latvian foundation Art Forte, implemented a number of projects in 2017 aimed at popularizing Russian art: the company financed a tour of the Moscow Theater “On Malaya Bronnaya” on the stage of the Dailes Theater in Riga, a concert of the choir named after. M.E. Pyatnitsky in honor of Russia Day in Jurmala, with the support of URALCHEM, Konstantin Khabensky and Yuri Bashmet presented the play “Do not leave your planet” based on the story by A. De Saint-Exupery “The Little Prince”.

As part of the charity program “URALCHEM for Sports” Special attention the company focused on the development of navigation in the Perm region. In 2017, Perm swimmers won 72 medals at competitions at the Russian and international levels.

Dmitry Mazepin himself is a graduate of the Suvorov Military School and the Olympic Reserve School, so he has first-hand knowledge of the key problems and tasks in the field of supporting youth and sports. It was this experience, lived in his youth, that cultivated the will in the future billionaire, taught him to make responsible decisions and not be afraid to take risks. However, today Dmitry Mazepin is confident: the risk in doing business is minimal.

In the “On Working Noon” program, aired on the Rossiya 24 TV channel, answering a correspondent’s question about his experience in making risky decisions, the businessman explained: “There is no risk in doing business. It's just painstaking work. You just have to roll up your sleeves and just work.” Perhaps it is in this humble approach that the secret of success of Dmitry Mazepin, a billionaire and philanthropist, lies.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC UCC URALCHEM Dmitry Arkadyevich Mazepin born in 1968. Graduated from the Minsk Suvorov School, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Faculty of Economics). Since the mid-1990s, he has held senior management positions in government agencies and large companies: OJSC Tyumen Oil Company, OJSC Nizhnevartovskneftegaz, OJSC Kuzbassugol Coal Company, Russian Federal Property Fund. From 2002 to 2003 - President of OJSC AK Sibur. Since 2007 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of URALCHEM.

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