Person attributes
He was born in Lviv.
In 1986 he graduated with honors from the Faculty of Non-Ferrous Metals of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.
1986-1988 - design engineer of the plant "Elektrostal" in the city of Elektrostal, Moscow region.
He showed the qualities of a successful businessman in the late 1980s, when he organized the "Courier" cooperative for washing windows.
In 1991 he headed the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank. Part of its capital is invested in Belarusian projects - Alfa-Bank, Life operator, retailers Belmarket and BelEuroset.
After the establishment of Alfa-Eco, Mikhail Friedman played a key role in its transformation into one of the most powerful and authoritative financial and industrial structures in Russia - the Alfa Group consortium - and became one of the most influential businessmen in Russia.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Alfa-Group consortium, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Bank OJSC, member of the Board of Directors of the oil company TNK-BP.
Subsequently, he was a member of the board of directors of SIDANKO Oil Company and Perekryostok Trading House.
Winner of a number of prestigious awards in the field of business and entrepreneurship, he has repeatedly held leading positions in the Russian and international rankings of the most effective managers.
In May 2016, he announced his intention to spend almost all of his fortune on charity. Friedman does not intend to involve his children in the management of Alpha Groups, hoping that they will achieve career success on their own.
Public activity. In January 1996, he co-founded the Russian Jewish Congress (REC), becoming its vice president and head of the culture committee.
In 1995-1998 he was a member of the board of directors of Public Russian Television (ORT CJSC).
Friedman is a member of the bureau and board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), and deals with judicial reform. He is a member of the National Council for Corporate Governance (an advisory body uniting the heads of major Russian companies and federal authorities), a member of the International Advisory Council on Foreign Relations (USA), a member of the Banking Council under the Russian government.
Since 2011, Mikhail Friedman has been holding the annual Leopolis Jazz Fest in Lviv.
Condition. In 2007, the fortune was estimated at $ 13.5 billion (sixth place among Russian entrepreneurs at the beginning of 2007).
In 2012, he was ranked 57th on the list of billionaires in the world, with a fortune of $ 13.4 billion.
The American version of Forbes magazine in 2015 estimated Friedman's fortune at $ 14.6 billion (68th in the world). In the same year, in the list of 200 richest businessmen in Russia, compiled by the Russian version of Forbes magazine, Friedman took 2nd place.
In 2016, he took 2nd place in the Forbes magazine's ranking of the richest Russian entrepreneurs.
According to the results of 2018, Forbes magazine estimated Friedman's fortune at $ 15 billion. In the list of the richest businessmen in Russia, he took 7th place. In 2018, the amount of its capital decreased by $ 100 million.
In 2019, The Times ranked him tenth on the list of the richest people in the UK with a fortune of 10.9 billion pounds, and Forbes named the richest man in London.
Family. Mikhail Friedman divorced. Friedman has four children: daughters Laura Friedman (born in 1993), Katya Friedman (born in 1996), Nika Ozhelskaya (born in 2006) and son Alexander Ozhelsky (born in 2000).
He has Israeli citizenship and lives in London.
Hobbies. Travel. He likes to drive a car, for a long time he was fond of jeep racing.
