German Khan - successful businessman Russia

Forbes Magazine Fortune begins to speak of Russian businessman in their list of the 100 richest people in the world. These Russian businessmen listed in Forbes 100 fortune dominated by young people with significant growth of the business, German Khan is one of them. Last year his wealth estimated to reach U.S. $ 13.9 billion and Forbes put in 54 Fortune 100 companies.

Born in Ukraine October 26, 1962, German Khan graduated from Moscow Steel and Alloys Institute in 1988. Khan started his first company in 1989 with two Mikhail Fridman and his friend Alexei Kuzmichev, his first company Alfa Eco, commodity trading company. Alfa Eco became Alfa Group, a holding company that Khan spread his activities in the banking industry, commerce, telecommunications, oil and gas.

Alfa Banking Group manages the activities through Alfa Bank. Alfa Bank because it has the largest network in Russia, which provides the service of corporate banking, retail and investment bank. Its branch reach Kazakhstan, London, New York, Amsterdam and one of the big 10 banks in Ukraine. Today, Alfa Bank has already become the largest bank in Russia. Alfa Group also own Alfa Capital Management, which provides asset management. Strakhovanie Alfa Group Alfa Group companies in the insurance industry.

Alfa Bank recognized as the market leader in Russia Banking, Khan and his Alfa Group entering new area of ​​business, oil and gas. Tyumen Oil Corporation is oil Russia and gas companies that face financial problems when the Alfa Group bought it in 1997. Tyumen financial problem solved in three years in 2000 and Khan has changed his name to TNK. Financial Times, an international journal, TNK awarded as the best oil company in the world in 2000.

Khan in 2003 to merge TNK SIDANCO. SIDANCO is a BP Russia subsidiaries. The new company called TNK-BP has no less than $ 6.7 billion, TNK_BP also shares 50% of Slavneft, Russia Gas Company. Khan was appointed as a leader in the TNK-BP and TNK BP because both believe that Khan could bridges the gap between BP, as a British company, and TNK, Russia as a company.

TNK-BP began its activities after the merger the new oil in Uvat, Russia in 2005. TNK-BP invests $ 2 billion in the Uvat project estimated to contain 120 million barrels of oil. Recently, TNK-BP also manages the sales of oil and gas retail through 1600 STBP holders who own the gas station in Russia and Ukraine. Last year, TNK-BP is known to be involved in oil exploration in Iraq.

Khan's latest move in the business world has been through the telecommunications industry, Altimo as a leader in the telecommunications market in Russia and in other countries of the former Soviet Union is a group company of Alfa.

But, despite all those construction, Khan still has some controversy. One of these disputes is the acquisition of Tyumen in 1997 because it was previously Tyumen Oil and Gas Company National Government won by Russia. Russia's government through the Department of Finance still have doubts on the capital used to buy Tyumen by Alfa Group, because Exim Bank of America was known for being refused a loan application by the Group's Alfa Tyumen bought .......