Alexey Miller is the chairman of the board and manager of Gazprom, head of the board of directors of three organizations: NPF Gazfond, Gazprombank and SOGAZ. Member of the state commission on TC issues and the board of trustees of Global Energy.
Childhood and student years
Alexey Borisovich Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in the now defunct Leningrad. His parents were employees of the research and production association "Leninets" - military production closed type. The father performed the duties of a fitter, while the boy's mother was an engineer. There was no one in the family of Boris and Lyudmila except little Lesha, so there was enough attention and love.
Due to their nationality and place of residence, his parents were often called “Russian Germans.” This is why various kinds of information about Miller’s origins often pop up on the Internet.
His second home was Leningrad Gymnasium 330, distinguished by its intensive study of the exact sciences. Throughout his school time he was an exemplary student: did not conflict with other students or teachers. He was shy and diligent. Miller's teachers and classmates recall that he was an inconspicuous person, but at the same time he always strived to achieve various goals.
Having received a school certificate with good grades, he entered the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute without any problems. After graduating in 1984, he received a specialty and a diploma as an engineer-economist. For some teachers, Alexey became a favorite student, while others say that he was a responsible student.
After his studies, Miller took up the post of engineer-economist at LenNIIproekt. While working there, he decided to continue his studies and became a graduate student, and three years later in 1989 he successfully defended his dissertation.
Fast-paced career
In the early 90s, perhaps the most important acquaintance in his life happened in the life of Alexei Miller. At that time, the young specialist was just starting to work at the mayor’s office of St. Petersburg. His responsibilities included working with external relations, and Miller’s boss at the time was Vladimir Putin himself. He carried out his activities for five years, as a result of which the Committee on External Relations acquired contacts with serious Western banks.
After a rapid career in the Committee and good results, Alexey became a desired employee in many large companies in the Russian Federation, and they wanted him for leadership positions. From 1996 to 1999, he worked at the Sea Port of St. Petersburg company, and then assumed the position of General Director of the Baltic Pipeline System OJSC.
In the early 2000s, Vladimir Putin occupied the main place in the Kremlin, and Miller decided to follow his friend to Moscow. There he receives the post of Deputy Minister of Russian Energy, but remains in office for only a year and becomes chairman of Gazprom. The new leadership, replacing Rem Vyakhirev, promises significant reforms, which happened almost immediately. The previously partially free Gazprom was completely transferred to the authorities and the process of returning assets that Vyakhirev lost during his leadership began.
A year after starting work at Gazprom, instead of his previous position, Alexey is appointed to the post of deputy chairman of the Board of Directors. During this period, the organization underwent significant personnel changes. Many people from Vyakhirev’s circle were fired. The vacant positions were filled by people with whom Miller had previously worked and people from the Kremlin.
Due to numerous reshuffles, it became popular that they would end with Alexei’s resignation, but he only just secured his position as manager, and in 2006 his contract was extended until 2011. A year earlier, the authoritative Harvard Business Review magazine assessed Miller's abilities and awarded him third place in the list of the most professional top managers in the whole world. In 2013, he was noted by Forbes magazine, according to the editors of which Alexey again took bronze in the ranking of the world's most successful managers, whose annual income is about $25 million. IN Russian list Forbes, despite all the problems of Gazprom, Miller still ranks 1st.
Personal life
In terms of openness to journalists, Alexey Miller is one of those people who does not have enough time for numerous interviews and meetings with the press. The small number of interviews that he does give are devoted to the work, development of Gazprom and the company’s cooperation with foreign organizations.
Despite the lack of desire to talk about his personal life, it is known that he has been married for a long time, and in the family, in addition to his wife, there is a son. IN free time Miller prefers to play sports: cycling or skiing. From time to time he engages in horse riding, and not always as a recreational activity. One of his responsibilities, in accordance with the presidential decree, is the development of Russian equestrian sports.
Alexey Miller now
IN this moment Alexey is involved in two major projects that are designed to improve Gazprom’s situation. He controls the construction of two branches for gas transportation: Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream. Miller regularly appears on television and meets with heads of cooperating states.
Miller Alexey BorisovichMiller Alexey Borisovich- Russian economist, regional head, statesman. Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom. Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Biography
Miller Alexey Borisovich, born January 31, 1962, native of Leningrad.
Relatives. Wife: Miller Irina Anatolyevna, born November 24, 1963, housewife. Unlike other wives dignitaries, does not lead a social life and almost never appears in public, concentrating all his efforts on maintaining household. The wife is raising a son. Alexey also has a daughter from his first marriage.
Awards. Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree. Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. Order of Alexander Nevsky. Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, II degree. Order of the Cross of the Hungarian Republic, II degree (Hungary). Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia). Order of Dostyk, II degree (Kazakhstan). Order of Honor (South Ossetia). Great officer Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy). Order St. Sergius Radonezh II degree (ROC). Order of the Saint St. Seraphim Sarovsky I degree (ROC). Order of Glory and Honor, II degree. Honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan. Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology. Order of the Nizhny Novgorod Region “For Civil Valor and Honor”, 1st degree. Order of Labor, 1st class (Vietnam). Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation. Order "For Merit to the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan." Order of Friendship (Armenia). Badge of honor “For caring for the beauty of the city.”
State. In 2012, he took 2nd place in the list of the most expensive managers in Russia according to Forbes with an income of $25 million. In 2013, he took 3rd place in the list of the most expensive managers in Russia with the same income of $25 million per year. In 2014 - 2nd place and $25 million. In 2015, he became the highest paid top manager in Russia with an income of $27 million. He is the owner of 0.000958% of Gazprom shares. At the end of 2016, he topped the Forbes ranking of the most valuable executives of Russian companies with an income of $17.7 million.
Hobbies. He is interested in horse riding. Owns riding stallions - Vesely (imported from the USA) and Fragrant. The stallions have repeatedly won prizes and are purebred. Alexey Miller can often be seen at the matches of FC Zenit, whose general sponsor is PJSC Gazprom.
Education
Graduated from the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute named after. N. A. Voznesensky. It has academic degree Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Labor activity
- After graduation, he worked at the LenNIIproekt Institute and studied there in graduate school, holding the positions of engineer-economist and junior research fellow, then moved to the Committee on economic reform Leningrad City Executive Committee.
- From 1991 to 1996, he worked in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall, where he rose from head of department to deputy chairman of the Committee.
- In 1996, Miller became Director for Development and Investments of the Sea Port of St. Petersburg OJSC, and in 1999 he took the post of General Director of the Baltic Pipeline System OJSC.
- In 2000, he was invited to the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation to the position of Deputy Minister.
- In 2001, Miller A.B. was appointed Chairman of the Board of OJSC Gazprom. By virtue of his position, he is also Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Gazprom.
- He also holds the positions of vice-president of the Russian Football Union and chairman of the board of directors of OJSC Russian Hippodromes.
Connections/Partners
In principle, it was not difficult for Alexei Borisovich, who did not like to be the center of attention, to work well with Putin. Miller did his job diligently, did not come up with initiatives, agreed with the management in everything, being aware of very important matters, never chatted about them, in a word, “kept his head down.” He calmly brought together St. Petersburg and foreign companies, but did not sign any strategic documents and did not make sensitive decisions. His name has never surfaced in connection with a criminal case or a high-profile scandal. In a word, he was an ideal performer. At the same time, Miller tried to copy the behavior style of his boss Putin in everything. So, Alexey Borisovich, like Vladimir Vladimirovich, tried to avoid public events and noisy buffets, which Mayor Sobchak adored so much.
On the committee, Miller oversaw the economic zones Pulkovo (where the enterprises of the Coca-Cola and Gillette companies were located) and Parnas with the Baltika brewery. While working at KVS, Miller was also remembered for bringing large Western banks to the city, such as Dresdener Bank and Lyon Credit. On Putin’s instructions, he also dealt with issues of attracting foreign investment to St. Petersburg. All issues were resolved competently. Despite the fact that he was the initiator of the transfer of a number of buildings to foreign companies in historical center city, interest in oneself law enforcement escaped, however, like Putin himself. Well, when Vladimir Vladimirovich became the head of Russia, it never occurred to anyone to stir up previous affairs.
But before ascending, Alexey Borisovich lost his chair. In 1996, Mayor Sobchak lost the election Vladimir Yakovlev, as a result of which Putin was forced to leave the mayor's office. There was no place for Miller in the new composition of the city leadership. If Putin went to Moscow, where he was offered the position of deputy manager of the affairs of the President of the Russian Federation, then Miller remained in St. Petersburg, becoming deputy general director of the Sea Port of St. Petersburg OJSC, of which he was the beneficiary Ilya Traber close to criminal circles.
At the same time, he continued to maintain relations with Putin. When Vladimir Vladimirovich became the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation in 1999, Alexey Borisovich took over the post of General Director of OJSC Baltic Pipeline System.
With the arrival of Putin to the highest government post in Russia, the most promising career prospects opened up for Miller. In July 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, in charge of the development of international cooperation in the fuel and energy sector. Knowledgeable people they said that Alexey Borisovich was “doing an internship” before taking the place of minister, but in May 2001 he became the head not of the Ministry of Energy, but of Gazprom, replacing him in this post Rema Vyakhireva.
It is noteworthy that this decision by Putin came as a complete surprise to Gazprom management. So, the company's management found out about this an hour before the start of the board of directors meeting, during which Miller was introduced as the head of the corporation. Despite the fact that Alexey Borisovich immediately after his appointment stated that he intended to ensure the “continuity” of Gazprom’s policy, it became clear to everyone that a purge of the concern from Vyakhirev’s personnel was coming.
As a result, he not only carried out this purge, but also managed to turn the gas giant's treasury into an inexhaustible source of money for the needs of the Kremlin. President Putin was pleased with the performance of Alexei Borisovich in this post. Miller successfully thwarted all plans to reform the gas monopoly, during which it was planned to withdraw the gas transportation system into a separate, state-controlled structure, as well as separate the production and processing systems from Gazprom.
The main merit of Alexey Borisovich is that with his arrival at Gazprom, the state regained controlling interest shares of the concern, while Gazprom itself managed to regain the assets lost under Rem Vyakhirev. But it should be noted that not all of the assets were returned; some of them ended up, not without Miller’s assistance, under the control Gennady Timchenko- friend and ally of V. Putin.
Alexey Borisovich also generously distributed contracts on which a new generation of “oligarchs” grew up, the most prominent representatives which are the Rotenberg brothers.
Under Miller, Gazprom became an active participant in the so-called. gas wars with other CIS countries. So, twice, in January 2006 and January 2008, supplies were stopped Russian gas to Ukraine, which were caused by the refusal of the Ukrainian side to pay the price specified by Gazprom. On the instructions of Alexey Borisovich, in January 2007 the gas was “cut off” to Belarus. At the same time, Miller never tired of repeating that the company he heads is reaching out to all the republics former USSR to “understandable, transparent” market principles work”, the basis of which is “the global hydrocarbon price environment”. However, Alexey Borisovich was not at all embarrassed that in gas relations between Russia and Ukraine long time featured a completely opaque intermediary structure, Rosukrenergo, whose owners were a Ukrainian billionaire Dmitry Firtash and Gazprom itself.
Miller was the author of an ambitious project for the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline, which was supposed to pass through the Baltic Sea, bypassing the countries that previously ensured the transit of Russian gas to Europe. It was planned to start construction back in 2005, but due to the delay in preparing the long-term business plan for the project, pipe laying began only in 2010, and the gas pipeline received a new name “Nord Stream”.
Under Miller, Gazprom set a course for business globalization. Under him, the corporation acquired assets in the electric power industry and oil sector, increased the share of Russian gas in European gas imports to 40%, and established contacts with the German E.On and BASF and the Italian ENI.
In addition to the aforementioned Nord Stream, work is underway on the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline across the Black Sea, a number of strategic agreements on gas supplies to Asia-Pacific countries have been signed (which, however, remain only on paper for now), and the decision to abolish state regulation on domestic gas prices has been pushed through. But still, criticism of Alexey Borisovich is becoming louder.
However, Miller pays no attention to his critics. Despite his health problems (for example, due to kidney stones, he was even forced to give up his favorite beer), he is not going to resign yet, knowing full well that he has not yet lost Putin’s trust. And who would voluntarily leave a post in which he earns $25 million a year?
But still the attacks on Alexey Borisovich do not subside. Thus, Miller was criticized because of his intention to build a 396-meter-high skyscraper for Gazprom in St. Petersburg, on the right bank of the Neva, which would disfigure the architectural ensemble of the city. The residents of St. Petersburg managed to achieve the cancellation of construction, while Alexey Borisovich heard many unpleasant words about himself.
Another area on which Miller was criticized was his love of luxury. Thus, in 2009, photographs of his estate under construction on the shore of the Istra Reservoir, which received light hand the witty name is Millerhof. One land for a gigantic complex with an area of 30 hectares, reminiscent in architectural and landscape terms of the Great Palace in Peterhof with a cascade of fountains, cost about 16 million dollars. The experts remained modestly silent about the cost of construction. And although Miller categorically denied that he had anything to do with the estate under construction, no one really believed him. Why shouldn’t the owner of a stable with thoroughbred stallions and a man who easily allocates tens of millions of euros to buy players for Zenit have a truly royal estate?
People who know him speak of Alexey Borisovich in a less than favorable manner. He is pedantic by nature (apparently his German roots still have an effect), he is despotic in his attitude towards his subordinates, and intolerant of other people’s opinions. Being a workaholic himself, working fourteen hours a day, forces others to work in a similar mode. Very careful, likes to play it safe. In a word, as a leader he is very difficult. But under Miller, the salaries of Gazprom management, which, however, under Vyakhirev could not be called beggarly, soared to stratospheric heights.
In life, Alexey Borisovich Miller has always been guided and continues to be guided by two rules: never stick your neck out and the boss is always right. Thanks to this, he was able to make a dizzying career. President Putin, despite the increased criticism of Gazprom's structures, still trusts Miller completely. Thus, the position of the head of Gazprom is unlikely to be threatened in the near future.
Family
Alexey was born and raised in a family of “Russian Germans”. Mother - Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Miller (1936-2009), father - Boris Vasilyevich Miller (1933-1986). Parents worked at the Radio Electronics Research Institute of the USSR Ministry of Aviation Industry, which was later transformed into the Leninets Research and Production Association. His mother worked as an engineer, his father as a fitter.
Married. He and his wife Irina are raising a son, Mikhail.
Biography
He studied at school-gymnasium No. 330 in the Nevsky district of Leningrad. Graduated in 1984 Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute them. N. A. Voznesensky.
In the 1980s, he was part of the circle of Leningrad economists-reformers, whose informal leader was Anatoly Chubais; was a member of the "Synthesis" club at the Leningrad Youth Palace, which included young Leningrad economists and social scientists, including: Dmitry Vasiliev, Mikhail Dmitriev, Andrei Illarionov, Boris Lvin, Mikhail Manevich, Andrei Lankov, Andrei Prokofiev, Dmitry Travin and others.
In 1984-1986 - engineer-economist at LenNIIproekt.
In 1987-1990 he studied at the graduate school of the LFEI named after. N.A. Voznesensky.
In 1990 - junior researcher at LenNIIproekt.
In 1991, a fateful acquaintance took place for Alexei Borisovich. This year he began his work in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall, where the position of his head was held by the current President of the Russian Federation V.V. Putin. Miller worked under Putin's leadership for five years. During this time, we managed to establish contacts with the largest Western banks.
The change of power in St. Petersburg forced Alexey Miller to change his place of work. Having extensive connections, Miller became a desirable candidate for senior positions in major Russian companies. He was invited to work for the company OJSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg", and there he worked for three years.
Since 1999, Miller took the place of CEO at JSC "Baltic Pipeline System".
According to the results of the elections in Russia in 2000, Vladimir Putin became president. Following him, his former subordinate Alexey Miller moved to the capital. He was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, but remained in office for only a year (2000-2001).
Since 2001 he becomes Chairman of the Board "Gazprom", and since 2002 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Gazprom. Removal from office Rema Vyakhireva, who worked as chairman of OAO Gazprom for almost ten years, meant rapid changes in the company.
With the arrival of Miller, Gazprom becomes completely controlled by the state, and work begins to return assets lost during Vyakhirev’s rule.
There were also major personnel changes. Being far from the energy sector, Miller needed people for whom this field was not alien. A number of leadership positions went to people with whom the new chairman of the board had already worked; other appointments came from Kremlin, some members of Vyakhirev’s team managed to retain their posts.
Despite the fact that experts predicted Miller's imminent resignation, he strengthened his position. By 2004, the formation of a renewed management apparatus was completed. In 2006, Miller's work contract was extended for another five years.
At the beginning of 2010, the head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, took third place in the ranking of the most effective top managers in the world according to the magazine Harvard Business Review.
Experts studied the work of two thousand general directors of companies; the effectiveness of the general directors was measured by the income of shareholders during their tenure. At the same time, income was adjusted taking into account inflation and average indicators for the country and sector of the economy.
On May 18, 2010, Miller was elected vice president. Russian Football Union. In the second quarter of 2012, Miller took over as chairman of the board of directors. JSC "Russian Hippodromes".
In December 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the closure of the project "South Stream". Later, the head of Gazprom, Alexey Miller, explained that instead of " South Stream“A pipeline will be built through Turkey to the border with Greece, where a gas hub can be created.
In January, Alexey Miller advised European buyers to speed up preparations for changing the gas supply route due to the cessation of supplies through Ukraine.
The highest place in the ranking of Russian companies is now occupied by "Rosneft", which dropped from 6th place to 10th. Surgutneftegaz ended up in 12th place, and LUKOIL- in 13th place. Meanwhile, back in 2008, Miller stated that, thanks to high gas prices, he was going to increase capitalization to $1 trillion in ten years so that the company would become the most valuable in the world.
Alexey Miller has numerous government awards.
The top manager prefers to spend his free time with his family. He is interested in horse racing. Alexey Miller owns purebred stallions - Funny And Fragrant.
Vesely, imported from the USA, took 3rd place on August 12, 2012 at one of the races at the Central Moscow Hippodrome, receiving a prize of 3,000 rubles. Born at the Donskoy stud farm, Fragrant came first to the finish line seven times during his career and remained in the prizes 12 times.
Income
In 2013, he entered the top 3 Forbes list (3rd place) of the most expensive managers in Russia with an income of $25 million.
Rumors, scandals
Classmates said that Miller was an “inconspicuous guy,” although he was an excellent student. After graduating from FINEK in 1984 with honors, Alexey Miller got a job as an economist at LenNIIproekt, but the relationship with the team did not work out.
Miller kept his head down in "Club of Young Economists". According to the recollections of the “young reformers,” Miller listened there more than spoke and was considered perhaps the weakest link in Chubais’ team. But when Chubais needed personnel, Miller was not forgotten.
He was offered a vacancy in the city committee for external relations, which in those years was headed by Vladimir Putin. At first, Miller was the deputy head of the department, then his boss, then Putin’s deputy. Then he was a dim young man, containing a certain mystery and secrecy.
At the meetings of the Center for Strategic Research North-West Foundation, Miller was also invisible. He, unlike Kovalchuk, did not rant or speak, although it was clear that he was close to this circle.
For Putin, he was, first of all, a working person, reliable, someone you can rely on. Indeed, former colleagues confirm that Miller could work 16 hours a day if necessary.
Despite Family status, in the Moscow gay scene there are persistent rumors about Miller’s bisexuality.
People who worked with Alexey Miller at Smolny recall: " He always said hello and smiled." "Not a bad official, it is noticeable that he is a careerist, although he behaved modestly, always in the shadows. You know, the kind who "sounds bigger than it seems"". (Izvestia, 2001).
One of former colleagues Miller on KVS said: " Alexey is very efficient and obedient. He does what he is told to do. There is nothing bad to say about him, but nothing good either. He does not have his own opinion and is very convenient to deal with some other “Media Bridge”. But Miller won’t dare steal from him. Unless it's for yourself". ("Vedomosti", 2001.)
In 2005, a criminal case was opened regarding the theft of money from "Mezhregiongaz", 100% subsidiary of Gazprom. The essence of the fraud is that smaller companies also produce gas, but it can only be sold to Gazprom, since it has a pipe, the essence of the criminal case was explained to Sobesednik.
"However, Gazprom people say, for example, to Novatek: “We can only buy half.” The next day, an unknown company, Trustinvestgaz (TIG), comes to Novatek and offers to buy the remaining half at the same price that Gazprom itself charges - 500 rubles per thousand cubic meters. And a day later, Gazprom buys all this gas from TIG for 915 rubles, although two days ago it refused to take 500. After which the gas is given to the end consumer for 1000 rubles, but Gazprom no longer makes 100% of it, but just a little bit".
Navalny does not rule out that in this way “effective managers” from Gazprom, simply moving pieces of paper around the table, earned 1.5 billion rubles. Only on this episode!
"According to the documents, the money was transferred to the Baltic states and cashed there,” Navalny explained. – Only through one of dozens of companies 293 million rubles were pumped. But there are other episodes of the case. I think there are at least a thousand similar companies involved in this fraud, including different countries. Imagine how much money!".
However, the head of Gazprom himself has avoided charges of fraud, at least for now.
Chairman of the Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Gazprom
Chairman of the Board of JSC Gazprom, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank and Sogaz. Candidate of Economic Sciences. He has a number of state awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, received in 2006 for his contribution to the development of the Russian gas complex.
Alexey Borisovich Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. In 1979 he entered the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute. In 1984, he graduated from the institute with a degree in economics and got a job at LenNIIproekt. In 1986 he entered graduate school at LenNIIproekt. He graduated from it in 1989, defending his Ph.D. thesis.
In 1990 he worked at LenNIIproekt as a junior researcher. In the same year, he was invited to work on the Committee on Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. From 1991 to 1996, he worked in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin (who at that time served as head of the Committee for External Relations of the City Hall; Miller was his deputy and head of the department of foreign economic relations). Miller was involved in the development of the first investment zones in the city, in particular Pulkovo (the Coca-Cola and Gillette factories were built there) and Parnas (a complex of buildings for the Baltika brewing company was built). He brought the first foreign banks to the city, such as Dresden Bank and Lyon Credit. I was studying hotel business, was the chairman of the board of directors of the Europe Hotel, , .
In 1996, after the current mayor Anatoly Sobchak lost the election to Vladimir Yakovlev and Sobchak’s team left Smolny, Miller went to work at OJSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg. There he served as director of development and investments.
In 1999, Miller was appointed general director JSC "Baltic Pipeline System". In 2000, he became Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia, overseeing issues of foreign economic activity. Miller is given credit for the fact that thanks to the cooperation of the Ministry of Energy with OPEC, he managed to maintain a fairly high price for oil on world markets.
In January 2001, the media reported that Miller could become the successor to Energy Minister Alexander Gavrin. However, on May 30, 2001, Miller was elected chairman of the board of Gazprom OJSC (replacing Rem Vyakhirev in this post). According to a source in the Vedomosti newspaper, Miller himself refused the ministerial post offered to him as unpromising.
In the same year, Miller for the first time took the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC CB Gazprombank (later CJSC Joint-Stock Bank (AB) Gazprombank; OJSC Gazprombank). Subsequently (as of September 2008), he retained the post of head of the board of directors of Gazprombank.
The media claimed that the appointment of “Putin’s man” to replace Vyakhirev was a complete surprise for Gazprom management. The company's management learned about it an hour before the start of the board meeting - during a conversation with the president in the Kremlin. According to some media outlets, this appointment meant that Putin decided to take control of the gas empire into his own hands. After his appointment, Miller himself told news agencies that he intended to ensure continuity and strengthen the role of the state in the company.
On May 6, 2002, the government appointed Miller as a state representative as a shareholder to participate in the company's annual meeting of shareholders.
At the end of 2004 - beginning of 2005, Gazprom advocated increasing the price of gas supplied abroad. Another major gas supplier, Turkmenistan, has also expressed its intention to increase gas prices. In January 2006, the media reported that Gazprom and the Ukrainian Naftogaz agreed to supply Russian gas to Ukraine, but in June 2006, the company headed by Miller refused to buy gas from Turkmenistan, and Kiev became interested in the possibility of concluding a contract between Naftogaz and Turkmenistan for direct gas supplies without the participation of Gazprom.
At the end of October 2005, a group of minority shareholders oil company Yukos (mostly US citizens) filed a class action lawsuit in Washington District Court against the Russian Federation and a number of Russian energy companies, as well as their executives (including Miller) and ministers. The plaintiffs accused them of conspiring to “effectively nationalize” YUKOS, as a result of which minority shareholders lost expected profits. On the same day information Agency Reuters reported that Gazprom representatives received subpoenas calling them to court.
In February 2006, lawyers for Gazprom, Rosneft and Rosneftegaz, as well as lawyers for the head of the Ministry of Industry and Energy, Viktor Khristenko, and the Minister of Finance, Alexei Kudrin, filed a joint motion with the District of Columbia (USA) court to delay the submission of a response to the claims of YUKOS minority shareholders. On March 23, lawyers for minority shareholders stated that the summons had also been received Russian Federation generally. On March 24, the Russian Foreign Ministry denied this report, and in May 2006, lawyers for the defendants in the lawsuit of minority shareholders of YUKOS sent a petition to the Washington District Court with a request to dismiss the claim. By the end of September 2006, the application had not yet been considered.
Also in 2005 and 2006, Miller's name was mentioned in the media in connection with Gazprom's ambitious project - the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline. This gas pipeline was decided to be built jointly by Gazprom and the German companies E.ON and BASF. It must pass through the Baltic Sea (bypassing countries that previously provided transit of Russian gas to Europe). Row European countries(especially the Baltic countries) expressed dissatisfaction with this project. Objections ceased when Miller stated that Gazprom was ready to consider proposals from any country in the Baltic region for the construction of branches. It was assumed that the first line of the gas pipeline would be put into operation in 2010. However, in September 2006, it became clear that the start of construction had been delayed indefinitely because the long-term business plan for the project was not ready on time.
In March 2008, at the events held in Russia presidential elections won by the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom Dmitry Medvedev, whose candidacy was nominated by a number of political parties countries, including United Russia, and supported by President Putin, ,. On May 7, 2008, Medvedev took office as President of Russia, after which Miller became acting chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom for the period until the annual meeting elected a new board. On June 27, 2008, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Zubkov was elected as the new head of the board of directors of the gas monopoly, and Miller took the position of his deputy.
Despite information published in Vedomosti that Miller might resign from his post for health reasons, in March 2011 the corporation's board of directors re-elected him as chairman of the board for a five-year term.
The media have repeatedly written about Miller's income. In November 2007, Vedomosti reported that in 2006, Gazprom paid members of the company's board, including Miller, an average of 35 million rubles. In addition, as deputy chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom, he received 16.2 million rubles. At the same time, as the publication noted, Miller still heads the boards of directors of Gazprom Neft, Gazprombank and Sogaz - all together, as Vedomosti wrote, this contributed about $5 million to Miller’s income.
In November 2012, Russian Forbes compiled a ranking of the highest paid top managers in Russia, and Miller took second place in it. The publication estimates that he earned about $25 million a year.
Miller has numerous awards, including the medal of the Order of Merit 3a, II degree; Order of the Cross of the Hungarian Republic, II degree for merits in energy cooperation, Order of "St. Mesrop Mashtots" (Republic of Armenia), Order of the Russian Orthodox Church Sergius of Radonezh II degree and Patriarchal charter. On March 30, 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Miller the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. As noted in the text of the decree posted on the website of the presidential administration, Miller was awarded the award “for services to the development of the gas complex of the Russian Federation.” One of Miller's hobbies was horse racing. In 2012, Miller took the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Russian Hippodromes.
Miller is married and has a son.
Used materials
Elena Berezanskaya. Who receives the highest salary in Russia? - Forbes Russia, 19.11.2012
The state instructed the head of Gazprom to monitor horse racing and betting. - Interfax, 14.08.2012
Alexey Miller was re-elected Chairman of the Management Board of OAO Gazprom. - Official website of OJSC Gazprom (gazprom.com), 22.03.2011
Elena Mazneva. There are no changes at Gazprom. - Vedomosti, 25.01.2011. - № 11 (2777)
The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the new Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom were elected. - Gazprom, 27.06.2008
Medvedev took office as President of the Russian Federation. - RIA News, 07.05.2008
Miller became acting Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazprom until June 27. - RIA News, 07.05.2008
Date of Birth. 01/31/1962
Origin. Alexey Miller was born in the city on the Neva, when it still bore the old name Leningrad. His parents worked at a closed military plant. So Alexey has been able to keep military secrets since childhood. In addition, he grew up to be an obedient and efficient person. These two qualities probably determined his fate.
Education. Alexey received his secondary education at gymnasium No. 330 in St. Petersburg, from which he graduated with honors in 1979. However, the graduate was not awarded a gold medal, since there were too many excellent students that year, and there was simply not enough “gold” for everyone.
Immediately after school, Miller entered the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Finance (LFEI) and five years later became a certified engineer-economist.
In 1989, having defended his dissertation at the LFEI, the future millionaire received the title of Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Career. The professional growth of financier Miller began back in the distant 80s, when he was a regular at the informal club of young economists “Sintez”. Already at that time he was on friendly terms with Anatoly Chubais, Andrei Illarionov, Mikhail Manevich, Alexei Kudrin - representatives of the past and present political elite.
In 1990, Alexey worked on the executive committee of the Leningrad City Council for economic reform. A year later, he moved to work in another Committee - for external relations of the city mayor's office (KVS). His immediate boss until 1996 was Vladimir Putin himself.
From 1996 to 1999, he held the position of Director for Development and Investment of the Sea Port in St. Petersburg.
In the year of appointment as President V.V. Putin (2000) Alexey Miller was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. And a year later he sits in the chair of the Chairman of the Management Board of OJSC Gazprom.
The businessman also heads the Boards of Directors of Gazprom subsidiaries: Gazprombank, NPF Gazfond, IC SOGAZ and Gazpromneft (formerly Sibneft).
Hobbies. One of Alexey Miller’s colleagues, who wished to remain anonymous, called him a “careerist.” It is logical to assume that career is Miller’s passion. However, classmates say that when he was Alexey loved to play the guitar, run around the football field or cheer for Zenit.
According to the businessman himself, his love for the guitar and Zenit remains with him to this day, and besides, he is not averse to taking a ride on alpine skiing or bicycle.
Family. Alexey Miller and his wife Irina are raising their son Mikhail. The family lives in two houses - in St. Petersburg and in Moscow. Alexey does not talk about his personal life, and prefers to spend his free time in a quiet family circle
Phrase. In one of his interviews, Alexey Miller compared business to something between art and war.
What irritates him? Banquets, buffets, noisy companies. Although this may be due to kidney stones.
Advantages. Executive workaholic. Always achieves goals, believes in both himself and his partners.
Flaws. Doesn't like to stick out, always remains as if in the shadows. Hidden.
Valuable advice. Dreaming is good! This is how what was conceived becomes reality.
Awards. At one time, Alexey Miller did not get Golden medal, but by the age of fifty he has many honorary titles, medals, orders. For strengthening friendship and the international cooperation awarded orders from the Republic of Armenia, Kazakhstan, South Ossetia, Vietnam, Italy. He is an honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan. He has sacred titles and orders from the Russian Orthodox Church. Most recently, in February 2012, he received a certificate of honor from the hands of the President of the Russian Federation for his long, conscientious work in the gas industry.