Mikhail Gutseriev



Mikhail Safarbekovich Gutseriev (born 9 March 1958) is a Russian entrepreneur, businessman and poet.
He is the owner of "Russneft", NK "Neftisa", OAO "Russian Coal", ZAO "Mospromstroy" and also GCM Global Energy, a British company, with annual revenue of $1 billion controlling large oil assets in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Gutseriev also owns large assets in real estate including the "National" Hotel and luxury shopping centres such as Petrovskiy, Smolenskiy and Novinskiy Passage. In 2012. Gutseriev began to invest into the media business, and has acquired seven radio stations thus far.
According to Forbes, Gutseriev has a personal fortune of $6.2 billion as of March 2016, up from $2.4 billion the previous year.

In late 2006 he was accused of violating terms of his oil license and failing to pay taxes. After denying the charges, he sold Russneft to billionaire Oleg Deripaska for $2.8 billion and moved to London. When the charges were dropped in 2010, Gutseriev returned to Russia and bought back Russneft. Gutseriev writes lyrics for songs performed by famous Russian singers.
 

Gutseriev's family earned nothing by reselling the shares of M.video

Business28.07.2017

Probably the new owners of the trading network urgently needed to return a bank loan.

Sberbank and Ukraine: why there is a new contender for the bank's subsidiary

Business02.07.2017

While the NBU is thinking over permission to sell Ukrainian Sberbank to a consortium of investors represented by Said Gutseriev and Norvic Bank, another buyer, Viktor Prokopenya, emerged.

Turbulent transaction: Alisher Usmanov did not sell, and Mikhail Gutseriev did not buy

Business25.06.2017

The deal on the sale of "Sladkovsko-Zarechny", which owns oil fields, could pass on an estimate of $270 million.

The Adventures of the Ingush Electronic in the Russian Federation

Business14.03.2017

Billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev virtually monopolizes the market in sales of consumer electronics and appliances in Russia.

Banking mafia represented by Belyaev, Mamut, Aganbegian and Nabiullina, can go to jail any time

Business14.03.2017

Vadim Belyaev, Alexander Mamut, Ruben Aghanbegyan and Elvira Nabiullina covered up the withdrawal of billions of rubles from Probusinessbank owned by Sergey Leontiev.

The largest pharmaceutical producer invested in a startup with Voloshin's capital

Business17.02.2017

Pharmstandard put $1 million into the company Genotek, which is engaged in DNA research. Among the shareholders of the company are the former head of the presidential administration Alexander Voloshin, co-owner of the agricultural holding Rusagro Maxim Basov and a partner of Safmar Ventures.

Ufaleynickel cannot cope with the market

Business07.02.2017

The enterprise may be closed.

How much the Russian nouveaux riches spent on wedding of their children

Society26.12.2016

Ranking of the most expensive weddings of Russian oligarchs' children in 2016.

Where the most wealthy Russian family takes money

Business26.12.2016

Despite the existence of a financial cushion, the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family eagerly takes loans for development.   

Gutseriev's Eldorado: how the businessman creates the largest appliances retail chain

Business12.12.2016

Safmar Group acquired 100% of Eldorado, one of the largest electronics and appliances retail chains. According to the information from the RBC sources, the asset will be combined with Tekhnosila chain, which is owned by the Gusteriev-Shishkhanov's group of companies.   

Gutseriev family will sell the Moscow hotels: Hilton and Holiday Inn

Business22.09.2016

Safmar financial group owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family intends to sell part of the hotel business. This is an historic hotel Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya, as well as Holiday Inn Suschevsky and Holiday Inn Lesnaya.

Eldorado chain is put up for sale

Business25.08.2016

The seller of home appliances and electronics Eldorado is put up for sale, discovered RBC. The main contender for the purchase is said to be Safmar Group owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family, which could unite Eldorado and their own Technosila.

BIN Group turned out to be one of the largest landowners in Russia

Business11.03.2016

Its owners control Rosagro with at least 400 000 hectares.

Kings of the crisis: why the Gutseriev family's business is growing during the depression

Business25.11.2015

BIN Group seems to benefit from the crises: since 2008 it has become one of the most active investors in the Russian real estate and oil, and its financial business has grown more than 10 times. How could it do it?

Unlucky developer: why Vadim Moshkovich sells out his lands

Business10.09.2015

The billionaire failed to make an arrangement with the authorities of Moscow and will sell his assets to BIN Group for $700 million in October.

Circus and more: what the Gutserievs are going to build in Skolkovo

Business15.07.2015

BIN Group owned by the Gutseriev family is going to build 700 000 sq meters of real estate in Skolkovo, including a theater for performances of Cirque du Soleil.

BIN Group owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family decided to buy MDM Bank

Business30.06.2015

According to RBC, BIN Group owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family is buying MDM Bank. The amount of the transaction is unknown. Officially, the parties did not comment on it.

Inspectors have come for vegetables

Business17.10.2013

Mass inspections of fruit and vegetable warehouses started in Moscow. 

"A percy boy has come and sat, cross-legged": how Karimov quarreled with Lukashenko

Business11.10.2013

President of Belarus held a big press conference where he spoke about the causes of the conflict around Uralkali of belated apology of Suleiman Kerimov and the role of Mikhail Gutseriev in that history.