Gennady Timchenko

Gennady Timchenko
Геннадий Тимченко
Timchenko in 2018
Born
Gennady Nikolayevich Timchenko

(1952-11-09) 9 November 1952 (age 71)
Citizenship
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseElena
Children3
Awards

Gennady Nikolayevich Timchenko (Russian: Геннадий Николаевич Тимченко, also spelled Guennadi Timtchenko; born 9 November 1952) is a Russian oligarch and billionaire businessman.[1] He founded and owns the private investment firm Volga Group. He was previously a co-owner of Gunvor Group.

Timchenko has been close friends with Russian leader Vladimir Putin since the early 1990s.[2][3][4] In 1991, Putin gave Timchenko an oil export license.[2] Timchenko then founded Gunvor, which has now exported billions of dollars-worth of Russian oil.[2]

Timchenko's investment firm Volga Group owns a large stake of shares of the natural gas giant Novatek.[3] The Pandora Papers leaks revealed that a Timchenko firm, which played a key role in the Novatek investment, obtained massive loans through anonymous offshore shell companies.[3] Timchenko was sanctioned by the US[5] over Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. He was about to be sanctioned further by the government of the United Kingdom just before the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.[6][7]

As of March 2022, Timchenko was 205th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with an estimated fortune of US $10.3 billion;[8] he is the sixth richest person in Russia.[8] He is known for being the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kontinental Hockey League,[9] and President of the SKA Saint Petersburg ice hockey club.[10] He is a citizen of Russia,[11] Finland, and Armenia.[12][13][14]

  1. ^ Геннадий Тимченко показал лицо филантропа [Gennady Timchenko shows his philanthropic side] (in Russian). 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Pandora papers reveal hidden riches of Putin's inner circle". the Guardian. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "As the West takes aim with Russian sanctions, here's what we know about oligarchs' secret finances - ICIJ". 17 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ "'Blood money': Europe's secretive trade in Syrian phosphates". the Guardian. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  5. ^ Kirkham, Chris; Gauthier-Villars, David (1 July 2022). "Special Report: Dozens of Russian weapons tycoons have faced no Western sanctions". Reuters. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  6. ^ "UK targets three oligarchs and five Russian banks in first tranche of new sanctions - ICIJ". 22 February 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Britain sanctions Gennady Timchenko and five banks, Johnson says". www.euractiv.com. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Gennady Timchenko". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Timchenko became a chairman of the board of directors of the KHL". Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
  10. ^ "Appointed Chairman of the Board of SKA Gennady Timchenko". Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Forbes Timchenko Profile". Forbes.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference sano0204 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Ukraine-related Designations". US Department of Treasury. 20 March 2014.
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference tass0814 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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