Sergey Veremeenko
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Sergey Veremeenko | |
|---|---|
Сергей Веремеенко | |
 Veremeenko in 2018 | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev Mikhail Mishustin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Sofya Skya |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Ufa State Petroleum Technological University |
| Known for | Being a Russian oligarch |
| Awards | Lenin Komsomol Prize |
Sergey Alekseyevich Veremeenko (born 26 September 1955, Ufa) is a Russian businessman and politician. According to Forbes magazine, his net worth is estimated at 1.4 billion US dollars.
Veremeenko was born in Ufa.
In 2003 he ran for the presidency of the Republic of Bashkortostan. He competed against the incumbent head of the region, Murtaza Rakhimov, but eventually withdrew from the race. The same year he ended his partnership with Sergey Pugachev, with whom he co-owned the International Industrial Bank.[1]
Business
Veremeenko has investments in steel, mining, banking, and microelectronics. He owns 25% of Estar, a steel and metals group. He also invests in luxury housing developments in the Moscow suburbs and in agricultural land in the Tver, Kaluga, and Penza regions.[2]
He holds publishing interests in the newspapers Pravda.ru and Pravda International.[3]