Alexey Borisovich Miller (January 31, 1962, Leningrad) - Russian economist, chairman of the board of Gazprom.

Education

He received his secondary education at school-gymnasium No. 330 (Leningrad), which he graduated with honors.

1984 - graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics. He was one of the Leningrad economists-reformers, whose leader was A. Chubais.

Alexey Miller is a candidate of economic sciences.

Professional activity

1984-1986 - was an engineer-economist of LenNIIproekt. Soon he became a graduate student here.

1990 - becomes a junior researcher at LenNIIproekt;

1990-1991 - Works in the Committee responsible for the economic reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.

1991-1996 - Works in the Committee for External Relations of the City Hall of St. Petersburg, where he holds the post of Deputy Chairman. It is worth mentioning that V. Putin was the chairman of this Committee. Under the leadership of the future president, Miller was engaged in the development of investment zones in St. Petersburg, namely Pulkovo (the Gillette and Coca-Cola plants were erected here) and Parnassus (the buildings of the Baltika brewing company were built). In addition, he brought the first foreign banks to St. Petersburg (Lyon Credit, Dresden Bank).

1996-1999 - holds the post of director for investments and development of the seaport "St. Petersburg".

1999-2000 - is the general director of the company "Baltic Pipeline System".

2000-2001 - holds the position of Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia.

2001 - becomes the chairman of the board of Gazprom. In the press, this appointment was characterized as Putin's desire to fully control the gas empire. Miller, in turn, stated that he intended to strengthen the role of the state in Gazprom.

2002 - became the deputy chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom. In addition, he heads the boards of directors of Gazfond, Gazprombank, Gazpromneft and SOGAZ.

2012 - becomes the chairman of the board of directors of the Russian Hippodromes company.

In 2012, Forbes compiled a list of the highest paid Russian top managers, in which Miller took second place. According to the publication, he earned about $25 million in one year.

Family status

Alexey Miller, together with his wife Irina, is raising their son Mikhail. Does not cover personal life. He tries to spend his free time in a quiet family circle.

According to Alexey Miller, business is something between war and art. Some of Miller's colleagues are confident that he achieved success thanks to diligence and diligence. According to Alexei Borisovich himself, he always tries to achieve his goal, to believe in himself and his partners.

As soon as A. Miller took an important post in Gazprom, they began to speak of him as follows:

• “His main advantage is the ability to bow”;
• "Walks along the wall";
• “Arrogant, notorious, touchy, unpleasant in communication”;
• "Zero manager";
• "Prepared figure";
• "Lives like a shadow and serves like a shadow."

Nevertheless, in 2010 A. Miller took the 3rd position in the list of the best top managers in the world. This list was published by the Harvard Business Review. CEO performance was measured by shareholder income.

Miller is annoyed by receptions, banquets and noisy companies. His hobbies include playing the guitar and skiing. In addition, he owns 2 stallions - Fragrant and Vesely. The latter in 2012 won a prize at one of the races of the Moscow Hippodrome. In turn, Fragrant came to the finish line first 7 times, and 12 times was the winner.

Alexey Miller is Vice President of the Russian Football Union. Supports Zenith.

Advice from Alexey Miller: “Dreaming is useful! After all, a dream can become a reality.”

Miller Alexey Borisovich- Chairman of the Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom. PhD in Economics

Photo: http://forums.drom.ru/garazh/t1151474477.html

Alexey Miller, biography

Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad, his parents were "Russian Germans". Miller studied at school-gymnasium No. 330 in the Nevsky district of Leningrad, after school he entered the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute. ON THE. Voznesensky, who graduated in 1984 with a degree in economics and got a job at LenNIIproekt. In 1986, Miller entered the graduate school of LenNIIproekt, from which he graduated in 1989 with a Ph.D.

Miller Alexei Borisovich in the eighties of the last century was a member of the circle of Leningrad reformist economists, in which Anatoly Chubais was the informal leader. Since 1987, Alexey Miller has also been a member of the Sintez club, which, in addition to him, included Dmitry Vasilyev, Mikhail Dmitriev, Andrey Illarionov, Boris Lvin, Mikhail Manevich, Andrey Lankov, Andrey Prokofiev, Dmitry Travin and others. The club gathered at the Leningrad Palace of Youth.

Alexey Miller's career

Alexey Miller in 1990 worked at LenNIIproekt as a junior researcher. In the same year, Miller was invited to work in the Economic Reform Committee of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council. From 1991 to 1996, he worked in the Foreign Relations Committee of the St. Petersburg City Hall under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin (who at that time served as head of the City Hall's foreign relations committee), Alexei Miller was Putin's deputy and head of the foreign economic relations department. Alexey Borisovich Miller was engaged in the development of the first investment zones in the city, in particular Pulkovo (construction of the Coca-Cola and Gillette plants) and Parnassus (construction of a complex of buildings for the Baltika brewing company).

Alexey Miller left Smolny after Anatoly Sobchak lost the election of the mayor of St. Petersburg to Vladimir Yakovlev in 1996. Miller joined Sea Port of St. Petersburg OJSC as Director for Development and Investments. In 1999, Miller was appointed General Director of OAO Baltic Pipeline System. A year later, in 2000, Alexey Borisovich Miller became the Deputy Minister of Energy of Russia, supervised the issues of foreign economic activity. Miller is credited with the fact that, thanks to the cooperation between the Ministry of Energy and OPEC, he managed to maintain a fairly high price for oil on world markets.

In January 2001, information appeared in the media that Alexey Miller could become the successor to Energy Minister Alexander Gavrin, but on May 30, 2001, Miller was elected Chairman of the Board of Gazprom.

Alexey Miller, Gazprom

Alexey Miller joined Gazprom in 2001, replacing Rem Vyakhirev as chairman of the board. 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 Gazprombank; OJSC Gazprombank). There was information in the media that the company's management found out about Miller's appointment an hour before the start of the board meeting - during a conversation with the president in the Kremlin. On May 6, 2002, the government appointed Alexey Miller as a representative of the state as a shareholder to participate in the annual meeting of the company's shareholders.

In late 2004 - early 2005, Gazprom, under the leadership of Alexei Miller, advocated an increase in the price of gas supplied abroad. At the end of October 2005, a group of minority shareholders in the Yukos oil company filed a class action lawsuit in the Washington District Court against the Russian Federation and a number of Russian energy companies, as well as their leaders (including Alexei Miller) and ministers, they were accused of conspiring to "actually nationalization of the company.

On May 7, 2008, Dmitry Medvedev took office as president of Russia, after which Alexey Miller became acting chairman of the board of directors of Gazprom for the period until the election of a new board by the annual meeting. On June 27, 2008, Viktor Zubkov, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, was elected the new head of the board of directors of the gas monopoly, and Alexei Miller took over as his deputy. In March 2011, Alexey Borisovich Miller was re-elected Chairman of the Board for a five-year term. In November 2012, Russian Forbes compiled a rating of the highest paid top managers in Russia, and Miller took second place in it. According to the publication, Miller's income is about $25 million a year.

Alexey Miller, awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2006);
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014);
• Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree;
• Order of the "Cross of the Hungarian Republic", II degree (Hungary) - for merits in energy cooperation;
• Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia);
• Order of Dostyk II degree (Kazakhstan) - awarded on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 2, 2006 for his contribution to the strengthening and development of cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation;
• Order of Honor (South Ossetia, August 24, 2009) - for merits in strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples, a great personal contribution to the construction of the Dzuarikau - Tskhinvali gas pipeline;
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, February 12, 2010);
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree (ROC);
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, I degree (ROC, 2009);
• Order of Glory and Honor II degree (ROC, 2013) - in consideration of the work for the benefit of the Russian Orthodox Church and in connection with the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra;
• Honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan (2008);
• Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2010);
• Order of the Nizhny Novgorod region "For civil valor and honor" I degree (2010);
• Order of Labor, 1st class (Vietnam, 2011);
• Honorary diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (February 6, 2012) - for merits in the development of the gas complex and many years of conscientious work.

Alexey Miller's personal life

Alexey Miller is married and has a son. Alexey Borisovich Miller is fond of horse riding, he owns two thoroughbred stallions.

Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in St. Petersburg. The boy grew up in a Russian German family. Mother, Lyudmila Alexandrovna Miller, father, Boris Vasilyevich Miller. Alexei's parents worked in a closed military enterprise of the Scientific and Production Association "Leninets".

The guy studied at a specialized gymnasium with a mathematical bias No. 330 in his hometown. Football was Miller's only hobby. Alexei passionately supported Zenit and did not miss a single game of his favorite club.

After graduating from school with excellent grades, he managed to enter the local financial and economic institute the first time, which he successfully graduated in 1984 and received a diploma of "engineer-economist". For several years after receiving his diploma, Miller worked in his specialty at the St. Petersburg Research and Design Institute, however, being a capable student, in 1986 he decided to continue his studies in graduate school. Three years later, Miller became a candidate of economic sciences.

After graduate school, the young specialist continued his work at the St. Petersburg Research and Design Institute as a junior researcher, and in 1990 he transferred to the executive committee of the St. Petersburg Council, where he headed the Committee on Economic Reforms.

The next step in the career ladder of a successful Russian economist was the Committee on Foreign Relations in the mayor's office of St. Petersburg, in which Vladimir Putin was Miller's immediate supervisor. This collaboration was a key moment in the further successful biography of Alexei Borisovich.

Thanks to Miller, the development of the first investment zones in the city took place: "Pulkovo" and "Parnas", where the factories "Gillette", "Coca-Cola", "Baltika" were built. At the same time, Alexei Borisovich introduced the first foreign banks, Lyons Credit and Dresden Bank, on the territory of St. Petersburg. Miller also developed the hotel business and headed the board of directors of the Europe Hotel.

From 1996 to 2000, Alexey Miller held the position of Director for Development and Investments of JSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg", and was also the General Director of the Open Joint Stock Company "Baltic Pipeline System".

After Vladimir Putin's victory in the presidential election in 2000, many of his colleagues in the St. Petersburg administration received senior positions in the Government and state enterprises of Russia. Alexey Miller, who received the post of Deputy Minister of Energy, was no exception. For his successful work in his position, experts and politicians predicted the successful economist the post of Minister of Energy of Russia, but their assumptions did not come true. In 2001, Miller became the head of the board of OAO Gazprom.

In 2002, Miller took the position of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom. By this time, the organization had undergone major personnel changes. Being far from energy, Miller needed people for whom this area is 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 the Kremlin, some managed to keep their posts.

In 2010, the American magazine Harvard BusinessReview ranked Miller in third place in the ranking of the world's most effective top managers. In 2013, he took third place in the Forbes list, and was named one of the most expensive Russian managers.

During Miller's tenure, Gazprom became the global energy business leader in the world. The gas giant received large assets in the oil and energy sectors, strengthened its position in the export direction, created strong economic ties with Italian and German corporations, began implementing projects to diversify supplies, and signed strategic agreements for gas supplies to the countries of the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, Miller managed to eliminate the actual competition of Gazprom in the gas sector.

In 2018, Miller oversaw the construction of Nord Stream 2, which runs along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, and also supervised the launch of the Turkish Stream, laid through the Black Sea. In the autumn of the same year, he reported on the construction of 200 km of the proposed 1200 km of the Nord Stream and on the laying of the Turkish Stream pipe with the final joint.

As of January 2019, Alexey Borisovich is fond of football and remains a fan of the St. Petersburg club Zenit. He is the Vice President of the Russian Football Union. Miller also likes equestrian sports. Over time, the hobby grew into the fact that the manager holds the position of head of the Russian Hippodromes OJSC. The main task set by the President is the revival of national equestrian sport.

Alexey Miller Awards

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st class (2017)

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2006)

Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014)

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", II degree (March 2, 2002) - for great services in strengthening the Russian statehood and many years of conscientious service

Order of the "Cross of the Hungarian Republic", II degree (Hungary) - for merits in energy cooperation

Order of Saint Mesrop Mashtots (Republic of Armenia)

Order of Dostyk II degree (Kazakhstan) - awarded on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 2, 2006 for his contribution to the strengthening and development of cooperation between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.

Order of Honor (South Ossetia, August 24, 2009) - for merits in strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples, a great personal contribution to the construction of the Dzuarikau - Tskhinval gas pipeline

Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Italy, February 12, 2010)
Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh II degree (ROC)

Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov, I degree (ROC, 2009)

Order of Glory and Honor II degree (ROC, 2013) - in consideration of the work for the benefit of the Russian Orthodox Church and in connection with the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan (2008)

Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology (2010)

Order of the Nizhny Novgorod region "For civil valor and honor" I degree (2010)

Order of Labor, 1st class (Vietnam, 2011)

Honorary diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (February 6, 2012) - for merits in the development of the gas complex and many years of conscientious work

Order "For Merit to the Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan" (2012, Metropolitan District of Kazakhstan of the Russian Orthodox Church)

Order of Friendship (Armenia) (2015)

Badge of honor "For taking care of the beauty of the city" (Government of St. Petersburg, 2016)

Alexey Borisovich Miller

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Biography

From 2002 to present – ​​Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom, Chairman of the Management Board of OAO Gazprom.

From 2001 to present – ​​Chairman of the Management Board of OAO Gazprom.

In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

From 1999 to 2000 held the position of General Director of OAO Baltic Pipeline System.

From 1996 to 1999 From 1999 to 2000, he was Director for Development and Investments of OAO Sea Port of St. Petersburg.

From 1991 to 1996 worked in the committee for external relations of the mayor's office of St. Petersburg. Managed the market situation department of the Department of Foreign Economic Relations. Later he held the posts of Head of the Department, Deputy Chairman of the Committee.

In 1990, he was accepted as a junior researcher at the LFEI. In the same year, he headed a subdepartment of the Committee for Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.

In 1986 he entered the graduate school of LFEI. After defending his dissertation in 1989, he was awarded the degree of candidate of economic sciences.

Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. In 1979 he graduated from high school and entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics (LFEI) named after. N. A. Voznesensky. Upon graduation, he worked as an engineer-economist in the workshop of the master plan of the Leningrad Research and Design Institute for Housing and Civil Construction "LenNIIproekt" of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.

Awarded with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree; Medal of the Order "3a Merit to the Fatherland" II degree; Order of the "Cross of the Hungarian Republic" II degree for merits in energy cooperation; Order of "Saint Mesrop Mashtots" (Republic of Armenia); Order "Dostyk" ("Friendship") II degree (Republic of Kazakhstan); Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of Sergius of Radonezh II degree and Patriarchal letter.

Alexey Miller is the head of Gazprom and the most expensive Russian manager. He is a member of the Board of Directors of SOGAZ, Gazprombank, NPF Gazfond and OAO Russian Hippodromes. He has a PhD in Economics. He was awarded several state orders. In this article, you will be presented with his biography.

Childhood

(see photo below) was born in Leningrad in 1962. The boy grew up in the Nevsky district of the city. Alexey's parents worked at the Research Institute of Radio Electronics under the Ministry of Aviation Industry. Later, the enterprise was transformed into NPO Leninets. The boy's father died early from cancer, so Alyosha was raised by his mother.

At school, Alexei studied perfectly, but did not receive a gold medal. This was due to the fact that in the year of its graduation, the regional quota for medalists was exhausted. Also, the boy was a member of the Komsomol committee. Miller was not remembered by his classmates for something special. He was not friends with anyone, but he did not let himself be offended. His former fellow students were greatly surprised when they learned that the inconspicuous and quiet Alexei Miller headed the most successful Russian corporation.

Education

In 1979, he easily passed the entrance exams to the financial and economic university. The young man studied just as well as at school. Alexey specialized in the Department of National Economy. Professor Igor Blekhtsin became his mentor. He tried to instill in Miller a love for chess, but the young man loved football more.

At the institute, Alexei did not stand out for anything special, except for the study itself. With fellow students, the young man had an even relationship. He did not attend student parties and did not "twist" stormy romances with fellow students. Football was Miller's only hobby. He passionately supported Zenit and did not miss a single game of his favorite club. Alexey was just happy when his favorite team became the champion of the USSR in 1984. Now it is thanks to his support that Zenit is the wealthiest club in Russia.

Interview at the KGB

The institute where Alexei Miller studied was supervised by KGB officers. A modest young man attracted their attention. But, unfortunately, the young man did not pass the first interview. The formal reason was in a state of health. In fact, Miller was refused due to the presence of repressed German relatives on the paternal side. Alexei was very offended, since he almost did not remember his father, and only his surname remained from his relatives. But the KGB was implacable and did not change its own decision.

First work

After graduating from the university, Alexey Miller got a job in one of his planning departments - LenNIIproekt. Then Blechtsin gave him a recommendation, and the young man went to graduate school, defending his Ph.D. thesis. As at school and university, Alexei did not stand out among his colleagues. He remained the same quiet and modest. True, he joined the "Club of Young Economists" as a member. At that time, it was headed by the still unknown Anatoly Chubais. But Miller practically did not speak there. For the most part, he listened. Among the speakers were Pyotr Aven, Mikhail Manevich, Sergei Ignatiev, Mikhail Dmitriev and Andrei Illarionov. Subsequently, all the lecturers of the club reached considerable heights.

Economic Reform Committee

In 1990, perestroika began, which led the country to collapse. All participants and lecturers of the Club of Young Economists had the opportunity to put their ideas into practice. Some of them went into business, and some into politics. Chubais followed the last path. Anatoly Borisovich was elected to the Leningrad City Council and became deputy chairman of the executive committee. Anatoly Sobchak was the chairman. He trusted Chubais and allowed him to deal with all economic issues. Within the framework of the Leningrad City Executive Committee, Anatoly Borisovich organized an economic committee on reforms and put in its head And he, in turn, invited Mikhail Manevich and Alexei Miller to work.

Leadership position

In 1991, the reform committee was liquidated. This happened due to the fact that Sobchak became mayor and started reformatting the apparatus of the Leningrad City Executive Committee. And there was no place for this committee in the new structure. still advised Sobchak on economic issues. Therefore, it was not difficult for him to organize a new Committee for the management of the free enterprise zone in Leningrad. It was headed by Kudrin, already familiar to us. Alexey Miller, whose personal life is described below, also expressed a desire to work there, since he oversaw a project on organizing a free economic zone in Leningrad. But Anatoly Chubais had other plans for him. He sent Alexei Borisovich to the Committee on Foreign Economic Relations (FEC) organized at the mayor's office. Moreover, the future head of Gazprom immediately took the position of head of the market situation department.

Takeoff career

In FAC, Miller's career took off. After 5 years, he was deputy chairman of the Committee on Foreign Economic Cooperation. In part, Alexei Borisovich got this place thanks to his hard work. But the main reason was that Miller liked Vladimir Putin, who then held the post of chairman of the FAC.

Ideal Performer

Alexey Borisovich quickly worked with Vladimir Vladimirovich. After all, he, like Putin, did not like to be in the spotlight. The future head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, diligently went about his business, was aware of all important matters and never chatted too much. In a word, he "did not stick out." Alexey Borisovich helped St. Petersburg and foreign companies to find each other. At the same time, Miller did not sign important documents and did not make delicate decisions. His name never surfaced in connection with high-profile scandals or criminal cases. Alexey Borisovich tried to resemble his boss in everything. For example, he, like Vladimir Vladimirovich, did not attend noisy receptions and public events, which Mayor Sobchak was very fond of attending.

Job Responsibilities

In the committee, Alexei Miller, whose nationality is of interest to many because of such, say, not quite a Russian surname, was responsible for the Pulkovo economic zones, where the Gillette and Coca-Cola companies were located. He also oversaw Parnassus with Baltika. During his work at the KVS, Alexei Borisovich was remembered for the fact that he brought to St. Petersburg such foreign banks as Lyons Credit and Dresdener Bank. And on behalf of Vladimir Vladimirovich, he attracted foreign investment to the Northern capital. All issues were resolved by Miller quickly and competently. A. Miller represented the interests of the city in joint ventures and supervised the hotel business - he was a member of the board of directors of the Europe Hotel.

Loss of position

In 1996, Anatoly Sobchak lost the elections and left the post. Putin and his team were also forced to leave the mayor's office. Vladimir Vladimirovich left for Moscow, where he took up the post of deputy chief of affairs of the head of the Russian Federation. But Miller remained in St. Petersburg, becoming deputy director of Sea Port OJSC. However, he did not lose contact with the former boss. When in 1999 Putin headed the government of the Russian Federation, Alexei Borisovich became the director of the Baltic Pipeline System OJSC.

new heights

With the advent of Vladimir Vladimirovich to the post of head of state, great career prospects opened up for Miller. In mid-2000, Alexei Borisovich was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy and oversaw the development of international cooperation in the fuel and energy sector. Everyone thought that he was on probation before taking the chair of the minister. But in May 2001, he headed not the Ministry of Energy, but Gazprom. Miller Alexey Borisovich replaced Vyakhirev R.I.

Frame purge

For the management of the gas company, this decision of the President of the Russian Federation came as a complete surprise. The management of the corporation learned this news only an hour before the next meeting of the board of directors. On it, Alexei Borisovich was introduced as the head of the company. In his speech, Miller mentioned that he would adhere to the "continuity" of Gazprom's policy. But top managers guessed about the imminent purge of the Vyakhirevsky staff. The start of A. Miller's work, it should be noted, was rather sluggish, although the market took the news about the change of leadership with enthusiasm - investors decided that it was time for reforms. True, they themselves did not begin immediately.

As a result, the chairman of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, not only replaced most of the personnel, but also turned the corporation's treasury into an inexhaustible financial source for the Kremlin's needs. Putin was pleased with the results of his work. The main merit of Alexei Borisovich is that he was able to return a controlling stake in the company to the state, and Gazprom itself returned all the assets that were lost under Vyakhirev R.I.

Miller also decided to reorient the corporation towards the globalization of business. Under him, Gazprom received assets in the oil sector, the electric power industry, increased the share of gas in imports to 40% (deliveries to Europe), and also established contacts with the Italian ENI and the German BASF and E.On.

Construction of gas pipelines

Miller was the initiator of the construction of the North European Gas Pipeline. It was planned to conduct it across the Baltic Sea, bypassing the countries providing gas transit to Europe. The date of construction was 2005. But due to the fact that the authors of the project could not manage to prepare a long-term business plan, the laying of pipes began only in 2010. It was also decided to give the project a new name - Nord Stream.

In addition, Alexei Borisovich is actively working on laying the South Stream through the Black Sea. A number of contracts were signed for gas supplies to the Asia-Pacific region. Miller also pushed through the decision to abolish state regulation of domestic prices. But criticism of Alexei Borisovich does not subside.

Criticism

The head of Gazprom does not pay any attention to her. Even despite some health problems (due to kidney problems, Alexei Borisovich was forced to give up his favorite beer), he is not going to resign. And who, of their own free will, will leave such a highly paid post.

Nevertheless, the attacks on Miller do not subside. So, his project on the construction of a skyscraper for Gazprom on the banks of the Neva was subjected to very harsh criticism. If the 396-meter building were erected, it would completely disfigure the entire architectural style of the city. The Petersburgers succeeded in canceling the construction by saying a lot of unpleasant things to Alexei Borisovich.

Another area of ​​criticism was Miller's love of luxury. In 2009, photographs of his proposed estate, which is being built on the banks of the Istra reservoir, circulated on the Internet. Wits called her "Millerhof". The experts modestly kept silent about the cost of construction. Miller himself categorically denies that he has anything to do with the estate. Besides, the critics have no proof. However, nothing surprising. As a rule, persons of this level are constantly attacked by the yellow press, which ascribes to them all sorts of conceivable and unthinkable sins and deeds.

Personal life and hobbies

The head of Gazprom, Alexey Borisovich Miller, does not like to talk about his personal life. It is known that for many years he has been officially married. His wife named Irina is a non-public person. Since the wedding, she did not work anywhere and was engaged only in housekeeping. Irina does not like to attend social events, like Alexey Miller. The spouses also have children. More precisely, only one child - the son of Michael. But there is no information about him in open sources.

From a young age, Alexei Borisovich is fond of football and is a fan of the Zenit club. Miller also likes equestrian sports. The chairman of Gazprom owns two thoroughbred stallions. Parties are not alien to Alexei Borisovich, but only in the circle of relatives and friends, whom he entertains by playing and singing the guitar.

Over time, Alexei Borisovich's interest in equestrian sports grew into a career. Vladimir Putin in 2012 appointed Miller to the post of head of the Russian Hippodromes OJSC. The main task that was set by the president is the revival of domestic equestrian sport.

Two rules

There are two rules that Alexey Miller adheres to in life. He headed Gazprom only thanks to their observance. These rules sound like this: "the boss is always right" and "keep your head down." Here is the secret of the dizzying career of Alexei Borisovich. Despite criticism of Miller, Putin still trusts him completely. This suggests that in the short term, nothing threatens the position of the head of Gazprom.

Income

Quite a few people are interested in how much Alexey Miller earns? Forbes in 2013 put him in third place in the ranking of the most successful and expensive managers in the world. According to the magazine, Alexey Miller's income is a very significant amount with numerous zeros. But there is no official data on this matter. Therefore, we are not able to give a real figure, yes, in principle, there is no need for us to count other people's money. Everyone understands that Gazprom is a rich company, and therefore wages there are an order of magnitude higher than in other industries.