Family

Alexei was born and raised in a family of "Russian Germans". Mother - Lyudmila Alexandrovna Miller (1936-2009), father - Boris Vasilievich Miller (1933-1986). Parents worked at the Research Institute of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR, which was later transformed into NPO Leninets. Mother worked as an engineer, father - as a fitter.

Married. With his wife, Irina, they have a son, Mikhail.

Biography

He studied at school-gymnasium No. 330 of the Nevsky district of the city of Leningrad. Graduated in 1984 Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute them. N. A. Voznesensky.

In the 1980s, he was a member of the circle of reformist economists in Leningrad, whose informal leader was Anatoly Chubais; was a member of the Sintez club at the Leningrad Palace of Youth, which included young Leningrad economists and social scientists, including: Dmitry Vasilyev, Mikhail Dmitriev, Andrey Illarionov, Boris Lvin, Mikhail Manevich, Andrey Lankov, Andrey Prokofiev, Dmitry Travin and others.

In 1984-1986, he was an engineer-economist of the LenNIIproekt.

In 1987-1990 he studied at the graduate school of the LFEI. N.A. Voznesensky.

In 1990, he was a junior researcher at the LenNIIproekt.

In 1991, a fateful acquaintance for Alexei Borisovich took place. That year, he began his work in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office, where the current president of the Russian Federation held the position of his chief. V. V. Putin. Under the leadership of Putin, Miller worked for five years. During this time, we managed to establish contacts with the largest Western banks.

The change of power in St. Petersburg forced Alexei Miller to change jobs. With extensive connections, Miller has become a desirable candidate for senior positions in major Russian companies. He was invited to work for the company JSC "Sea Port of St. Petersburg" where he worked for three years.

Since 1999, Miller has been CEO of OJSC "Baltic Pipeline System".

According to the results of the elections in Russia in 2000, Vladimir Putin became president. Following him, his former subordinate Alexei Miller also moved to the capital. He was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, but he stayed in the post for only a year (2000-2001).

Since 2001 he has been the Chairman of the Board "Gazprom", and since 2002 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Gazprom. Removal from office Rema Vyakhireva, who had worked as chairman of OAO Gazprom for almost ten years, meant imminent changes in the company.

With the advent of Miller, Gazprom becomes completely controlled by the state, work begins to return the assets lost during the reign of Vyakhirev.

There were also major personnel changes. Being far from energy, Miller needed people for whom this area is not alien. A number of senior positions went to people with whom the new chairman of the board had already worked, other appointments came from Kremlin, some members of the Vyakhirev team managed to keep their posts.

Despite the fact that experts predicted Miller's imminent resignation, he strengthened his position. By 2004, the formation of a renewed leadership apparatus was completed. In 2006, Miller's work contract was extended for another five years.

In early 2010, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, ranked third 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 CEOs of companies, the performance of CEOs 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 the 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, Alexei Miller, explained that instead of South Stream, a pipeline would be built through Turkey to the border with Greece, where a gas hub could be created.

In January, Alexey Miller advised European buyers to speed up preparations for changing the route of gas supplies due to the cessation of supplies through Ukraine.

The highest place in the rating of Russian companies is now occupied by "Rosneft", which dropped from 6th place to 10th. Surgutneftegaz came in 12th place and LUKOIL- in 13th place. Meanwhile, back in 2008, Miller announced that he was going, thanks to high gas prices, to increase capitalization to $1 trillion in ten years so that the company would become the most expensive in the world.

Alexey Miller has numerous government awards.

The top manager prefers to spend his free time with his family. Enjoys jumping. Alexey Miller owns Thoroughbred stallions - Happy And Fragrant.

Cheerful, imported from the USA, on August 12, 2012, took 3rd place at one of the races of the Central Moscow Hippodrome, receiving a prize of 3,000 rubles. Born at the Don stud farm, Fragrant came first to the finish line seven times in 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 an excellent student. After graduating from FINEC in 1984 with honors, Alexey Miller got a job as an economist at LenNIIproekt, but relations with the team did not work out.

Miller did not stick out and "Club of Young Economists". According to the memoirs of the "young reformers", Miller listened there more than he spoke and was considered perhaps the weakest link in the 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. First, Miller was the deputy head of the department, then his boss, then Putin's deputy. Then it was a dim young man, containing a certain mystery, secrecy.

At meetings of the Center for Strategic Research "North-West" fund, Miller was also invisible. Unlike Kovalchuk, he did not rant or speak, although it was clear that he was close to this circle.

For Putin, he was, above all, a hardworking, reliable person who could be relied upon. Indeed, former colleagues confirm that Miller could work 16 hours a day if necessary.

Despite his marital status, there are persistent rumors in the Moscow gay scene about Miller's bisexuality.

People who worked with Alexei Miller at Smolny recall: " He always greeted me and smiled." "A good official, it is noticeable that a careerist, although he kept himself modestly, is always in the shadows. You know, one of those who "sounds more than it looks". ("Izvestia", 2001).

One of Miller's former FAC colleagues said: " Alexey is very efficient and obedient. What he is told, he does. There is nothing bad to say about him, but nothing good either. He has no opinion of his own and is very convenient to deal with some other "Media Bridge". And stealing from Miller's hand will not rise. Unless for yourself". ("Vedomosti", 2001.)

In 2005, a criminal case was initiated on the fact of embezzlement from "Mezhregiongaz", 100% subsidiary of Gazprom. The essence of the fraud is that smaller offices also produce gas, but you can only sell it to Gazprom, since it has a pipe, - he explained to the Sobesednik the essence of the criminal case.

"However, Gazprom officials say, for example, to Novatek: "We can only buy half of it." The next day, an unknown office, Trastinvestgaz (TIG), comes to Novatek and offers to buy the remaining half at the same price that Gazprom itself takes - 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 rubles each.".

Navalny does not exclude that in this way "effective managers" from Gazprom, simply by moving pieces of paper around the table, earned 1.5 billion rubles. Only on this episode!

"According to the documents, the money was withdrawn to the Baltic states and cashed there,” Navalny explained. - Only through one of the 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, in different countries. Imagine how much money!".

However, the head of Gazprom himself has escaped accusations of fraud, at least so far.

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 Lensoviet Executive Committee. 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 Alexey 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 - 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.

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 Borisovich Miller(born January 31, 1962, Leningrad) - Russian economist, regional head, statesman. Chairman of the Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom. Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Biography

Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad, in a family of Russian Germans. Mother - Lyudmila Aleksandrovna Miller (1936-2009), father - Boris Vasilyevich Miller (1935-1986). Parents worked at the Research Institute of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR, which was later transformed into NPO Leninets. Mother worked as an engineer, father - as a fitter, died of cancer. Parents are buried at the Kinoveevsky cemetery in St. Petersburg. Miller studied at school-gymnasium No. 330 of the Nevsky district of the city of Leningrad.

In 1984 he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics. N. A. Voznesensky.

In the 1980s, he was a member of the circle of reformist economists in Leningrad, whose informal leader was Anatoly Chubais; in 1987 he was a member of the Sintez club at the Leningrad Palace of Youth, which included young Leningrad economists and social scientists, including: Dmitry Vasilyev, Mikhail Dmitriev, Andrey Illarionov, Boris Lvin, Mikhail Manevich, Andrey Lankov, Andrey Prokofiev, Dmitry Travin and other.

• 1984-1986 - engineer-economist of LenNIIproekt;
• 1987-1990 - post-graduate student of LFEI named after A.I. N. A. Voznesensky;
• 1990 - junior research fellow of the LenNIIproekt;
• 1990-1991 - work in the Economic Reform Committee of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council;
• 1991-1996 - work in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office: head of department, deputy head of department, deputy chairman of the Committee (V.V. Putin was the chairman of the committee);
• 1996-1999 - Director for Development and Investments of JSC "Sea Port" St. Petersburg "";
• 1999-2000 - General Director of OJSC "Baltic Pipeline System";
• 2000-2001 - Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation.

In the second quarter of 2012, he took the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAO Russian Hippodromes.

Work at Gazprom

Since 2001 - Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC Gazprom. Since 2002 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom.

In February 2016, it became known about the extension of the contract with Alexey Miller as Chairman of the Management Board of PJSC Gazprom for another 5 years.

In early 2010, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, ranked third in the ranking of the most effective top managers in the world according to the Harvard Business Review magazine. Experts studied the work of two thousand CEOs of companies, the performance of CEOs 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 the sector of the economy.

Income

In 2012, he took 2nd place in the ranking 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.

Personal life, hobbies

Alexey Miller is married, his wife Irina is not a public person. The couple are raising a son.

Alexey Miller is fond of equestrian sports. He owns thoroughbred stallions - Vesely and Fragrant. Cheerful, imported from the USA, on August 12, 2012, took 3rd place at one of the races of the Central Moscow Hippodrome, receiving a prize of 3,000 rubles. Born at the Don stud farm, Fragrant came first to the finish line seven times in his career and remained in the prizes 12 times. Alexey Miller can often be seen at the matches of FC Zenit, the general sponsor of which is PJSC Gazprom.

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 (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)
• Certificate of Honor 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 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 Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom. Alexey Miller is also the chairman of the board of directors of NPF Gazfond, Gazprombank and the insurance company SOGAZ. Alexey Miller is one of the highest paid Russian managers. Candidate of Economic Sciences. Miller has a number of state awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2006) for his contribution to the development of the Russian gas complex, and the Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014).

Alexey Miller is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Global Energy International Prize and the government commission for the production of the mineral resource base of the Russian Federation and fuel and energy complex issues.

Childhood and education of Alexei Miller

Alexey Miller comes from a family of Russified Germans.

Father - Boris Vasilievich Miller(1935−1986) - assembly fitter.

Mother - Ludmila Alexandrovna Miller(1936−2009) - engineer.

Parents worked at the Research Institute of Radio Electronics of the Ministry of Aviation Industry of the USSR.

Alexey Miller graduated from school-gymnasium No. 330 of the Nevsky district of the city of Leningrad. Young Miller studied successfully. After school, he immediately entered the Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute. ON THE. Voznesensky. In 1984, having received a diploma, Alexey Miller began working as an engineer-economist at LenNIIproekt.

From the biography of Alexei Miller on Wikipedia, you can find out that in the 80s, the future head of Gazprom was part of the circle of Leningrad reformist economists, whose informal leader was Anatoly Chubais. In particular, in 1987, Alexey Miller was a member of the Sintez club at the Leningrad Youth Palace, along with such famous people as Mikhail Dmitriev, Andrey Illarionov, Mikhail Manevich, Andrey Lankov, Andrey Prokofiev and others.

The beginning of the career of Alexei Miller

While working at LenNIIproekt, Alexey Miller continued his education, studying in graduate school. In 1989, Alexey Borisovich Miller defended his Ph.D. thesis and took the position of junior researcher at LenNIIproekt.

In addition, the biography of Alexei Miller noted his activities in the Committee for Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.

In 1991, a significant acquaintance for the future career of Alexei Borisovich took place. In the biography of Alexei Miller on the site "Know Everything" it is reported that in 1991 he began work in the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office, where he was director Vladimir Putin. In Miller's biography on the Gazprom website, it is reported that Alexei Borisovich began his career in the mayor's office as the head of the market situation department of the Foreign Economic Relations Department of the Foreign Relations Committee of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office.

Alexey Borisovich Miller successfully served on the Committee for five years and managed to establish contacts with major Western banks. Miller's biography in Lentapedia notes that he was involved in the development of the first investment zones in the city, in particular, Pulkovo and Parnassus, brought the first foreign banks to the city, such as Dresden Bank and Lyon Credit, was engaged in hotel business, was the chairman of the board of directors of the hotel "Europe".

Alexey Miller then became the head of the department of foreign economic relations, working under the direct supervision of Vladimir Putin (who at that time served as head of the mayor's office's foreign relations committee).

The perestroika period made it possible for Miller to rise high up the career ladder. Alexey Miller was invited to senior positions in the largest Russian companies.

In 1996, after the defeat of Anatoly Sobchak in the elections, a new place of work appeared in the biography of the future head of Gazprom - OAO Sea Port of St. Petersburg. Until 1999, Alexey Miller was the development and investment director of this company.

Since 1999, Miller has taken the position of General Director at the Baltic Pipeline System OJSC.

When Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia in 2000, Alexey Miller moved to Moscow. He was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. In this position, Alexei Borisovich worked for only a year, since in 2001 Miller took over as chairman of the board of Gazprom.

In the photo: Moscow, May 30. Deputy Energy Minister Alexei Miller has become Gazprom's new Chairman of the Management Board (Photo: Vladimir Rodionov and Sergei Velichkin)

Alexey Miller's career at Gazprom

Alexey Miller, with the help of Vladimir Putin, carried out reforms at Gazprom, according to his biography on Wikipedia, the result of this activity was that by the beginning of 2004 the Russian Federation owned 38.7% of Gazprom shares and had a majority on the Board of Directors.

By 2004, the formation of the updated management apparatus of Gazprom came to an end. In 2006, Miller's employment contract was extended for another five years.

On December 9, 2005, the State Duma adopted amendments to the law “On Gas Supply in the Russian Federation”, according to which the share of shares owned by state-owned companies in total cannot be less than 50% plus one share, and restrictions are also established for foreign citizens and companies.

In the photo: Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko and the head of OAO Gazprom Alexei Miller during the ceremony of signing a cooperation agreement for 2006 (Photo: Grigory Sysoev / TASS)

Gazprom's Wikipedia page reports that in 2007, for the first time, the company entered the annual list of the 100 most respected firms and companies in the world according to Barron's weekly. In May 2008, Gazprom became the third largest company in the world in terms of capitalization.

In May 2008, the company had a maximum price and Alexey Miller noted that in 7-8 years its capitalization should grow from $365.1 billion to $1 trillion. But in the fall of that year, it collapsed to 77.1 billion, according to Wikipedia.

In early 2010, CEO Alexei Miller ranked third in the ranking of the most effective top managers in the world according to the Harvard Business Review magazine.

The work of Alexei Borisovich Miller has been repeatedly recognized as successful at the state level. In February 2016, the news reported a contract extension with Miller for another 5 years.

In the photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chairman of the Board of PJSC Gazprom Alexei Miller (from left to right), who received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree, at the ceremony of presenting state awards of the Russian Federation in the Kremlin (Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS)

In January 2018, Gazprom requested the Russian government to allow the company to sell its own gas on the St. Petersburg Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SPIMEX) without any restrictions. As reported in the news, Alexei Miller sent this letter to the Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

Relations between Gazprom and Naftogaz

A special place in the activities of Alexei Miller as the head of Gazprom was occupied by relations with the Ukrainian Naftogaz. The “gas wars” between Russia and Ukraine continued for years, and the situation became especially difficult after the Euromaidan, when Kiev stopped paying for gas. Then Vladimir Putin said that Gazprom would “supply gas only in those volumes that would be paid for by the Ukrainian side a month in advance. How much they pay, so much they will receive.

On June 2, 2014, Alexey Miller announced that the price of blue fuel for Ukraine could drop below 385.5 US dollars per thousand cubic meters as a result of a discount provided by Gazprom.

On June 16, due to regular non-payments by Naftogaz Ukrainy, Gazprom introduced a prepayment regime for Ukraine for gas supplies. In addition, Gazprom filed a lawsuit against the government of Ukraine with the Stockholm Arbitration Court for a total amount of about $4.5 billion. Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on the news that Russia will supply gas to Ukraine only after pre-payment and repayment of all debts, wrote: "The freebie is over."

In July, Alexey Miller reported that Ukraine's total debt for fuel supplied by Gazprom had reached $5.29 billion. In total, 11.5 billion cubic meters of gas remain unpaid, which is comparable to the volume of annual Russian gas supplies to Poland.

“Ukraine’s unwillingness to pay for Russian gas in principle is becoming chronic and once again shows that the transfer to prepayment, stipulated by the terms of the contract, was the only right decision,” Miller emphasized.

On October 31, 2014, gas negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine-EU format were completed in Brussels. A tripartite agreement was signed, which fixed a plan for gas supplies in the winter. The first part was signed by the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Vice President of the European Commission Gunther Oettinger, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and head of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine Yuri Prodan, the second document was signed by the heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz.

“We, the citizens of Europe, can say that gas supplies are secured this winter, we have achieved a breakthrough. Everyone benefited from this, especially the citizens of the EU. The transit function of Ukraine will continue to be carried out. Countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary will receive sufficient volumes of gas,” Günter Oettinger said.

Pictured: Belgium. Brussels. October 31. Aleksey Miller, Gazprom Board Chairman, Andrey Kobelev, NJSC Naftogaz Board Chairman (left to right foreground) signing an agreement on Russian gas supplies to Ukraine. In the background, from left to right: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, European Energy Commissioner Günter Oettinger, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic (Photo: AR / TASS)

The European Commissioner for Energy also confirmed the points reached earlier, in particular, about a $100 discount from the Russian Federation and about Ukraine's obligations to pay $3.1 billion of its debt. At the same time, until March 2015, the news reported, Ukraine could buy gas on an advance payment at a price of $385 per thousand cubic meters. meters of gas or below, according to the calculation formula. It was noted that the key issue of the talks on October 30 was the financial guarantees of the European Commission for payment by Kiev of Russian gas supplies.

In April 2015, Gazprom and Naftogaz signed an agreement on gas supplies in the second quarter of 2015.

In 2015, Gazprom filed a lawsuit against Naftogaz, demanding to recover from the company a fee for the shortfall in contractual gas volumes in 2012-2013, which it had to pay under the take-or-pay rule (“take or pay” - an annual payment minimum amount of fuel). Naftogaz, in turn, demanded a revision of pricing, which he considered not market-based. In 2012, the “square” received a discount of one hundred dollars per thousand cubic meters of gas in exchange for basing the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea. But in 2014, after Crimea became part of the Russian Federation, the discount was canceled, and the price rose to $485 per thousand cubic meters. Naftogaz refused to pay at such a price and also applied to arbitration.

In autumn 2015, Russia again gave Ukraine a gas discount. According to the Deputy Head of the European Commission (EC) for the Energy Union Maros Shefcovic, in addition to the tripartite protocol, the "winter package" of documents included an additional contract between Gazprom and Naftogaz.

On November 18, 2015, the European Commission gave the green light to three gas pipelines from Southeast to Central Europe at once, which Gazprom can use to supply the Balkans with Turkish Stream gas. These projects allowed Gazprom to solve the problem of delivering gas to European consumers, while refusing to transit gas through Ukraine.

Thus, Russia was going to secure itself from a gas crisis similar to the 2009 crisis, when Ukraine was stealing gas. The head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, made it clear that the Russian concern would not build “threads” on the territory of the EU in continuation of the Turkish Stream, and this should be taken care of by the Europeans themselves.

At the beginning of June 2016, Gazprom received an official letter from Naftogaz with a request to resume the supply of Russian fuel. Kiev was offered a price of $177 per thousand cubic meters, but Naftogaz considered it too high. Then Gazprom issued a preliminary bill to Kiev for gas.

On May 31, 2017, the Stockholm Arbitration Court issued an interim decision in a dispute between Gazprom and Naftogaz over a contract for the supply of gas to Ukraine.

On February 28, 2018, the Stockholm Arbitration Court published the decision on the transit claim of Naftogaz against Gazprom. It was ruled in favor of the Ukrainian company and ordered the Russian gas giant to pay Naftogaz $2.56 billion.

At the same time, Naftogaz demanded even more - $17 billion. Gazprom does not agree with the decision of the Stockholm arbitration, accusing it of violating the norms of Swedish law governing the contract with Naftogaz. Gazprom promised to protect its rights "by all means" that would not contradict the law.

After that, the management of Gazprom announced that it had returned the advance payment for March to Naftogaz and would not resume gas supplies. As a result, the Ukrainian authorities temporarily limited gas consumption in the country, but a day later the President Petro Poroshenko announced the start of fuel supplies from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. As it turned out, this option turned out to be four times more expensive than the Russian proposal.

Commercial Director of Naftogaz Yuri Vitrenko said that Gazprom had underpaid his company about $20 billion since 2009 due to the fact that fuel transit tariffs were underestimated.

Income of Alexey Miller

Alexey Miller is a regular participant in the Forbes ratings, which show the income of the highest paid top managers in Russia. In 2013, with an annual income of $25 million, Miller ranked third. In 2015, Alexey Borisovich for the first time became the highest paid top manager in Russia with an income of $ 27 million.

Pictured: Gazprom Deputy Chairman Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom Board Chairman Alexei Miller (left to right) and Gazprom Board Chairman Viktor Zubkov (right) before the annual general meeting of Gazprom shareholders (Photo: Sergey Fadeichev / TASS)

At the end of 2016, Miller also topped the Forbes ranking of the most expensive executives of Russian companies with an income of $17.7 million.

According to Forbes, Alexey Miller owns 0.000958% of Gazprom's shares. Package price: $488.198 (as of October 20, 2016).

On April 6, it became known that the United States imposed sanctions against Russian businessmen and officials. The "black list" of the US Treasury included 15 companies 38 businessmen, including Oleg Deripaska, Sergey Fursenko, Alexey Miller, Konstantin Kosachev, Mikhail Fradkov, Kirill Shamalov and some others.

This restrictive list includes the freezing of assets, the seizure of real estate and possible bank accounts of individuals and legal entities in the United States, as well as a ban on entry into the country.

Personal life and hobbies of Alexei Miller

In the biography of Alexei Miller on the site "Know Everything" it is reported that the billionaire is married, his wife Irina is not a public person. The Millers are raising a son.

Alexey Miller can often be seen at the matches of FC Zenit, the general sponsor of which is PJSC Gazprom, it is known that he is a football fan.

In the photo: Alexey Borisovich Miller, Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, and Sergey Fursenko, President of the Zenit football club (Photo: Vyacheslav Evdokimov / TASS)

Alexey Miller visited the locker room of the St. Petersburg "Zenith" after the match of the ninth round of the championship of Russia, in which the "blue-white-blue" could not beat the Perm "Amkar", the news reported. The functionary was extremely dissatisfied with the result of the match and decided to personally talk with the players.

Alexey Miller is fond of equestrian sports. He owns stallions of thoroughbred riding breed - Vesely and Fragrant. In the second quarter of 2012, Miller took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC Russian Hippodromes.

Forbes wrote that Alexey Miller registered with Odnoklassniki after a friend with whom he studied at the institute reproached that the head of Gazprom did not communicate much with classmates on the Internet.

In 2016, during the international gas forum in St. Petersburg, Alexei Borisovich said that he was a fan of Deep Purple as a teenager. According to him, he dreamed of attending a concert and now attends performances of the legendary rock band at every opportunity.

Alexey Miller is known as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the largest gas producing company in the world, Gazprom PJSC. In addition, Miller is a fan of Zenit, is fond of equestrian sports and has many titles and awards.

 

• FULL NAME: Miller Alexey Borisovich.
• Date of Birth: January 31, 1962 (aged 56)
• Education: Leningrad Financial and Economic Institute. N. Voznesensky.
• Business start date: 1984 (aged 22)
• Position: Russian economist, regional head, statesman, Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom.
• Current state:$27 million (Forbes, 2015).

Alexey Borisovich Miller received his higher education at the St. Petersburg Institute of Finance and Economics. N. Voznesensky. Later - the title of candidate of economic sciences. He began his labor activity in 1984 at the age of 22 in the LenNIIproekt organization. Subsequently, consistently and confidently climbed the career ladder. Now he is Chairman of the Board and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Gazprom. According to Forbes, his annual profit for 2015 amounted to $27 million, and this made it possible for the first time to become the most expensive top manager in Russia. Miller has an information column on the official website of Gazprom.

short biography

Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. Parents worked in the closed defense enterprise NPO Leninets and developed aviation equipment.

Graduated from school-gymnasium No. 330 with honors.

In 1984 he received a higher education, in 1989 he defended his PhD thesis.

In the 80s he was an economist-reformer headed by A. Chubais.

In 1987, he was a member of the Sintez club, where there were representatives of the younger generation from various fields of activity.

Start of work

In 1984, Alexey Miller began working at LenNIIproekt in his specialty. Worked as an engineer-economist. He interrupted his career to study in graduate school. Upon his return in 1990, he was appointed junior research fellow. He also worked in the Committee for Economic Reform of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.

In 1991, there was a sharp rise in the career ladder and acquaintance with V. Putin. In 1991 - 1996 - worked in the St. Petersburg City Hall in the Committee for External Relations, established contacts with the largest banks in the West. Changed jobs:

• Head of the Department for Market Issues of the Administration of Foreign Economic Relations;
• head of the administration of foreign economic relations;
• vice chairman of the committee.

In 1996, he left the St. Petersburg mayor's office and headed the Sea Port of St. Petersburg OJSC.

In 1999 - General Director of JSC "Baltic Pipeline System".

Gazprom

Since 2000, he was in Moscow and was the Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation. In 2001, he became Chairman of the Board of Gazprom, since 2002 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The arrival of Alexei Borisovich to this position predicted powerful transformations. And they swooped in instantly. The company became controlled by the government, work began on the reversion of assets that were lost under the former head R. Vyakhirev.

Alexey Borisovich is constantly re-elected by the board of directors of the holding to the position of chairman of the board. In 2016, once again, his contract was extended for five years.

This is interesting! PJSC Gazprom is ranked seventeenth in the list of the largest energy companies according to SandP Global Platts. In addition, he is in the top ten.

The organization accounts for 11% of global and 66% of Russian gas production. The state controls over 50% of the shares. Alexey Miller owns 0.000958% of the company's shares.

In 2018, Gazprom, together with the five largest energy companies in the world, despite the threat of sanctions, began construction of the main gas pipeline.

Personal life

Alexey Miller does not particularly spread about his family. There is a daughter from the first marriage. The current wife Irina is not a public person. Together with her husband, she is raising her son Mikhail, who, like his father, is a fan of the Zenit football team.

In his free time, a top manager can be seen with his family. He also loves cycling and skiing. He is fond of equestrian sports and has several thoroughbred stallions. Passion for horses at one time resulted in vigorous activity. In 2012, he received a position at OAO Russian Hippodromes and became Chairman of the Board of Directors. Later, the President issued a decree, where he set the task for Miller to revive the domestic equestrian sport industry.

Dislikes receptions, noisy companies. Prefers them to play the guitar. Often it can be found at the matches of “Zenith”. Now he is Vice President of the Football Union of Russia (since 2010)

Deep Purple has always been a childhood passion, so now he does not forget to visit the performances of teen idols.

Titles and awards

Alexey Miller has many titles and awards:

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st and 4th class (2006, 2017).
• Order them. A. Nevsky (2014).
• Order of Honor (2009).
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (ROC).
• Order of St. Seraphim of Sarov (2009).
• Title of 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 Labor (2011).
• Order of Friendship (2015).
• Diploma of Honor of the President of the Russian Federation (2012).

Current state

There is currently no reliable information about the state of Miller's profit. He did not make his current position public for a long time. Forbes last reported in 2015, when his income increased from $25 million to $27 million.