Megdet Rahimkulov
| Megdet Rahimkulov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Megdet Rahimkulov 16 October 1945 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Budapest, Hungary |
| Citizenship |
Hungarian Russian |
| Occupation | businessman, economist |
| Known for |
holdings in OTP Bank former executive (Gazprom) former head of Panrusgaz and Általános Értékforgalmi Bank "the wealthiest Hungarian" |
| Net worth | $ 1.96 billion [1] |
| Board member of | OTP Bank |
| Children |
Timur Ruslan and one other son |
Mihail Rahimkulov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Рахимкулов, also known as Megdet Rahimkulov, 16 October 1945, Moscow) is a Russian-born Hungarian businessman of Tatar origin. He was a Gazprom executive[2] and also the former head of Panrusgaz and Általános Értékforgalmi Bank. He is the 1,468th on the Forbes world's billionaires list.[1] He is the wealthiest person in Hungary and a leading owner of OTP Bank.[3]
His assets are now managed by a holding company in Cyprus.[1]
Early life
Rahimkulov received his first higher education at the All-Union Correspondence Financial and Economic Institute. He graduated in 1973. In 1978, Rahimkulov earned a second diploma from the State University of Management in Moscow.
In 1971, Rahimkulov, still a student, took a job at the USSR Ministry of the Gas Industry.[4]
Career
After graduating from State University of Management, Rahimkulov became deputy head of Soyuzgazavtomatiki, a Mingazprom enterprise. From 1989 to 1992, he was the general director of Gazexport. In 1992, Rahimkulov was appointed General Director of OOO Interpromkom (InterProm), a company that supplied IT equipment to Gazprom.[4]
Rahimkulov became a Chief Executive and 10% owner of a Gazprom and MOL joint venture in the mid 1990s. MOL is a Hungarian multinational oil and gas company. When Gazprom acquired AEB, a Hungarian bank, Rahimkulov maintained a 6% direct holding in the bank until 2011.[1] Rahimkulov and his sons, Ruslan and Timur, sold their entire share of MOL to VCP Capital Partners Unternehmensberatung AG in September of 2011.[5]
Rahimkulov bought shares in OTP, a leading Hungarian bank, with the proceeds from the MOL sale.[1] As of September 2017, he and his sons own 24,186,511 shares in OTP, giving them 8.64% ownership of the company.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Forbes Profile". Forbes. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ Putin's game in European energy: divide and conquer Spectator, The, Nov 3, 2007 by Barnett, Neil
- ↑ Csányi elmenekült az OTP-ből, 444.hu (Hungarian)
- 1 2 "БИОГРАФИЯ — МЕГДЕТ РАХИМКУЛОВ". FinParty. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Rahimkulov family parts with entire holding in Hungarian MOL". Portfolio.hu. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ↑ "Ownership structure". OTP Bank. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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