German was born on February 8, 1964 in the village of Panfilovo, Pavlodar Region, Kazakh SSR.

From 1982 to 1984 he served in special forces units of the internal troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In 1990 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University. Speaks German and English.

From 1990 to 1993 he was a graduate student at the Faculty of Law of Leningrad State University. The scientific supervisor was Anatoly Sobchak, to whom he came on the recommendation of the dean of the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University Sergei Baburin. Gref did not defend his dissertation then.

1991: Work in the administration of St. Petersburg

• In 1991-1992 - legal adviser of the 1st category of the Committee for Economic Development and Property of the Administration of Petrodvorets and St. Petersburg.

• In 1992, he was appointed head of the Petrodvortsovo district agency of the City Property Management Committee of the St. Petersburg City Hall.

• In 1992-1994 - Chairman of the Property Management Committee, Deputy Head of the Petrodvorets City Administration.

• In 1994, he became deputy chairman, first deputy chairman of the City Property Management Committee of the St. Petersburg City Hall.

• In 1997-1998 - vice-governor, chairman of the Committee for City Property Management of the St. Petersburg City Hall.

1998: Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation

• 1998 - member of the board of the Ministry of State Property of the Russian Federation. First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation.

• 1999 - member of the board of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market, head of the Center for Strategic Research.

2000: Head of the Ministry of Economic Development

• In 2000, he was appointed to the position of First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation.

• From May 2000 to September 2007 - Head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.

One of Gref's main tasks as Minister of Economic Development was negotiations on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization. And if at first the goal was to join the WTO at any cost and as quickly as possible, then the main principle became: “Russia will join the organization on the most favorable terms for itself.” In this regard, the deadline for joining the WTO was constantly pushed back. Under G. Gref, bilateral negotiations between Russia and all major world trading powers were successfully completed.

In his post, G. Gref also actively advocated for the development of industrial production in Russia. The year 2005 was especially successful for him in this area. Thus, the Sukhoj Super Jet-100 (SSJ-100, formerly RRJ) program, a joint project of the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, the Ilyushin Aviation Complex and the Boeing Company, came into his sphere of influence.

In the same year, the famous government decree N166 was issued, providing benefits for automakers who opened assembly plants in Russia (the conclusion of relevant agreements with auto giants was supervised by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade).

Also in 2005, a law developed by the ministry was adopted regulating the activities of special economic zones and providing preferential operating conditions for their residents. G. Gref also achieved for his department the right to distribute funds for innovative projects both through the created Russian Venture Company (RVC) and through the Investment Fund.

In 2005, the minister became chairman of the commission that forms the list of projects co-financed from the Investment Fund of the Russian Federation.

G. Gref also actively participated in the promotion of Sochi as the venue for the 2014 Olympics. Under him, the Ministry of Economic Development oversaw the federal target program “Development of the city of Sochi as a mountain-climatic resort until 2014,” which was later transferred to the Ministry of Regional Development.

2007: President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sberbank

November 28, 2007 At an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Sberbank of the Russian Federation, Gref was elected president and chairman of the board of the credit institution. In this position, he replaced Andrey Kazmin, who was appointed head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Russian Post. Despite G. Gref’s statement that no drastic changes in personnel policy are planned, several people from the bank’s top management submitted their resignations. Among them were deputy chairmen of the board and heads of leading departments. However, the former minister did not lose optimism - having headed Sberbank, G. Gref, in his characteristic energetic manner, stated: “We must prove that elephants can dance... Give me time, and then we’ll see who is capable of what.”

Thus, G. Gref plans to make Sberbank more “client-oriented”, in connection with which the bank has seriously increased the requirements for employees, and is also working to improve the principles of work, especially related to retail lending. Another serious undertaking by G. Gref was the expensive rebranding of Sberbank, the feasibility of which in the conditions of the financial crisis caused a wave of indignation in the media. In addition, being a supporter of the idea of ​​privatizing state banks, G. Gref advocates reducing the Central Bank's share in the bank's authorized capital to 50% + 1 share from the current 57.6%. However, so far the Russian government is in no hurry to privatize Sberbank, explaining this by its traditionally high social significance.

In May-June 2010 It became known that Gref became the owner of 0.0007% of ordinary shares of Sberbank of Russia OJSC, while his share in the authorized capital of the bank amounted to 0.0006%. Previously, G. Gref did not own shares in the bank. In October 2011 he increased his share of ordinary shares to 0.003%, and his participation in the authorized capital of the bank to 0.0031%.

German Gref talks about Sberbank's crowdsourcing project

• Member of the boards of directors and supervisory boards of a number of joint stock companies and companies.

2011: Candidate of Economic Sciences

2011 - defense of the dissertation in

1st Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation Birth

Co-chairman of the board of trustees of the Mariinsky Theater, member of the board of trustees of the Russian International Affairs Council. Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic Research. Member of the Board of Directors of Yandex. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Supporting the Deaf-Blind “Connection”. Globalist, supporter of globalization in Russia.

Biography

In 1982-1984, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR, in special units of the internal troops of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs, stationed in the city of Chapaevsk, Kuibyshev Region, military unit 3434.

1990 - graduated from the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University with a degree in jurisprudence and remained as a teacher at the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University. At the university he was a Komsomol course organizer and the head of a Komsomol operational detachment, and joined the CPSU.

In 1993 he graduated from graduate school at the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University. His scientific supervisor was Anatoly Sobchak, to whom he came on the recommendation of the dean of the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University S. N. Baburin, and became an activist of the FLNF. However, Gref never defended his dissertation.

February 2011 - defense of a dissertation at the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation on the topic: “Development and prospects for structural institutional reforms in the Russian economy.”

December 2012 Member of the Board of the J.P. Holding Morgan International Council (USA).

Member of the board of trustees of the ANO ""

Work in St. Petersburg

While working in the administration of St. Petersburg, German Gref met Alexei Kudrin, Dmitry Kozak, Dmitry Medvedev.

Work in the Government of the Russian Federation (2000-2007)

• 1998 - member of the board of the Ministry of State Property of the Russian Federation. First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation.
• 1999 - member of the board of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market, head of the Center for Strategic Research.
• 1998-2000 - First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin won the Russian presidential elections held on March 26, 2000. On May 7, he took office and on May 17 appointed Mikhail Kasyanov as Prime Minister. When Kasyanov’s government was formed, Gref was invited to the post of Minister of Economic Development created specifically for him. On May 18, by Decree of President Vladimir Putin, the Ministry of Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation were merged into the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.

German Gref was the main lobbyist for Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization. Also, at various times, he was a member of the board of directors of many state-owned companies (Gazprom, Svyazinvest, etc.) On February 24, 2004, Kasyanov’s government was dismissed. Gref also resigned from his post as minister.

At the beginning of March, the first Fradkov government was formed, in which German Oskarovich again headed the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation. On March 14, presidential elections took place, in which Vladimir Putin was re-elected. On May 7, having existed for only two months, this government resigned its powers to the newly elected President of the Russian Federation. Mikhail Fradkov retained the position of Prime Minister, and a second Fradkov government was created in May, with German Gref continuing to serve as Minister of Economic Development and Trade.

Sberbank

From November 2007 to the present, Gref is President and Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia. The former head of the bank, Andrei Kazmin, was transferred to work at Russian Post, which caused dissatisfaction among the bank's leading managers who voted against Gref. In May 2019, shareholders of Sberbank PJSC re-elected Gref for a fourth term. He will serve as president and chairman of the bank's board until 2023.

Activities outside Russia

Since 2013, German Gref has been a member of the international council of the American bank J.P. Morgan Chase, replacing Anatoly Chubais, CEO of the Rusnano state corporation.

Prospects of falling under sanctions

In January 2018, he was included in the “Kremlin list” of the US Treasury - a list of people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Personal views and public statements

In 2012, at the SPIEF 2012 forum dedicated to overcoming the crisis, in response to Tim Kelsey’s monologue, Gref said that the effectiveness of the power of the people raises his doubts, and the indirect receipt of information by people inspires fear. He also stated that the media are somehow dependent and participate in the preservation of layers of society. Gref later explained that his previous statements were only dark humor intended to stir up discussion.

On December 28, 2017, he spoke out sharply against the use of bank plastic cards, saying: “I already mostly pay using Apple Pay. I dream of the moment when I don’t have a card in my pocket at all, I consider it an atavism.”

On March 14, 2019, he stated that the main problem in Russia is the lack of an effective public administration system.

Ratings

In October 2011, German Gref was noted by Forbes magazine as one of the nine most unusual Russian businessmen - madcaps, eccentrics and eccentrics.

In October 2018, German Gref took second place in the ranking of influential Russians according to Forbes magazine. .

Income

In 2013, he entered the top 5 Forbes list (1st place) of the most expensive managers in Russia with an income of $15 million. The share of shares of Sberbank of Russia owned by G. O. Gref: 0.003096% (package price - $27.19 million) . In 2014, he again found himself in a similar Forbes ranking in 4th place with an income of $26 million. In 2015, in the list of the most expensive company executives of the same publication, he took 6th place with $13.5 million, at the end of 2016 - third place with an income of $11 million.

Family and personal life

German Gref is married for the second time. His wife Yana Golovina (Gref) is a designer. Their wedding took place in the throne room of the Great Peterhof Palace.

In 2006, Gref had a daughter, and in 2008, a second daughter.

Gref's mother-in-law Tatyana Golovina is engaged in the resort business. Since the end of 2008, he has been the head of the Rus sanatorium in Gelendzhik, owned by structures of the state company Transneft.

Gref's son from his first marriage, Oleg, graduated from Moscow State University in 2004, and is the head of the consulting group NEO Center.

German Gref's older sister Elena Peredriy graduated from the pedagogical institute, married Sergei Peredriy and moved to Nakhodka. Elder brother Evgeny Gref is a businessman in Omsk, co-owner of the Tekhnosofiya and Sibir-Keramika store chains, the Geomart and Letur shopping centers.

Awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (February 8, 2019) - for significant contribution to the development and strengthening of the banking system, many years of conscientious work
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (October 19, 2011) - for his great contribution to the development of the domestic banking system and many years of conscientious work
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 6, 2007) - for active participation in the work to ensure the victory of the bid of the city of Sochi for the right to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Games in 2014
• Order of Alexander Nevsky (2014)
• Order of Honor (February 13, 2014) - for achieved labor successes, significant contribution to the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation, merits in the humanitarian sphere, strengthening the rule of law, protecting the rights and interests of citizens, many years of conscientious work
• Officer of the Legion of Honor (France, 2010) - for contribution to the development of relations between the two countries
• P. A. Stolypin Medal, II degree (2009) - for services in the development and implementation of the economic development strategy of the Russian Federation and many years of impeccable work
• Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation (February 11, 2009) - for many years of conscientious government activity
• Badge “For Merit to the Moscow Region”, 1st degree (2016)
• Personalized honorary badge “For Civil Merit”, 1st degree (Astrakhan, December 10, 2007) - for enormous support aimed at the comprehensive socio-economic development of the city of Astrakhan, expansion of production, improvement of the living standards of citizens, their social security, preservation of peace and friendship between peoples, further development of charity, philanthropy, and on the eve of the 450th anniversary of the city
• Honorary citizen of the city of Astrakhan (2007)
• Honorary Citizen of Peterhof (2007)
• Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st degree (ROC, 2006)
• Laureate of the All-Russian Prize for Financiers “Reputation” 2013 in the nomination “For the formation of socially responsible financial business”
• Winner of the national business reputation award “Darin” of the Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship in 2003.
• For special achievements in the field of banking and personal contribution to the development of Sberbank, he was awarded the Sberbank Gold Badge [ ] [significance of the fact? ]

Notes

1. Valery Gergiev Charitable Foundation. Our partners (undefined) .
2. German Gref will work for Yandex
3. Board of Trustees (undefined) . www.hse.ru. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
4. Foundation for Supporting the Deaf-Blind "Connection" (undefined) . so-edinenie.org. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
5. German Gref in the press club of the Rosbalt news agency: “We need to fit into globalization, but on our terms”
6. Gref German Oskarovich. - IEG Panorama
7. Vladimir Pribylovsky. Gref German Oskarovich. - Scylla (IEG Panorama), 06.06.2006
8. Topic of the day - Reference - Biography of German Gref: Manager at the European Bank (undefined) . www.temadnya.ru. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
9. Yavlinsky argued with the Komsomol organizer, Sadalsky wrote letters to Brezhnev, and Pugacheva’s membership card was valued at $3 thousand // Komsomolskaya Pravda: newspaper. - 2017. - October 29 (No. 124-p (26750-p)).
10. Rimma Akhmirova. Russia without Gref. - Interlocutor, 06/22/2005. - No. 23
11. Gref German Oskarovich / RBC Innovations (unavailable link)
12. (undefined) (unavailable link). Retrieved January 17, 2018. Archived January 18, 2018.
13. The President signed a Decree appointing Mikhail Kasyanov as Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (unavailable link)
14. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 18, 2000 No. 915 (undefined)
15. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 20, 2004 No. 645 (undefined) . Retrieved September 11, 2015.
16. Beginning of a working meeting with Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov (undefined) (September 12, 2007). Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
17. About the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank of Russia (undefined) . Sberbank. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
18. Gref’s risky move, Gazeta.ru (October 16, 2007). Retrieved December 16, 2016.
19. Gref re-elected head of Sberbank (Russian). RT in Russian. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
20. German Gref will work for J.P. Morgan Chase, Izvestia (31 July 2013). Retrieved January 23, 2018.
21. "Kremlin list" of the US Treasury. Who got it? (Russian) , New newspaper - Novayagazeta.ru. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
22. Everyone was included in the US “Kremlin Report”: from Sechin to Gref, from Usmanov to Tinkov
23. German Gref, Andrey Shleifer, Elvira Nabiullina, Tim Kelsey. SPIEF-2012: Session of Sberbank of Russia in St. Petersburg[Cutting from a television program on “Russia 24”]. Russia: Sberbank. " The economic mode of production that Marx dreamed of has not yet been realized, and therefore you need to work, and it is not a fact that everyone will get this job, and it is not a fact that everyone will receive the desired wage, and it is not a fact that they will be satisfied with it. And at the same time, if every person can participate directly in management... what are we managing? ...And great thinkers, such as Lao Tzu, came up with their theories of Tao, encrypting them, afraid to convey them to the common people, because they understood: as soon as all people understand the basis of their Self, self-identify, it will be extremely difficult to manage, that is, to manipulate them . People don't want to be manipulated when they have knowledge. ...People understood what it meant to remove the veil from the eyes of millions of people and make them self-sufficient. How to manage them? Any mass control implies an element of manipulation. How to live, how to manage a society where everyone has equal access to information, everyone has the opportunity to judge directly, to receive directly undissected information through government-trained analysts, political scientists and huge machines that are lowered on their heads, the media, which are seemingly independent , but in fact we understand that all the media are still busy building and preserving strata? How to live in such a society?! And your reasoning makes me a little scared, to be honest. And it seems to me that you don't quite understand what you are saying.»
24. Gref: bloggers didn’t have enough sense of humor to understand me (Russian) , website, Russia: RIA Novosti (06/26/2012). Retrieved September 28, 2017. « Honestly, when I learned what profound conclusions some Internet thinkers had drawn from my jokes during our session, I laughed heartily. Is it really not clear to an intelligent person that the role of moderator involves provocative remarks that fuel the discussion?».

Born on February 8, 1964 in the village of Panfilovo, Pavlodar region of the Kazakh SSR, where his parents, as ethnic Germans, were exiled in 1941. A descendant of immigrants from Germany: Gref’s grandfather, a professor-philologist who taught Greek philosophy in St. Petersburg, came to Russia.

After graduating from school, he entered the Faculty of International Economic Relations of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but after a year of study he was expelled from the university.

In 1981, he worked as a legal consultant for the district agricultural administration of the Irtysh district of the Pavlodar region.

From 1982 to 1984 he served in the special forces units of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs.

From 1984 to 1985 he studied at the preparatory department of Omsk State University (OmSU). In 1990 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University with a degree in jurisprudence.

While studying at the university, I listened to lectures by Alexei Kazannik and Sergei Baburin.

After graduating from Omsk State University, he taught there for some time. At the university he was a Komsomol course leader, as well as the head of a Komsomol operational detachment. He was a member of the CPSU until its ban in August 1991.

German Gref. Photo by Alexander Kotomin, Lenta.ru

In 1990-1993 studied at the graduate school of the Faculty of Law of Leningrad (since 1991 - St. Petersburg) State University.

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From 1991 to March 1992, he served as legal adviser to the Committee for Economic Development and Property of the Petrodvortsovy District Administration of St. Petersburg.

In 1992, he worked as the head of the Petrodvortsovo district agency of the Property Management Committee of the Administration of St. Petersburg. From March 1992 to October 1994 - Chairman of the Property Management Committee - Deputy Head of the Administration of the Petrodvortsovsky District of St. Petersburg.

In October 1994, he was appointed deputy chairman of the Committee for State Property Management (KUGI), director of the real estate department of KUGI of St. Petersburg (chairman of KUGI St. Petersburg - Mikhail Manevich). For several years (until 2000), together with Vladimir Putin and two other St. Petersburg officials, he served on a voluntary basis on the advisory board of the German real estate company St. Petersburg Immobilien und Beteiligungs AG (SRAG), created in 1992 with the assistance of the mayor’s office and the Committee for external relations of St. Petersburg (headed by V. Putin) On May 13, 2000, the head of SPAG, Rudolf Ritter, was arrested in Vaduz on suspicion of money laundering and connections with organized crime (translation of an article from Le Monde - Kommersant, 05/27/2000) .

After the defeat of Anatoly Sobchak in the elections for governor of St. Petersburg in June 1996, he, together with his immediate superior M. Manevich, remained in the administration of the new governor Vladimir Yakovlev.

In February 1997, he became one of the “ideologists” of housing and communal reform in St. Petersburg. By the decision of Governor Vladimir Yakovlev, KUGI was appointed responsible for carrying out the reform, within the framework of which there was a twofold increase in rent.

In July 1997, he was appointed first deputy chairman of the State Property Committee of St. Petersburg.

On September 2, 1997, he was appointed vice-governor - chairman of the KUGI of St. Petersburg instead of M. Manevich, who was killed on August 18, 1997 (from the moment of the death of Manevich, Gref was the acting chairman of the KUGI). Governor V. Yakovlev made an offer to Gref to take this post.

At his first briefing as head of the St. Petersburg KUGI, G. Gref said that he considers himself “a man of Yakovlev, Chubais and Nemtsov at the same time.”

During his leadership, KUGI was accused of abuse of power: illegal transfer of the Sennaya Market for a bribe (the case was closed after the murder of the only witness), illegal privatization of an architectural monument (Novaya Gazeta, May 29-June 4, 2000).

From September 1997 to May 1999 - member of the board of directors of JSC Lenenergo.

In January 1998, by decree of the Government of the Russian Federation (Chairman of the Government - Viktor Chernomyrdin) he was introduced to the Board of the Ministry of State Property (MGI) of the Russian Federation (Minister - Farit Gazizullin).

Since April 1998 - member of the board of directors of OJSC Sea Port of St. Petersburg (state representative). In June 1998, he joined the Board of Directors of OJSC Petersburg - Channel 5.

On August 10, 1998, at a meeting of the government of St. Petersburg, it was announced that G. Gref would soon be appointed First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation. On August 12, 1998, by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, Gref was appointed to this post.

On December 30, 1998, by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was introduced to the Coordination Council on Economic Issues of Regional Policy of the Russian Federation. On January 21, 1999, by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was introduced to the board of representatives of the Russian Federation at OJSC Svyazinvest.

On April 28, 1999, by order of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was appointed head of the government commission to verify the activities of the Federal Service for Insolvency and Bankruptcy (FSDN).

From April 1999 to June 2001 and from June 2002 - member of the Board of Directors of OJSC Svyazinvest.

On May 10, 1999, by order of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was introduced to the board of state representatives at the Russian State Insurance Company (Rosgosstrakh).

On June 26, 1999, he was elected to the Board of Directors of JSC Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines.

Since 1999 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheremetyevo International Airport OJSC.

On July 26, 1999, at a meeting of shareholders, G. Gref's candidacy was included in the list of candidates for members of the board of directors of OAO Gazprom as a representative of the state. On August 26, he was elected to the board of directors of Gazprom.

From September 1999 to February 2001 - member of the board of state representatives at JSC AK Transneft.

In November 1999, he founded the Center for Strategic Research Foundation (CSR, Gref Center), becoming the chairman of its board of trustees (president - Dmitry Mezentsev, later - Elvira Nabiullina). He headed the project "National Development Project of Russia".

In January-March 2000, he was a member of V. Putin’s election headquarters and was among his authorized representatives on financial issues.

On May 18, 2000, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation (MEDT), formed instead of the Ministries of Economy, Trade and CIS Affairs in the government of Mikhail Kasyanov.

Since May 2000 - Chairman of the Board of the TsSR Foundation (Dmitry Kozak became Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Trustees).

On June 30, 2000, he was re-elected to the board of directors of OAO Gazprom. Since June 30, 2000 - member of the board of directors of RAO UES of Russia.

On July 3, 2000, he was appointed manager from the Russian Federation at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

Since July 2000 - member of the board of directors of OJSC Rosneft.

Since August 2000 - member of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on military-technical cooperation of the Russian Federation with foreign states.

Since September 2000 - Chairman of the Commission for International Technical Assistance under the Government of the Russian Federation.

In September 2000, he was approved as Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Advisory Council on Foreign Investment in Russia, head of the working group on improving the investment climate in Russia under the Advisory Council.

Since October 2000 - Deputy Governor from the Russian Federation at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

In December 2000, he was appointed head of the working group to prepare a draft program for the socio-economic development of the Russian Federation for the medium term (until 2004).

Since January 2001 - Chairman of the commission for holding auctions for the sale of industrial quotas for catching (extraction) of aquatic biological resources.

Since January 2001 - member of the commission on tariff regulation in federal railway transport.

In January 2001, G. Gref was recommended for the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Project Privatization Company, created by the Russian Federal Property Fund (RFFI) and the Ministry of Property Relations of the Russian Federation for the sale of 50 million shares (6.13%) of OJSC LUKOIL to international stock markets.

In April 2001, a number of media reported that in May G. Gref would replace M. Kasyanov as chairman of the government.

On April 12, Gref denied these reports, telling reporters: “We have a very well-coordinated team in the government today, and I see no reason to change it.”

On April 26, 2001, he was appointed as the official representative of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers when the chambers of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation considered the draft Land Code of the Russian Federation.

In May 2001, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Government of the Russian Federation for coordinating the activities of federal executive authorities and state authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the implementation of production sharing agreements.

On May 19, 2001, he was re-elected to the board of directors of OJSC Aeroflot - RMA (since June 2001 - OJSC Aeroflot - Russian Airlines).

On August 2, 2001, he was re-elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sheremetyevo International Airport OJSC.

In August 2001, he became a member of the government commission on structural reform of railway transport.

Since January 2002 - Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Commission on Electric Power Industry Reform.

Since January 2002 - member of the board of directors of JSC Federal Grid Company of the Unified Energy System (FGC UES).

In 2002, he repeatedly opposed plans to switch to 100 percent payment for housing and communal services (HCP) by the population. “The transition to 100 percent payment for housing and communal services by the population is an unrealistic task, unnecessary to anyone and discredits the very reform in the housing and communal services […] Without reforming the housing and communal services, we will not be able to carry out reform in the electric power industry.” - Interfax, November 1, 2002).

In January 2003, Gref's ministry came up with a draft government decree "On ensuring access to information about the activities of the government of the Russian Federation and federal departments", which obliges government bodies to publish on the Internet all their internal documents that are not related to state secrets - incl. information about civil law documents concluded by them (including contracts). The project met with resistance from departments.

At the beginning of 2003, he came up with a project to redistribute the tax burden on the raw materials industries, proposing to increase export duties on raw materials (primarily oil and tin). What led him (and Alexei Kudrin, who supported him) to a conflict with M. Kasyanov.

In April 2003, G. Gref went on vacation, and many media outlets reported that he would not return to his previous post. However, the ministry's press service assured that Gref's vacation ends on May 12, 2003, and he will begin his duties on that day.

Since July 2003 - Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government Commission on Administrative Reform.

On September 4, 2003, he was removed from the Russian Government Commission on Reforming the Electric Power Industry.

On October 21, 2003, he was elected chairman of the assessment committee of the board of directors created at Gazprom. The main task of the assessment committee was to assist the board of directors in matters related to transactions and asset management of subsidiaries and affiliates.

On March 9, 2004, he was appointed Minister of Economic Development and Trade in the government of Mikhail Fradkov.

On September 24, 2007, Elmira Nabiullina was appointed as the new Minister of Economic Development in the new government of Viktor Zubkov.

Nepotism, clanism and tribalism in our country will not surprise anyone. However, if in small but proud mountain republics this is a completely expected evil, then meeting a closely intertwined company of relatives in the largest bank of the state is still quite unexpected. Alas, this is true.

German Oskarovich Gref came to Sberbank a little less than 10 years ago. Over the past time, the interests of the large family of the newly minted banker have become so closely intertwined with the state bank entrusted to his care that, in fact, now caring for Sberbank for Gref is caring for his own well-being. So, let's get acquainted with the family members and Gref and their connections with Sberbank.

Yana Golovina, wife of German Gref. She created her own company, Dar.ru CJSC, which engaged in “retail trade in works of art in art galleries.” Oleg Shcherbakov, Vice President for Corporate Property of OJSC Sitronics, became Gref’s wife’s partner in this business. And soon Sitronics began winning Sberbank tenders for the production of bank cards. The transaction amount exceeded $10 million.

Tatiana Golovina, mother-in-law of German Gref, mother of Yana Golovina, from the end of 2008 suddenly headed the sanatorium in Gelendzhik - “Rus”. The sanatorium immediately after this transferred its accounts to Sberbank! Coincidence? We don't think so.

Oleg Gref, son of German Gref’s wife from his first marriage. In the spring of 2009, he took the post of vice president and became a co-owner of the NEO Center consulting group. This office was accredited by Sberbank to provide services for the preparation of technological expertise, monitoring and auditing of large investment projects with state participation. Oleg Gref’s high-profile project was the following scheme - Sberbank of Russia, at the personal insistence of Germ Gref, loaned the company Atlantic LLC for 3.5 billion rubles. With the help of this loan and this company, the head of the National Nonmetallic Company (NNC), Yuri Zhukov, and the son of the head of Sberbank, Oleg, seized the Pavlovskgranit enterprise for the production of granite crushed stone. After this, Atlantic ceded the rights to Pavlovskgranit to Cypriot offshore companies, and itself was liquidated. Three and a half billion rubles floated offshore...

Oscar Gref, youngest son of German Gref. We were unable to find out his connection with Sberbank, since his traces are lost in the British private school Taunton School.

Elena Peredriy, German Gref’s sister, it turns out, is also a banker. Recently, Primorye Bank disclosed the shares of its shareholders over the past year, and Elena Peredriy turned out to have 6.21% of its shares.

Olga Tyshchenko, niece of German, daughter of Elena Peredriy. Works at Sberbank as a chief HR specialist.

Evgeniy Gref, brother of Herman. The head of Sberbank invested 500 million rubles in his brother’s business when, at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008, he almost lost his business. Evgeny Gref concluded at least 70 transactions with Sberbank! Now Evgeniy is a famous Omsk businessman.

Evgenia Gref, niece of German, daughter of Evgeniy Gref. Having moved from Omsk to the capital, she was noticed as a project manager at the Krasnov-design company. After that, in 2010 alone, Krasnov design organized five corporate parties for Sberbank, including the celebration of the New Year, March 8, Valentine's Day on February 14, and the Sberbank of Talents concert.

Based on sources.

Your own service apartment on Rochdelskaya Street with 5 rooms and 256 sq. meters German Gref transferred to his son from his first marriage, and after the divorce Gref left the 5-room apartment on Malaya Bronnaya to his former wife Elena Velikanova

The other day, the President and Chairman of the Board of the Savings Bank of Russia, German Gref, following Igor Sechin, Alexei Miller and other state capitalists, refused to make public his declaration of real estate and income for the past year. We decided to find out what exactly the banker is so shy about.

Where does he live?

In March 2009, in the village of Golyevo near Moscow, public hearings were held on the transfer of part of the relict grove of the elite village of Arkhangelskoye. Then 70 acres of specially protected land moved from the category of lands “for improvement” to a plot “for country house construction".

The Krasnogorsk Council of Deputies decided to allocate them to the ownership of Gref, then still the Minister of Economic Development and Trade, back in December 2005, and 15 acres with a cadastral value of about 6 million rubles went to the official for nothing (in their place today there is a mansion in which a banker lives, and around there are centuries-old pine trees). Among Gref’s neighbors in the village are Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Mikhail Men, and even head of government Dmitry Medvedev.

As is known from the relevant documents, German Gref transferred his former official apartment on Rochdelskaya Street (5 rooms and 256 square meters - on the same flight of stairs with the apartment of Mikhail Fradkov, the former prime minister), to his son from his first marriage, Oleg.

Gref left another, also a 5-room apartment (on Malaya Bronnaya) to his former wife Elena (Velikanova) after the divorce. His current wife Yana (nee Golovina, and by her previous husband Glumova) was also previously registered in an elite place - on Novinsky Boulevard, opposite the American Embassy. But now the couple prefer Arkhangelskoye.

It is clear why German Gref is in no hurry to disclose his income: against the backdrop of stingy interest on deposits and rising loan prices, one may get the impression that Sberbank depositors are simply paying for the banker’s growing appetites. Photo Russian Look

What does he live on?

In 2012, the authoritative Forbes magazine ranked Gref in 5th place in the ranking of the most expensive top managers in Russia with an income of $15 million, stipulating that the banker had the opportunity to earn several tens of millions more. Sberbank then officially stated that “German Gref’s remuneration is significantly lower,” but for some reason did not provide the correct figures.

German Gref’s salary is still classified as “secret”. According to our information, it should be at least a million rubles per month plus quarterly and annual allowances. Plus the traditional reward “for good work.”

“The amount of all payments accrued to members of the board for 2013 amounted to 3.2 billion rubles (for 2012 - 2.4 billion rubles), says Sberbank in its latest report. “The increase in payments is explained by an increase in the number of board members from 13 people as of December 31, 2012 to 14 people as of December 31, 2013 (including the president, chairman of the board).” Even if these billions are divided equally, it comes out to almost 230 million rubles per board member, and the president, of course, should receive several times more than others. A billion rubles? Quite possible.

It is clear why German Gref is in no hurry to disclose his income: against the backdrop of stingy interest on deposits and rising loan prices, one may get the impression that Sberbank depositors are simply paying for the banker’s growing appetites.

German Gref’s wife, Yana, also brings money into the house. The woman owns Dar.ru CJSC (sells works of art in art galleries) Photo Russian Look

How does he live?

At the same time, German Gref’s wife, Yana, also brings money into the house. True, as Sobesednik found out, the LLP Gift Studio, which she created in 2002 with the participation of Lyudmila Kozak (ex-wife of the Deputy Prime Minister) and Nina Pligina (wife of a United Russia deputy), went bankrupt a few years later. But now the woman has JSC Dar.ru (sells works of art in art galleries). Her business partner (ZAO Lamineya) is associated with the management of AFK Sistema. The banker's mother-in-law Tatyana Golovina was spotted in the hotel business on the Black Sea.

Gref’s eldest son, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, is one of the founders of the NEO Center consulting group (in its sector the company ranks 4th in the ranking of the largest in the country). Oleg Gref “joined the NEO Center consulting group in the spring of 2009, taking the position of vice president,” says the corporate website. “At the company, Oleg is responsible for strategic development, business development, and promotion of the group in the Russian and international markets.” Not only has the group received government contracts totaling at least 100 million rubles over the past few months - perhaps this is an accident, but NEO Center is also accredited by Sberbank as an official appraiser-partner. The name of this particular company often appeared in scandals accusing Sberbank of raider takeover of borrowing companies.

Why did the head of Sberbank refuse to make public his declaration of real estate and income for last year? Photo Russian Look

The nieces of German Gref are also connected with Sberbank. Evgenia (daughter of her older brother), having moved from Omsk to Moscow, was noticed as a project manager at the Krasnov-design company. After this, the company organized a number of corporate events for the bank. And for Olga Tyshchenko (sister’s daughter, born in Primorye) the position of chief HR specialist was found at Sberbank.

Gref's sister Elena Peredriy, the wife of the former vice-governor of Primorye Sergei Peredriy, is also a banker. Recently, Primorye Bank disclosed the shares of its shareholders over the past year, and Elena Peredriy turned out to have 6.21% of its shares (the controlling stake is held by the former first lady of the region Larisa Belobrova). Sergei Peredriy himself also left the civil service for business; the companies Aktsia and Air Catering are registered in his name in Primorye.

The banker's brother Evgeny Gref is known in Omsk as a businessman who managed to work in trade, construction, manufacturing, and medicine. Moreover, Sberbank did not skimp on multimillion-dollar credit lines for him. And when in 2011, with the participation of Sberbank, the Mosmart hypermarket chain went bankrupt, the chain’s stores in Siberia went to Gref Sr. Now there is a rumor in Omsk that he will also get shares in the Sochi developer NPO Mostovik, which is now also being absorbed by Sberbank. Despite this, Evgeny Gref’s business has not been going well lately: business is declining (shops are being closed), in May he lost his post as chairman of the board of directors of Omskneftekhimproekt, and the post of regional minister of economics, which was assigned to him, went to someone else.

Nevertheless, the regional government still has a strong group, which in Omsk is called “Grefovskaya”. Or "Sberbank".

Considering the connections of German Gref’s family with the state bank, this is practically the same thing.

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Gref German Oskarovich

Born on February 8, 1964 in Kazakhstan in a family of exiled Russified Germans. Served in the special forces of the internal troops. He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Omsk State University, after which he transferred to Leningrad for graduate school. He worked in the St. Petersburg administration, where he met Putin. In 2000, he received the post of Minister of Economic Development created specifically for him. He has headed Sberbank since October 2007. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, he was the founder of the film distribution company Nevsky LLC registered in St. Petersburg (by now the company has already been liquidated).

Roldugin Oleg

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