Entrepreneur, economist, founder and managing partner of Management Development Group Inc. Member of the Federal Political Council of the Party of Growth

"Biography"

Born in Moscow. At school I was fond of karate. After graduating from school, he entered the Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation and in 1993 received a diploma in the specialty “Design and Technological Engineer”.

"Companies"

Management Development Group Inc,

"News"

Book by Dmitry Potapenko “Business is verbs and nouns that end in numbers”

One literary critic once said: “Adjectives are rubbish of speech.” I think he would have liked the title of the book by economist and entrepreneur Dmitry Potapenko, who managed a large number of projects in various fields, “Business is verbs and nouns that end with numbers.” This book is the author's textbook on retail and production: where should the retail outlet be located; why a canteen is so much more profitable than a restaurant with original cuisine; how to train and motivate staff, how to prevent theft; what questions to ask so-called “business consultants”, etc. - right down to how to place goods on the sales floor and how many linear meters of rags there should be for cleaning the floor.

Shop solidarity. Businessmen comment on the case of the founder of Dodo Pizza

Dmitry Potapenko, founder and managing partner of Management Development Group Inc. (Potapenko’s colleagues faced accusations of extremism after selling a carload of wallpaper to Turkey)

The situation must be brought into the public sphere immediately. “Cut to hell without waiting for peritonitis,” as they said in the famous film. Because you can do this as long as you are not a participant in the process. What Fedor is trying to do now is a very short-term story. Don’t indulge yourself in the illusion: the investigator will quickly make sure that, at best, a lawyer can bring information into the public sphere. Therefore, publicity is one of the tools, and it is limited by law. Employees are part of the public sphere, and they should also know what is happening and why the company behaves this way.

As for drugs, this is a traditional story, but it is especially bad that they were found at several sites. With a high degree of probability, I admit that it was planted. However, management needed to respond to the first case. Because as soon as a systemic pattern arises, even if it is a provocation, the investigation has many reasons to act the way they are acting now.

I have little doubt that the next stage in this situation will be additional taxes and charges against Dodo Pizza for non-payment. This happens all the time, and Dodo is no exception. In general, the company as a taxpayer is attractive to attack. Now, in general, any company that publicly turns over a billion rubles can come under attack.

Dmitry Potapenko visited the Kaluga region

On February 1, 2018, the Association of Entrepreneurs of the Kaluga Region organized a meeting with one of the most famous Russian entrepreneurs and public figure - Dmitry Potapenko.

Dmitry spoke about the economy of the Kaluga region and shared with the audience about various opportunities for business, citizens and public figures. The following were presented: the Forum of Civil Activists, which will be held in Moscow on March 16, and the competition “My Project – My Future”. Participants were able to ask questions.

This event was attended by entrepreneurs, public figures, representatives of public organizations and the media.

Dmitry Potapenko produces a program about the Ulyanovsk region

The politician and entrepreneur will dedicate a program from his author’s series “The Economics of Simple Things” to our region. Dmitry Potapenko says: “It is known that gadgets and tape recorders are not produced in Russia. In fact, it's getting worse. We do not produce shovels and nails, we do not provide ourselves with clothing, dishes, furniture and other basic things. The capital is doing great, but in the regions the number of jobs is falling. Why doesn't the economy of simple things work for us? How to start producing all this? How to breathe new life into Russian regions, since the whole country must develop, not just Moscow.” These and other issues will be discussed in Dmitry’s new series of programs entitled “The Economics of Simple Things.”

Potapenko: “It is doubtful that business will want to return to Russia and sit down”

Businessmen do not want to return to the country, but fair justice above all, managing partner of Management Development Group Dmitry Potapenko told Infox.Ru.

“The issue is not a refund, the issue is a review of the case. The main and key thing there is a change in the preventive measure. And only after this can we talk about a return. People will not return unless their preventive measure is changed. There is an agreement that the preventive measure is being changed, but if the court finds the businessmen guilty, they will compensate for the damage caused,” explained Dmitry Potapenko, commenting on the message of Ombudsman Boris Titov on Facebook that he handed over a list of businessmen to Russian President Vladimir Putin who want to return to their homeland, but are hiding from Russian justice in London.

Potapenko: No one will return capital to the Russian Federation after the amnesty is announced

A member of the federal political council of the Rosta party, businessman Dmitry Potapenko, on NSN, said that these measures will not help return capital from abroad.

“Amnesty is a beautiful word, but the parameters that have been proposed today will not allow us to do anything. No one will return it. The problem is not the amnesty. This is the same as going out and saying: “Guys, come back.” For what? To have the same negative conditions? We have only 0.5% acquittals. When the president reported four years ago, he said that we had 200 thousand criminal cases initiated and only 15% of them were in fact. All the rest are irrelevant. Now, according to the commissioner’s office, in the nine months of last year there were about 220 thousand criminal cases. Our investigative authorities and tax authorities are not slowing down the dynamics,” the entrepreneur noted.

Dmitry POTAPENKO: “Those who want to come to power want to “take a place” and not “change the system””

In his interviews two years ago, Dmitry Potapenko compared entrepreneurs and supervisory authorities to a cow and a butcher. Now, the businessman believes, the situation has worsened:

“Over 9 months of 2017, 300 thousand entrepreneurs left the market, 270 thousand criminal cases were initiated. Now entrepreneurs are closing their current accounts en masse. More than 500 thousand entrepreneurs are on stop lists, unable to conduct business.

The butcher’s behavior has become that of an executioner,” Potapenko sums up.

Dmitry Potapenko: We are being exterminated so that there is no private economy

Entrepreneur Dmitry Potapenko told Sobesednik.ru what an acidic atmosphere Russian businessmen work in.

On December 20 and 21, the “Growth Party” will hold an election congress, at which it will decide to nominate its leader, Commissioner for Business Protection under the President of the Russian Federation Boris Titov, as a candidate for the presidential elections of the Russian Federation. During the presidential campaign, Titov plans to go on vacation and give up his company car.

Soap bubble Dmitry Potapenko. Impenetrable soap bubble. December 15th, 2015

A couple of years ago, having once again noticed this impudent slob on one of the talk shows, appreciating his boorish pressure, he said to his relatives: “Our oppositionists still haven’t grabbed hold of him? It’s in vain. He’s like a bulldozer. He’ll take over the city with his arrogance and blatant lies.”

I waited. For a week now, liberal resources have been busy promoting Mr. Potapenko. Refer tovideo clip , they incomprehensibly exclaim, “Beautiful! He’s cutting down the truth!” They go to search engines and, writing with joy, replicate the biographical information scattered on the Internet of an unprecedentedly successful businessman and two-time world champion in karate.

Let's start with something minor, but striking. With karate.
" Twice world champion in karate. Multiple champion of Moscow and Russia".
Zero specifics. What championships, what countries, what years? People who know first-hand about karate shrug their shoulders. Haven't heard the name "Potapenko".
Yes, even " wrestled professionally"Also a multiple champion, probably?
I almost forgot - a great golfer. " I started playing golf and in my first year I received a medal as « Olympic hope » "

"The first company « Black leopard » I built it from scratch at 18 years old".
Okay, let's skip it.

Obvious inconsistencies in various biographical information and interviews in the early 90s. During the same year, Mr. Potapenko "studied at MIREA", " founded his first retail chain - Tusar electronics stores", " was the director of the Otari Kvantrishvili gambling club", and " worked as a security guard"(immediately after creating your own retail network, or immediately after getting a job with the most influential thief in law?).

In 1995, a twenty-five-year-old security guard with electronic gambling experience became "Vice President Sales and Marketing Grundic GmbH". One bio at a time" in the Baltic countries". According to others" in the CIS and Baltic countries". Again, zero confirmation.
" CEO « JSC MEZ DSP » "(Moscow experimental particle board plant in Podrezkovo).
" Vice President for Investment Development of PBC« CreditImpexBank» " (formerly "Kreditimpex Bank" on the old Arbat?).
" Deputy Group Manager « Logos » ".
" General Director of LLC « Wholesale centers » ".
"General Director and Chief Accountant of CJSC « RemtransAVTO » ".

Such a busy schedule did not interfere with the studies of the multi-machine genius. "MBA, California Heyward State University, Economic option"(correct - California State University, Hayward)." MBA, Economics, All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade".

Previously, the media (in his words) repeatedly presented Potapenko as "founder and manager of the network « Pyaterochka » ". Often recorded in "owners", "general directors". Upon closer examination, it turned out that he came to a working network (created by Andrei Rogachev and Alexander Girda), so he could not possibly be the founder. Now only"sales network manager « Pyaterochka "(2003-05) "

He has been working for the last 10 years"Managing partner of the European operational management company Management Development Group Inc.". Russia, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Belgium, all the way to China.
Here you should definitely look into the respected cargomax : http://cargomax.livejournal.com/2982.html.
Questions, questions.

Among the heaps of data he voiced, there is no doubt that Potapenko was 45 years old, that he studied at Kuntsevo school 714, that he studied in the karate section in the area, was a farce, submitted documents to MIREA, traded at Gorbushka, hung around with bandits and much more. years ago I was involved with Pyaterochka.

A cross between Khlestakov and Bender, comes from a criminal background? With the organic makings of a self-promoter, in the armor-piercing style of “lying without blinking an eye”? Or a truly talented, mega-creative businessman operating fabulous millions in six (at least) countries?

As an adult, I lean towards the first option. That is, to Ostap Ibragimovich Khlestakov. A salesperson (lectures, seminars, forums, TV - all based on a fabulous biography) and monetizing the results of this dust-free work.

Potapenko repeats from interview to interview: " I am the son of two GRU colonels". Not far from the lieutenant's son...

An amazing candidate for the position of new Navalny. Plus new Nemtsov, new Kasparov and new Kasyanov combined. It breaks better and holds a blow better. He will be able to portray his closeness to the people in a less lame manner. Speaks simple, understandable language, sometimes obscene. A quick reaction coupled with the aforementioned boorish pressure and attack.

Remember the pre-election photos of the Navalny family, taken in an American, deliberately benevolent format? The Potapenko family also does not disappoint. Watchable wife-psychologist Elena, two daughters (the eldest of whom, according to their father, "winner of almost all Russian Olympiads in physics and mathematics").

There are an abundance of soap bubbles in politics. The promise and danger of Potapenko lies in his thick-skinned impenetrability. A kind of impenetrable soap bubble.

Four quotes from the future opposition leader

"We, of course, have a very high opinion of ourselves (the country, the people). We supposedly know a lot, but in fact we really are Mongolia, just with a gas baton"

"We are the last redneck, we can’t do anything other than get drunk and sing songs. The main thing for us to say is “We are from Russia!” Let us already understand that the world is moving along the path of globalization. Russia depends on buyers abroad and it’s time to start talking politely there and stop being rude"

"Are you for the country?
- No you're wrong. I'm for myself"

"What's good about Russia? We have a great client: we spit on him, but he adores us"

Dmitry Potapenko: “The authorities are strangling themselves, Putin can no longer make any decisions”

“Thank you to the authorities for what they are doing. Of course, we shout and become marginalized, but on the whole this is good for the development of the country. The crisis cannot be avoided; it’s good if it happens no earlier than 2021-2022.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Why do we need 10 million migrants by 2025? Feed the servicemen and vote"

“There will be only 3 strata: service workers, migrant workers who feed them, and the titular nation. The latter will die out, because those who miraculously survived until retirement will have to be fed by their children. This awaits those who are now 45.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Did Medvedev retire for 20 years? Why are the authorities interested in our income?”

“Which Russians and whose income does the government care about? Everything is fine with the incomes of those Russians. If we talk about us, the orphans and the wretched, then the main thing is that we bring the income to their purses.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Do you want a business without costs? Master technologies from 20 years ago"

“In Belgium I have a small factory, where if there is a discrepancy by even one position, I will be sued. Such a plant can be installed in Russia, even Belgians can be hired, but it will still not be the same.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Russia has a budget for war and maintaining power. This is not a development budget"

“The authorities triumphantly froze fuel prices at the peak of the price carousel. According to formal signs, prices should have started to decline. Why on formal grounds? Because the market is monopolized."

“We don’t have gasoline in our gasoline, 70% of its price is excise tax. What the state takes"

Why is the price of fuel in Russia rising? Isn't this the way to get people to give up their personal cars? Or maybe this is good, as it will help clear the roads of old cars? OPINION.

Dmitry Potapenko: “IP is a noose around the neck. Open an LLC and sell pasta with buckwheat"

“There are two social pressures for business: job creation and customer service. Officials must decide everything else using taxes. They don't do this? Then cancel taxes." VIDEO.

“Speaking of Cashbury, the question arises: isn’t the OFZ a pyramid? After all, for the sake of payments, VAT will be increased"

“Russians do not have economic knowledge, they need to be explained simple things: you can only go with money to a bank where there is an insurance system, and the amount should not be higher than the guarantee, that’s all.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “If the business is many years old, and you have not developed into a network, this is a challenge for you personally”

“Shop owners don’t decide what to sell. They put on the shelves what sales representatives offer, and also open stores in their own real estate. As a result, they steal from themselves.”

Dmitry Potapenko: “Even if we lift the embargo, foreign cheeses will not be brought to us”

For many days now, the Internet has been discussing the emotional speech of entrepreneur Dmitry Potapenko at the Moscow Economic Forum and his discussion with Vladimir Gutenev.
If anyone hasn't watched it yet, here's the video

Mr. Potapenko speaks brightly, denounces officials, gives examples of blatant unprofessionalism, and refers to his experience in doing business. We won’t analyze the whole speech, there are more emotions than specifics, we’ll touch on the logistical point, on the topic of the blog, so to speak.
Dmitry Valerievich twice points to triple taxation of carriers, questions the statement of Vladimir Gutenev that such fees, coupled with transport tax and part of the excise tax on fuel, are a common world practice - Three times? Three times? Potapenko asks the deputy.

Honestly, it’s surprising that an entrepreneur who has been running a business in Europe for 9 years does not know how things are with taxes and fees there, but let’s say he might not have paid attention to the scale of his own business, it happens...
We won’t go far, let’s take the Czech Republic, where the company Management Development Group Inc., founded by Dmitry Potapenko, is registered.

So, road tax or also called tax on vehicle owners, if an entrepreneur is the owner of a vehicle, he is required to register as a road tax payer. The amount of tax depends on the specific weight of the car and engine size. It doesn’t matter what kind it is - a car or a truck, if you own a car and carry out commercial activities - pay this tax. You can calculate the amount of tax using the link, the site is in Czech, but it’s not difficult to figure it out.

In addition to all of the above, the Czech Republic has had an electronic toll collection system since 2007, which applies to all motor vehicles or vehicles with trailers with a maximum authorized weight of 12 tonnes or more, including buses.


The amount of toll for freight vehicles and buses depends only on the environmental parameters of the vehicle and the number of axles. The same system as “Platon”, with company registration, receipt of an on-board device, details can be found, the site is informative, there is a version in Russian.
But what does this mean? The Czech government takes money from carriers - THREE TIMES! THREE TIMES!

In other countries of central Europe the situation is the same, only the methods of control and payment may differ.
Dmitry Valerievich also mentioned some registrars, which also required installation and because of which logistics costs increased, apparently by registrars he meant tachographs. I’ve always liked the way retailers try to justify any price increase by increasing the logistics component; we’ll look at this issue in detail another time. So, what does Mr. Potapenko do, what kind of business does he run? if it has recorded an increase in logistics costs, although carriers claim that rates have not increased since 2009. In the introduction to his speech he introduces himself “I am an entrepreneur, engaged in retail, food production, so-called DIY, and catering, doing business in Russia and in 4 foreign countries”.

UPD3 In comments, allowerdy suggested that companies Tverskoy product, orange, 4 seasons, economy - group of companies Rhythm - 2000 belongs to Tver Indian Chhatwal Harminder Singh. An interesting interview with him, Dmitry Valerievich is not mentioned as a co-owner.

An unspoken business principle is that money loves silence. The colorful and charismatic Dmitry Potapenko, an entrepreneur with 25 years of experience, lives contrary to this popular wisdom. From a young age, he embarks on risky ventures, opens his own businesses, develops a ready-made business, while managing to appear on radio and television, give interviews, conduct seminars and, more recently, write books.

Dmitry Potapenko

Potapenko's childhood and early life

Despite the publicity, the details of the businessman’s career path are difficult to reconstruct: it contains many gaps, ambiguous episodes and discrepancies. It is reliably known that Dmitry Potapenko was born in Moscow in 1970. Evil tongues were talking about the family's affiliation with the special services, but there was no serious confirmation of the rumors.

Potapenko's education

As a child, the future businessman practiced karate, tried wrestling, but did not forget about the exact sciences, as a result of which Dmitry Potapenko became a student at the Moscow State Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation. Even then, his entrepreneurial abilities were evident, and in 1992 the first Potapenkovo ​​chain of electronics stores was founded "Tusar", which lasted until the end of the 90s. More accurate information about her has not reached our days. A year later, Potapenko completed his studies with the qualification “technological design engineer”, but there is no connection between his further career and education. He also has an economic education, although in an interview he ironically calls himself a “plow economist”: in 2003, he received an MBA degree from the All-Russian Academy of Foreign Trade.

Dmitry Potapenko

Career of Dmitry Potapenko

Potapenko himself believes that his serious career began in 1995, when he became vice president of marketing for the representative office of the German concern Grundig in the Baltic countries. Before that he worked part-time orderly at the morgue, sold equipment at the legendary Gorbushka - in general, he led a standard life for an active young man in the 90s. The sporting successes of his youth were also useful in adult life - Dmitry Potapenko worked as a personal security guard for the president of the Russian Credit bank.

Dmitry Potapenko, founder and managing partner of Management Development Group

The 1998 crisis - an impetus for career development

Dmitry Potapenko met the default of 1998 in the position of general director of the Moscow Experimental Plant of Particle Boards - an enterprise that did not prosper in the 90s, and after Potapenko left, it eked out a modest existence. He remembers this period as one of the most critical in his career. At the same time, the entrepreneur held one of the senior positions in CreditImpexBank, which has now died due to the revocation of its license, but Potapenko no longer had anything to do with this.

Success in Russian retail

Dmitry Potapenko truly became a public face in the early 2000s. The success of the Pyaterochka chain, of which he has worked as a manager in Moscow and the Moscow region since 2003, is associated with his activities. It was at this time that he was invited to television shows dedicated to business issues and on radio broadcasts. He earns a reputation as a witty, straightforward speaker who is not afraid of either authority or competitors. The experience of working for the owner became for Dmitry Potapenko an interesting, but intermediate step in his career - since 2005, he became the founder and managing partner of ManagementDevelopmentGroupInc.

Speech by famous businessman Dmitry Potapenko in Kirov

Small networks are the basis of Potapenko’s business

Today's enterprise of Dmitry Potapenko is, in fact, a union of entrepreneurs who are ready to legally confront business giants on an all-Russian scale. Strategic Management Fund ManagementDevelopmentGroupInc. helps businesses and networks pass government audits and grow as a result of the audit. It is difficult to find more detailed information about the project - in the Russian segment of the Internet it is presented as a one-page site with a minimum of information.

Brands Potapenko

Not too much is known about the brands promoted by the company. The Stavropol “Gastronomchik”, for example, is trying to reach the level of online trading; ProdECO’s contacts are completely lost against the background of the manufacturer of special equipment of the same name. This is not surprising, since in numerous interviews Dmitry Potapenko stated that two or three stores per city is already a network, and it is precisely such projects that are the object of his business interests. In total, according to various sources, the annual turnover of managed mini-grids has reached $300 million.

Business abroad

In addition to Russia, Dmitry Potapenko conducts business in 9 more countries. It all started with several grocery outlets in the Czech Republic, which he accidentally got as payment for a debt. A businessman views his assets abroad as a long-term investment that pays off slower than in Russia, but functions more reliably. This is primarily due to the attitude of the state towards business - in the Czech Republic it is an assistant to the entrepreneur, and not an executor squeezing out the last juice. In addition to the Czech Republic, Dmitry Potapenko has projects in Belgium, Bulgaria and China.

Photo from Potapenko's VKontakte account

Political career

His extraordinary oratorical qualities, pressure, and directness made Dmitry Potapenko popular with the audience. His desire to fight for the rights of entrepreneurs forced him in 2016 to join the business ombudsman party “Right Cause,” which was soon renamed the “Growth Party.” Under its banner, Potapenko ran for the State Duma in the 2016 elections. He conducted his campaign in Kaliningrad. The businessman claims that on principle he did not use “dirty” technologies, paying for votes; naturally, in the existing political conditions, he lost, but gained invaluable experience and the opportunity to once again speak publicly about the rights of business.

Speech by Dmitry Potapenko at the Business Forum "Strategy-2017"

Personal life

The family life of Dmitry Potapenko, despite all the openness of the entrepreneur, also gives many reasons for gossip. His wife is a native of Penza, Elena, a lawyer by first education, an accountant by the second, and a psychologist by the third. The latest achievement of a charming young woman is a specialization in psychological counseling and psychocorrection. From 2009 to 2016 she was the general director of the Penza center "Maximum", who conducted business training, is now engaged in private practice.

Dmitry Potapenko with his wife Elena

An obvious workaholic, Elena believes that her husband works around the clock. According to some reports, Potapenko got married in 2014, a year after they started dating. Now they are raising two daughters, one of whom is studying at the institute, the second at school. Dmitry’s infamous statement about a wife who would hang herself because of boots worth more than 4.5 thousand rubles, from an interview in “Arguments and Facts” in 2012, probably refers to some other wife.

Potapenko now

Reports on the activities of the company managed by Dmitry Potapenko have not become public, but his popularity as a journalist and radio host is growing. On Fridays, the entrepreneur can be heard in the program “In fact” on the radio “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. On Thursdays, he invites his fellow businessmen to the “Potapenko Course” program on “Echo of Moscow,” which he has hosted since January 2016. The editor-in-chief of this station, , was delighted with the speech of Dmitry Potapenko, who was just starting his political career, on the interaction between the state and business, and allocated him an hour for the author’s broadcast.

The entrepreneur is characterized by ineradicable optimism: he believes that Russian business will survive in any political and economic situation. This does not prevent him from recommending partial transfer of assets abroad for insurance purposes. The opinion of a businessman can be heard in his own Youtube channel, where he uploads all broadcasts on radio and television, a series of interviews “Business Cases”, dozens of speeches at forums and seminars.

Potapenko the writer

The new incarnation of Dmitry Potapenko is his “Honest book on how to do business in Russia.” In it, he opens the eyes of beginners and describes what awaits them in their work. This is the real experience of a businessman, and advice and warnings for beginners. A captivating narrative depicts in detail the interaction with inspection authorities, law enforcement agencies, competitors - everything that awaits the daredevil who decides on the feat of doing business in Russia. As is typical for Dmitry Potapenko, all the horrors and nightmares of entrepreneurship are described with humor and optimism.

Moscow Institute of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Automation; Diploma "Engineer-design-technologist". MBA, Economics, VAVT under the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. MBA, California Heyward State University, Economic Option.

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