Tinkov Oleg Yuryevich

Oleg Tinkov is a Russian entrepreneur.

Oleg Tinkov is known as the founder of the Technoshok chain of household appliances stores, Daria factories that produced frozen semi-finished products, a brewing company and the Tinkoff restaurant chain. Less well-known projects are the music store "Music Shock" and the record label "Shock Records."

Biography

Oleg Tinkov was born on December 25, 1967 in the village of Polysaevo, Leninsk-Kuznetsk district of the Kemerovo region.

2006

In 2006, Oleg Tinkov founded the TCS Group Holding PLC, as well as Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank.

2018

As of June 2018, he holds the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tinkoff Bank. It is a person who has a significant (direct or indirect) influence on decisions made by the bank's management bodies, through a significant influence on the sole shareholder of the bank - TiSiEs Group Holding PiElSi (Cyprus).

On June 29, 2018, TCS Group Holding PLC (TCS LI) announced that it had received from the founder and holder of a controlling stake in the group Oleg Tinkov a notice of plans to increase its stake in it. In particular, according to TCS, Tinkov plans to buy out the group's GDRs (global depositary receipts) in the amount of up to $20 million. Read more here.

2020

US authorities accused Oleg Tinkov of hiding $1 billion from taxes

The US Department of Justice has brought charges against Oleg Tinkov. He is suspected of hiding $1 billion in assets from taxes.

From the message of the department it follows that after entering the TCS Group Holding PLC Oleg Tinkov, the entrepreneur owned shares of the company for $1 billion. Three days after the IPO, the businessman, according to the Ministry of Justice, renounced American citizenship, the holder of which, in particular, is obliged to report to the American tax office on profits from his assets.

According to the ministry's statement, Tinkov filed an inaccurate tax return. It stated that the businessman's income for 2013 amounted to $205,317. Another document filed by Tinkov (also allegedly unreliable) said that his fortune was $300 thousand.

The statement about expatriation, which Tinkov prepared and signed in the Northern District of California and submitted to the US Tax Office, was falsely reported that Tinkov's net worth at the date of his expatriation was $300 thousand, the document says.

If convicted, Tinkov faces imprisonment for up to three years on each count - that is, six years in prison. Also, the US authorities may impose fines on the banker, but their amount was not disclosed by early March 2020.

Earlier in 2020, the US Tax Service initiated court hearings in London against  the entrepreneur. After issuing a warrant for his detention, Tinkov posted a bail of 20 million pounds. He was released, obliged to hand over passports of Russia and Cyprus, as well as a residence permit  in Italy.

Hearings in the Tinkov case will last until April 2020. At the time of the proceedings, the businessman will not be able to leave London. He is also obliged from 19:00 to 07:00 local time to be in the apartment and three times a week to report to the police.^[1]

Oleg Tinkov was diagnosed with blood cancer

On March 6, 2020, Oleg Tinkov spoke about his serious illness. He was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia (blood cancer).

In recent days, I have not appeared in public, which has raised some questions and speculation, especially in light of the fact that the trial is underway. And although I did not want to disclose the details for a long time, but, apparently, it was time to report - I was diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia, - Oleg Tinkov told reporters through his lawyer.

According to the businessman, the diagnosis was made to him back in October 2019, but he did not want to disclose it for a long time. Tinkov thanked his family and friends for their support and assured everyone that "everything is fine" with his business.

There is an excellent team led by Oliver [Hughes, chairman of the board of Tinkoff Bank - approx. TAdviser], and the fact that I have been moving away from operating activities for a couple of years helps. Everything is according to plan, I can be calm, - said the founder of Tinkoff Bank.

He also commented on accusations by the US authorities of hiding $1 billion in assets from taxes:

As for the questions from the United States on my taxes in the past, lawyers work on them, leaving me strength to fight with my main enemy. Of course, this is the most difficult stage in my difficult life, but I hope for God, my body, friends and your support, "Tinkov said.

According to RBC, information about Tinkov's disease was also published on the London Stock Exchange, which led to an accelerated drop in TCS Group receipts.

By 17:45 Moscow time on the Moscow Exchange, the value of the company's securities dropped to 1185.6 rubles. apiece, which is 20% lower than the closing level of previous trading, on the London Exchange the price of receipts decreased to $17.38 (minus 21%).^[2]

Leaving the post of chairman of the board of directors of Tinkoff Bank

On April 2, 2020, Oleg Tinkov announced his resignation from the post of chairman of the board of directors of Tinkoff Bank and the transfer of powers to the family trust. The entrepreneur will do this over the coming weeks.

According to Tinkov, the resignation will allow him to concentrate on health, which is his "main priority."

He said that back in 2019, he began the process of transferring the ownership rights of TCS Group Holding shares from his two companies to a family trust. The businessman owns 40.4% of the shares, he acts as the main shareholder. 

I have always considered my stake in Tinkoff as a long-term strategic asset, which I and my family want to retain in the future. This will keep shares in the family in any possible circumstances, even in the event of my death. The transfer of ownership came into force on March 19, 2020, - said Oleg Tinkov.

The change in Tinkov's share as a majority shareholder will not affect the business of the TCS Group holding company, whose main asset is Tinkoff Bank, said Sergei Pirogov, head of the bank's corporate finance department.

We meet the highest standards of corporate governance, so changing the share of the main shareholder up or down even an indirect impact on the quality of management will not have, "he noted.

By April 2, 2020, he is in London, where he is awaiting trial on the issue of his extradition to the United States. The authorities of this country issued an arrest warrant for the entrepreneur.

Tinkov made a letter of resignation from the post of head of the board of directors of Tinkoff Bank and the transfer of shares to a family trust after he announced that he had been diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia.

  Famous Russian bankers and businessmen spoke in support of Tinkov. Tinkov thanked those who supported him "for thousands of letters^[3]

Preparing for a bone marrow transplant in London

After the disease COVID-19 , Oleg Tinkov was treated in Berlin and is preparing for a bone marrow transplant in. London

The world's first icebreaker yacht has been launched. It belongs to Tinkov

In early July 2020, the world's first private icebreaker yacht was released. It belongs to the founder of the Tinkoff financial group Oleg Tinkov. Read more here.

Bone marrow transplant surgery

On July 10, 2020, Oleg Tinkov, who is being treated for leukemia, announced a bone marrow transplant operation.

I am doing well, today I walked 2 km in the corridor, but I understand that there are still long weeks and months of difficult rehabilitation ahead, the main thing is ahead, "the banker wrote on his Instagram page.

He stressed that the procedure for donating bone marrow is simple, and urged readers to become donors.

I ask you, become a donor and save the life of another person, in Russia 130 thousand and in Germany 7 million donors, we should be ashamed! - said Tinkov, adding that after recovery he plans to create a "large fund" that will select donors for those in need of transplantation, since in Russia there are not enough people ready to become donors.

The founder of Tinkoff Bank also decided to dispel stereotypes around bone marrow transplantation. He explained that "this is not a skull cut and not a spine cut," but - "just a blood transfusion."

According to the 52-year-old entrepreneur, the treatment is successful, but the last week was difficult for him. He did not get out of bed, he did not feel well - he helped his spouse, who fed him three times a day: "Only she knows how to cook like that! And she wore it to my bed. Together we will break through. " He also accompanied the photos with his wife with a line from Viktor Tsoi's song: "Death is worth living. And love is worth waiting for. "

Earlier, the businessman said that against the background of leukemia, he had had the COVID-19 coronavirus. According to him, the doctors of the Berlin clinic "literally saved with three chemicals" and put him in remission. However, "a small number of leukemia cells remained," so Tinkov decided to make a bone marrow transplant. While undergoing chemotherapy, the businessman twice faced sepsis (blood infection) and other side effects.^[4]

Later, in May 2021, Oleg Tinkov said that during treatment in Europe he felt like in a single cell and constantly cried. According to him, after a bone marrow transplant, he spent several months in a transplant chamber, from where he could not go out, and where he could not receive visitors. He compared it to a prison and cited the example of South African President Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in detention.

Coronavirus disease

Much later, in December 2021, Oleg Tinkov announced that he had had the COVID-19 coronavirus. The disease overtook him in Britain after chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. He called the disease "terrible."

Oleg Tinkov's mansion in Moscow robbed

On August 5, 2020, it became known about the theft in Oleg Tinkov's cottage in Moscow. The entrepreneur himself is in London, where he is undergoing treatment for leukemia.

According to RBC, a source in the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow, in a house located on Nikolsky dead end street, a thief broke into two safes and stole valuables worth 1 million rubles from them. The source of the publication in the territorial police department confirmed this information.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow told RBC that "at 15 o'clock on August 4 we received a message about the theft." An unknown person entered the house by pressing plastic doors, broke into two safes, stole funds over 1 million rubles.

The fact that Oleg Tinkov's mansion was robbed was also reported by RIA Novosti.^[5]

A criminal case was initiated under paragraph "b" of Part 4 of Art. 158 (theft). A RIA Novosti source said that the maid reported the crime. She discovered the mess when she came to work and told police the cottage's owners were in Britain.

According to Ren TV, Tinkov's cottage has three floors and seven rooms. It is located in a picturesque place: the Nikolsky dead end passes through the Pokrovskoye-Glebovo park and along the dam of the Khimki reservoir. The territory of the Central Sports Club of the Navy adjoins it, behind the dam is the territory of the Chaika rest house, which used to belong to the city committee of the CPSU, and now to the Department of Affairs of the Moscow City Hall.

Honored Economist of the Russian Federation and part-time director of the Chaika boarding house Badri Tushishvili told reporters that the 63-year-old maid who discovered the theft was Olga Sh. Having come to the house, she saw a strong mess, after which Tushishvili reported this. Tinkov's wife Rina Vosman wrote a statement about the theft, sources told RBC.^[6]thief stole ₽1 million^[7]

Buying a private submarine

In September 2020, Oleg Tinkov acquired a private submarine Triton 1650 or 3300 for his yacht La Datcha. It plunges to a depth of 0.5-1 km. The cost depends on the modification - from $4 million.

Tinkov sold a stake in the Сравни.ру marketplace

On October 19, 2020, it became known about the sale of Oleg Tinkov's stake in the financial aggregator Сравни.ру. It was bought by Baring Vostok and Goldman Sachs. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The size of investors' shares also remained secret. Read more here.

Sale of Tinkoff shares for $325 million

On December 11, 2020, TCS Group announced the sale of a 5.3% stake in the company owned by Oleg Tinkov. Part of the proceeds from the transaction of the funds of the Russian entrepreneur spend on the creation of a new charitable foundation, as well as the "settlement of personal legal problems."

According to the TCS Group, the Tinkov family trust Rigi Trust sells 10.65 million global depositary receipts at a price of $30.50 apiece, resulting in a total transaction value of $325 million. On the eve of the Cyprus Renaissance Securities sent investors information about the sale by the trust of depositary receipts with a preliminary value of $300 million.

I believe that the expansion of the number of shareholders of the group is beneficial to the company, but I carried out this sale, including for personal reasons. In particular, the funds raised as part of the transaction will be used to launch the Tinkov family charitable foundation, designed to solve the problems of blood cancer and the development of the donation institute, - said Tinkov, who by December 11, 2020 continues treatment for leukemia.

The businessman also announced that his family takes on the legal obligation not to sell Tinkoff shares at least in the next six months. After this transaction, the Tinkovs trust with a stake of over 35% remains the largest shareholder in the group.

Shares of TCS Group on the Moscow Exchange on December 11, 2020 fell by almost 8% after the news about the sale of the group's securities by Oleg Tinkov.

In October 2020, Oleg Tinkov ruled out the possibility of selling TCS Group to pay a fine that can be charged due to claims from the US Tax Service.

I don't need to sell stocks to pay a US fine for my "youth mistakes," I have a lot of cash, he wrote on Instagram.[8][9]

Complications after stem cell transplantation. Chances of survival - 40-50%

On December 11, 2020, it became known about the complications that arose in Oleg Tinkov after a stem cell transplant, which was carried out as a treatment for leukemia. His lawyer Alex Beilin spoke about the health problems of the Russian businessman, speaking at the Westminster Magistrate's Court in London, where the administrative consideration of the banker's extradition to the United States was to take place.

There is rejection, the so-called graft-versus-host reaction. This is due to the blood type. The survival rate is estimated at 40-50%, "Beilin said, asking the court for another postponement of the consideration of the case with reference to the conclusion of the businessman's doctor.

The court granted the request and postponed the consideration of the case until March 15, 2021. The administrative hearing, originally scheduled for late April, is postponed for the sixth time.

In early December 2020, Oleg Tinkov on his Instagram page wrote about the timing of recovery from bone marrow transplant surgery. The banker noted that 150 days passed after the stem cell transplant. Earlier, according to Tinkov, the doctors told him that he would recover in 100 days, then in 200, but now they argue that recovery should not be expected before a year.

Doctors are now saying: "Do not think, the first year after the transplant you are a sick person, and the positive will be in a year."<...> In general, a complete recovery goes somewhere in mid-2021 , - wrote the Russian entrepreneur.

He noted that the disease turned out to be "long, difficult and nasty," and if it were not for his sports training, it would not be clear how he would fight it. In the same message, the businessman admitted that he feels fine, but he began the process of rejection by the body of the transplanted material.

GVHD [transplant-versus-host reaction] seems to be small in me, it attacks the intestines, liver and skin at the base , "he said.[10]

Complete remission after bone marrow transplant

On December 19, 2020, Oleg Tinkov announced a complete remission in the fight against leukemia. After taking tests in the banker's body, there are no signs and symptoms of cancer, which means that the stem cells transplanted to him earlier work.

And now - a miracle, molecular bone marrow tests came, they are done for a very long time, this is the most accurate analysis of the residual content of leukemia cells in the bone marrow, for another 15 years science has not had such an analysis. This is called MRD, minimum residual disease. And I am in complete remission now and at the molecular level. I have been in blood remission for about a year, but this is the most important test, which means that the donor works and kills all pathogens, "Tinkov wrote on his Instagram page.

He thanked loved ones, a doctor and an unknown girl from Germany who became a donor, and also noted that 163 days had passed since the operation, but "even more work awaits him."

Leukemia is probably the worst disease. I can't convey this in words, I'm just tired of suffering, crying and being afraid, and at the moment I'm completely emasculated, "Tinkov said and recalled that his family is going to create a fund to help cancer patients.

We decided to set up a foundation that would help ADULTS who, like me, were unlucky enough to develop blood cancer. There are many ideas, we will move forward. We need to change the situation, I read there somewhere about my percentages, you must remember these: In Russia, at my age, about 75% die from my diagnosis, and 75% + survive in Europe. That's all the interest, - wrote Oleg Tinkov.

At the end of the publication, the entrepreneur thanked his subscribers and everyone who wished him health on the network.

This positive wave certainly helped me and was heard by the Lord. Thank you all and please do not get sick, "he said.

2021

Allocating $200 million to its foundation to promote bone marrow donation

In early February 2021, Oleg Tinkov announced the allocation of $200 million to a charitable foundation designed to solve the problems of patients with blood cancer and the development of the donation institute. Documents for the creation of the organization are in the process of registration, the banker wrote on his Instagram page. Read more here.

Buying a helicopter for your icebreaker yacht

On March 17, 2021, it became known that Oleg Tinkov bought a new Airbus H125 helicopter for his icebreaker yacht. There were two helicopters on the ship. Read more here.

Leukemia outcomes

On March 30, 2021, Oleg Tinkov spoke about some of the results of the fight against leukemia. The banker intends to continue treatment in London, where the hospital in which he is undergoing recovery is located.

Leukemia is a long illness. Survival, which I migrated from 25 to 49-75%, it depends on the doctor and counts for five years! The first two years are the most dangerous, I have survived nine months so far - that is, nothing. My donor took root, my blood type finally changed after seven months from B to A and the indicators stabilized, "Tinkov wrote on his Instagram page.

At the same time, the businessman, according to him, continues an autoimmune disease: "transplant against the host" or GVHD. The main blow of the disease falls on the skin, mouth and eyes. Oleg Tinkov, as he himself said, drinks 20 tablets every day, every two weeks he is given a complete blood transfusion. As the entrepreneur explained, we are talking about a new method of combating the graft-versus-host reaction, with it, cells that perceive the body as an enemy and attack it are killed using ultraviolet light.

The effect will be through... YEAR. So I have at least another year to sit in London and be near the clinic, "the banker wrote, adding that in general he is" OK, "but there is a lot of rehabilitation ahead.

On January 21, 2021, Tinkov announced that he had begun complications after transplantation. He noted that 80% of patients face this autoimmune disease.

After Tinkov's well-being improved, he resumed the releases of his Business Secrets program on YouTube the channel. His guests were first brothers Igor Dmitry Bukhmany and from Vologda, who founded a game studio, and Playrix then the founder fintech of the service Revolut , Nikolai Storonsky.

Settlement of tax claims with the US Department of Justice

In mid-September 2021, it became known that Oleg Tinkov had settled tax claims with the US Department of Justice. The authorities accused the banker of hiding $1 billion in assets when renouncing citizenship in 2013. The fact that the parties have reached an agreement is stated in the materials posted in the court base of the Northern District of California.

According to TASS, citing this document, Tinkov and the Ministry of Justice filed a joint petition for consideration by the judge, which states that "the parties have reached an agreement" to resolve this case. They ask on October 1, 2021 to appoint a court hearing, during which agreements will be submitted regarding Tinkov's admission of guilt. On what conditions the agreement was concluded, by mid-September 2021, it was not reported.

Earlier it was reported that Oleg Tinkov could direct part of the proceeds from the placement of TCS Group shares to resolve "legal problems." Rigi Trust, controlled by Tinkov and his family, at the end of last year placed global depositary receipts of TCS Group for $325 million. In addition to resolving legal issues, funds from the SPO were also supposed to be used to create a new charitable foundation.

At the end of February 2021, American tax authorities initiated hearings against Tinkov in London, where he was at that time. He was obliged to hand over Russian and Cypriot passports and a document on the residence of Italy. The businessman remained at large, paying a deposit of £20 million, but he was restricted in his movements: he was not supposed to leave the apartment near Holland Park in Kensington from 19:00 to 7:00, visit airports and leave the M25 ring road, and was also supposed to be noted in the police.^[11]

$506.8 million fine for US tax settlement

In early October 2021, the amount that Oleg Tinkov will pay to resolve tax claims in the United States became known. We are talking about a fine of $506.8 million.

As the US Department of Justice clarifies, this amount includes taxes unpaid by Tinkov in 2013 ($248.5 million), which, taking into account interest and fines, increases to $448.96 million, as well as other discovered tax obligations of the businessman to the United States. At a hearing in the District Court of Northern California, Tinkov pleaded guilty, although at the first meeting he denied guilt in violations of tax return legislation. Authorities agreed as part of the agreement not to press any additional charges.

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Oleg Tinkov thanks the court for resolving all controversial issues in the spirit of justice and humanism. This will allow him to focus his efforts on combating the disease, the billionaire's lawyers said.

A guilty plea to one of the charges and payment of compensation, which is twice as much as the damage caused by the US by the actions of a businessman, should lead to the dismissal of other charges, which ensures the termination of the case.

As the representative of Oleg Tinkov told Vedomosti, the banker has enough of his own funds to pay the fine, he will not need to sell any assets, including TCS Group shares, for this. According to the closing of trading on September 30, Tinkov's fortune was estimated at $7.6 billion, follows from the Forbes Real-Time rating, updated in real time.

The businessman's lawyer Christopher Morvillo said during the trial that Tinkov could pay a fine within five days. Tinkov took part in the meeting via video link from London.

According to RBC, if Tinkov is found guilty of a serious crime, then upon obtaining US citizenship, he may lose a number of civil rights, including not be able to participate in the elections and buy weapons.^[12]

Net worth $8.12 billion

The verdict of the court in California on stay under supervision for a year and a fine of $100 thousand

In October 2021, the court of the Northern District of California (USA) sentenced Oleg Tinkov to one year of supervision and payment of a fine of $100 thousand, Judge John Tigar decided. The year assigned to the Russian citizen under supervision does not imply stay in the United States.

Details about recovery from leukemia

In early December 2021, Oleg Tinkov told how his recovery from. cancer blood According to the banker, he has a graft-versus-host reaction - this is a complication after a transplant that affects the organs.

He noted that the cancer he faced changed him as a person.

I was very intolerant, jumping, flying, going all over the world. Now, of course, I have become much calmer, much more deliberate, I began to appreciate every day, every minute... Of course, he became patient, began to understand others more, and all that stuff. In general, I realized that in many ways this fuss is. I use social networks less, "Tinkov explained.

He called his current state "a stage of some kind of struggle." He added that he would never say he had won over leukemia. According to Tinkov, he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - one of the most complex diseases.

Here is a person in front of you who has not won a horseradish, who is fighting, and it is important, it seems to me, for people who are fighting to look at the same, "Tinkov said in the KhakRak podcast created by the Leukemia Foundation.

The banker recalled that as a result of infection with coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, his sense of smell was lost.

Funnier adventures, I made two chemicals and fell ill with COVID, one of the first in March 2020, then there was another chemistry and transplant. If you take four chemicals and transplants, the worst and most terrible was COVID. I survived COVID very badly, a bad disease, "he said.

Oleg Tinkov also stressed that he focused on health and family, and is engaged in business "a little bit so as not to sour his brains at all." Forbes magazine estimates the fortune of the founder of Tinkoff Bank at $4.7 million.^[13]

2022

Sale of the Russian real estate rental service La Datcha

In May 2022, the founder of Tinkoff Bank Oleg Tinkov announced the sale of the premium real estate rental service La Datcha. It includes an unfinished object in Kamchatka, "which is being built by the Finns," real estate in Astrakhan and other places, the entrepreneur said in an interview with blogger Yuri Dudu (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent). Read more here.

The fall of the state below $1 billion and inclusion in the sanctions list of Britain

On March 1, 2022, Oleg Tinkov's fortune fell below $1 billion - Forbes estimates it at $820 million. This is 5.5 times less than the estimate in the magazine rating from 2021 ($4.7 billion). Then Oleg Tinkov took 32nd place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia.

According to the newspaper, Oleg Tinkov's capital in one day by March 1, 2022 decreased by 29.3% or $328 million. The calculation of the indicator includes shares of TCS Group owned by the entrepreneur, his cash, investments, yacht and other property.

At 19:00 Moscow time on March 1, 2022, TCS Group shares in London cost $5.52 apiece. During the day, quotes dropped at a minimum to $4.61, the entire company then cost $919 million. Since the beginning of the special operation, which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24, 2022, the company's securities in London have fallen in price by 90% (data from the close of trading on February 23 to a minimum during trading on March 1).

At the end of February 2022, Oleg Tinkov opposed the special operation of Russia and said that states should spend money on the treatment of people, on research on the victory over cancer, and not on war. Tinkov wrote that his foundation saves the lives of people who have contracted blood cancer.

I am on myself, twice almost being on the other side of life, over the past 2 years I have seen how fragile life is! And we have the only one! - wrote a businessman on his Instagram page.

In a conversation with ppTelegram]], economist Nikita Krichevsky expressed the opinion that Tinkov's statement was his attempt to protect himself from possible claims in the West.

Tinkov is well aware that in the current situation, when the assets of the largest Russian businessmen in Europe are frozen and they are prohibited from entering, world regulators are looking quite closely at how this or that Russian businessman speaks out. Here, Mr. Tinkov is doing everything to divert the blow, both from himself and from his bank, "Krichevsky said.[14]

March 24, 2022 Oleg Tinkov was included in the sanctions list of Britain.

On March 25, 2022, Britain decided to lift transport sanctions from Oleg Tinkov. His yacht and plane will again be able to plow the expanses of the country.

Insulting people supporting Russia's special operation in Ukraine

Tinkov's publication on the social network April 19, 2022:

I do not see a single beneficiary of this crazy * * * * * (edited due to the requirements of the Russian authorities)!

Innocent people and soldiers are dying. The generals, waking up with a hangover, realized that they had a shit army. And where will the army be good if everything else in the country is shit and mired in nepotism, emulation and honor?

Kremlin officials are shocked that not only they, but also their children will not go to the Mediterranean Sea in the summer. Businessmen are trying to save the remnants of property. Of course, there are morons drawing Z, but morons in any country are 10%. 90% of Russians are against this * * * * *!

Dear «collective West» please give Mr.Putin a clear exit to save his face and stop this massacre. Please be more rational and humanitarian.

Tinkoff Bank disowned the statement of its founder. Stock quotes were down 10%.

Sale of 35% of TCS Group Holding shares to Interros Group

Interros Group on April 28, 2022 announced the acquisition of a 35% stake in TCS Group Holding, the parent structure of the Russian Tinkoff Group. The transaction, the financial terms of which are not disclosed, has already received the approval of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Oleg Tinkov, founder of the Tinkoff Group, noted that it was "time for him to retire and engage in health and family." Read more here.

The sale of a stake in Tinkoff Bank deprived Oleg Tinkov of a place among billionaires.

Accusation of the Russian authorities of pressure on the sale of Tinkoff Bank and farewell to Russia

In April 2022, Oleg Tinkov said in an interview with The New York Times that he was forced to sell his stake in Tinkoff Bank "for a penny" after he publicly made a statement about the events in Ukraine.

'They made me sell it because of my statements. I couldn't discuss the price. It was like a hostage - you take what you're offered. I couldn't negotiate. "

Tinkov said that he was grateful to Potanin for allowing him to help out at least a little money for his company. He said he could not give a price, but that he sold for 3% of what he believed was the true value of his stake.

He claimed to have hired bodyguards after friends with ties to Russian intelligence services told him he should fear for his life and joked that while he had survived leukemia, perhaps' the Kremlin would kill me '.

In early May, it was reported that Oleg Tinkov could receive $250 million - $300 million for his stake in the bank from Vladimir Potanin. Previously, the share was an order of magnitude more expensive.

On May 3, 2022, Tinkov published a statement about "farewell to Russia."

Recovery from leukemia

Oleg Tinkov said that the last test showed complete remission. The diagnosis of blood cancer or leukemia was made to Tinkov in October 2019. He underwent a bone marrow transplant.

Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit for 2 billion rubles against Tinkov because of insults on social networks

On August 15, 2022, it became known that Oleg Deripaska filed a lawsuit to protect honor and dignity against businessman Oleg Tinkov and Meta (recognized in Russia as an extremist organization, its activities are prohibited in the country). Read more here.

Meeting your bone marrow donor

In October 2022, Oleg Tinkov first met with his bone marrow donor. In March 2020, he reported leukemia found in him, in the same year he underwent surgery.

Renunciation of Russian citizenship

On October 26, 2022, Tinkov announced that he had officially renounced Russian citizenship.

He later deleted a post about it from the social network.

An attempt to recall the brand from Tinkoff Bank

In October 2022, Oleg Tinkov said that he was starting the process of recalling the Tinkoff brand from a Russian bank.

Tinkoff Bank said that all legal rights to the Tinkoff brand belong to the bank itself.

Thieves robbed Tinkov's villa in Italian Forte dei Marmi

In November 2022, thieves robbed Oleg Tinkov's villa in the Italian city of Forte dei Marmi. According to local media, the theft was carried out by three people who demonstrated'exceptional professionalism'. On November 17 evening, they hacked into the businessman's security systems and safes, which contained expensive watches, bags and jewelry. The total amount stolen exceeds several hundred thousand euros.

Prior to that, the thieves robbed a neighboring villa, which belongs to a Russian billionaire and surrenders to a family of Ukrainian financiers. Police are investigating and examining CCTV footage - they allegedly recorded the perpetrators.

2023

Sale of Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft

In March 2023, it became known that Oleg Tinkov sold his Dassault Falcon 8X aircraft. The aircraft changed its registration and tail number. Instead of M-TINK, he now wears the number N885X, writes the Moscow Times. The cost of a similar aircraft Dassault Falcon 8x is now about $50 million.

The new owner was the American company Pacific Connection from the US state of Delaware. She already owned another Dassault Falcon.

The estate on the Volga is put up for sale for 900 million rubles

In early July 2023, it became known that the Volga Dacha manor complex, previously owned by businessman and founder of Tinkoff Bank Oleg Tinkov, was put up for sale in the Liman district of the Astrakhan region.

According to the Vedomosti newspaper, referring to information received from the NF Group, the asset is estimated at 850-900 million rubles. The manor complex with an area of ​ ​ 1700 square meters is located on 3 hectares of land. It belongs to structures associated with Vladimir Potanin's Interros group, which bought 35% of TCS Group, which includes Tinkoff Bank, in 2022.

In 2016, Oleg Tinkov announced the launch of a tourism project. It was about La datcha's private villas in Val Thorens, Courchevel, Forte dei Marmi and Astrakhan, which were planned to be leased to wealthy clients. In 2022, the businessman announced that he had sold La datcha's assets in Russia "at a market price." At the same time, Tinkov remained with foreign facilities.

Volga Dacha is located in the Volga Delta, near the coast of the Caspian Sea. On the territory of the complex, in addition to the main house, there are guest houses, a gazebo and a sports ground. About a third of the area is empty. The new owner will be able to purchase the estate both for personal use and for rent.

According to SPARK-Interfax, the company La Dacha Astrakhan has been owned by the Cypriot Digitdrive Limited since April 2023. The beneficiary of this structure is Techsolutions Consulting FZ, registered in the UAE, which until 2023 belonged to Sergei Batekhin. As the Vedomosti newspaper clarifies, a person with such a name and surname is on the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel, 37% of which belongs to Interros. At the same time, Interros emphasizes that the company never owned Volga Dacha^[15]

Lifting Britain's sanctions

On July 17, 2023, it became known that Britain lifted sanctions on Oleg Tinkov. Earlier, British businessman Richard Branson appealed to the British Foreign Ministry with a request to lift sanctions against Tinkov. Mikhail Khodorkovsky also wrote a letter in support of the entrepreneur.

Restrictions on Tinkov concerned the ban on entry into Britain and the provision of trust services. Its assets could be blocked if found in British banks, and sea and air vehicles could be detained while in the country.

Sale of the estate on the Volga

On October 17, 2023, it became known about the sale of the elite Volga Dacha complex, built by the ex-owner of Tinkoff Bank Oleg Tinkov. The new owner of the facility located in the Astrakhan region was Akashevskaya Poultry Farm LLC. Read more here.

Quotes

About football

"I have the same discrepancies with Russian football. I will never watch such football, especially since I will not go to the stadium. They all look like some kind of suckers. Moreover, salaries are huge - both under two million euros and under three. But no matter how much you pay them, you still watch and want to give five rubles. Well, make yourself a mohawk of some kind. So I don't like watching them because they're ugly. " In an interview with Sports.ru, January 2014

"Never in my life will I invest in football. Firstly, I don't like football. Russian certainly, this is a miserable sight. If cycling is under the control of the European bureaucracy, then Russian football is local authorities, state money. What business in this situation can we talk about? " In an interview with R-Sport, 2016

"Football players in comparison with cyclists are just lazy and do nothing. They will hit the leg - they are writhing, and here people fall on the asphalt, lie in the blood, get up and go further, no one will wait. In football, they will bring some stretchers, bring other stretchers, breed such a circus, I don't want to say that all the players are like that, they also train, but the show business element is more present there. You can lie down, smoke, give yourself beautiful nibbles, make hairstyles. Three kopecks will earn and marry models - they agree with them, disperse. "

"Someone came to me here recently, says:" There Spartacus"" won. " I told him this thought: "The Negroes Fedun beat the Negroes Miller." In the program "VDudy," June 2017

Hobby

Oleg Tinkov is passionate about road cycling and has the category of candidate for master of sports of the USSR.

Family

Oleg Tinkov's wife in April 2022, against the background of EU sanctions related to the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, blocked the accounts of her hotel in the Italian Fort dei Marmi. Because of this, it is impossible to pay salaries to employees.

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