Gens Georgy Vladimirovich

Gens Georgy Vladimirovich

Gens Georgy Vladimirovich is a founder, the owner and the president of Lanit group. Died in April, 2018.

Assets

Capital assets of Georgy Gens were concentrated in the field of information technologies in Lanit group.

Also owned the Inventive Retail Group company which is engaged in development of several large retail networks.

After the death of the founder of Lanit Georgy Gens in 2018 his son Philip Gens entered inheritance rights on all companies which he owned and in which his father had a share. Read more here.

Biography

Was born on October 5, 1954 in Moscow.

In 14 years Georgy Gens earned the first money - for the program which one teacher suggested to write him.

She "earned some money" on Minrybkhoz and did not manage to make work, and therefore readdressed it to me. And shared money. Two hundred rubles for those times were quite decent amount", - Georgy Gens told

1971 - graduated from physical and mathematical school which specialized in programming. Together with the certificate received the certificate of the programmer calculator of the third, highest discharge.

Being a tenth-grader, Georgy Gens under the guise of the elder brother (the student of the 4th Mekhmata rate of MSU) for money trained graduates for receipt on Mekhmat. Many trusted and paid, and and also very many arrived:

They thought that they are trained by the fourth-year student, and the tenth-grader trained them actually", Georgy Gens told

Also he participated and won the mathematical Olympic Games^[1].

Having begun to be engaged in programming and drawing up algorithms, I felt interest in this case — remembers Gens. — Devoted a lot of time to studying of mathematics, participated in the mathematical Olympic Games where quite often became the winner. To us, pupils of a fizmatshkola, it was lucky: we passed a work practice in Computer center of MSU. And it strengthened my interest in the queen of sciences and her applied aspects

1976 - graduated from Economics department of Lomonosov Moscow State University in "Economic cybernetics".

Graduated from the university almost with honors — he says. — The only subject where at state examination I received the four, was not scientific communism, not military preparation

1980 - defended the master's thesis about a technique of application of mathematical methods of the analysis in economy. Candidate of Economic Sciences.

1976: Work in VNIINS

• worked with 1976-1988 in All-Union scientific research institute of control automation in the nonindustrial sphere (VNIINS). Held positions from the junior researcher to the head of department of expert systems and artificial intelligence.

The first project in which Georgy Gens participated was connected with system development for copying of movies "ACS Kopirfilm". Actually it was necessary to solve a difficult optimization task. Its essence was as follows. For release print at first make the master copy. It is very expensive piece, from it it is possible to make a certain number of the subsequent copies. If it turns out that circulation is insufficient, it is necessary to make the second, third master copies, but the cost of everyone of the subsequent will be higher, than previous. Therefore it is necessary to define from the very beginning how many master copies are necessary.

The second project also was optimization and it is much more difficult than the first. It was required to create a system for planning of tours of circuses. Circuses act in the different cities, and the schedule of tours should be made so that in this or that city the repertoire that the troupe did not make hours-long flights through the half-countries did not repeat, and actors periodically came back home.

1988 - one of founders of the PRONTO engineering commercial center which was engaged in programming and scientific and technical service.

1989: Foundation of Lanit company

In 1989 - organized and headed Lanit company.

The Lanit group in 1994. Georgy Gens in the center.

2006: Profitable sale of a share in Orgesbank

"Georgy Gens is a successful and experienced investor", - Eduard Voronetsky, the head of K-Sistems/Irbis company which co-owner Gens he was in 2005-2008 said. According to Voronetsky, Gens had investment experience with banks in the middle of zero:

In Russia there was a bank under the name "Orgresbank". I can assume that directly or still somehow Georgy Gens was among his investors. In any case, the management of bank to it very much listened

In 2006 the Scandinavian bank Nordea agreed about purchase more than 85% of stocks of Orgresbank, and in 2009 Scandinavians brought the share to 100%. The source familiar with activity of Lanit confirmed to CNews that Georgy Gens owned a share in Orgresbank: "The share was small, but afterwards Gens very profitable sold it".

At the time of sale of Orgresbank wrote in the Russian media that managers were not going to leave a controlling stake, however the proposal of Scandinavians was very attractive: 86% of stocks were sold for $314 million. Before Gens said that Orgresbank services many companies of the IT sector. The CEO of Nienschanz Victor Yarutov was the chairman of the board of directors of this bank. Gens was not a part of Board of Directors (according to the annual report of Orgresbank for 2006).

For December, 2006, according to the USRLE, founders of Lanit were Georgy Gens (75%) and Tatyana Konnik (25%) (Georgy Gens's spouse)^[2]. By the end of 2012 Georgy Gens became 100% the owner of Lanit.

2010: Sale of suppliers of the polygraphic equipment

A number of the suppliers of the polygraphic equipment (Option, "Vario-service", Oriyental, Apostrophe and HGS) entering into the ECS Group holding controlled by Georgy Gens and Evgeny Butman were sold to new owners^[3].

During the same period Georgy Gens aimed to create the coalition for pressure upon the CNews edition. After the publication on pages of the edition of the facts concerning the transaction of one of the companies entering into Lanit group, the head of holding said that he will make bankrupt CNews. The companies which Gens addressed did not support its^[4].

2011: The 147th place in the Russian Forbes list with $650 million

Takes the 147th place in the rating of the Russian-language version of Forbes "The richest businessmen of Russia - 2011". Georgy Gens's fortune is estimated in $650 million^[5].

2012

Unsuccessful investments into Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank

In May, 2012 it became known that the Unikor group which owner was the Georgian billionaire Bidzin Ivanishvili signed the agreement with private investors on sale of Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank to them. Transaction amount is $352 million, and was going to complete it till September 1, 2012.

Among investors – the head of Lanit Georgy Gens, the former owner of Spassky Gate insurance company Boris Chait, the former owner of Globex bank Anatoly Motylev and also Boris Pastukhov, Victor Lukoyanov and^[6].

Georgy Gens explained the decision on investments with positive history, the considerable capital and a transparent balance sheet layout.

Besides, in Russia does not get really joint-stock banks where there is no individual management from owners, - he adds. - At the same time, development of financial market assumes risk diversification from shareholders and Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank is represented the ideal platform for start of the new bank project

The source well familiar with activity of Lanit told CNews that this investment has no relation to the company and is the personal Gensa project: "This investment in an asset without participation in its management". According to the interlocutor of CNews, in addition to bank Gens has also other investments which are not connected with IT of whom very few people know.

Not only the head of Lanit, but also his son Philip Gens earns from investments into banks. So, in 2007-2010 together with a number of individuals he was a shareholder of Bystrobank which is based in Izhevsk, having begun with a share in 11% and having gradually brought it to 19.37%. In 2011 the offshore on the Virgin Islands of BSTRB Holding Company became the owner of bank.

According to the RBC daily newspaper, for July, 2014 Georgy Gens possessed 20% of Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank^[7].

In 2015 the Central Bank of Russia revoked the license from bank. By this time it became the largest insured event in the history of deposit insurance in Russia. The difference between assets and liabilities of Rossiyskiy Kredit Bank made not less than 111 billion rubles^[8]. Read more here.

100% owner of Lanit-Consulting

As of the end of 2012 was the 100% owner of Lanit-Consulting company which core activities include creation of IT resources and databases, leasing of non-residential premises and service in outsourcing of personnel for transactions of purchase of computers, component parts and accessories and also other goods.

Participation in the Olympic torch relay in London

In May, 2012 Georgy Gens participated in the Olympic torch relay in London.

Performance on CNews Forum

Georgy Gens on CNews FORUM 2012 about the view of insourcing

2014: The 114th place in the Russian Forbes list with $950 million

According to the Forbes magazine, the private means of Gens in 2014 reached $950 million (the 114th place in the list of the richest people of Russia).

2018

TAdviser Interview

So it developed that the last interview Georgy Gens gave TAdviser in March, 2018. In it the head of Lanit told that he began to work less and more often to travel all over the world, and management of group of the companies - to delegate more to the son Philip and other managers. And own business, the competition and joint ventures, successful and unsuccessful investments the entrepreneur told about the view of current market condition in a conversation with the Chief Editor of TAdviser Alexander Levashov.

Sudden death during the holiday

On April 30, 2018 Georgy Gens unexpectedly died during the holiday on Kamchatka, his acquaintances told TAdviser.

"Fell about the helicopter and all...", - the interlocutor of TAdviser reported.

It became known later that the thrombembolia of a pulmonary artery became a cause of death of the entrepreneur.

Official obituary of the Lanit group

Genius. Creator. Human. He left suddenly, brightly – as well as lived. Flew on skis from the mountain. Heart stopped. It is impossible to provide that it does not exist with us any more. It is impossible to put into words our grief, said in the obituary of Lanit group which came to edition TAdvier.

Georgy Gens — the brightest star of the Russian IT-Business, a figure of enormous scale. The person standing at the origins and infinitely much made for information technology development in Russia. He saw not only the present, but also the future.

The Lanit company is case of his life. And, as the creator, Georgy Gens underlay the fundamental principles which will never lose the relevance in a basis. Here is how he formulated them:

• We selected for ourselves that area which was really interesting to us – the latest information technologies, and concentrated on it. We wanted to be conductors new in real economy, in real life, and for this purpose investigated the innovation equipment and the software, found reliable partners and gained their trust.

• We aimed and aim to render to our clients of best quality service, being guided by real customers needs, creating absolutely new, sometimes unique integration solutions. Our principle is responsibility and the guaranteed accomplishment of the obligations, we like to work hard and we achieve useful results in each project, thus, strengthening and expanding cooperation with customers.

• We realize need of active growth, growth quicker than the market, consistently strengthening the positions.

• We believe in people, we know that the general success for 100% depends on talent, enthusiasm, aspiration to improvement; from efficiency and laborious work of everyone. And we are sure that we together build the company with the big future.

Georgy Gens had many talents, but, perhaps, the biggest of them is a love and respect for people and love to life. Georgy Vladimirovich was surprisingly kind, unusually decent, not indifferent person. He very much believed in people, always sincerely was interested in them both very brightly and was deeply on friendly terms. His desire to help people was improbable.

It attracted to itself(himself) people talented and keen, infected them with the ideas. His business partners became his friends. As the leader, he grew up a team of strong professionals, he was the excellent head.

Georgy Gens was a friend for all of us, for many he was as the father. His heart was enough for all — on employees, friends, relatives, and it is frequent even far people. He was a beautiful husband, the father, the brother, the friend, the grandfather, said in the obituary

In Lanit brought sincere condolences to the family of Georgy Gens.

Farewell ceremony

The place of farewell to Georgy Gens selected the Central house of the entrepreneur. The ceremony was attended on May 4 by more than one thousand people among whom there are acting and former members of the government, the famous entrepreneurs and artists.

With the permission of family of the dead TAdviser carried out farewell photographing, but, at the request of the family, was limited to mainly vista shots.

Georgy Gens died on April 30, 2018 at the age of 63 years

the Tragedy occurred on Kamchatka where the entrepreneur rode mountain skiing

"It left suddenly, brightly – as well as lived. Flew on skis from the mountain. Heart stopped", - it was said in the obituary of Lanit

In addition to mountain skis Georgy Gens was fond of oriental martial arts, kitesurfing and other sports, collected works of art

Some days before death the entrepreneur organized the Sculptors and Livre D'artiste exhibition in the Pushkin museum

the Lanit group Created by Georgy Gens is one of the largest in the Russian IT market

In the interview of TAdviser published a month before death, Gens told that it began to delegate management of group of the companies more to the son Philip and other managers

TAdviser brings condolences to the family of Georgy Gens

In day of farewell of a condolence in connection with Georgy Gens's death the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed.

In the telegram, in particular, it is said:

The bright, extraordinary person, the talented entrepreneur, Georgy Vladimirovich Gens stood at the origins of information technology development in our country. Created and for many years headed one of the largest and successful companies "Lanit". Actively participated in development of IT solutions for economy, business, for all aspects of life of the state. Georgy Vladimirovich was able to infect with energy of all who were near. The ideas often advanced time. And it managed a lot of things

Research and social job

Headed basic department of Lanit group - "Business performance management" in Higher School of Economics.

Had more than 60 publications, including abroad.

Georgy Vladimirovich Gens took active part in development and implementation of important nation-wide programs for informatization of the country. Was one of initiators and active participants of Association of the enterprises of computer and information technologies (APKIT). Headed Committee on Education in information technology field as a part of Association of the enterprises of computer and information technologies (APKIT).

Hobbies and collecting

Mountain skiing, riding, yachting. Has the certificate of the pilot.

Collects rare books with engravings,^[1] by etchings of the famous artists as illustrations (Livre d’artiste)^[1].

Georgy Gens about painting, yachts and investments

In 2012 in halls of Department of personal collections of Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts there takes place the exhibition "The book by the artist of Livre d'artist. Spanish collection. Picasso, Dali, Miro, Gris, Klava, Tapyes. From Georgy Gens and Boris Friedman's meetings"^[2].

On February 17, 2014 the large-scale exhibition "Surrealism and Livre D'artiste" in Department of personal collections of Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts of A.S. Pushkin opened. Exposure includes 400 works created by ingenious artists of the 20th century from 1924 to 1980 and serves as a peculiar narration about formation and development of surrealism. Jean Arp, Enrico Bai, Hans Belmer, Victor Browner, Salvador Dalí, Oscar Domínguez, Giorgio de Quirico, Vifredo Lahm, André Masson, Roberto Mata, Joán Miro, Pablo Picasso, Yves Tanga, Dorathea Tanning, Leonore Fini, Max Ernst – not the complete list of names which can be met at the Surrealism and Livre D'artiste exhibition. All works are provided by the president of LANIT group Georgy Gens and the CEO of Mikroinform company Boris Friedman.

Ranks

The academician of the International Academy of Informatization in the General Consultative status with Economic and Social Council of the UN.

Awards

2003-2014

2003 - there was the Russia's first owner of the international certificate on project management of category "A" (the highest international status in the field of project management)^[3].

The repeated winner of the rating of "1000 most professional managers of Russia" made by Association of managers of Russia and Kommersant publishing house.

According to the results of numerous polls is one of the most influential persons of the Russian market of information technologies.

In 2014 it is awarded with the Gold medal of Lev Nikolaev for a contribution to cultural development and enlightenment, in 2011 - a medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the II degree, in 2007 - the medal "For Mercy" of the International charitable foundation "Patrons of Century", in 1997 - a medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow".

2015: Certificate of honor of the President V. Putin

In 2015 for the achieved labor success, long-term fair work and vigorous public work as the Order of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin No. 23-rp of 2/12/2015. "About encouragement" it is mentioned by the Certificate of honor of the President of the Russian Federation.

2016: An award from the art director Yermolova of Oleg Menshikov

In August, 2016 the president of Lanit Georgy Gens became the winner of the award of A.M. Lobanov founded by the artistic director of theater of Yermolova Oleg Menshikov and received an award in the "For an Event out of Ermolovsky Theatre" nomination. The memorable sign and the diploma handed Lanit to the president on August 31 on collecting of troupe at the beginning of a new 91st theatrical season.

Oleg Menshikov founded an award in honor of the Soviet theatrical director and the teacher Andrey Mikhaylovich Lobanov in 2013. It is annually handed to the actors and directors who were taking part in release of premier performances in theater of Yermolova and also people who contributed to the development of art out of Ermolovsky theater. Winners of an award are defined by the organizing committee on the basis of vote of troupe.

Georgy Gens and (on a photo on the right) on delivery of an award

Lanit is a technical partner of theater since 2012. Lanit told TAdviser that since 2012 their company donated theater several tens of positions of the expensive modern equipment: multimedia projectors, cameras, monitors, video tape editing equipment, notebooks, computers, printers and another.

Penetration of IT solutions into life of theater began with creation of a system of online broadcasting on the video wall installed in one of windows of a facade of theater on Tverskaya Street in 2012. Using a system it is possible to broadcast performances and different videos about theater and actors. In 2013 Lanit worked on the technology party of the performance "The Picture of Dorian Gray" together with the director.

In 2014 opening of a new stage of theater which specialists equipped Lanit with the system of recognition of gestures Viziware developed Lanit-Terkom took place. It allows to manage the screen and to enter data with the help of gestures. The performance "Adam and Eva/sheyping" for which Lanit provided the modern equipment became one of the first premieres on the new stage. The video installations which are broadcast with its help became active means of expressiveness in setting.

The premiere of 2016 of year – Oleg Menshikov's performance Lucky – is also delivered using IT. Within continuation of cooperation Lanit equipped the new stage of theater with the multimedia equipment using which it is possible to organize film screenings. It allowed a tester to become one of platforms of a festival of documentary cinema "DOCKER". Besides, on the new stage of theater the modern author's documentary films within the Ermolovsky + Cinema program was shown.

2018: The winner of the National opera award "Onegin" in the Patron nomination

The founder of CHEEKS Georgy Gens became the winner of the National opera award "Onegin" in the Patron nomination founded in 2018. Announced this TAdviser on November 20, 2018 in LANIT company. From first year it helped the award "Onegin" and also other projects in the field of art.

According to the solution of founders of an award, since 2019 the Patron nomination will bear a name of Georgy Vladimirovich Gens.

Elena Gens, the vice president for social projects of CHEEKS, on the Onegin award

Without hidden participation of Georgy Gens our most courageous projects could not be realized, his personal deposit in the Russian art was difficult to be revaluated, but the silence around a name of Georgy Vladimirovich was a help condition always. As it is sad that life is arranged so that the best leave the first. In the constellation of great Russian patrons the bright star was lit this spring... We had no doubts. The management of an award unanimously made the decision to immortalize memory of Georgy Vladimirovich Gens, person of great kindness and modesty, having appropriated his name to the Award in the honourable Patron nomination — Sergey Leyferkus, the president of the National opera award "Onegin", the people's artist of Russia, the winner of the State award said.

Marital Status

He was married

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