Pavel Filenkov was born on May 24, 1957.
Graduated from faculty of calculus mathematics and cybernetics (VMK) of Moscow State University.
After the termination of university worked at Institute of economy at the State Planning Committee of the Russian Federation, in parallel was engaged in kooperatorsky activity. During the same period was a non-staff correspondent of the Kommersant newspaper.
Since 1995 held positions of the commercial director of the Domovoy magazine, the CEO of Brownie, then - the chief executive of Kommersant Publishing House.
Since 1998 held a post of the commercial director of Kommersant Publishing House.
April, 2012 - the CEO of Kommersant Publishing House
Interview about trends in the media industries (July, 2012)