Khotimsky Dmitry Vladimirovich

Khotimsky Dmitry Vladimirovich

A well-known Russian banker, investor and economist. Born June 29, 1973 in Moscow. Today Khotimsky Dmitry Vladimirovich is best known as the co-owner of Sovcombank. In 2018, the portal Банки.ру recognized him and his brother as the best bankers in Russia.

Education

Dmitry Khotimsky's childhood and youth were spent in Moscow. He graduated from the comprehensive Moscow school number 91, a class with in-depth study of mathematics.

In his school years, Dmitry showed interest in exact sciences, so he entered the Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov at the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. In 1995, he successfully graduated from the university and received a master's degree in mathematical statistics.

After graduation, he enrolled in a software engineering course at Oxford University. This allowed him to consolidate and deepen the knowledge gained in the leading higher educational institution of the Russian Federation.

Start of employment

Dmitry Vladimirovich Khotimsky began working in his university years. In 1992, in his second year, he began to engage in business. At first he worked in a travel agency, then he was engaged in the sale of cosmetics of the American brand Neways in Russia. A little later, Dmitry Khotimsky and his partners bought and developed dairy plants in Volgograd and Timashevsk, as well as some meat processing plants. The first were subsequently sold to large food companies - Wimm-Bill-Dann and Unimilk.

In the late 90s, Dmitry became interested in investments in the American stock market. After three years of investment activity, he created the hedge fund Institute of Global Investments in the United States. The main task of the company was to manage various assets: precious metals, securities, real estate. According to Dmitry Khotimsky, seven years later the fund went bankrupt, and he himself became unemployed bankrupt.

Banking career

In the late 2000s, Khotimsky Dmitry Vladimirovich returned to Russia. His younger brother approached him for advice on investing. Due to the financial and economic crisis in 2009, bond prices of one of the commercial banks decreased significantly. The brothers took a chance and bought securities, and a year later they sold them twice as much. After this successful decision, Dmitry Khotimsky became the investment manager of Sovcombank.

The investor developed a similar plan in 2014, when the currency crisis began in Russia. The ruble fell almost twice, the Bank of Russia significantly raised the key rate, so the Sovcombank council revised restrictions on the share of issuers' bonds in portfolios and bought securities at reduced prices. A month later, the bank earned about $50 million on their growth. Under the leadership of Dmitry Vladimirovich Khotimsky, Sovcombank overcame crises with minimal losses and even strengthened its position in the banking market.

2022: Hit by US sanctions

In March 2022, the founders of Sovcombank, brothers Sergei and Dmitry Khotimsky, as well as bank shareholders Mikhail Kuchment, Dmitry Gusev and Alexei Panferov, fell under US sanctions against the backdrop of Russia's special operation in Ukraine.

Hobbies and publications

Dmitry Khotimsky is a multifaceted personality. He has many interests and hobbies. He holds the title of Candidate for Master of Sports in Chess. He is a member of the amateur football club "Beaver," the team is listed as a midfielder. He is also actively involved in other sports: hockey, windsurfing, table tennis. Likes cycling, downhill skiing and not averse to playing poker.

In 2013, Dmitry Khotimsky wrote the book "Let's Profit from the Crisis of Capitalism." As an experienced investor, he shared the secrets of profitable capital investment and talked about which projects are better to invest in. Readers praised the author's first book and noted the accessibility of the presentation of complex material and a large number of practical tips.

Personal life

Khotimsky Dmitry Vladimirovich has a strong family. He is the father of two children - Diana and Michael.

2025: Acquisition of shopping centers "Daria" and "Passage" for ₽1,3 billion

Sovcombank co-founder Dmitry Khotimsky acquired the Daria and Passage shopping centers located at the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station in Moscow. Experts interviewed by Vedosti estimate the transaction value in the range from? 1.1 billion to? 1.3 billion for both objects with a total area of ​ ​ about 3.3 thousand square meters. This became known in mid-July 2025. Read more here.