Varlamov Kirill Viktorovich

Varlamov Kirill Viktorovich

Education

• 1996, UGTU UPI, specialty - engineering technology.

Later he studied at the Institute of Retraining of Personnel of the Ural State Technical University with a specialization in "Information Intellectual Technologies in Management Activities."

In 2012 he graduated from the Moscow School of Management "Skolkovo."

Career

• 1996-1997, worked as a quality engineer at the Uralmash plant.
• 1997-2001, moved to the company "Microtest" as the head of the quality department. In 1999, he created and headed the company's web development department.
• 2001, together with Alexander Davydov created Naumen.
• 2002, became chief executive of Naumen.

On October 10, 2012, Naumen CEO Kirill Varlamov became a finalist in the international competition "Entrepreneur of the Year 2012" in Russia. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Award has been held by Ernst & Young for 27 years and is rightfully considered the most famous and prestigious international competition in the field of entrepreneurship. Its geography now covers more than 140 cities in 50 countries.

2012: Putin's confidant

In February 2012, Kirill Varlamov became a confidant of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin, being the only representative of the IT industry on the list of 499 people.

2013: Head of Startup Support Fund

In March 2013, he was appointed head of the Fund for Supporting Entrepreneurial Initiatives on the Internet.

Here is how the ASI meeting with the participation of Varlamov was described by the Kommersant newspaper:

- What should be the volume of this fund? - the president asked. - How much money should be there, in short?

• We counted... - a little hushed up, said Kirill Varlamov. - It turns out the amount of about six billion rubles... For three years.

• For three years? - kindly asked Mister Putin.

This amount did not make a shocking impression on him. Rather, he even liked her. That is, it was clear to him that young people from ASI are serious and do not exchange for trifles. However, the figure impressed Herman Gref. He just quivered - first of all, apparently, to attract attention. He succeeded.

• Oh, I see, German Oskarovich wants... - somehow the president was even delighted.

He apparently intended to end with the word "speak out." But Alexander Shokhin finished for him:

• Invest!

• This is a lot of money, - said the head of Sberbank. - We are also engaged in this kind of work. So it's not your blue ocean... You are going to invest other people's money in startups. It's not your money... It's very big money... The scale is very serious...

And he repeated twice more that this is very big money. Some members of the supervisory board were surprised to see German Gref in Novo-Ogaryovo yesterday. The fact is that he was only at the first meeting of the council. Then, apparently, he became uninteresting. And so he suddenly appeared on the fifth in a row. Only now it became clear why.

• I will try to cope, - said Kirill Varlamov.

This young man was for the first time at a meeting at the same table with the president, and, of course, it was not easy for him. And after a man like Herman Gref opposed him, it became very difficult for him.

• I understand what it is about, - Mr. Varlamov continued. - Last year I received an award as the best IT entrepreneur...

He did not have so many arguments, apparently.

• That is, Herman Oskarovich did not scare you?! - the president asked him again.

• Big tasks do not scare us, - Mr. Varlamov answered.

Mister Putin was not afraid of the position of the head of Sberbank either. Moreover, he seemed to come up with a punishment for trying to offend his charges.

• Let's combine the experience and caution of German Oskarovich with your optimism and pressure, he suggested.

Herman Gref, apparently, did not experience enthusiasm.

• German Oskarovich, so you will take part? - the president specified without a smile.

The head of Sberbank did not answer for ten seconds and looked at the president or Kirill Varlamov, as if choosing between them.

• So, - the president laughed again. - I began to count... Seven to go, six to go crazy... In general, will you participate?

Meanwhile, Herman Gref decided, apparently, to go to the end. He called, however, without condemnation, ASI a bureaucratic structure. Then he said with condemnation that her employees were not responsible for the final result. In general, he said everything for which he came here.

• If we are trying to create a development institute from ASI, then this is probably the wrong way...

• Well, I will ask Kirill Viktorovich (Varlamov. - Kommersant) to clearly and clearly state the tasks of the fund, - suggested the president.

Mr. Varlamov once again said what he had already said. Among other things, it was about training specialists who can work with startups. "You cannot teach, because we have no one to teach," Herman Gref said sharply without hesitation.

• It is necessary to help the guys to establish work, - Mister Putin finished this story. - And some money will be needed... The involvement of a financial institution like yours would be appropriate.

This is what German Gref, apparently, was most afraid^[1].

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