Fedun Leonid Arnoldovich

Fedun Leonid Arnoldovich

Status

According to Forbes, for 2020 Leonid Fedun enters the twenty of the richest businessmen of Russia. The edition estimates its fortune in $6.3 billion.

Fedun is the vice president for strategic development of Lukoil and the second largest shareholder, after the president of the company Vagit Alekperov. For March 31, 2020 Fedun directly and through family trusts possessed 9.28% of Lukoil, follow from the avenue to issue of eurobonds,

Biography

Leonid Fedun was born on April 5, 1956 in Kiev.

• In 1977 graduated from military-political faculty of the Rostov highest military command college of M.I. Nedelin.

• In 1984 ended a graduate military course of Military academy of F.E. Dzerzhinsky where remained to teach. From 1984 to 1992 taught scientific communism and political economy in Military-political academy of V.I. Lenin. Served to a colonelcy.

• In 1987 from society "Znaniye" came to give lectures to Kogalym where got acquainted with the CEO of Kogalymneftegaz Vagit Alekperov. Then work in this company was offered it.

• In 1992 created own company "Neftkonsult".

• In 1993 graduated from the Higher school of privatization and an entrepreneurship on specialties "sociology" and "work with securities".

• In 1993 — 1994 held a position of the CEO of JSC Lukoil-Consulting.

• Since 1995 became the vice president of JSC Lukoil and created Lukoil-reserve-invest broker company ("IFD of Kapital" now). In the late nineties as the vice president of Lukoil participated in financing of the social and political block "All Russia", and then and an electoral bloc Fatherland-All Russia.

• Since 2003 — the owner of football club "Spartak" (Moscow). Fedun purchased Spartak from Andrey Chervichenko, transaction amount is estimated at 70 million US dollars. For the period, during which Fedun is the owner of Spartak, the command never became the champion of Russia (all without champion title since 2002 — 9 seasons — repetition of the worst result for all history of a command (1970 — 1978)) and after 2003 never won the Russian Cup (8 seasons without champion title or a cup — the worst result for all history of a command).

Fedun's activity as the owner of Spartak often is exposed to sharp criticism fans, journalists and veterans of a command. A good point is construction of Spartak stadium which never the command had.

In May, 2020 the vice president of Lukoil and the co-owner of Spartak Leonid Fedun was hospitalized because of COVID-19 coronavirus.