Makarov Igor Viktorovich

Makarov Igor Viktorovich

Biography

Born April 5, 1962 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Education

1983 - graduated from Turkmen State University.

Military service

1983-1985 - served in the Soviet Army.

Master of Sports in Cycling

He was a cyclist athlete, for more than 10 years he was a member of the USSR national team. Multiple winner of all-Union and international competitions.

International Master of Sports in Cycling.

1986: Lecturer at Kazan State University

1986-1989 - Lecturer at Kazan State University.

1989-1992 - Held senior positions in private commercial companies.

1992: President of the Itera Group of Companies

1992 - President of the Itera Group of Companies.

1993 - co-founder of Omraniya in the offshore zone in Cyprus.

1995 - was an intermediary for the supply of Turkmen gas to Ukraine.

1996 - President, CEO, Chairman of the Board of Itera Group B V.

1999 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Itera Holding LLC.

2000 - Member of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

2002 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of LLC Oil and Gas Company Itera.

He led the East Industrial Company, through which the Ministry of Trade and Resources of Turkmenistan carried out mutual settlements with Ukraine and Russian suppliers of products and consumer goods.

2005 - Honorary Consul of the Republic of Belarus in Moscow.

2006 - The Scientific and Technical Council of the St. Petersburg Mining Institute included Igor Makarov on the Board of Trustees of the Institute and awarded him the Gold Badge of the Mining Engineer of Russia for his successful activities in the oil and gas business and support for Russian education.

2008 - Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Cycling Federation.

2010 - President of the Russian Cycling Federation.

2011: 132nd place in the ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia with a fortune of $750 million

He took 132nd place in the ranking of the Russian-language version of Forbes "The Richest Businessmen of Russia - 2011." Igor Makarov's fortune is estimated at $750 million ^[1].

2011 - Member of the Executive Committee of the International Cycling Union (UCI)^[2].

Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Information Processes and Technologies.

Member of the Commission on the Fuel and Energy Complex and the Reproduction of the Mineral Resource Base under the Government of the Russian Federation.

2012: 65th place in the ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia

It ranks 65th in the ranking of the Russian-language version of Forbes "The Richest Businessmen of Russia - 2012"^[3].

In 2012, Igor Makarov was a member of the Board of Directors of Tarkosaleneftegaz OJSC, a member of the Board of Directors of Sibneftegaz OJSC. President of the Russian Cycling Federation, owner of the Katyusha cycling team^[4]

Igor Makarov's main assets at that time were concentrated in the oil and gas industry (LLC Oil and Gas Company Itera, OJSC Tarkosaleneftegaz, OJSC Sibneftegaz).

It owns several private aircraft: one of them is constantly based in the United States - a Brazilian-built aircraft. The second model is the brand new Tu-144, acquired from the arsenal of aircraft of ex-Russian President Boris Yeltsin. In the United States, he has another personal air transport -^[5] LIRA-60 plane^[5]

2013: Sale of Rosneft's gas assets for $2.9 billion

In 2012, Rosneft and Itera entered into a strategic cooperation agreement for joint exploration and development of gas fields in Russia. Then the joint venture, where Rosneft owned 51% of Itera, included gas (49% of Sibneftegaz OJSC, 49% of Purgaz CJSC, 67% in Uralsevergaz-NGK CJSC and some other assets of Itera, and gas fields of the Kyn-Chaselsky group owned by Rosneft.

In 2013, Rosneft acquired the remaining 49% of the shares of the oil and gas company Itera for $2.9 billion. Of these, $1.8 billion is to Makarov. After the sale of his gas assets to Rosneft, Makarov gave the company a new name, turning the word "Itera" - the company began to be called "Areti."

2017: Purchase of 50% in New Stream

On October 2, 2017, it became known that Igor Makarov's Areti group of companies buys 50% of Dmitry Mazurov's New Stream group. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.

The press service of Novy Stream confirmed to Forbes that Mazurov and Makarov will jointly own and manage the group of companies that owns Antipinsky (Tyumen Region) and the Mari Refinery, mining assets in the Orenburg Region and bitumen production in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.

2022: Half-stake sale in Canada's Spartan Delta

On March 28, 2022, the company of Russian billionaire Igor Makarov sold more than half of its stake in Canadian natural gas producer Spartan Delta Corp., which was one of the first public transactions to sell a Canadian asset by a Russian since the beginning of the conflict to Ukraine.

Makarova's Areti Energy SPV, which was Spartan Delta's largest shareholder before the sale, sold 15 million shares, representing a 9.8% stake in the Calgary-based company at C $8.10 ($6.44) per share, Makarova's Swiss company Areti Energy S.A. said in a statement. The total revenue was C $121.5 million.

Charity

One of Igor Makarov's largest charitable projects is the Flight of Hope International Project for the Rescue of White Cranes.

Carries out charitable actions to ensure social protection of the most needy segments of the population, sponsors a number of disabled Chernobyl organizations.

Awards

• Francis Skorina Medal^[6] of the^[6]
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus);
• Friendship Medal (Mongolia);
• Order of Labor Glory (Moldova);
• Order of the Holy Noble Prince Daniel of Moscow (III degree);
• Order of St. Innocent, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna (III degree);
• Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (III degree);
• Honorary badge "Akinfiy Nikitich Demidov"^[7]
• Gold mark of the mining engineer of Russia (for successful activities in the oil and gas business and support of Russian education).
• Award "Energy of Russia-2003" in the nomination "Manager of the Year."

In the ranking of senior leaders - 2010, the Kommersant newspaper took III place in the nomination "Fuel Complex"^[8].

• Laureate of the competition of the International Academy of Sciences on Nature and Society.

Marital status

Married, two children.

Notes