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Biography
Born in 1969 in the city of Gubakha, Perm Territory. In 1987-1989 he served in the army, then for several years he worked in middle management positions in construction companies (Togliatti).
In 1993, he received a bachelor's degree in Chemical Production Machines and Apparatus, Enterprise Construction and Patent Science from Togliatti State University.
1994: Moving to the United States
In 1994 he moved to the United States, where since 1996 he has been the General Manager of a company that specializes in sales of equipment for the chemical industry and real estate trade.
In 2003, he received a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina (USA).
Since 2004, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Togliattikhimbank (Togliatti), since 2005 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of RTS Bank (Togliatti).
In March 2011, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Togliattiazot OJSC.
2021: Bribery case
In June 2021, the former chairman of Togliattikhimbank (Samara region), Alexander Popov, was found guilty of bribing a judge in the amount of at least $2 million and sentenced to 7.5 years in a strict regime colony. Popov is obliged to pay a fine of 500 million rubles, during the investigation his property was seized - 293 land plots.
According to the investigation, Popov was an intermediary who was supposed to transfer money to the judge for making a decision in favor of Togliattiazot. The tax charged the head and owner of Togliattiazot Sergey Makhlai taxes for 320 million rubles, Makhlai decided to give a bribe to cancel the decision of the Federal Tax Service.
2023: Togliattihimbank became the new owner of Togliattiazot
In January 2023, Togliattiazot (100%) Dmitry Mazepin became the new owner of Togliattikhimbank. Previously, the bank was owned by Sergei Makhlai, but in 2022 he was convicted of embezzlement of 85 billion rubles at the suit of a minority shareholder of the Uralchem plant (owned by Dmitry Mazepin). Makhlai was abroad at the time of the investigation.
Family
Married, father of two daughters.