Yefimov Pyotr Valentinovich

Yefimov Pyotr Valentinovich

Biography

Efimov Petr Valentinovich was born on March 4, 1962. Graduated from KVIRTU with a degree in ACS; worked for several years in the specialty at the General Staff - participated in the creation of ACS and the introduction (one of the first) of personal computers and local networks; left government agencies in order to create their own business.

The founders of the Informzaschita company Petr Efimov, Vladimir Gaikovich and Dmitri Yershov met at the Kyiv Higher Engineering Radio Engineering School of Air Defense. A few years later they met in Moscow, at the General Staff. Efimov built the first local networks here, and Gaikovich and Yershov worked in the laboratory of one of the regional military research institutes.

In 1995, Efimov quit and began selling English-Russian translators. PROMT Trade went sluggishly, and when Gaikovich offered him to earn money on the protection of information, he agreed without hesitation. Gaikovich already had some experience and capital. Together with a graduate of the KGB Higher School Evgeny Kaspersky , he successfully completed the order to integrate the antivirus into the office suite on the base. " MS-DOS We received solid money," Forbes Kaspersky confirmed in 2016.

Formally, the Informzaschita Scientific and Engineering Enterprise was formed in July 1995 by transforming the Informzaschita Information Security Association of the same name, which existed since 1990. 14 enterprises of various forms of ownership working in the field of information protection acted as founders of the Association.

2014: General Director of Informzashchita Group of Informzaschita

On December 22, 2014, Informzaschita Group of Companies announced changes in management. By the decision of the shareholders, Pyotr Efimov, President of the Group of Companies and one of its founders, was appointed General Director of the system integrator "Informzaschita" and assumes the functions of operational management. At the same time, he will continue to oversee the activities of other companies included in the Group.

2023

Reduction in share in Getmobit from 55% to 41%

F + tech (the parent company of F + tech Marvell) became a strategic partner and acquired a 49% stake in Getmobit, a Russian manufacturer of a secure digital platform for building and system management of workplace infrastructure in the corporate and public sectors. Representatives of Marvel Distribution reported this to TAdviser on February 7, 2023. According to the interlocutor of Kommersant, familiar with the terms of the transaction, 35% of the share in the project was sold by the owner of the Lanit Group of Companies Philip Gens, another 14% of its 55% was sold by the co-founder of Informzaschita Pyotr Efimov. Read more here.

Leaving "Informzaschita "

Since October 26, 2023, Pyotr Efimov has left the post of general director of Informzaschita, his friend told TAdviser. This information is confirmed by the data in the Kontur.Focus database. The post of general director was taken by Mikhail Vizgin, who previously worked as the financial director of Informzaschita.

In addition, Efimov ceased to be a shareholder of Informzaschita, a source told TAdviser. According to him, Efimov owned 15% of the company's shares, now they have been transferred to the owner of Lanit, Philip Gens.

Thus, Pyotr Efimov became the last of the three founders of Informzaschita to leave the company. Earlier, Vladimir Gaikovich and Dmitri Yershov left it. In 2016, Forbes wrote that their shares were bought by the founder of the Lanit Group of Companies Georgy Gens, becoming the majority shareholder of Informzaschita as a result. In 2018, George Gens died, and his son Philip became his heir.

The press service of Lanit told TAdviser that "Pyotr Efimov decided to focus on other business projects, so his share was redistributed between the majority shareholder and another private investor."

Information security is a very promising area for investment, especially in the current environment. "Informzaschita" from the point of view of control remains autonomous. The company's management is responsible for its strategy, - added to Lanit