Alexey Gennadievich - businessman, oligarch, billionaire, recently, was one of the hundred richest citizens of Russia.
About the biography of Alexey Shapovalov from Samara with a photo will be described below. The article is written for informational purposes only.
short biography
The biography of Alexey Shapovalov from Samara originates in 1976. August 14th is his birthday (41 years old). Alexei’s father was close to the crime and bandits of Samara, therefore, in the mid-90s, his son was easily allowed into the business, “covered” by bandits.
The biography of Alexey Gennadyevich Shapovalov from Samara is poor in information about his childhood and youth, the first data appear already at the stage of his entrepreneurial formation from interviews taken from people who were next to Alexei in those years.
The network has few photos of Alexei Shapovalov from Samara in his youth.
Now Shapovalov Alexey Gennadievich has the status of a billionaire, occupies the 364th line in the list of the world's wealthiest.
The beginning of the way
In those years when Alexey Shapovalov from Samara began his path to success, he was young for independent action and had the nickname Pioneer. Therefore, to call him a bandit or authority of those times will not be entirely correct. He was very close to the crime and gangsterism of the 90s, but he didn’t hunt for it in fact.
Alexey Shapovalov - a businessman from Samara - conducted business under the auspices of Masolov (a gangster, authority and businessman of Samara in the 90s).
Shapovalov started making money selling cigarettes, a very profitable business at that time, and earned the nickname Tobacco King. After Masolov’s death, Shapovalov inherited the entire business (the Samara Tobacco Factory), by the way, they say that he didn’t receive the business in good faith, but rather crushed his “teacher” under him. According to a person who was then close to Shapovalov, he made cigarette prices 5-10% lower than the average market, than he broke and "squeezed" the profit from competitors.
Subsequently, Shapovalov became virtually a monopolist in the sale of tobacco products and not only all kiosk products were also accumulated in the hands of Alexei.
Business portrait of those years
According to former friends, Alexei Shapovalov, a businessman of that time, is a sharp, unbalanced, aggressive and arrogant boss. Everyone and everyone was afraid of him. At the sight of their boss, all the workers were ready to hide at least in the mouse hole, just to not meet him. And all because he could not help but come and yell at his workers. Moreover, all his cries and curses were mostly unreasonable and "sucked from the finger" problems and shortcomings. In expressions, he did not hesitate and did not pick them up regardless of who was in front of him: a loader, a woman accountant, or a manager. People roared from him or even ended up in a hospital with heart attacks. But it is worth noting that he paid a couple of times more money than other employers did for similar duties. For this, many people all suffered and worked.
It is also worth noting a feature of Shapovalov, an entrepreneur of the 90s: whoever was the director of the Charity Service (Alexei's first serious company), this person did not immediately receive a “portfolio”. To do this, you had to start your activity from the bottom, that is, first work as a seller, storekeeper or someone else. This phenomenon was called the "American Dream" - to start from the bottom and become a leader.
Due to his behavior and attitude towards people, the manager Sasha Kondratyev left him. Alexey trusted him and appreciated, but he very much offended Sasha with his attitude, and he ultimately could not stand it, although Alexey offered him both an apartment (three-ruble note) and a car (Mercedes), and Sasha himself had to name the salary. But even under such chic conditions, he still left Shapovalov. And he went to Sysoev (previously Shapovalov and Sysoev were together, Sergey was the first partner of Alexei, but then there was a split, and part of the assets from Charity Service went to Volga-Lux LTD, headed by Sergey Sysoev), a man who is absolute the opposite of Alexei. Sergey was a native of a simple family, was friendly, sociable, without show-offs and arrogance, he knew in person and by the name of each of his employees, whom he greeted with at a meeting.
Based on the foregoing, it is not difficult to assume what kind of businessman he was - Alexey Shapovalov.
Sole entry into the business
Shapovalov’s first serious company was called the “Charity Service”, although there was nothing to show about charity, this is a simple move to circumvent taxes and customs duties, and the company was registered in Ingushetia. Later, the company was renamed Inter-Volga, and then - into one of the largest corporations - Titan.
By the 2000s, the business had grown stronger, brought very good incomes, and in 2001 Alexei was pulling up a man named Andrey Samarsky to his business. Prior to this, Andrei served in the police as the first deputy of the Office for Combating Organized Crime in the Samara Region. That is why many former employees of the Organized Crime Control Department came into Shapovalov’s business (at that time this legal entity was called “Titan”).
At the beginning of the 2000s, Alexei launched an alternative gaming system, Starslots, in the Samara Region and bought back a 13.4% stake in Samara Diagnostic Center.
Shapovalov is still a visionary businessman. In addition to the gambling business, which brought good income, he and his partners invested in other areas of activity (for example, real estate). And as time has shown, not in vain.
Corporation "Titan"
This corporation included: gambling clubs "Centaur" and "Aurora", night clubs "Central" and "Caesar". And then Las Vegas appeared with an emphasis on slot machines, a little later, by 2002, Las Vegas very firmly occupied the niche of the Samara gaming industry. By 2003, Shapovalov had shares in the amount of 50.1%. Initially, the founder of Las Vegas was the then director of Samara Bearing Plant OJSC Shvidak Alexander, as well as this LLC was leased by businessman Vasily Ardalin, son of the president of the Samara Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry Boris Ardalin
By 2005, Titan’s net profit reached 505 billion rubles. In 2009, the gaming business in the Russian Federation was banned, so Las Vegas was closed. Masolov, Shvidak, Ardalin, Samarsky participated in the establishment of the case of Alexei Shapovalov, but this did not prevent him from spitting on these people.
Scandals
The biography of Alexei Shapovalov from Samara (his photo can be seen in the article) is rich in scandals.
In 2006, City-Market LLC, a Shapovalov company, began building the Zvezda shopping center (50, 000 square meters, 9 hectares of land) on the territory of the former Ulyanovsk Radio Tube Plant. At one of the environmental audits, specialists from this structure discovered about 50, 000 tons of construction waste and 2.5 tons of hazard class II pesticides. Environmentalists wrote a fine in the state’s favor to this legal entity “for illegal storage of pesticides” in the amount of 350 million rubles. But the committee did not receive this amount and appealed to the arbitration court of the Ulyanovsk region with a claim for the forced collection of funds. And the company, by decree of the owner, removed the waste from the site and removed the property from the balance sheet, and the debt remained with City-Market LLC. In July 2006, the land and real estate properties of City Market were re-registered to LLC Miles, and City Market was declared a bankrupt organization. Accordingly, the treasury did not receive any money in the form of a fine. TC "Zvezda" began its activities under the guise of another legal entity.
Shapovalov also took a direct part in the liquidation of the city Press House (in Samara), later the entrepreneur got 5 hectares of land in the city center several times cheaper than the market value. Later this land was realized for the construction of shopping and entertainment centers.
In 2008, Shapovalov acquired the Petrel Stadium with an area of 2.1 hectares. And in 2010, it was demolished.
Assassination attempts
In November 2003, Alexei’s car was fired on in the area of the Sorokin farms. One bodyguard was injured. Despite the promised award for customer information, the crime was not disclosed.
In 2005, in January and October, unidentified people threw Molotov cocktails into Las Vegas slot machines; there were five injured. Naturally, the crime was not solved.
In 2006 (July), a charged RPG-7 grenade launcher was found in a garage near the office of Samara Business House, owned by Shapovalov.
And in November of that year in the Industrial District at about 12 noon there was an explosion, it was also an attempt on Alexei Shapovalov. In February 2007, law enforcement officials stated that the crime was committed by a member of the Saransk organized crime group Vitaly Lobushkin, at that time he was on the wanted list, but later he was calculated and formally charged, and he, in turn, named the customer Gennady Ezhkov. The latter wanted to take 38 million rubles from Shapovalov, supposedly due to him from the Samara Central Department Store. In the end, both Lobushkin and Ezhkov were arrested.
The investigation in the case lasted about a year, and in 2008, in April, 12 individuals from the Saransk organized crime group were indicted (members of this group traded in Russia, engaged in theft, extortion). The defendants asked the jury, but were denied. In court, many did not plead guilty, and in some episodes the prosecution side itself abandoned its position. As a result, five of 12 were acquitted, including Lobushkin and Ezhkov.
According to some, but not confirmed data, there is information that the attempts were organized by Shapovalov himself, however it is difficult to say how much this is.
Awards
In the biography of Alexei Shapovalov from Samara, there is a fact of rewarding him with firearms. The body that awarded Shapovalov is the FSB, wording: "For active personal assistance to the FSB." It would seem a reward but a reward … But! According to the legislation on awarding FSB with registered weapons, this can be obtained if you work undercover for a long time or are a general or a veteran of this department. In Samara, two people received such an award. The first is Rustem Shiyanov, a security officer, and the second, Shapovalov. For what such merits - it is not clear.
A family
The biography of Alexei Shapovalov from Samara will be incomplete, not to mention the family. As for his parents, there is little information here, but it is known that his father was not the last person in Samara. Gennady Shapovalov held the post of trade official from the Soviet nomenclature and also made friends with Masolov (mentioned above). And there is no information about the mother at all.
To date, the family of Alexei Shapovalov from Samara consists of a young wife Ksenia Tsaritsyna and two children - a son and daughter (Mikhail and Eva).
By the way, Ksenia is Shapovalov’s second wife, the first was Rimma, whose maiden name is unknown, there is little information about her, but there are photos of her with her son.
At the time of Shapovalov’s acquaintance with Ksenia, Alexei was already divorced.
Wife
Shapovalov’s wife, Alexei Gennadyevich from Samara (you already know his biography) occupies a considerable part of his life. More needs to be said about her.
We will get acquainted with the biography of the wife of Shapovalov Alexey Gennadievich from Samara - Ksenia Vladimirovna Tsaritsyna. She is from Omsk, born in 1992, a burning brunette, model.
Ksenia is engaged in sports and is a fan of proper and healthy nutrition, because for her profession, she needs an ideal appearance and figure. During pregnancy, Ksenia recovered greatly, but after a few months she returned to her form. And by and large, she always, even in childhood, was thin, apparently, such a constitution.
Ksenia has many candid photos. According to the girl, Alexey treats this quite normally, realizing that this is work.
The biography of the oligarch Shapovalov Alexei Gennadyevich and his wife Ksenia Tsaritsyna is quite known to the Russians, if only because Alex gave his wife a 70 carat ring after five years of marriage, it was then that the couple finally decided to legitimize their relationship. This topic has been “procrastinating” on the Internet for a very long time.
Alexey Shapovalov from Samara and his wife met in 2011 at one of the fashionable parties in Moscow, a month after meeting the couple began to live together, first in Samara, then in Ulyanovsk, and later to date in Dubai.
Five years after they met, the couple decided to get married, but this was decided not in the Emirates, but in Russia, in the Barvikha Luxury Village concert hall near Moscow. At the wedding, Russian pop stars such as Polina Gagarina, Shnurov, the Leningrad group performed, the wedding was held by Ekaterina Barnava and Andrei Razygraev. Shapovalov laid out several million for the celebration, it was all very expensive, rich. That the groom, that the bride changed clothes twice. Ksenia had two beautiful dresses (for the ceremony - with a train and neckline, and for a banquet - transparent with a long veil), the groom had two suits, one white and the other black. The invited stars and presenters were dressed in red clothes (such is the dress code), except for Shnurov, he was in his usual and familiar way to everyone.
The family travels a lot and attends racing competitions, in addition, it meets with the stars and actors of Russia. On the pages of Ksenia's social networks there are a lot of photos with Glyzin, Meladze and other famous people of our country. Now the Shapovalov family lives in Dubai, his wife has a Bentley business class car, houses, a bunch of servants and nannies for her children.
The wife of Alexey Shapovalov from Samara is an active user of social networks. Ksenia’s Instagram has more than 230, 000 subscribers, and the photos from her page are full of colors and taken against the backdrop of cars, yachts, and luxury apartments.
Alexey Shapovalov from Samara, biography, family and photos with his wife are presented to your attention.
Shapovalov now
Now the Samara businessman - oligarch Alexei Shapovalov - and his family live on a warm continent, in Dubai. There are many reasons for their departure there: a conflict with the authorities of Samara and Ulyanovsk, and business development, and just a desire to live in a warm place. But be that as it may, the fact remains.
Prior to this, in 2012, Shapovalov and Ksenia moved to Ulyanovsk from Samara, where they lived for several years.
In Ulyanovsk, Shapovalov had financial assets and profitable projects, which were subsequently implemented, and, accordingly, large incomes were received. Shapovalov acquired in Ulyanovsk 2.4 thousand hectares of land in the Cherdaklynsky district, located near the city limits. Also, a businessman purchased a property complex, for sale to individuals, delimited into sections of 6-8 hundred parts.
Now in the hands of Alexei Shapovalov about 60 legal entities in the Samara, Novosibirsk, Ulyanovsk regions. Most of these organizations are engaged in real estate and large shopping centers. In addition, in the Emirates, Shapovalov is developing his business very much.
According to commercial magazines, Alexey Shapovalov’s fortune exceeds seven billion rubles.
The biography of Alexei Shapovalov from Samara, Alexey’s family and their photos adorn the pages of social networks and the Internet as a whole.
