The second wife of Sergei Chemezov, Ekaterina Ignatova, regularly appears on the lists of the richest “halves” of state top managers. So, in 2015, she took the 28th line of the Forbes magazine rating with a fortune of $ 50 million. This figure is of most interest to many, both journalists and other curious people. When in 2004 the head of Rostec, a comrade-in-arms and closest friend of the president of the country from the time of the GDR, remarried (he had 2 sons from his first marriage), then everyone was surprised by the age of Sergei Chemezov's wife, Ekaterina Ignatova. Yes, the bride was much younger than her lover (only 5 years older than her husband's son). But, we think that today unequal marriages are not so rare.
Ekaterina Ignatova: biography
The future business woman was born in Moscow in the autumn of 1968. She was a very smart and pretty girl, first went to kindergarten, then she studied well at school, had a special love for foreign languages. And it seemed to everyone that after finishing grade 10, Ekaterina Ignatova would certainly go to one of the capital's language universities. But that did not happen. In 1989, the girl entered the Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, which in 1993 was renamed MGUPS (Moscow State University of Railway Engineering). It is this name that is indicated in her diploma.
Personal life: the period of youth
What did Ekaterina Sergeevna Ignatova do before entering the institute? After all, she graduated from school in 1985, and went to study only 4 years later, after receiving a certificate. While still a very young girl, she met a handsome guy Mikhail, fell in love with him and agreed to live with him in a civil marriage. In 1987, the couple had a daughter, who was named Anastasia, but in the metric the last name was written not of the father, but the mother - Ignatov. After some time, the young father decided that he was in a hurry with the creation of a family, and disappeared from the life of Elena and Nastya. So the upbringing of the baby fell on the shoulders of the young mother, it is good that her mother began to help her in this. When the girl was 2 years old, her grandmother persuaded Ekaterina Ignatova to go on to study further, so that in the future she could support herself and her daughter. How then did this kind woman know what fate her daughter and granddaughter had prepared? That after 30 years they will be not only very rich, but also famous.
Adulthood: Getting Started
In 1994, Ekaterina Ignatova, after graduating from university, got a job, not only in her specialty, but in the profession that she had dreamed of since childhood. She became an employee of the Department of Interpretation of Moscow State Linguistic University (Moscow State Linguistic University). After some time, she managed to get a job as a translator in the Office of the President of the country.
Spouse Ignatova
It was here, in the Office, Ekaterina Ignatova met her future husband. He was married and had two adult sons (the eldest was only 5 years younger than Katya). She raised a daughter. There was no less sympathy between them, and to be closer to the girl, Sergei invited Ekaterina to work in his company Promexport, which was engaged in the sale of weapons, then she moved to Rosoboronexport, which also belonged to a businessman. In 2004, Sergei divorced wife Lyudmila and married Catherine. Before formalizing the relationship, Catherine gave birth to a son Chemezova.
Business
The following years, Ekaterina Ignatova (see photo in the article) began to actively develop her business. And by 2013, according to official figures, her income began to exceed her husband’s income 13 times. She is engaged in both pharmaceutical and banking activities. It has many beauty objects. 13% of the shares of the bank “International financial club” belong to her. Chemezov is also a shareholder of this bank. From 2010-2012 a young business woman interested in the restaurant business. She owned a controlling stake in Risont Holding, the company that manages the restaurant chain Etazh. One of the best metropolitan beauty salons "Next" also belongs to the wife of the owner of the company "Rostec".
Income
In 2009, Catherine was declared unemployed, as she resigned as head of the company "Kate" (70% of the shares), which was engaged in the production of auto parts and components. This did not affect her income. However, the most successful year from the financial point of view was 2011 for her. Then her annual income amounted to "only" 60 million rubles, and in 2014, he exceeded the figure of 2 billion. When asked by journalists about the reasons for the increase in income, Ekaterina proudly replied that this was the merit of competent management of deposits and deposits.
About Kate
This was the most successful of her projects. She launched it in 2004, in the same year when she became the wife of Sergei Chemezov. The plant was engaged in the production of automatic gearboxes for cars; after 5 years, AvtoVAZ signed a contract with Katya. But after in 2012 the controlling stake in AvtoVAZ from Rostec was transferred to the Japanese company Renault-Nissan, they refused the services of Ignatova and began to purchase automatic boxes from a well-known Japanese company. Then Catherine decided to build a branch of the Kate plant in Kaliningrad, but this project remained on paper. And by 2014, the company's debt amounted to more than half a billion rubles. I had to close.
The most profitable deal
The wife of Chemezov, Ekaterina Ignatova, very soon proved to everyone that she was a born businessman. In 2006, she acquired through Troika Dialog a little more than five percent of the shares of Itera, an oil and gas company. For more than 6 years, no one suspected that she was a shareholder. By 2011, the young woman had only 1.1 percent, She sold the rest with great profit.According to some reports, the package sold by her (we are talking about 4%) brought the woman $ 70, 000, 000, according to another source, this figure could be two billion cu. Presumably, for the remaining 1.1 percent after two th thanks to R. Vadanyan, the head of Troika Dialog, she was able to help out about the same amount ($ 2 billion).
Bank investment
In 2010, Ekaterina Ignatova became a co-owner of the International Finacial Club Bank, but experts believe that this was an unprofitable investment for her, since this enterprise did not bring her income. Nevertheless, Ignatova said that she was satisfied and expected to make a profit in the future. The owner of the bank was Mikhail Prokhorov.
Restaurant Investments
This has already been mentioned above. In 2010, Ignatova made another major investment - she completely acquired Risont Holding, which included 19 restaurants of the Etazh brand, club Ye, DJ bar Picasso, pizzeria Del Capo, bar Aquapark, Confectionery-cafe "Eclair" and the restaurant "Troy". The former owners were Russian businessmen of Armenian origin Andranik Sargsyan (director of Troika Dialog), Gor Nakhapetyan (vice president of Skolkovo Business School) and Anushavan Arzumanyan. Two years later, Catherine realized that the business did not bring her profit (experts said that due to improper management), and she resold the shares to one of the previous owners - A. Sargsyan (previously he owned 50%). Nevertheless, according to the statement of its representative, the business was not unprofitable either.
Medical investment
With Mikhail Prokhorov E. Ignatova were partners not only in the banking sector, but also in medicine. Together they decided to establish a clinic. For Chemezov’s wife, this was a new type of business, while Prokhorov had an Israeli medical center “Ramat Aviv” since 2003, and in 2008 he opened a representative office in Russia, calling it the diagnostic and treatment “Creative Medical Center”. The place for founding a new enterprise was very well chosen - the territory of the FSBI Polyclinic with a Hospital of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation.
Daughter of Ekaterina Ignatova
After 3 years, Prokhorov’s business partner was 23-year-old daughter Ignatova Anastasia, then a graduate student at MGIMO. Her mother helped her acquire a 50% stake. However, the business was not very profitable - only 62 million rubles in 3 years, and the loss amounted to 58 million. The company was liquidated in 2014. But the young businesswoman Anastasia Ignatova liked the medical business, and she herself founded her own clinic, Rosmed.
Real estate investment
In 2015, Ekaterina Ignatova engaged in the resale of the Techno Loft business park. It was opened on the territory of the plant for the production of upholstery for cars and cardboard containers. In 2007, this plant was acquired by Magma, and in 2013 it was declared bankrupt. As a result, 1.3 hectares of land with 13 buildings were put up for sale. The buyer was the Territory Progress company. There is no exact information about the owners, since it is registered in turn for several offshore companies on the British Virgin Islands. That's it from her in 2015, the company and bought the company “R.D.S. Management ”, owned by Ignatova since 2005. She became the owner of 99% of the shares, and a month later Ignatova resold “R.D.S. Management ”by a certain Ilyina, who owned only 1% of Techno Loft. What was the transaction amount - is not indicated anywhere.
