This person, performing responsible work in the lower house of the Russian parliament, proved that his sphere of interests goes far beyond politics. He is a businessman, a public figure, a scientist, and an athlete. The financial condition that the well-known businessman Mikhail Slipenchuk was able to make is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars. He is the largest landowner in Russia, occupying the 148th position in the ranking of the most successful businessmen in Russia.
In addition, Mikhail Slipenchuk is the owner of luxury apartments. At home, he owns a luxurious home ownership and two apartments, in the Congo he owns two mansions, and in France, a Russian businessman owns an apartment. How did he manage to achieve great heights in business and break into big politics? Let's consider this question in more detail.
Years of childhood and youth
Slipenchuk Mikhail Viktorovich, whose biography is not without interesting and noteworthy facts, is a native of the city of Rubtsovsk (Altai Territory). He was born on January 20, 1965 in the writer's family.
From a young age, Mikhail dreamed of traveling through the expanses of the exotic exotic countries, furrowing the sea. At the age of seven, he began to visit the swimming pool and after some time he earned a high qualification level - a candidate for master of sports. Having received a certificate of maturity, Mikhail Slipenchuk wanted to realize his childhood dream and enter the Vladivostok Naval College. But fate decreed otherwise. The university told him that for the sea it is not suitable for health reasons, they say, the young man has "minus" vision. There is nothing to do, and the young man decided to enter the geographical faculty of Moscow State University. Having successfully passed the exams, Mikhail Slipenchuk began to "gnaw at the granite of science." In 1987, he received a diploma and was called up for military service. The young man is assigned to the Air Defense Forces, and he is going to pay his debt to his homeland in the Far East.
Start of work
After demobilization, Mikhail Viktorovich got a job at the Azot mineral fertilizer plant in Nizhny Novgorod, where his family moved. In parallel, he writes scientific monographs and after some time he becomes a graduate student at Moscow State University.
University teachers repeatedly send a young man to an internship abroad.
First experience in entrepreneurship
It is during his studies in Europe that Slipenchuk makes trial steps in business. In the capital of France, he managed to sell 40 cans of black caviar at a price of $ 25 apiece. Then the young man continued to hone his businessman’s skills and began to sell televisions. First, he bought them for $ 50 in Novgorod, and then transported them by train and sold them to students at the Moscow State University dormitory at a double price.
Broker career
Engaged in scientific activities at Moscow State University, once a start-up entrepreneur, Slipenchuk Mikhail Viktorovich watched the American film “Wall Street”, which tells about fraud in the stock market, as part of a private screening. The young man was stunned by what money this business could make. He began to harbor the idea of becoming a successful broker. And after a little time he had the opportunity to bring it to life. In the early 90s, joint-stock companies were legalized in Russia, and the country was plunged into the abyss of mass privatization.
Mikhail went to the district of three stations, where they bought and sold securities of the famous Hermes financial pyramid, and there he was told that a commodity exchange had appeared in Russia. He borrowed 3 thousand dollars from a friend and began to carry out trading operations in the above structure. Luck accompanied the novice broker, and by the end of 1994 Slipenchuk’s income reached 300 thousand rubles.
IFC Metropol
After some time, fate brings the entrepreneur with the banker Aydar Kotyuzhansky, who headed the Metropol major financial and credit structure. After a long conversation, Slipenchuk and his new acquaintance decide to build a joint business by establishing IFC Metropol. But the profits in it were not divided equally: only 30% went into the pocket of Mikhail Viktorovich, and the rest was taken by Kotyuzhansky. The banker explained this by the fact that he has more experience and authority in financial matters than his partner, and therefore, he has the right to count on most of the profit.
In 1996, Slipenchuk was able to increase capital at times, turning $ 1 million into $ 7 million. Some time later, the businessman received a document confirming completion of the Intersectoral Institute for Advanced Studies and Retraining of Leading Personnel and Specialists in the Specialty “Finance and Credit” at Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics and began to think about opening his own business in the stock market.
But 1998 was a failure for Mikhail Viktorovich. The economic crisis completely bankrupted IFC Metropol, and only in 1999 did the recovery process begin.
Other business areas
In the beginning of the 2000s, Mikhail Viktorovich Slipenchuk, whose photo was regularly published in print business publications, unexpectedly acquired the Electric Source enterprise, which specialized in the production of batteries. Having delved into the intricacies of this matter, the businessman began to buy up other profile factories. On their basis, he created the large holding "Russian batteries".
In 2004, the entrepreneur gets new opportunities: IFC Metropol wins the tender for the right to develop deposits in the Republic of Buryatia. To achieve this goal, Slipenchuk establishes the Metals of Eastern Siberia holding, intending in the near future to become a major supplier of lead and zinc. This idea fascinated him so much that he even sold Russian Batteries for $ 40 million.
Then the priorities in the affairs of the businessman shifted again, and he began to make large investments in industrial plants and real estate.
Career in politics
In the spring of 2011, Mikhail Slipenchuk became a member of parliament in the Eravninsky District of the Republic of Buryatia.
At the end of that year, he took the seat of deputy in the lower house of the Russian parliament. Soon, the businessman receives the position of assistant to the head of the State Duma committee on natural resources, environmental management and ecology. In addition, Slipenchuk is appointed as a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Environmental Council in the same committee.
Mikhail Viktorovich also leads the Arctic group, coordinates the work of the deputy corps with the Japanese parliament. The businessman received membership in the inter-factional deputy group "Baikal".
Moreover, Slipenchuk is a member of the Scientific Coordinating Council under the Speaker of the State Duma. He also leads the Commission on Ecology of the Social Platform of the ER party.
Regalia and rewards
For his merits in the field of entrepreneurship, a businessman has a huge number of awards, including prestigious prizes and medals. Mikhail Slipenchuk is the holder of the Order of Prince Daniel of Moscow 3rd degree and the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 3rd degree. He also received the Tsarskoye Selo art award "For supporting cultural projects."
