Zubitsky Boris Davydovich - a well-known domestic businessman and millionaire. Politician and statesman. He worked in the federal parliament, and in several convocations at once. Among its main assets is the industrial and metallurgical holding Koks. Until recently, was one of the richest officials and entrepreneurs of the country. His fortune was estimated at almost half a billion dollars.
Biography of a businessman
Zubitsky Boris Davydovich was born in the city of Kemerovo. He was born in 1947. After school, I decided to get a special education. Therefore, he entered the chemical college in Kemerovo. He graduated in 1967. Immediately after that, he began his career. He got a job as a locksmith at the local Karbolit plant.
Literally six months later, Zubitsky Boris Davydovich switched to the Kemerovo Coke and Chemical Plant, giving this company 20 years of his life. Here he overcame all the steps of the career ladder. From the locksmith to the foreman of the brigade, and then the head of the production department.
In parallel, Boris Davydovich Zubitsky received higher education. He studied at the correspondence department of the Kuzbass Polytechnic Institute. As a result, he received a diploma in mechanical engineering. Acquired higher education and allowed him to move up the career ladder.
Activities during the restructuring
During the years of perestroika, Boris Davydovich Zubitsky became seriously interested in the prospects of opening his own business. To do this, established international relations with foreign partners. In particular, for about three years he worked in Bulgaria as a technical adviser at the Kemerovo Metallurgical Plant. He was part of a group of coke chemists from Kemerovo.
In 1991, Zubitsky Boris Davydovich, whose biography is given in this article, became the head of the department at the Kemerovo Coke and Chemical Plant. Soon he was promoted to deputy general director.
Business development
In 1995, Zubitsky became a shareholder of the company where he worked. He takes ownership of 10% of the shares. He himself later admitted that he had found money for this by exchanging vouchers that belonged to his entire family for shares in the enterprise.
In the mid-90s, the board of directors appointed the hero of our article as the head of the Kemerovo Coke and Chemical Plant, which soon became Cox.
Political career
Zubitsky first became interested in politics in the late 90s. It was then that the governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, suggested that he run for the State Duma and represent the interests of the region in the federal parliament. Zubitsky won the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation.
In the post of MP, he was involved in the development of bills related to the economy. Therefore, he became a member of the Duma committee, which considered issues of budget and tax policy.
In 2000, Zubitsky became one of the key members of the all-Russian political social movement "Unity" and was even elected to the political council. In May of the same year he joined a similar party at its constituent congress. However, his career in this movement was short-lived.
Business interests
In the early 2000s, Zubitsky’s business expanded significantly. He even tried to buy a large Mechel steel plant from a Swiss trading company. To this end, he negotiated with one of the largest shareholders of this holding, Igor Zyuzin, in order to complete a joint transaction. In the future, Zubitsky hoped to establish a joint coke and metallurgical company. But the deal did not take place, a major project of the hero of our article went bad.
In 2003, Boris Davydovich successfully won the next election to the State Duma. This time he went to the vote as a member of the United Russia party, and in the federal parliament he joined the faction. He also took an active part in the Duma committee on economic policy, tourism and entrepreneurship.
In the fifth convocation of the federal parliament, he received the post of deputy chairman of the Duma committee, which oversaw entrepreneurship and economic policy. Zubitsky was engaged in what he was well acquainted with and what he brilliantly understood.
The entrepreneur owned many large and medium-sized assets. Firstly, it is a limited liability company, UK Industrial and Metallurgical Combine, which included smaller enterprises located in the Kemerovo, Tula, Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk Regions, as well as in Slovenia.
Secondly, it was a public joint-stock company "Coke". Thirdly, Zubitsky was the actual sponsor of the popular Russian rap artist and actor Timati.
During his career, Zubitsky was awarded many orders and medals. The most prestigious are the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the IV degree, the Order of Honor and Friendship, and the gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. He is a full holder of medals "For a Special Contribution to the Development of Kuzbass".
Personal life
The hero of our article has a wife and two sons. One of them - Andrei - is a member of the management of the Koks metallurgical holding, and the senior Evgeny holds the post of general director in the same company.
According to rough estimates, Zubitsky’s official income was estimated at almost 700 million rubles a year by 2012. At that time, he and his wife owned four land plots, the total area of which was almost eight thousand square meters. They have two private houses, an apartment and three foreign cars.
In the general ranking of billionaires compiled by the reputable economic journal "Finance", his fortune was estimated at almost half a billion US dollars.
It is noteworthy that in business Zubitsky does not shy away from nepotism. For example, observers noted that his own son Andrei did not take any part in the massive purchase of stakes in metallurgical plants in the Altai Territory. And ultimately turned out to be their owner. So experts consider this an ordinary gift from his father.
