Gordeev Sergey Eduardovich contacts. Gordeev Sergey Eduardovich. Let's talk about you. You returned to PIK and are now CEO, that is, general director. But before you were always a shareholder, no one knew about you. And now you are in control. Tell me what your greatest skill is

Former senator from the Perm region Sergei Gordeev became president and chairman of the board of the PIK group, the company reported.

President of PIK Group Sergey Gordeev (Photo: avangard-ru.org)

Gordeev became the largest shareholder of PIK in December 2013. Then he and Alexander Mamut bought 36% of the shares of PIK Group of Companies OJSC from the structures of Suleiman Kerimov. Gordeev got 19.9% ​​of PIK, the transaction amount was not disclosed. Yesterday, according to the Moscow Exchange, PIK was worth 58.12 billion rubles. Also 14.9% of PIK shares belong to Mikail Shishkhanov, 16.02% - to Alexander Mamut.

As a PIK employee told RBC, Gordeev’s decision to personally head the operational management of the company did not come as a big surprise to managers. According to him, the new co-owner often appeared in the office after purchasing the developer’s shares, unlike the other shareholder, Mamut, who was never seen in the company.

According to a businessman familiar with Gordeev, the new owner was extremely dissatisfied with the cumbersome and, in his opinion, ineffective management structure of PIK: before his arrival, the company had 14 vice presidents, their functions were often duplicated, and the costs of top management were significant. The company's personnel costs in 2013 amounted to 8.4 billion rubles, of which 6.5 billion rubles. went to salaries, the group reports.

With the arrival of new owners, personnel optimization began in the company: six of the fourteen vice presidents who worked in the previous team left the company: Marina Savelyeva, Konstantin Kuznetsov, Tatyana Tikhonova, Valery Ropay, German Tsargasov and Artem Eyramdzhants.

Gordeev was involved in development even before PIK, in particular, he was one of the founders of the liquidated company Rosbuilding, which became famous for its aggressive strategy in the mergers and acquisitions market.

Ex-president group Pavel Poselenov, who held this post since 2009, became chairman of the board of directors of PIK. As RBC previously reported, Poselenov is running for the Moscow City Duma: he was nominated by the Moscow Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and will be elected in the west of the city (Mozhaisky district, Kuntsevo). An employee of the PIK press service confirmed to RBC Poselenova’s intention to be elected as a deputy.

The development company PIK, founded by Kirill Pisarev and Yuri Zhukov, has been operating on the market since 1994 and is one of the largest Russian housing developers. At the end of May 2007, the group held an IPO, during which its shareholders sold 15% of the company's shares for $1.85 billion. The group’s capitalization following the IPO amounted to $12.3 billion, which placed PIK among the largest construction companies peace.

But the company had a hard time surviving the 2008 crisis; even the inclusion of PIK in the list of systemically important enterprises and the receipt of state guarantees from the government did not help. The company's founders had to cede control over it to Suleiman Kerimov in mid-2009 in exchange for debt restructuring.

Despite the restoration of its position in the market and strengthening financial indicators(in 2013, PIK recorded a record cash flow from operating activities - 12.5 billion rubles), the company was considered the most debt-ridden among all Russian developers. Based on the results of 2012 net debt group amounted to 38.1 billion rubles. The SPO carried out in 2013 made it possible to reduce the debt burden to 18 billion rubles. In 2013, the company sold 677 thousand square meters. m of residential real estate for 62.96 billion rubles. (+ 20.4% compared to 2012), the company’s net profit amounted to 7.4 billion rubles.

Irina Malkova, Denis Puzyrev

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Alexander Mamut, Daniil Khachaturov, Mikhail Prokhorov

We have already seen the list, and now it’s time to take a closer look at the most interesting category of this rating - bachelors. Calling these grooms handsome princes can, of course, only be a stretch, because the vast majority of them are already over fifty years old, but still these men - for obvious reasons - continue to be the subject of the most passionate dreams for many women. Let's talk about them in more detail.

Mikhail Fridman, 51 years old and $13.3 billion

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of LetterOne Holdings does not comment on his personal life, but everyone already knows everything. Friedman divorced his wife Olga, with whom the businessman studied at MISiS together, about 10 years ago, and she now, according to rumors, lives in France with her two daughters. The entrepreneur goes out into the world together with his current common-law wife Oksana, with whom he has two more children, but the bachelor is in no hurry to tie the knot.


Mikhail Fridman

Dmitry Rybolovlev, 49 years old and $7.7 billion

Dmitry Rybolovlev will probably not get married soon: his ex-wife and mother of his two children took $604 million from the ex-owner of Uralkali and chairman of the Monaco football club during the divorce. It is not known exactly who the heart of the entrepreneur, passionate about art, is now given to.


Dmitry Rybolovlev

Mikhail Prokhorov, 50 years old and $7.6 billion

One of richest people country, politician and owner of the NBA basketball club "Brooklyn Nets" is not going to get married - Prokhorov is a convinced bachelor, which does not prevent him from having fun in the company of long-legged, pretty blondes.


Mikhail Prokhorov

Sergei Popov, 44 years old and $4.5 billion

The MDM Bank shareholder is famous for his eccentric and difficult character and the fact that he does not like publicity. He is divorced, has two children and practically does not appear in society.


Sergey Popov

Dmitry Kamenshchik, 47 years old and $2.9 billion

Despite his impressive fortune, it is difficult to call the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Domodedovo Airport an enviable bachelor, since he is now connected with a criminal case regarding the terrorist attack in Domodedovo in 2011 and is under house arrest. He was not officially married, but has five children.


Dmitry Kamenshchik

Alexander Svetakov, 48 years old and 2.9 billion dollars V

Chairman of the Board of Directors investment group“Absolute” was also burned during the divorce - the businessman’s ex-wife received $40 million as compensation. It is unknown who he is dating now. He is actively involved in charity work - for example, he spent 800 million rubles on the construction of a boarding school in the Moscow region.


Alexander Svetakov

Alexander Mamut, 56 years old and $2.4 billion

The managing shareholder of Rambler & Co and philanthropist was married twice (both times to classmates) and has five children, two of whom are adopted. After the death of his second wife, he never entered into marriage, although he had affairs with many famous and beautiful girls- Pavel Chukhrai’s daughter Anastasia and Alena Akhmadullina, for example.


Alexander Mamut

Danil Khachaturov, 44 years old and $1.4 billion

The President of Rosgosstrakh Group of Companies and ex-husband of Ulyana Sergeenko is now dating director Anna Melikyan, whose films he finances, so he is not exactly a bachelor. However, until this couple has officially tied the knot, capital hunters may still consider Khachaturov as a potential groom.


Danil Khachaturov

Oleg Boyko, 51 years old and $1.2 billion

The president of the Finstar investment holding is divorced and has no children. He does not advertise his personal life, but once in one interview he said that he was looking for a housekeeper with the responsibilities of a wife. Something tells us that there are a lot of people willing...


Oleg Boyko

Arkady Rotenberg, 64 years old $1 billion

Owner of steamship factories and close friend Vladimir Putin was married twice, has five children and even grandchildren. He is in no hurry to remarry.


Arkady Rotenberg

Nikolay Maksimov, 58 years old and $0.95 billion

The investor and co-owner of Maxi-Group has been divorced since 2005. From his first wife, the businessman has two adult children and grandchildren, and also has a son from his common-law wife and former business partner Oksana. She is now, by the way, a defendant in a lawsuit seeking the recovery of 7.3 billion rubles, since Maksimov’s company, against which the lawsuit was filed, was registered in her name, and not in the name of the businessman.


Nikolay Maksimov

Sergey Gordeev, 43 years old and $0.9 billion

Alas, again little can be said about the personal life of PIK Group: not married, no children. Sometimes one gets the feeling that Gordeev has only one passion in his life - art: he is interested in architecture, established the Russian Avant-Garde Foundation, supports the theater and dreams of turning Perm into the cultural center of the country.


Sergey Gordeev

Source: Forbes

Sergei Gordeev is a rather unusual person among Russian oligarchs. Along with the innovativeness of projects, he relies on preserving cultural values. And this synthesis helps to go all-in. The businessman is one of the recent “residents” of the Forbes list, however, he has already received the title “Businessman of the Year 2016”. The oligarch with a fortune of $1,500 million is one of the largest developers in the Russian Federation.

Brief information:

  • FULL NAME: Gordeev Sergey Eduardovich.
  • Date of Birth: 22.10.1972.
  • Education: Togliatti Academy of Management, specialty “Finance and Credit”.
  • start date entrepreneurial activity/age: 1995, 23 years old.
  • Type of activity at start: Rosbuilding company, investments, mergers and acquisitions of real estate in Moscow.
  • Current view activities: President and main shareholder of the PIK construction corporation.
  • Current state:$1,500 million (data from Forbes, 2017).

The secret of the success of Sergei Eduardovich Gordeev is... passion for his favorite business. This is how you can evaluate all his projects. The story of each of them evokes respect and interest in the personality of this businessman.

Excursion to the beginning

Sergey Eduardovich Gordeev, Russian by nationality, was born on November 22, 1972 in one of the capital’s maternity hospitals. There is no information about his education - it is only known that in 2003, as a major businessman, he graduated from the Togliatti Academy of Management, receiving a diploma in finance and credit.

Some brief excerpts from the beginning of the hero’s work biography:

  • August 1994-March 1995 - he headed the department responsible for trading operations with real estate in JSC Freya;
  • March-June 1995 - became deputy general director at Virtus LLC.

But administration, even at the level of a top manager, did not captivate our hero - he decided to “sail independently.”

Becoming a businessman

In 1995, Gordeev, together with Dmitry Rodin, founded the Rosbuilding company. Her specialization is mergers and acquisitions taking place in the Moscow real estate market. The organization managed to become a leader in this part of the life of the capital (especially in industrial and allocated for construction shopping centers sites).

Gordeev always “kept his nose to the wind.” His talent prompted him to curtail the activities of Rosbuilding in 1998. This led to the fact that in the mid-2000s, already quite wealthy, the businessman founded the development company Horus Capital. The new brainchild was given the opportunity to develop activities in the territories of large plants and factories.

Photo 1. Gordeev always had his own vision of running his business - and it never failed.
Source: im3.kommersant.ru

Just look at the Stanislavsky Factory (Tagansk business center). The name is associated with the workers' theater built after the revolution at the factory of the industrialists Alekseevs (under the initiative of Konstantin Stanislavsky). Sergei actually reconstructed the theater building.

Photo 2. The same business center “Stanislavsky Factory”.
Source: officeagency.ru

“Stanislavsky's Factory” brought its creators worldwide fame - Gordeev and the English architect John McAslan, who worked with him, were awarded the RIBA award (from the Royal Institute of Architects). Nomination - best international project 2011.

Investment projects

Next interesting idea Gordeev and Rodina became the investment organization "Platform". It was created for financial investments in real estate of the residential and commercial spectrum.

Gordeev’s instinct did not let him down with the purchase of a plot of land in Salaryevo - a little later a metro station was built there. Gordeev is developing a design model for the construction of a trading house and a residential complex - even the nearby landfill does not become an obstacle. There is no more garbage, but there is a beautiful residential complex “Salaryevo Park” with an area of ​​600,000 sq. m. meters.

Photo 3. Residential complex "Salaryevo Park".
Source: novostroyki.org

Platforma’s portfolio also included the almost completed River Mall shopping center (purchased from the Bank of Moscow). And together with Michel Pascalis (founder of the MLP warehouse construction) plans were made for the development trading platforms in cities with a population of 100,000 or more.

And already in 2010, Gordeev “says goodbye” to “Factory”, selling it and 10 other objects for debts to the family and the O1 Properties company. total amount transactions amounted to $1.2 billion. Sergei received only half of the amount in cash (the other part went to pay off the debt). And again his instincts did not let him down - soon the dollar rental rates for Moscow B-class offices fell by half.

Also in April 2010, Gordeev became a co-owner of the Otkritie financial corporation. He buys controlling shares from VTB.

Closer to 2013, Sergey Gordeev left the shareholders of the Platform. Rodin becomes its sole owner. Our hero plans to focus his efforts on the strategic development of the new “brainchild”.

At the peak of popularity

2013 was marked by a new deal - in December, Sergei bought from the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation a 19.9% ​​stake in OJSC PIK Group of Companies. At that time the company was one of the largest developers in the region housing construction.

According to the businessman’s recollections: “I bought it almost spontaneously... I was lucky. And only then did I begin to understand the essence of the matter. In the plans, it was decided to create a company that could efficiently construct large volumes of residential buildings according to all technological parameters.”

The persistent Gordeev always achieved his goals: if at the time of purchase the share package was valued at less than $300 million, then three years later the cost of PIK increased by 25%. The businessman increased his own share to 29.9% - now his value on the market was equal to $850 million.

And in the summer of 2014, Gordeev assumed the position of president and chairman of the board of PIK Group. His salary is... 10,000 rubles.

PIC phenomenon

While the offer in the field commercial real estate exceeds demand (and at the same time prices also fall), the PIK capitalization figure moves up. At the same time, the company also publicly declares its desire to achieve more. Here is Sergei’s statement on this matter: “We are simply very attentive to the product and its design - better than our competitors.”

Gordeev's dream is to become something like the Apple of home construction.

And here’s another “trick” - the company never attracts specialists from outside, all projects are developed by its own specialists. This has borne fruit - even buildings erected using the industrial method bear little resemblance to old Soviet panel samples. The company places a serious emphasis on aesthetics.

Photo 4. Logo of the PIK Group of Companies.
Source: reguide.ru

By the way, Gordeev is making serious bets on production automation in this very method. For example, the company was developing software for automatic house design.

The oligarch’s words do not diverge from the deeds - the company demonstrates more and more stable positions in the market every year. PIK is called a leader in its industry.

But here’s what worries investors: PIK is a completely non-public company, there is no trading in securities, after the arrival of our hero, press releases about changes in capital stopped being sent out. Gordeev does not deny the problem, promising to sort it out.

Acquisition of Morton

In 2016, the entrepreneur concludes another profitable deal - he personally buys the Morton company, and then... sells it to the PIK group (literally a ruble more expensive). Such a multi-stage approach was necessary because “it was necessary to decide quickly, but at PIK they always think and weigh everything for a long time” (quoting the entrepreneur).

A little background: contracts from the Russian Ministry of Defense (construction of housing for the military) helped Morton to become a big “pike” from a small Moscow region developer. Budget money greatly saved the situation during the crisis. And already in 2015, the company became a very large developer, commissioning 947,000 sq. m. meters of housing (PIK, for comparison, built only 665,000 sq. meters).

Photo 5. The acquisition of Morton opens up new prospects for Gordeev.
Source: cdn4.img.ria.ru

The offer to purchase the business came to Sergei Gordeev during his meeting with the owner of Morton, Alexander Ruchev - he offered to cooperate or merge. Everything happened unexpectedly, but the deal took place. It turned out to be beneficial for Morton - the company was already facing the risk of bankruptcy (due to high debt levels and falling sales). This is confirmed by statistics: 1 million square meters were built. meters, and no more than 700,000 were sold.

The united structure has big plans - if there are no restrictions production capacity, then in 2018 the company will be able to commission 2.5 million square meters. meters of housing. So much after the collapse Soviet Union no one has built it yet. PIK has every opportunity to use the powerful Morton potential - the huge base of the land bank.

However, such a scale also has its drawbacks - the actual merger of two companies increases the risk of market capture, and this already indicates monopolization. This phenomenon is especially dangerous during the construction of large objects. Another point: Morton is a company with an opaque structure and financial flows. And this is already fraught with the risk of investors moving away from PIK.

Civil service

Back in July 2007, by decision of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory, Gordeev was elected as the governor’s representative to the Federation Council. But already on September 19, he relinquishes these powers ahead of schedule. However, he does not leave politics - Sergei Eduardovich is confirmed for the post of senator of the Upper House from the Perm Territory.

The owner of the PIK development group, Sergei Gordeev, spent 47.2 billion rubles. to buy back almost half of the company's free float shares. He now owns 74.6% of the group. The deal took place within the framework of a mandatory offer to minority shareholders, issued after the businessman consolidated 50.2% by buying out the stakes of Alexander Mamut and Mikail Shishkhanov this summer.


The main shareholder of the PIK group, Sergey Gordeev, became the owner of 74.6% of the group’s shares, the developer said in an official statement. The businessman’s share grew as a result of a mandatory offer to minority shareholders: he made the corresponding offer in the summer of 2017, after he bought out the stakes of Mikail Shishkhanov (9.8%) and Alexander Mamut (16%) and became the owner of 50.2% of the group. The offer to minority shareholders was set at RUB 290.7. per share, which is 5.7% higher than the price at which the transactions to buy out the shares of Messrs. Mamut and Shishkhanov took place.

PIK reported that 24.6% of the total number of shares worth RUB 47.2 billion were offered for redemption. According to the company, as of October 13, minority shareholders retained 25.4% (including 7.6% owned by VTB) in the amount of 54.6 billion rubles, or 325.3 rubles. per share. Yesterday the securities were traded at 314 rubles. per share. For comparison: PIK's competitors LSR and Etalon have 32% and 54% of shares in free float, respectively. In the medium term, the volume of free float PIK may increase due to an SPO, the company does not rule out.

15 percent

The housing sales market was occupied by the PIK group after purchasing the Morton company in November 2016, estimates Sberbank CIB

The PIK group of companies, one of the largest developers in Moscow and the Moscow region, built 900 thousand square meters at the end of 2016. m. Volume cash receipts developers in the first half of 2017 grew by 125.9%, to 94.4 billion rubles. But the company recorded a loss of 2.5 billion rubles. against profit for the same period last year, which then reached 1.7 billion rubles. At the end of 2017, PIK plans to maintain the sales rate at the level of 1.7–1.9 million sq. m. m and expects cash receipts of 190–200 billion rubles. This year, the group and its main shareholder spent three times on repurchasing securities. In addition to transactions with Alexander Mamut, Mikail Shishkhanov and other minority shareholders, in March PIK announced its intention to delist on the London Stock Exchange. $255 million was allocated for the redemption of GDRs (global depositary receipts). The group's top management explained this decision by the fact that quotes in London do not take into account the liquidity of securities on the Moscow Exchange. In addition to increasing liquidity on Russian market, delisting in London reduced the costs of being listed.

One of the investment bankers says that this time Sergei Gordeev bought shares from the market in such a way as not to exceed the threshold of 75% of shares from one shareholder. “In order not to make a repeated offer to minority shareholders,” explains Kommersant’s interlocutor. By current legislation, if the buyer’s share exceeds 75%, he is obliged to make a buyout offer to minority shareholders at the market price, but not lower than the price at which his transaction took place. “The buyer does the appraisal. In the case of a public company, it will most likely be close to the market one,” recalls FBK partner Alexander Ermolenko. Mr. Gordeev had the opportunity to influence the volume of the repurchase under the offer. According to Sberbank CIB analyst Yulia Gordeeva, the free float of the developer's shares does not exceed 5%.

Ekaterina Gerashchenko


Don-Stroy Invest found billions

Conjuncture

CJSC Don-Stroy Invest invested 21.8 billion rubles in the implementation of its development projects over the nine months of 2017, which is 71% of its revenue for the reporting period, follows from the company’s message. It also states that the company’s overall investment plan for 2017 exceeds 35 billion rubles. From January to September current year total revenues developer reached 30.81 billion rubles.

"RIA News"

As a result of Gordeev’s meeting with the mayor of Moscow, Yu. Luzhkov, the conflict was settled, and the parties agreed to coordinate the work. The company created an Employment Fund and social support.

Government activities

Another project was the creation of the Perm State Museum of Contemporary Art in the building of an abandoned city river station.

In 2009-2010 On the initiative of Gordeev, two international architectural competitions were held in Perm: for the reconstruction of the building of the Museum of Modern Art, where the architectural bureau of Yuri Grigoryan "Project-Meganom" won, and for the selection of an architectural solution for the reconstruction of the existing building and the construction of a new stage of the Perm Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after . P.I. Tchaikovsky, where she won English company David Chipperfield architects. Several world-famous architectural companies took part in the competitions. .

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  3. Information on the website of the information and analytical agency Realprise
  4. Rubtsova.E. . Internet newspaper DNI.RU, September 2, 2005
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