Oleg Tinkov's biography amazed millions of people.Young and novice entrepreneurs are still touching the story of Tinkoff's success in order to learn his mistakes, experience and at least try to become as successful as he is. This person is included in the list of the famous Forbes magazine, being one of the richest in the world. In this article, we will review the biography of the famous entrepreneur, as well as his most successful projects.
Biography of Oleg Tinkov begins in the villagePolysaevo, which is in the Kemerovo region. In Lenin-Kuznetsk, Oleg graduated from the school, and then worked in the mine, and then worked at the plant "Kuzbasselement."
In sport, Oleg also excelled.Somewhere from the age of 12 the future entrepreneur began to get involved in cycling. He won many competitions, and at 17 he even became a candidate for master of sports. Then Oleg took the first steps in business. During the trips, fees, he bought goods scarce for the USSR in Central Asia, and later sold them in his native Leninsk-Kuznetsk. Oleg Tinkov, whose biography is incredible, is very unusual in places, already engaged in farthovka in his youth. In 1986, a young man joined the service, his sports career was interrupted.
Right after the army, already in 1988 Oleg enteredto study at the Leningrad Mining University. Even then, the young man realized that a university with a large number of students could earn quite well. He started selling jeans, perfumes, black caviar, cosmetics and vodka. He traveled from St. Petersburg to Siberia, where he sold St. Petersburg goods, and in Siberia he bought equipment sold in the northern capital. Oleg Tinkov's biography is full of interesting coincidences. So, he was engaged in selling goods with his fellow students, who subsequently founded large companies and became no less successful than Tinkoff himself. One of his fellow students, Andrei Rogachev, became the founder of the famous food chain Pyaterochka.
Biography of Oleg Tinkov is decorated with his familylife. It is generally accepted that businessmen, businessmen and celebrities rarely have happy families. But Oleg met his future wife, named Rina Vozman, back in her student years. He lived with her for about 20 years, and then only in 2009 they had a wedding. Now Rina and Oleg have three children - Daria, Pavel and Roman. Daria studies at the famous Oxford University, and Paul and Roman are still in school. In his book, Oleg Tinkov himself spoke in detail about his wife. My wife also pouchavavela in writing this book, remembering some moments from their life together.
In 1995, a store opened in St. Petersburg"Technoshock", and then a few more in St. Petersburg, Omsk, Novorossiysk and Kemerovo. Despite the fact that the surcharge on equipment in the shops of Technoshock was quite large, much more than in other stores, this technique was in demand among people, it was loved and bought. Oleg Tinkov realized in time that competent sellers would sell more equipment than those who were not trained. Therefore, when recruiting new staff, sales consultants have always waited for free training in successful sales. This, probably, is the big part of the success of the network of "Technoshock".
In 1997, on the streets of St. Petersburg,open stores "Eldorado." The competition has grown dramatically, so Oleg Tinkoff took an important decision for him - to sell a chain of stores. He left business in 1998. At that time, Tinkoff had 7 million dollars, which he received for selling the network. They will then be invested in a network of semi-finished products.
The existence and functioning of the famouscompany "Daria" began thanks to an interesting case. In the bathhouse, Oleg Tinkoff was sitting with his Greek friend Athanasius. Athanasius supplied the USSR with equipment for the production of Italian pasta - ravioli. It was the Greek who gave Oleg the idea to create a company that would sell frozen food such as pelmeni, vareniki, etc.
В 1998 году компания "Дарья" (названная в честь the eldest daughter of Tinkov) opened, quickly became one of the most popular in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but largely due to advertising banners that adorned photos of women's buttocks, smeared with flour, and even with the signature "Your favorite pelmenki!". But already in 2001 the company was sold to the successful holding of Roman Abramovich. For her, Oleg received 21 million dollars, of which 7 he spent on payment for a loan. The condition of Oleg Tinkov is gradually increasing.
On the beginning of the functioning of the bank, Tinkoff reportedon the island of Necker, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It was there that in 2005 the businessman notified the people about the establishment of his bank and presented the project. This was the first bank in Russia, based on customer service dinstatsionnom. At first, he suffered major setbacks in attracting investments, but already in 2008 his profit grew 50 times. Oleg Tinkov's bank functions to this day, it is the main field of Tinkov's activity. The entrepreneur owns slightly more than half of the bank's shares.
In 1997, the entrepreneur decided to open his ownown brewery, but there have been major setbacks with the search for an investor. But during the search for an investor Tinkoff met two suppliers who offered him two interesting ideas, which he later used. The first suggested creating a brewery based on the real Bavarian tradition, which is to name the beer with your name and invent a legend. The second idea was to create a restaurant-brewery and in this restaurant to promote its own brand of beer.
The search for the investor was not unsuccessful.Already in 1998 the first brewery restaurant was opened in St. Petersburg. The first investment was about one million DM. In 2001, the restaurant opened in Moscow, the institution invested two million dollars. Then the points began to open all over the country - in Samara, Sochi, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Nizhny Novgorod, and others.
In 2003, two large plants were built.Only the second plant took 75 million dollars, which were taken on credit. In 2005, a deal was made to sell two breweries for $ 200 million. Already in 2009, bought all the restaurants of Oleg Tinkov.
To date, the Russian businessmanis one of the richest people in the world. The state of Oleg Tinkov is estimated at $ 500 million. To date, it is known that in the list of the richest and most affluent people in Russia, Oleg takes 169th place (according to data for 2015). And in the list of the wealthiest people around the world Tinkov takes the 1210th place (according to data for 2014).
The success story of the world-famous Russianthe businessman forces to reflect. This is a man who followed his desires, did not change principles and "from dirt to princes" has come a very long way. Oleg Tinkov studied for a very long time, already at a young age he felt himself an entrepreneurial vein and started his own business. Surely his way was not strewn with rose petals: he worked hard, only in search of an investor could years and years of hard work go away. Oleg Tinkov himself likes to tell about the history of his success. Biography, the success story of a businessman - all this is interesting for studying by young people, this is in many respects a correct example.
Олег говорил, что все началось с воли к жизни.He did not want to live all his life in poverty, he wanted his children to study in the best universities, he wanted to himself not to be denied anything. The entrepreneur told me that his dream was a propiska in St. Petersburg and a nice apartment. Then he realized that in order for all this to happen, money was needed. And money requires good training and long work.
Oleg Tinkov, whose photo can be seen above, is one of the most progressive businessmen. They say that he is one of those who personifies the modern world.
