Outstanding entrepreneur, philanthropist, largescientist Dmitry Zimin can become an example of how a person is able to create his life in accordance with his ideals and aspirations. He showed that it is never too late to go to the goal, the main thing is to find a worthy use of his forces.
Dmitry Zimin's family has a long and decentthe story. His ancestors were representatives of the well-known Moscow merchant family Guchkovs, who, in turn, came from the Old Believers' family of the owner of a textile factory. There were many successful entrepreneurs and merchants, several prominent public and political figures. On the part of Zimin, the family also originated from the owners of the weaving manufactory, there were many benefactors in the family. Dmitry Zimin inherited entrepreneurial and philanthropic inclinations. The nationality of his mother is the only deviation from the Russian branch. But Zimin worthily continued the work of his ancestors, without shaming the famous names.
In the family of a metrological engineer and a simple typist in1933, the boy was born - Dmitry Zimin. The child’s biography was marred by the father’s arrest from the very beginning. He was an assistant professor at the Institute. Bauman and head of the laboratory of the Institute of Metrology, in 1935 he was arrested and never returned from exile. The boy grew up with his mother, who tried his best to provide his son with a decent life, and later Dmitry would remember that he had grown up to the sounds of a typewriter. It was formed in the usual Moscow environment, but he was lucky with a physics teacher, SM. Alekseev, who was able to captivate the boy with radio engineering, they even wrote a joint book, “School VHF Station.” This determined the choice of profession. In 1950, Zimin entered the radio engineering department of the MAI.
At the end of the university Dmitry Zimin comes towork in the Problem Laboratory of the MAI and begins his journey into science. In 1962, a young and promising scientist was invited to a closed radio-technical institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences - a place where only truly outstanding employees accepted. In 1963, Zimin defended his thesis and deals with a poorly studied topic - microwave antenna systems. With a team of co-authors in 1965, he received the prestigious Prize of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. A.S. Popov. In 1984 he became a doctor of technical sciences. For 35 years, Dmitry Zimin held senior positions at various levels and grew to the director of the Center for the development of radio equipment. During his life, the scientist has published more than 100 scientific papers.
But science did not interfere with the private life of the scientist.Working after the institute at the archeological excavations, he met Maya Pavlovna, the historian, who became his wife. In the family there were two sons, Sergey and Boris. Together with his wife Zimin loves to engage in historical research and building the family tree of the family.
In the 90s of the 20th century, science experienced not the besttime. The institute is looking for opportunities for conversion, and various small businesses are being created on this wave. Zimin also takes part in several projects, not all of which were successful. In 1991, the topic of cellular telephone development was gaining momentum, and Dmitry Zimin, whose work was related to technical support for general-purpose land communications, began to engage in design work. He becomes the initiator of the creation of the Vympel-Communications joint-stock company. From this point on, a new stage in the life of Zimin begins, he heads the company, which is rapidly growing and becoming the leader in the cellular communications market. For the first time in the history of Russia, he was able to attract serious Western investments for the development of VimpelCom. In 2008, Zimin became the 167th in the list of the richest people in Russia according to the magazine Finance. In 2001, Dmitry Zimin makes an amazing decision - he leaves the post of general director and becomes honorary president of VimpelCom. He explains his decision by the fact that it is time to do business for the soul and family.
After leaving the management position Ziminestablishes the Dynasty Foundation, which is called upon to engage in the development of science, the promotion of fundamental knowledge and education. The family charity fund implements a large number of social programs, prints and distributes a huge amount of educational literature, it supports scientists, educational institutions, journalists, and opposition politicians. Actually, this was the reason that the foundation was called a “foreign agent” in 2015. In this case, the founder made the only possible decision for himself to liquidate the Dynasty. The most talked about person in the summer of 2015 is Dmitry Zimin. Photos of the patron appeared in many media outlets that actively covered the decision to close the fund. Zimin was categorically disagree with the charges, but did not want to fight with the machine of power. He felt offended, because his family had done so much for Russia.
After the closure of "Dynasty" Dmitry Zimin sometime held a pause, but then returned to charity work. He stated that he would continue to present the “Educator” award. Employees of "Dynasty" open funds "Evolution" and "Trajectory", but they can not be compared with the scope of the fund Zimin. The offended philanthropist left Russia, but he intends to return in time to continue to serve his homeland.
