Founder of the SAFMAR investment group and Russneft, one of Russia’s largest oil companies. Assisted Russian security services in negotiations for the return of hostages kidnapped in the North Caucasus. Poet and producer.
Born on March 9, 1958 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Russian citizen. As of 2022 he is also a citizen of Cyprus.
Married, two children.
Net worth in 2023 – $3.7 billion (about 314.5 billion rubles).
Assets
- Owned 30.4% of the SAFMAR investment holding company, but transferred his share to his son in 2019. The company combines leasing, insurance and pension assets: the leasing company Europlan, the insurer VSK and the non-governmental pension fund SAFMAR.
- Owned a 37.15% stake in the oil company Russneft, and transferred his share to his brother in 2021.
- He owns the Mikhail Gutseriev Production Center and eight Russian radio stations.
- The Gutseriev family also owns the development company A101 and the oil and gas company Neftisa.
Awards and achievements
- Recipient of USSR awards: Medals for Labor Valor and for Labor Distinction.
- Recipient of over 17 Russian state awards.
- Songs based on Gutseriev’s poems have been awarded the Golden Gramophone, Song of the Year and Chanson of the Year prizes on several occasions.
- The billionaire’s production center received the Production Center of the Year award from the RU.TV channel in 2014.
- He writes poetry and has won the Poet of the Year award from the Union of Russian Writers for several years in a row.
