Andrey Filatov

Andrey Filatov
Born 18 December 1971 (1971-12-18) (age 44)
Kryvyi Rih, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Residence Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russian
Education Belorussian State University of Physical Culture
Occupation Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tuloma investment company
Net worth Increase US$ 1.3 billion (2012)[1]
Spouse(s) Married
Children 3

Andrey Vasilievich Filatov (Russian: Андре́й Васи́льевич Фила́тов; born 18 December 1971) is a Russian entrepreneur. Filatov is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tuloma investment company, a co-owner of the Global Ports and Globaltrans companies. Andrey Filatov is also President of the Russian Chess Federation and vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE). He is Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Biography

Completed secondary education at Junior Sporting School 9 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR. Got ranked Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR (chess).[2] In 1993, graduated from the Academy of Physical Education and Sports of the Republic of Belarus (the Belorussian State University of Physical Culture) with the diploma of Sport Instructor and Chess Coach. At the Academy met and made friends with such chess players as Ilya Smirin and Boris Gelfand.[2]

In 1996, together with his partners Konstantin Nikolaev and Nikita Mishin founded Severstaltrans, of which was Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since foundation.[3]

Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of the French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR).

In 2015 for his contribution to the development and popularization of Russian and Soviet art has been awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.[4]

Andrey Filatov is Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor Medal. Led by His Excellency the Ambassador of France to Russia Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, the official award ceremony took place on March 2, 2016, in the Chess Museum of Moscow.[5]

Married with three children.

Estimated Wealth

Andrey Filatov’s main asset is Tuloma investment company. Не is also a co-owner of the Global Ports company listed at the London Stock Exchange, the railway companies Globaltrans and Transoil Ltd (7%).

In October 2015, Filatov announced consolidation into Tuloma Investment Company, which specializes in investing in Russian companies and shares, of his personal assets (other than Global Ports, Transoil and Globaltrans). Tuloma’s investment portfolio includes stakes in Coal Mining Investments Ltd., Fabrikant, Pskovneft-Terminal, real estate development projects of Volgo-Okskaya Investment Company (VOIC), Pushkin, StroyEngineering Development, as well as shares in FosAgro, Novatek, MegaFon, LukOil, Surgutneftegas and Norilsk Nickel.

In 2010, the Finance magazine estimated Andrey Filatov’s wealth at $0.92 billion.

In 2011, the Russian version of the Forbes magazine ranked Filatov 93rd among Russia’s wealthiest businesspersons, with an estimated wealth of $1.1 billion.

In 2012, in the Forbes World Listing estimated Filatov’s wealth at $1.3 billion (ranked 960th globally).[1]

Awards

Chess and public activities

Andrei Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of French and Russian Businesses of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR).[10]

Filatov is a member of the Valaam Monastery Board of Guardians.[6]

He has been keen on chess since childhood.

Filatov was the initiator and sponsor of the World Chess Championship 2012 held in Moscow in 2012,[2][3] in the State Tretyakov Gallery.[11] According to Filatov, “By holding the match in a museum we are attempting to emphasize the link between our favorite game and the arts, as well as pay tribute to the memory of great Russian artists in the broadest sense, including painters, writers, composers and musicians.”.[2] The game was played between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand.

Filatov funded the restoration of the tombstone monument to one of the greatest chess players, Alexander Alekhine, who was the first Russian by birth world champion, in Paris.[2]

In the memory of his first chess coach, Alexander Valerianovich Sinitsyn, Filatov set up the Sinitsyn Memorial international children chess festival, which is being held in Dnepropetrovsk since 2001.[6]

On 1 February 2014 on the 22nd congress of the Russian Chess Federation Andrey Filatov was elected President of the Russian Chess Federation.[12]

13 August 2014 Andrei Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, was elected for the post of the vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) at the world federation’s congress currently underway in Norway’s Tromso.[13]

Filatov is collecting pieces of Art – painting, graphic works, and sculpture as well. In his collection are works of such painters as Igor Grabar, Pyotr Konchalovsky, Konstantin Korovin, Gely Korzhev, Viktor Popkov, Arkady Plastov, Nicolai Fechin, Aleksandr Laktionov. The collection was start with "Portrait of the engraver J.Watts" by Nikolai Fechin. This portrait in 1924 obtained Thomas R.Procter prize by the National Academy of Design in USA. The favorite Andrey Filatov’s painter is Viktor Popkov.[14][15][16][17]

Art Russe Fund

In 2012 Andrey Filatov established the Filatov Family Art Fund for the purpose of collecting the found abroad Russian and Soviet paintings and sculptures.[18]

In June 2014 the Filatov Family Art Fund announces that it is rebranding to Art Russe as it prepares to open a new museum in London. Art Russe will continue the work of the Filatov Family Art Fund, but will take on a broader role, with the focus shifting from collecting art to showing the world the breadth and depth of the talent that thrived in Russia.[19]

29 July 2014 Art Russe has become a Patron of the Serpentine Galleries, one of London’s leading art galleries. The agreement demonstrates Art Russe’s commitment to supporting international galleries, museums and exhibitions, as it plans to launch its own museum in London.[20]

Marking the 70th anniversary of the Victory in Europe, in spring 2015 Art Russe arranged the art exhibition The Legacy of World War II in Russian Art in Saatchi Gallery, London. The exhibition featured paintings and sculptures, most of which had never before been on public display in the UK, including Alexander Laktionov's Letter from the Front; the Tkachev brothers' By the Well; Igor Obrosov’s Wartime Moscow 1941; Ivan Penteshin’s The Defence of Leningrad; Evsey Moiseenko’s Freedom; Gely Korzhev’s The Reunion and Mai Danzig's monumental canvas And the World Remembers the Saviours.[21][22]

Foundation Art Russe participated in the preparation of the exhibition "Astronauts: The birth Birth of the space Space ageAge,", which opened on 17 September 2015 began its work in London's Science Museum (Science Museum). Some exceptionally For the exhibition in Moscow were brought rrare exhibits related to the Soviet space program, which had have never travelled outside exported outside of Russia before. were brought to London for the exhibition. Among them - Including - engines R-7 ballistic missile engines, R-7 spacecraft "Vostok-6 spacecraft", which carried flew the world's first woman female astronautcosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova to space, personal belongings of astronauts, the objects of their everyday life on board, and even a space cosmic souls shower.[23]

Art Russe has organized the first in the Middle East, a large-scalemajor exhibition of Russian and Soviet art of the twentieth century in the Middle East, which has opened on 6 October 2015 in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. The exhibition, eEntitled "Art Russe Collection of 20th Century Russian and Soviet art Artof the XX century Art Russe: War and Peace", which the exhibition includes more than 120 works and is held , takes place under the patronage of the Minister of Culture, Youth and Social Development of, the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. The exhibition will run until February 2016.[24][25][26]

In February 2016, the painting Freedom! by Evsey Moiseenko was transferred to the exhibition at Yad Vashem, Israel’s national memorial to the victims and heroes of the Holocaust, for a period of 15 years.[27]

References

  1. 1 2 Andrei Filatov - Forbes // forbes.com, March 2012
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Mark Glukhovsky. Andrei Filatov: 'I would like this match to become the event of the year' // New In Chess, # 2 / 2012
  3. 1 2 Howard Amos. Q&A: Chess Not Just a Game for Infrastructure Oligarch // The Moscow Times, 30 March 2012
  4. ↑ Art Russe Founder Andrey Filatov Awarded Title of Honorary Academician of Russian Academy of Arts // Russian Chess Federation website, 12 November 2015
  5. ↑ RCF President Andrey Filatov Awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor // Match TV, 04 March 2016
  6. 1 2 3 Akexander Ratner. World Title match in Russia aims to popularize Chess through culture // AIPS Magazine, # 4 / 2011
  7. ↑ Andrei Filatov is the most popular Russian sports manager of 2014 // World Chess Federation, 4 March 2015
  8. ↑ Andrey Filatov awarded UNESCO medal // fide.com, 27 May 2015
  9. ↑ // TASS, 01 March 2016
  10. ↑ Press release: Cooperation with the State Russian Museum to promote Russian art at home and abroad // Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR), 4 March 2013
  11. ↑ "Tretyakov Gallery to host chess crown battle". RT.com. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Filatov Elected President of the Russian Chess Federation chessvibes.com, 3 February 2014
  13. ↑ Russian Chess Federation’s head elected for post of FIDE vice president // ITAR-TASS, 13 August 2014
  14. ↑ There’s no point in collecting works of art if you don’t show them to people // Russkoye Iskusstvo, № 2, 2012
  15. ↑ Soviet painting. Popkov European debut // Artribune.com (Il Messaggero) , 23 February 2014
  16. ↑ Viktor Popkov – Sogno e realtà // Sky.it(arte) , 18/02/2014
  17. ↑ Oligarch: How culture can heal the East-West rift // Nina dos Santos, video CNN, 2 June 2014
  18. ↑ Filatov Family Art Fund's Website
  19. ↑ Filatov Family Art Fund rebrands as ART RUSSE ahead of London museum launch // filatovartfund.org, 2 June 2014
  20. ↑ Art Russe becomes a Patron of the Serpentine Galleries in London // filatovartfund.org, 29 July 2014
  21. ↑ An exhibition featuring WWII in Russian art will be held in London // Russia Beyond the Headlines, 12 February 2015
  22. ↑ London to See WWII through Eyes of Russian Artists // Russkiy Mir Foundation, 12 March 2015
  23. ↑ Science Museum to launch Cosmonauts exhibition on 18 September 2015 // Science Museum website, 23 June 2015
  24. ↑ Abu Dhabi gets rare glimpse of Soviet-era artwork // The Khaleej Times, 8 October 2015
  25. ↑ معرض "الحرب والسلام" السوفييتي في أبوظبي // RT Arabic, 8 October 2015
  26. ↑ Russian Art Gallery in the Emirates palace // Abu Dhabi TV, 8 October 2015
  27. ↑ A Painting From Art Russe Collection Will Be Exhibited in Yad Vashem Memorial // Russian Chess Federation, 15 February 2016

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