Born in 1960.
In 1988 - graduated from the Tambov higher military engineer school.
In 1977-93 - military service in Tambov, Primorsk region, Afganistan, Moscow.
In 1996 - graduated from the Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy.
Since 1994 - president of NIKOIL Co, executive director of the securities department of JSC Lukoil, vice-president of JSC Lukoil.
Since 1997 - president of investment-banking group NIKOIL.
