Background
Roman Avdeev was born in Odintsovo, Moscow on July 17, 1967, where he spent his childhood and studies.
Роман Авдеев
Roman Avdeev was born in Odintsovo, Moscow on July 17, 1967, where he spent his childhood and studies.
Avdeev Roman received his education from a regular city school. He began to receive good grades only during the last years of his studying.
After finishing school, he entered Moscow Power Engineering Institute. During his second year at the university, he was drafted into the army. He received his diploma of higher education only in 1994.
Roman Avdeev first tried his abilities as an entrepreneur in 1989, after the law on cooperation was established in USSR and trading activity of individuals ceased to be considered a crime. Roman Avdeev founded a cooperative store that produced decoders for televisions.
Then he had the ideas about banking as a separate business area. In 1991, private business finally became a legal reality, and in 1994 Roman Avdeev acquired Credit Bank of Moscow, or, more precisely, he received a documentation package, a small office and 14 employees. The bank existed only officially, but it was not really operating.
A little bit later, Avdeev bought the controlling shares of the sugar factory which was located in the Lipetsk region. In the 2000s, the manufacturing company called ‘Chernozemye’ was founded on that territory. In 2008 it was sold.
In 2008, he began to develop the corporation called ‘Sever-Les’ located in the Arkhangelsk region. It included 18 companies engaged in the timber industry. Subsequently, the corporation with the annual revenue of 65 million USD was sold.
In 2012, Avdeev founded the company called ‘Ingrad’. Its main specialization is the erection of high class residential complexes in Moscow and in the surrounding areas.
In 2015, Roman began to develop ROSSIUM Concern LLC. As a result, it turned into an investment holding including not only banks, but also other institutions involved in financing, commercial property trade, and pharmaceutical products manufacturing.
With his estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, Mr. Ardeev is the 69th richest person in Russia and is ranked 1031st in the list of World Billionaires.
Having 23 children, 19 of whom are adopted, Roman Avdeev is considered to be one of the most famous multi-child billionaires.
Famous businessman regularly contributes to social causes. He created his own fund called ‘Kindness Arithmetic’ («Арифметика добра») that helps to satisfy the educational and other needs of children.
Roman Ivanovich Avdeev takes pleasure in sharing his thoughts about charity, history and other subjects of interest keeping his own blog. Moreover, he writes articles for Forbes and for other magazines.
