Nationality Latvian Website www.teterevfond.org | Name Boris Teterev Spouse Inara Tetereva | |
Born 5 November 1953 (age 71) ( 1953-11-05 ) Riga, Latvia Occupation founder of Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation Awards Order of the Three Stars Similar People Inara Tetereva, Sergei Bespalov, Alexander Rodnyansky, Robert Rodriguez, William D Johnson | ||
Boris Teterev (Russian: Бори́с Изи́дорович Те́терев; born November 5, 1953) is a private patron in Latvia.
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Education
Riga Medical Institute (today – Riga Stradiņš University), Faculty of Medicine (1974–1980).
Biography
Born November 5, 1953 in Riga.
From 1961 to 1971 studied at Riga Gymnasium No. 10.
In 1975, accomplished his idea: Lotus-doctor summer camps for students who wanted to study at the Medical Institute.
From 1980 to 1989 worked as a gynaecologist-obstetrician at Riga City Hospital No. 4 and No. 5. Entered into business at the end of the 1980s.
From 1993 led the subsidiary of the Latvian company Musa Motors in Russia. In 1995, became the owner and president of Musa Motors Moscow, which was the official Russian dealer for Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Renault, Mercedes, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce.
In 2008, sold his business to focus on public activities.
Since 2009 Boris Teterev has been involved in film production. Several movies have been produced due to his participation such as Machete Kills, Standing Up, Зимы не будет, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, etc.
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Public activities
Since 1997, the Teterev family has been actively and wholeheartedly supporting the reconstruction of Rundāle Palace.
In 2010, Boris and his spouse Irina Teterev established a family charity foundation to support outstanding charity initiatives that provide public benefits both in Latvia and internationally.
The foundation supports culture initiatives – the completion of Rundāle Palace’s restoration, Riga Russian Theatre, the Latvian Academy of Music, to name just a few. In 2012, as patrons Boris and Inara Teterev donated the artistic work Gondola by the artist to the Art Museum Riga Bourse.
Within the framework of the higher education excellence programme, the Boris and Irina Teterev Foundation actively cooperates with the Riga Stradiņš University, which has established the patron Boris Teterev’s scholarship to medical students, awards grants for research and the Academy of Intelligence, and has created the framework for the RSU development strategy 2012 – 2020. In 2012, in cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia, they created the strategic action plan for higher education, and founded the grant of patroness Inara Teterev for students of the Art Academy of Latvia. In 2011, the Foundation supported the newly founded Prize of the Year of the Art Academy of Latvia (first laureates – artist Gemma Skulme (Džemma Skulme), art historian Laima Slava, artist Janis Avotins (Jānis Avotiņš)). In 2012, the Academy of the Latvian National Opera (LNO) was established thanks to the Foundation.
The Foundation provides assistance to community development and animal welfare organisations, and helps low-income people and those in need. The Foundation has supported soup kitchens since 2010; in 2012/13 80,000 meals per month are being co-funded at fifty-six soup kitchens across Latvia. The Foundation’s animal welfare support is significant: it sponsors the animal shelters Dzīvnieku draugs (since 2010) and Labās mājas (since 2013). Latvian Television has been airing Ķepa uz sirds (Paw on the Heart) since 2011, a family infotainment programme about animal welfare issues, expert advice, and animal grooming and breeding.