Preceded by Vyacheslav Maratkanov Spouse(s) Elena Titova Political party Party of Growth | Nationality Russian Parents Yuriy Titov | |
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Preceded by Himself (as the leader of the Right Cause party) Succeeded by Himself (as the leader of the Party of Growth) Full Name Boris Yurievich Titov Born 24 December 1960 (age 56)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ( 1960-12-24 ) Children Pavel Titov, Mariya Titova Similar Alexei Kudrin, Dmitry Potapenko, Sergey Glazyev, Irina Khakamada | ||
Boris Yurievich Titov (Russian: Борис Юрьевич Титов; born 24 December 1960) is a Russian politician and businessman. Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights. Since February 2016 he hold the role of the Leader of Right Cause party.
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Biography
Boris Titov was born in 1960 in Moscow. In 1983 he graduated from the Economics Faculty of Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Business
In 1989, he resigned from the state-owned company and was appointed Head of the Department of Chemistry of the joint Soviet-Dutch enterprise "Urals". In 1991 he together with its partners has created his own company Solvalub, bought London-based Solvents and Lubricants, with which collaborated more in the period of work in the Urals and the VO "Soyuznefteexport" and became executive director of the group SVL Group companies. After some time, Titov was mentioned in the press as the executive director of the group of companies, as well as the chairman of the group. Later, the company turned to investment and trading group, operating in the oil market, agro- and petrochemicals, liquefied gases. Very quickly the company Titov parallel to international trade became involved prefinansirovaniem exports from Russia, the organization of project financing and investments in production and transportation projects. Total group turnover Titov, who is the majority owner Solvalub, valued at $2 billion in 2008.
In 2001–2002 Titov served as president of JSC "Agrochemical Corporation 'Azot', which was a joint venture on a parity basis Interkhimprom with Gazprom and held stakes in four companies of mineral fertilizers producers.
In 2002, Titov was elected President of the Industrial Development Fund of mineral fertilizers and held that post until 2004.
30 December 2006 SVL Group, has acquired 58 percent of the company JSC "Abrau-Durso", and began to develop the brand's most popular Russian champagne increased sales in 2014 by five times. in 2010 bought Chateau d'Avize Champagne house in the Moët & Chandon. The amount of the transaction, which told the press Titov, was not disclosed, some experts estimated it at 5–10 million euros.
26 June 2012 the board of directors of JSC "Abrau-Durso" to terminate the authority Titov as the director of the company, in connection with his transfer to the civil service and elected the board of directors.
Social activity
In 2000 elected a member of the board and vice-president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
In 2003 he became co-chair, and in May 2004 – the chairman of the All-Russian "Business Russia" public organization. In this capacity, he criticized the rigid financial policies of the Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin, he insisted on the need to increase domestic production of goods, stimulate demand, attracting investment, tax cuts and the refinancing rate of the Central Bank.
As the leader of "Business Russia" Boris Titov became a member of a number of state and public structures. He became a member of the Council for Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy and Promotion of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, a member of the Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship at the Russian government and the government commission on the development of industry, technology and transport. He served as chairman of the Russian part of the Russian-Chinese Business Council, chairman of the non-commercial partnership "Gas Market Coordinator" and member of the Presidium of the National Council on Corporate Governance.
In 2005–2008 Titov was a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
Political activity
In October 2007 he was elected a member of the Supreme Council of "United Russia" party.
In 2008 he headed the Supreme Council of the party "Civilian Power", began to create a new right-wing party in Russia. In November of the same year, the Democratic Party of Russia, "Civilian Power" and the Union of Right Forces were disbanded and founded a new party Right Cause. Congress approved its three co-chairs. They were the former deputy chairman of the "Union of Right Forces" Leonid Gozman, a journalist Georgy Bovt and himself Boris Titov. A few days later the decision of X Congress of United Russia Titova powers as a member of the Supreme Council of the party have been terminated prematurely.
22 June 2012 decree of the Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Titov authorized under the President of Russia to protect the rights of entrepreneurs.
29 February 2016 at the VII Congress of the party "Right Cause" was elected its chairman, saying the change of political course of the party, at the "party business" and its re-branding.