Nationality GreekRussian Role Businessman Net worth US$530 million (2015) Spouse Kyriaki Savvidi | Religion Orthodox Christianity Name Ivan Savvidis | |
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Born March 27, 1959 (age 65) ( 1959-03-27 ) Tsalka, Georgia Education Public University of Economics Occupation Owner of Agrokom GroupChairman of CJSC Donskoy TabakOwner of Dimera Group LtdMajor Shareholder of SEKAPOwner of PAOK Employer Makedonia PalaceXenia (Hotel) Children Nikos Savvidis, Giorgos Savvidis Titles Businessperson, Politician People also search for Giannis Alafouzos, Evangelos Marinakis, Kyriaki Savvidi, Nikos Savvidis, Giorgos Savvidis | ||
Ivan savvidis
Ivan Ignatyevich Savvidis (born 27 March 1959 in Santa Gruzino, Tsalka District, Georgia), is a Greek-Russian (Caucasus Greek) businessman and politician. Savvidis is one of Russia's wealthiest men and was a member of the Russian Parliament, closely linked to the president Vladimir Putin.
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- Professional biography
- Political career
- Personal life and community service
- State
- Church
- Public organizations
- References
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Professional biography
After serving in the Soviet Army, Savvidis was educated at the Rostov State University of Economics in Rostov-on-Don. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Savvidis was employed in various positions at the Don State Tobacco Factory. In 1992, the tobacco factory was privatised and renamed CJSC Donskoy Tabak; in the following year Savvidi was appointed as its General Director. Savvidis and his wife, Kyriaki Savvidi, are now formally the majority shareholders of Donskoy Tabak, the largest Russian tobacco company.
Between 2002 and 2005, Savvidis was President of FC Rostov. Since 2005, Savvidis has been Chairman of FC SKA Rostov-on-Don.
As of 10 August 2012, he had acquired ownership of the Greek football team PAOK. and entered the Forbes list of the richest people in the world Savvidis paid all of the club's debts to the Greek State, an amount that totalled at €10,886,811.
In 2013, Forbes listed Savvidis as the 30th wealthiest Russian businessman in the world. In February 2013, he took over the management of the Macedonia Palace in Thessaloniki. In the same year he purchased 82% of the Greek tobacco company SEKAP. Savvidis is also president of the federal federation of southern federal balls Region of the Russian Federation.
In April 2017, he bought 48.6% of the shares of the new mineral water Souroti company, and at the beginning of August, he holds 70% of the shares.
He has 19% of Mega Channel and in 2017 his Dimera Media company acquired the Pegasus Publications, which includes the newspapers of Ethnos and Imerisia. On 11 August, he bought the E Channel (Greece) from businessman Philipos Vryonis and the market agreement was ratified on 21 August 2017.
Political career
Savvidis was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rostov Oblast in 1998 and 2003. In 2003, Savvidis was elected as a Deputy in the State Duma; he subsequently served as the Deputy Chairman of the Budget Committee and Taxes. In 2007, Savvidis was re-elected as a Deputy in the State Duma as a member of the party United Russia led by chairman Vladimir Putin, serving until 2011. He served as a member of the Committee International Affairs , as coordinator of Interparliamentary Relations with the Hellenic Parliament and as Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Russia-Belarusian Union.
Personal life and community service
Savvidis is married to Kyriaki Savvidou and has two sons, George and Nick Savvidis.
Savvidis is President of the Federation of Greeks Communities of Russia, and was a key figure in pushing for the newly created region by theWorld Council of Hellenes Abroad in the Black Sea countries. Since June (2004) Ivan Savvidis has been the president of the Association of Greeks public association Russia (AGOOR) He is also a philanthropist community Pontic Greek (CIS). On his initiative and support since (2007) were made possible an annual pilgrimage to the Sumela Monastery in Trabzon Turkey On Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (2009) the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church it was representative of Diocese of Novocherkassk and Rostov on don diocese from laymen of the Federation of Greek Communities of Russia.