Party A Just Russia Role Political figure | Name Sergey Petrov | |
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Occupation politician, founder and beneficiary of the ROLF Group | ||
Political party Spravedlivaya Rossiya | ||
Sergey Anatolyevich Petrov (Russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Петро́в; born 1954, Orenburg) is a Deputy of the State Duma, member of Spravedlivaya Rossiya political party, member of the Budget and Taxes State Duma Committee. Founder and beneficiary of the ROLF Group (the first diversified automotive business in the Russian market), President of the ROLF Group of Companies until 2004.
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Biography
Petrov was born in Orenburg in 1954.
After graduating from school in 1971 he entered The Higher Military Aviation School in Orenburg.
In 1975 he achieved the rank of an officer and special qualification of a pilot-engineer. He worked as an instructor in the Military Aviation School in Orenburg.
In 1982 he was dismissed from the Soviet Army at the rank of Major and expelled from The Communist Party of the Soviet Union for anti-Soviet propaganda and participation in secret democratic organizations.
In 1987 he graduated from Soviet Trade Institute with a Degree in Economics of Labor.
In 1989 became Director of car rental department at Rozek.
In August 1991 he founded his own company ROLF Group.
In 2004 he resigned as the President of the Company and handed control over to employed managers. He was still responsible for ROLF’s long-term development strategy.
On 2 December 2007 he was elected Deputy of the State Duma.
Wealth
51st place in Russian Forbes list, 2009; 50th place in “Vlast I Dengi” (“State and money”) list, 2010.
Personal life
Married, has two children. Petrov is an alpine skier, a cyclist and a collector of Russian-Japanese War ship models.