Vladimir Smirnov

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vladimir Smirnov
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1957(1957-01-29)
Age	67
Birthplace	Pskov
Country	Soviet Union
Birth City	Pskov
Horoscope	Aquarius

Vladimir Smirnov Biography

Vladimir Smirnov is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on January 29, 1957 in Pskov, Pskov, Soviet Union. Vladimir Alexeyevich Smirnov (in Russian: Владимир Алексеевич Смирнов, b. 1957 in Pskov) is a prominent Russian businessman, former Director General of the Petersburg Fuel Company (1997–1998), former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Petersburg Fuel Company (1999–2001). In 2002–2007 he was the Director General of Tekhsnabexport (TENEX) which carries out export of goods and services produced by Russian nuclear enterprises.

Not long after Vladimir Putin returned from his KGB service in Dresden, East Germany he had built a dacha in Solovyovka, located on the eastern shore of Lake Komsomolskoye on the Karelian Isthmus in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, near St. Petersburg. The dacha had burned down in 1996. Putin had a new one built identical to the original and was joined by a group of seven friends, who built dachas beside his. Vladimir Smirnov was one of the members of the group which in the fall of 1996 formally registered their fraternity as co-operative society, calling it Ozero (Lake) and turning it into a gated community.

In addition, a sponsorship program for nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and environment protection activities of Russian and foreign social organizations was established at Tenex between 2002 and 2007, upon the initiative of Vladimir Smirnov. Tenex notably sponsored the Peace Concert which took place in Zug, Switzerland, on 13 October 2002, with the participation of the ensemble led by V. Spivakov. The event was attended by Nobel Peace Prize laureates, ex-President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, distinguished European Community leaders and peace movement leaders from various countries.

Between 2002 and 2007 Vladimir Smirnov was General Director of Tekhsnabexport (Tenex) which carries out the export of goods and services produced by Russian nuclear enterprises. Tenex represents 35-50% of the nuclear world market. During this period, Tenex also signed long term contracts until 2020 on the system of guaranteed supplies of low-enriched uranium for almost all of the world’s nuclear power plants.

In 1990 he established one of Saint Petersburg’s first joint ventures (with German partners), the real estate development company Inform-Future, which built the city’s first office centre for foreign companies.

Vladimir Smirnov Net Worth

Vladimir Smirnov is one of the richest Businessperson from Soviet Union. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vladimir Smirnov 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated in 1980 from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrument Production, where he majored in electromechanical engineering. Later he gained a PhD in Technical Sciences (1986) and in Economics (2000).

Smirnov is also the author of ten inventions and 45 scientific papers. In 1988, he became the youngest Senior Researcher at the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrument Production. In 1988 he was awarded the State Science and Technology Prize for Young Researchers. The prize was donated to the Peace Foundation.

Smirnov was also the Chief Executive Officer of the Petersburg Fuel Company between 1997 and 1998 and the company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors between 1999 and 2000.

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Vladimir Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Soviet Union. Vladimir Smirnov celebrates birthday on January 29 of every year.