Danil Khachaturov, whose biography is described in this article, is a Russian businessman, a billionaire. He is president of the Rosgosstrakh group of companies. In the Forbes ranking, according to statistics from last year, it ranked 54th. Khachaturov’s fortune was estimated at $ 1.8 billion. In 2014, he became richer by another 1 billion.
Childhood
Danil Khachaturov (Armenian nationality) was born on October 30, 1971 in Moscow. His father was engaged in construction all his life, so he first decided to follow in the footsteps of his parent. But later life made its own adjustments, and he chose entrepreneurship. Although from childhood, Danil was very interested in cinema and dreamed of becoming a director when he was still a little.
Education
After graduation, Khachaturov entered the Moscow Civil Engineering Institute. Kuibyshev. He graduated in 1994. But he quickly realized that in the construction field one could not get rich. Therefore, he continued his studies at the financial academy established under the Russian government. He graduated in 2001, becoming a certified specialist in finance and lending.
Career in business
Khachaturov Danil chose the banking path. In 1994, he got a job at Inpekservis LLP as commercial director. In 1995, he decided to engage in securities trading and moved to the Moscow Joint-Stock Bank as an economist. At that time, the state issued savings loan securities. They freely traded in the secondary market.
Khachaturov began to actively buy these bonds and profitably resell them to third-party traders. This market developed more and more, and after a while, friends and acquaintances began to give their securities in trust to Danil. From 1995 to 1996, Khachaturov was promoted to senior economist. And from 1996 to 1997 he was already president of CJSC IC Monolith.
The first fiasco in business and a new attempt
From 1997 to 2000, Danil Khachaturov worked as vice president of BIN Joint-Stock Commercial Bank, responsible for investments and finances. During this period, for the first time, he suffered an unfortunate fiasco in business. Due to the crisis in southeast Asia, market indices have changed dramatically. And all of Danil’s assets were in bonds of Yuganskneftegaz.
Hoping for a market reversal, Khachaturov actively bought shares of this company for several days. But his forecast turned out to be erroneous, and from a millionaire he instantly turned into a beggar, to whom many creditors made great claims. But over time, he got rid of debt, again regaining his financial well-being.
From 2000 to 2002, Khachaturov Danil Eduardovich worked for Slavneft, becoming the first vice president of finance and economics. He continued to trade in securities, acquiring shares in subsidiaries Megionneftegaz and Yaroslavnefteorgsintez. Thanks to the oligarchs Fridman and Abramovich, who actively bought up the shares of these companies in the 2000s, Khachaturov made huge profits, and Slavneft’s economic and financial sector came under its full control.
Khachaturov Danil and Rosgosstrakh
In Soviet times, the Gosstrakh organization was wholly owned by the state, with many branches in the country. But in the nineties, the company was greatly affected by the period of privatization. It began to increase debt. The situation was getting worse every year.
At the same time, three cars were stolen from Khachaturov, and he decided to seriously take up insurance. In 2001, Danil bought a 9 percent stake in Rosgosstrakh. And together with other partners, it was decided to reanimate the dying company.In May 2002, Khachaturov in it was already an adviser to the general director. And a few months later he began to lead the company.
After another 2 years, Danil Khachaturov (Rosgosstrakh) became CEO. In 2007, he chaired the board of directors at the Russian Interregional Development Bank. And in the same year he took the place of the chairman of the board, and then - the president of Rosgosstrakh. In 2013, its shares appeared on the Moscow Exchange. And after the first day of trading, the profit amounted to over 4 billion dollars.
Vision in business
Khachaturov Danil is very attentive to his employees. He is trying to create comfortable working conditions. Attaches great importance to further professional growth, training, motivation. Provides a career advancement perspective. An additional motivation of employees to fruitful and high-quality work is the sale of company shares to them.
Khachaturov is far-sighted, he does not rely solely on Russian assets. Therefore, extensive activities are carried out around the world, and foreign securities are bought up. As a result, in 2015, Rosgosstrakh insurance premiums amounted to almost 35 percent of the Russian market.
Capital
The capital of Danil Khachaturov consists of blocks of shares:
- Clover Group;
- Moscow Northern River Port;
- Rosgosstrakh company;
- CSG Bank.
Danil considers Khachaturov the basis of capital securities, and, being a specialist in this field, continues to trade them. Most of the fortune was made on the shares of Gazprom, energy companies and Slavneft.
Personal life
Khachaturov Danil Eduardovich loves deep-sea diving and mountain climbing. Funds Russian paintings. He was married twice. In the first marriage, a son was born. In the second - daughter. His last wife, Ulyana Sergienko, is a well-known fashion designer and socialite. She owns a French fashion house, and many world-famous celebrities shine in her outfits (Lady Gaga, Natalya Vodyanova, etc.).
