Do you know who Ralif Rafilovich Safin is? For those who don’t know yet, we’ll explain: this is the famous Russian oil tycoon, formerly vice president of LUKoil, who left this responsible post and became a senator and member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Committee for Independent States. He is also the father of the famous singer Alsou.
Ralif Rafilovich Safin: biography and education
The future oligarch was born in 1954 on the day of Christian Christmas. From birth, he lived in the village of Uyandyk (Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). There he went to school. He was a diligent student, was interested in physics and chemistry. In 1970, after graduating from it, Safin Ralif Rafilovich left for the capital of Bashkiria and entered the Ufa Petroleum Institute (UNI). At the end, he received a diploma of a chemical engineer in oil and gas processing. In 1983, Safin decided to get a second higher education and entered the mining department of the same institute and received the specialization of a mining process engineer in the complex mechanization and development of oil and gas fields. Subsequently, he received a Ph.D. in economics, and was also elected full member of the MA of Mineral Resources and is a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Labor activity
After graduation, a young oil refining specialist Ralif Rafilovich Safin got a job at the Tuimazaneft Oil and Gas Production Department, part of the Bashneft Production Association, as the operator of the desalination and dehydration plants. During his time in management, he managed to first be a foreman, then a technologist, then he was appointed head of the unit, and shortly thereafter, a senior technologist at the oil preparation and pumping workshop.
Next stage of activity
In 1980, Safin Ralif Rafilovich was sent to the Tyumen region, to the city of Surgut, where he took the post of senior engineer of the eponymous workshop of NGDU, Fedorovskneft, Glavtyumenneftegaz, which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Oil Industry. A year later, he received the post of deputy chief of OGPD Povkhneft, where he worked for the next 3-4 years.
And in 1985, a career leap took place in his life: Safin Ralif Rafilovich received a promotion and became head of CITS. For the next two years (from 1985 to 1987), he was the chief engineer and deputy head of the Varyoganneft oil and gas production department, which is part of the Bashneft production association.
The next stage of his activity was connected with the OGDU Kogalymneft, where he held the position of chief, then chief engineer of a production association. Since 1992, he was appointed vice president of the Langepas-Urai-Kogalymneft oil concern.
Arrival at LUKoil
Since 1993, Safin Ralif Rafilovich received the position of First Vice President for Commercial Affairs, and also became a member of the Board of Directors of LUKoil. Another leap in his career was the appointment as deputy chairman of the cabinet of directors of Closed Joint-Stock Company Neftekhim. However, the greatest triumph of his career at that time was his becoming the president of LUKoil-Europe.
Political activity
In early summer 2002, Mr. Safin resigned as president of LUKoil, having sold his stake, and decided to go into politics. He was nominated as a representative of the Altai Republic from the “El Kurultay” Depot Corps to the Federation Council. There was talk among the people that he was doing this in order to run for the presidency of the Republic of Bashkortostan in the future. At one time, Safin Ralif Rafilovich was a representative of the representative body of the state. authorities of the Altai Republic in the Council of Federations and was engaged in CIS affairs. In 2014, he resigned as Senator from the Altai Republic.
Ralif Rafilovich Safin: condition and property
The famous oil tycoon is the main owner of the Marr Capital company, which belongs to his family and is today under the leadership of his eldest son. The company is engaged in the sale of petroleum products, commercial real estate, the auto industry.
This company includes the KuzbassAvto plant, which was created by R. R. Safin in 2010 and is located in the Kemerovo region. He is engaged in the assembly of Hyundai trucks and buses under the Russian brand Kuzbass. In 2001, his fortune was estimated at 500 million dollars. In this regard, he became one of the 200 richest people in the Russian Federation, taking 192 place.
Ranks and awards
R. R. Safin is the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as a member of the Senate of the Oliy Uzbek Republic. At various times in his career, he received many awards, including five medals: 3 - anniversary, 2 - for the development and development of the bowels of Western Siberia and for labor valor. Since 1996, he began to carry the title of Honored Worker of the Gas and Oil Industry of the Russian Federation. Among his awards there is also the Order of Friendship, which he received in 2007.
Family status
Surely, many people in the country know what Safin Ralif Rafilovich is doing, whose personal life, although not under a heavy curtain, is nevertheless not particularly advertised by a businessman-politician. He has been married to Razia Iskhakovna for several decades. She is an architect by profession. They met at the UNI during the years of study. In the third year, the couple decided to get married. So the whole course and played a wedding. The four Safins had four children: three sons and a daughter - the famous singer Alsu , known not only in Russia but also far beyond her borders . The eldest son, Ruslan, is 44 years old. He is a successful oligarch. The middle son, Marat (not to be confused with tennis player Marat Safin), is 40 years old. The youngest son was born in 1996, he is 13 years younger than his sister Alsou. All four children received excellent education in the best universities in the world. They are successful businessmen, by the way, and Alsou too. She does a great job with her business, knows how to negotiate, is well versed in tax matters, etc. When she decided to become a singer, her father at first did not support her in this pursuit, but after her father gave up, and he began to help her, he tries Do not miss any of her concerts.
Sport
In 2005, Safin received the post of president of the famous hockey club (Moscow) “Wings of the Soviets”.