Felix Vladimirovich - General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg", is a candidate of technical sciences.
Biography
10/06/1943 in Kronstadt was born Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich. The biography of this person is rarely found in public information sources. But there are certain interesting facts. A respected person is Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich. His family is small: his wife Anna has been a business owner and sole proprietor since 2008; daughter Yanina, who, following the established family tradition to always go forward, after graduating from graduate school received the degree of candidate of economic sciences; have a granddaughter.
Felix Vladimirovich was awarded the title of Honored Engineer of the Russian Federation.
Education and career start
Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Water Transport in 1966.
He worked at the Kronstadt marine plant, was at the head of the branch of the Leningrad sewing association Mayak, and the chairman of the executive committee of the Council of People’s Deputies.
After that, he became the head of the Vodokanal sewage system. Later it was reorganized into the State Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal of St. Petersburg.
Achievements
Karmazinov Felix is an honorary citizen of St. Petersburg. The year 2001 brought him the status of laureate of an award in the field of science and technology. He was awarded the Order of Honor, the commander's badge of the Order of the Finnish Lion.
2016 changes
Felix Vladimirovich took 82 place among billionaires, his fortune was 10 billion rubles.
Karmazinov Felix headed the State Unitary Enterprise Vodokanal of St. Petersburg for almost 30 years. He owns 50 hectares of land, at home. In a word, Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov does not have a deficit in real estate. Children, his wife and he themselves have agricultural land on their lands. In addition to the cultivation of cereals and vegetables, land is used for livestock breeding.
Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich: resignation
He left the post of general director of Vodokanal at his own request. Leaving, on the last day Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich celebrated his 73rd birthday.
According to his friend, Karmazinov had reasons for his dismissal that he did not share with anyone. Applicants for the director’s position occasionally appeared. But despite this, Felix Vladimirovich remained - he managed to find a common language with the top officials of St. Petersburg for almost 30 years. Employees and colleagues respect Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich. His resignation for the organization was a serious test. Although it is worth saying that for the city this was not the latest news either.
As CEO, he always tried to use new technologies and improve production. According to consumers, Felix Vladimirovich did a lot for his city. And, it’s worth noting, only the good. During its operation, water quality improved significantly. He is considered one of the most experienced leaders.
With the Vodokanal enterprise, developers have never had a problem. Terms of work and conditions were always predictable, carried out under the contract. Karmazinov restrained the increase in water tariffs. For this, he was respected by members of the city’s business structures.
In the list of achievements of Felix Vladimirovich, it is worth noting the reconstruction of the Central Aeration Station, the launch in 2007 of new factories for the combustion of sewage sludge. By the way, water treatment in St. Petersburg is 98%.
Difficult life
The resignation of the general director of Vodokanal SUE Karmazinov Felix caused a mixed reaction among business people. The companies, whose business significantly depends on the managerial experience of the head of the State Unitary Enterprise, asked to assess the possible consequences of the upcoming change of head of one of the most important monopolies.
Most businessmen believe that everyone should be grateful to Felix Karmazinov for creating an excellent water supply and sewage system in St. Petersburg. The same opinion is shared by the inhabitants of the city.
Clients had the least complaints about Vodokanal GUP in terms of time and cost of connections, and the degree of corruption of this process. In the administrative boundaries of the city, it was an almost problem-free area. Entirely and completely, this is Karmazinov’s personal merit.
Reputational capital
At the same time, some experts note that other monopolists have a “economy” that is simpler than that which Felix Vladimirovich Karmazinov had. Vodokanal has no particular problems, however, the drainage system definitely requires large investments. It is necessary to build not only huge sewer collectors, but also sewage treatment plants, sediment processing companies. This requires a lot of expense and organizational effort. Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich coped with all this very successfully.
This fact, in the opinion of the business community, explains the special (in comparison with the heads of other city monopolies) confidence in it from partners from Europe. Everyone knows that the EBRD willingly provided loans to Vodokanal of St. Petersburg and invested in projects to modernize the city's water supply and sanitation systems. Europeans were attracted to the fact that the organization always clearly fulfills its program obligations. Moreover, not only in front of project colleagues, but even in front of companies that supplied equipment on lease. Given Russian conditions, such a binding is worth a lot. Probably no one can argue with that.
Positive stubbornness
But some experts from the business community believe that the attention of partners from Europe is explained not only by the personal merits of Felix Karmazinov, but also by their great interest in changing and improving the ecology of St. Petersburg, which directly affects the environment of northeastern Europe. In their opinion, Europeans considered it necessary to encourage the Russians to seriously engage in the treatment of waters that significantly polluted the Gulf of Finland and the surrounding territories. For these purposes, they provided loans, financed common projects. In addition, they insisted on the use of European equipment for cleaning, so that everything was done not for show, but with high quality.
As an example of the non-trivial achievement of Felix Vladimirovich and his colleagues, experts call the fact that in 20 years in St. Petersburg it was possible to lower the level of water consumption from 220 liters per person per day to 190, thus approaching the European level. Such a reduction gave a great economic effect for the city due to savings on capital expenditures.
The special merit of Felix Karmazinov, the General Director of Hansa Development, believes that he was able to keep Vodokanal from non-good reform, which, he said, is often catastrophic in Russia, leading to negative consequences. This organization is the last unrefined piece. One of the colleagues notes that Kelmazinov Felix Vladimirovich for many years resisted attempts by various kinds of interested people to squeeze, sometimes even to evacuate Vodokanal State Unitary Enterprise from the territory on the banks of the Neva River, which is very attractive for developers. Perhaps, he believes, along with other experts, such stubbornness as a result led Felix Vladimirovich to leave.
Respectably
None of the experts interviewed in St. Petersburg confirm the version of dismissal after detecting abuses. Many, of course, are accustomed to believing that managing a state unitary enterprise for a long time with billions in turnover, it is impossible to preserve "white clothes", but there was not a single big scandal with Felix Karmazinov. Despite the fact that there were always enough people who wanted to present him with such a “gift”. He looks very respectable, especially against the background of colleagues, of whom few were able to avoid allegations of abuse. However, experts make a reservation, claims to Felix Vladimirovich may well arise after his resignation.
Specialists also admit that the head of Vodokanal could leave at will. For 30 years, managing a complex farm is probably tiring, and his age is quite solid. In the end, you have to leave sometime. Experts recall that in 2000, confessions of Felix Karmazinov appeared in print and information publications, which bothers him, in fact, as an official, he suggested that Smolny manage the Vodokanal of St. Petersburg in the form of a concession PPP. One of the experts considers it possible that he was simply tired of waiting for the consent of the city administration.
One big family
Like many top officials and directors of large companies, the former leader owns plots with a total area of almost 50 hectares in the Priozersky district, several houses in the village of Solnechnoye. This is confirmed by extracts from Rosreestr.
The cost of one hundred square meters of land in Priozersky without building reaches 200 thousand rubles, in the territory near the lake it can reach up to 300 thousand rubles. Therefore, in total land assets with residential buildings, estimated at 1 billion rubles, are owned by Karmazinov Felix Vladimirovich. The wife has at her disposal the recreation center "Sukhodolskoye" in the same area. This is a premium-class cottage village on the shore of Lake Sukhodolsky with a restaurant, sports complex and paintball grounds. The total land area is 50 hectares. A hotel with 28 rooms and 46 cottages was erected on the territory. The family-run restaurant complex provides corporate events and provides catering services, in some cases by state order for universities in St. Petersburg. The value of the asset is more than 2 billion rubles.
Another luxury company, Karmazinova Anna, is associated with the luxurious Sukhodolskoye base, Felina Lux, which sells medical equipment. However, it is not possible to evaluate this asset, since the company has not provided tax reports for a long time (it is included in the list of legal entities that have not reported taxes for more than a year).