He is a significant investor, a successful banker, a key owner of securities LLC Expobank (over 60%) (Russia), Expobank CZ (Czech Republic) (61.29%), AS Expobank (Latvia) (100%). In addition, the media called Igor Kim the main shareholder of SK Reserv. In addition to this, he owns a decisive stake, in addition - a member of the board of D2 Insurance. According to the Russian version of Forbes, it has at its disposal 460 million dollars.
short biography
Kim Igor Vladimirovich - a native of the Kazakh SSR, the city of Ushtobe. By nationality - Korean, feels his belonging to an ethnic group. In childhood, this served as a sign of distinction, and an occasion to temper character.
In 1983 he graduated from the lyceum with a physical and mathematical bias and entered the university, but after the first year he was drafted into the army. In 1986, restored. In the 90s he graduated from NSU (Novosibirsk State University) with a degree in Economic Cybernetics. At the same time (March 1990 - January 1991) was the manager of the small scientific and technical production "Unikom".
After that, he established a cooperative on the basis of the construction detachment of students. Successfully engaged in the sale of goods and raw materials on the appropriate exchange. And in the 92nd was among the founders of the NLR ("Russian People's Bank").
Carier start
Trading on the stock exchange, Kim bailed out a good amount of money and later successfully invested it in the banking sector, becoming one of the founders of Russian People’s Bank. A year later - the main of the owners. Later, in the 95th, he becomes chairman.
Banking career
But already in 1998, he left the Russian People’s Bank, after which for 5 years he was the head of the management of Sibacadembank, and later - the chairman of the board of directors. At the same time, in 2001-2004, he sat in the management of a Kazakhstani bank with the name “Caspian”.
In 2004, he became the head of Uralvneshtorgbank, and a year later the story repeats itself - he becomes the owner of a decisive package of securities. In 2006, he took up the merger of two OJSCs (Uralvneshtorgbank and Sibacadembank) in OJSC Ursa Bank, heading a newly formed financial institution.
After 2 years (2008), the situation in the financial markets worsened. 40% of Ursabank's liabilities consisted of external loans. The owners of the shares of Ursa Bank and MDM Bank made a decision (due to the critical financial situation) to merge into MDM Bank. Management entrusted to Igor Vladimirovich. The choice was influenced by the timely advice of the banker to merge with the bank, which ranked 13th in terms of assets.
The following year, Igor Vladimirovich Kim and his colleagues make a deal to purchase Barclays Bank LLC from the British Barclays group, simultaneously returning the old name - Escpobank LLC. In the same period, purchases of other Russian subsidiaries were made. This has influenced the banker's popular nickname, Bank Absorber.
Vostochny Express Bank actively participated in the operation, which, under the leadership of Sergei Popov, took part in many mutually beneficial bankers' transactions. In the "Orient Express" at that time, Kim owned 13% of the capital.
In the fall of 2011, Igor Kim left joint projects with Sergey Popov, wishing to acquire banks from then on. At the disposal of Kim passes the Latvian bank and cash. So was issued a "bank divorce."
Since December 2011, Igor Vladimirovich becomes chairman of the board of directors of the bank Expobank LLC.
A year later (2012), from Kim WestLB AG, one organization of the EU banking sector, Igor Kim bought a subsidiary of WestLB Eas. In addition, VR - Leasing has FB-Leasing (later merged with Expobank), as well as LBBW Bank CZ (after which it was changed to Expobank CZ).
In 2015, Kim's Bank completed a transaction related to the full purchase of MAK-Bank securities from a diamond mining company (ALROSA). Meanwhile, Royal Bank of Scotland, according to the agreements reached, acquired a subsidiary in the Russian Federation RBS and also became part of Escobank. This is called the M&A deal of the year by EMAE Finance.
In the spring of 2017, Igor Igor Vladimirovich Kim and Czech-controlled Expobank closed a deal to redeem all shares in one of the Serbian banks - Marfin Bank. The acquisition took place at a Cypr banking organization in Cyprus. Pop. Bank Public Co Ltd.
In the winter of the same year, Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi AS was purchased by Yapi Credit Bank Moscow.
Achievements and Prizes
Igor Vladimirovich more than once hit the Forbes long list. Thus: 2009th - 94th position, and in 2011 - banker Igor Kim falls into the 186th line, the state of which the journalists estimated at 0.4 billion and 0.5 billion US dollars, respectively.
2003 and 2009 became the time when Igor Vladimirovich earned the title “Banker of the Year” in the Russian Federation.
The prize “National Russian Olympus” marked him with the symbol “For Honor and Valor”.
EMAE Finance magazine in the field of Achievement Awards in 2016 recognized the deal with RBS as "the best of the best" in the M&A sector for 2015.
Hobby
He is fond of science fiction and futurism. Has an interest in the field related to space and its development. He loves classic fiction. However, according to Igor Vladimirovich Kim himself, banking is the focus of all his interests.
Personal life
Married, two daughters from marriage: Nastya and Sasha. Kim Igor Vladimirovich married twice. In 2008 - on Eugene Mileshina in Novosibirsk. The chosen one is distinguished by artistic taste. He is engaged in photography, arranges exhibitions devoted to social problems. He heads the charity organization for children with developmental problems "Special Child". In the past, Eugene is a model. Their (already quite long) marriage was celebrated magnificently - with models dressed up in angels, limousines, Galkin and Baskov.
Fixed assets
Igor Vladimirovich owns shares in Sibakademstroy OJSC, Vostochny Express Bank OJSC, LTB Bank, Mass Media Bank, Etalon-Bank, Rospromstroybank. In addition, his assets include securities of Expobank LLC, LLC Foodmaster Management Company, D2 Insurance LLC.
Restaurateur Igor Kim
The biography of Igor Vladimirovich contains a remarkable fact: in addition to banking, in 2000 he entered the business related to restaurants. In partnership with Eric Schorgen (who, in turn, was the co-owner of New York Pizza at that time), a restaurant called Classics was opened in the city where he graduated. Three years later, Igor Vladimirovich bought a half share from a partner. Two years later, he sold the business to the head of the Siberian Coast organization, Frankincense, Alexander.
Additional Information
After the events of March 2014 related to the Republic of Crimea, Expobank LLC Igor Vladimirovich, the Canadian authorities included in the list of organizations subject to sanctions. Within six months, he successfully sought to remove restrictions and exclusion from this list. Kim himself spoke of the fallacy of these actions.
In the summer of 2013, one of the specialists at Raiffeisenbank commented in his report that Igor Kim was building a bank belonging to him according to a very bizarre model. At this point, the banker has already completed his best deal (with RBS), after which the return on capital was above one fifth of the total cost.
In general, Kim has absorbed over 30 small and other affiliated related companies and banks.
The banker sets the main task in carrying out transactions and planning development as the ability of his business to survive any economic shocks, crises, and not profit.
Kim Igor Vladimirovich is considered one of the “revolutionaries” of the Russian banking sector in the early 2000s. Some experts have repeatedly expressed the view that he can assemble and head the second largest private-owned bank after Alfa Bank.
Since October 1, 2014, Expobank CZ has been holding the position of Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Since March 2017, Ilya Mitelman has been on the Board of the Bank as Chairman of the Board. The Bank holds various humanitarian and charity events in the Czech Republic.