Initially, this person was destined for a brilliant career in government. His father held a senior position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and he was really preparing to continue his parent's business. However, fate decreed otherwise, and the now-famous billionaire Sergei Sarkisov was able to make huge financial capital thanks to his passion for the insurance business. For several years now, the entrepreneur has been one of the foremost in the list of the richest people in Russia. How did he manage to achieve dizzying heights in his career and become an authoritative expert in the field of insurance? Let's consider this question in more detail.
Years of childhood
What, first of all, can interest people when it comes to the life of such a famous person as Sergei Sarkisov? Biography, children, career, marital status, hobbies, of course.
The businessman was born on May 18, 1959 in the capital, in the family of a senior official who worked under the leadership of Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan himself. Sergey has a younger brother Nikolai. From a young age, a teenager found out the real price of money when, at the age of sixteen, he went to unload wagons at a railway station.
Having received a certificate of maturity, Sergey Sarkisov successfully passed exams at MGIMO, choosing the path of international economic relations, following his fatherās example. However, while still a student, he began to earn extra money. For some time he was engaged in design, creating advertising layouts in the capital's association of fur ateliers. Then he worked on technical translations. In senior courses, Sergei Sarkisov took up membership in the Committee of Youth Organizations of the Central Committee of the Komsomol in the Latin American sector, which was controlled by the international department of the Central Committee of the CPSU.
Insurance business
Having become the owner of the coveted diploma in the early 80s, Sergey Sarkisov, whose biography contains many interesting and noteworthy facts, went to work not in his specialty. He got a job at Ingosstrakh as an ordinary employee. And since the young man, by his own admission, did not understand anything in the intricacies of insurance, he had to go through all the steps of his career.
Over the years, he gained experience in work, he managed to become the head of the legal department at Ingosstrakh, and even from 1987 to 1990 headed the companyās representative office in Latin America.
Personal business
In the early 90s, Sergei Sarkisov, whose photo today is often found on the pages of the business press, decides to go free swimming. He resigns from Ingosstrakh and becomes at the helm of the RESO-Garantia insurance structure. The future billionaire began to look for new approaches to work, but they were not always successful. For example, a businessman initiated a project that provided for the implementation of insurance policies through banking institutions. But he failed. Some attempts by Sergei Eduardovich to attract investment in the insurance business were also unsuccessful. But nevertheless, he, who held senior positions in his company, managed to turn RESO-Garantia into a large and successful player in the insurance market.
In the crisis year of 1998, he managed to save the business by combining the financial assets of RESO-Garantia SpAO with the capital of the owner of MDM Bank Alexander Mamut.
Currently, Sarkisovās company is thriving, and Sergei Eduardovich himself does not directly participate in management, except in situations where his intervention in the business is necessary.
In 2014, the businessman was awarded the honorary status of the laureate of the All-Russian award of financiers āReputationā in the nomination āFor personal contribution to the development of the insurance industry in the Russian Federationā.
Material well-being
As already emphasized, Sergey Sarkisov is one of the richest people in Russia. He not only owns insurance companies, banking institutions, leasing companies, but also auto dealerships, as well as a non-state pension fund. And they all work under a single brand - RESO. In addition, the businessman owns a network of medical centers, and his scope of business interests includes several major development projects.
Politics
Sergey Sarkisov (billionaire) is active in the sphere of big politics. Back in the mid-2000s, he ran for deputies of the fourth-convocation Moscow City Duma, with the support of the electorate of the Social Democratic Party of Russia.
But the Moscow election commission recognized more than 26% of the voters' signatures as illegal, and the businessman did not go through the registration procedure. Currently, he is still involved in the sphere of politics, defending the right of Karabakh to sovereignty.
Film industry
Few people know that Sergei Eduardovich tried his hand on the set as an actor. In Cannes, he presented a tape about the life of wealthy people. It is called "afloat." Sarkisov himself wrote the script for the film and starred in it in the title role. The businessman plans to create a whole movie almanac. The billionaire even entered the scriptwriting school in Moscow. He is pleased to produce films of his son Nikolai and expects that in the future, cinema will become their common profession.
Books
Sarkisov is the author of several books on business, among which āPersonal Insuranceā, āManagementā, and āInsurance Businessā became especially famous. In addition, he wrote more than fifty scientific monographs on insurance and management.
Family status
It is known that Sergei Eduardovich Sarkisov is married. He is the father of five children. One of the businessmanās sons, Nikolai, successfully removes the āNew Russian Cinemaā after studying at the prestigious Hollywood school in Los Angeles. The businessman is also proud of his twin children, who were born not so long ago.
The businessmanās hobbies include collecting rhinoceros figures. He is fluent in French, English and Spanish.