He can rightfully be considered a veteran of the intellectual casino “What? Where? When? ”, Despite the fact that he is not among the elders of the elite club. Alexey Blinov is a great intellectual and diversified person. The scope of his professional interests is very extensive, he worked in many industries, and therefore has gained rich life experience. How did Alexei Blinov become involved in the popular game “What? Where? When?" Let's consider this question in more detail.
Curriculum Vitae
Alexey Blinov was born on January 11, 1964 in a city on the Neva. He received two degrees at once: a process engineer (S. M. Kirov Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry) and management and economics at the enterprises of the transport complex (St. Petersburg Engineering and Economics Academy).
Work days
The future captain of the elite club team began his career as a shift foreman at the enterprise.
For some time he worked as an employee of the youth center. A manager’s diploma opened the door to state structures for Alexei. A little later, the young man took the post of adviser to the vice-governor of St. Petersburg in charge of transport and energy. Then Alexey Blinov worked at the city hall as an assistant to the head of the transport committee. Having gained experience in the bureaucracy, he decided to try his hand at commercial structures, holding managerial positions in banks and a leasing company. Ex-captain in What? Where? When?" even managed to lead the large fuel company "PTK". Alexey Blinov is the author of several scientific monographs. He is also the owner of a patent for an invention.
Scrabble
Already from school, Alexei Blinov (“What? Where? When?”), Whose biography will be interesting to many, tried not to miss a single game in the elite club that he watched on television. Once the weekly magazine “Seven Days” initiated a contest, according to which the author of the best question for the elite club will be able to take a picture with six experts of “extra-class”.
For a future graduate of the Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry named after S. M. Kirov it was something fantastic, about which he could only dream of. Blinov even organized a kind of analogue of an elite club under the Komsomol committee. Naturally, for a teenager to meet with Alexander Druz himself and say hello to the great Voroshilov is something unrealistic. And the brainchild of Blinov helped to fulfill the dream. In the club of lovers “What? Where? When? ”, Created in the Komsomol committee, a real contest in erudition began, in which the most“ tricky ”and“ smart ”questions were born.
Brain Ring
To get to Alexei in an elite club his majesty helped the case. Directorate "What? Where? When?" organizes a telephone tour, the winners of which will go on television. Blinov, together with his colleagues in the club, sends 25 rubles to take part in the competition. A year later, they were the best of the best in the intellectual game "Brain Ring". The thing was done.
Debut in the elite club
His first game in an intelligent casino is a graduate of the Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry named after S. M. Kirova spent in 1991. It was broadcast on television, and Alexei Blinov recalls that he was uncomfortable in front of the camera.
He felt real shyness that millions of viewers were watching him. The team of Aleksey Blinov consisted entirely of scholars. It included F. Dvinyatin, A. Druz, M. Bass, I. Gandelyan, O. Kotlyar. The feelings after the game were unforgettable, excitement took possession of the minds of the players.
During his entire stay at the table of the elite club as a captain, Blinov managed to become the owner of the Crystal Owl twice, and he was awarded epaulettes as the “Best Club Captain”.
There was a stage in Alexey’s life when he got a little cooler for playing “What?” Where? When? ”, But after some time he discovered it for himself in a new capacity, and interest became hot again.
Currently, Blinov does not sit down to play at a table in an intelligent casino.
Hobbies
Ex-captain of the team “What? Where? When?" - A passionate football fan. His favorite club is St. Petersburg Zenit. Alexey Blinov collects collectible plates, loves to read books and take walks in his hometown. He is married and has a daughter.