The business success story of Elena Baturina: how a girl from a family of workers created a billion-dollar business. Where is Luzhkov now, what is he doing? What is his wife doing? What does Luzhkov's wife do

Where does ex-mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov spend his days and nights now? Some say he lives in London. Yuri Mikhailovich himself. But we have found a place where the now disgraced politician “licks his wounds”.

Maloyaroslavsky district, Kaluga region. From Moscow 2 hours drive, if there are no traffic jams. With traffic jams, you can stand all day. Since today one cannot do without traffic jams when leaving Moscow and entering it, and Yury Mikhailovich no longer has a “boss flashing light”, it takes a long time to get there. But he loves these places.

Luzhkov's dacha is located in the village of Obukhovo. Maybe an unpresentable name caused problems in the service? There is a saying "It's like a butt on the head." It was in this way that the former capital mayor once lost his warm chair.

In retirement, lonely elderly people usually nurse cats and dogs, relieve stress, make up for the lack of communication. Yuri Mikhailovich, they say in Obukhovo, communicates with his bees, here he has a huge apiary.

It was the bees that at one time became one of the reasons for the resignation of the boss in the cap. Exactly two years ago, when there was a terrible heat over Moscow and smog from peat fires, an amount of money from the city budget was allocated to save bees many times more solid than to help people. Information leaked to the press. And Dmitry Medvedev, who was then president, was very angry at Luzhkov: how can you think about insects in such a difficult time?! After a while, the situation backfired on the mayor ...

After losing his position, Yuri Mikhailovich's income decreased markedly. For example, before there were funds for the protection of a country estate, but now there is no extra money. Now there are no security guards on the staff of the “country residence” of the former mayor. Nothing to pay wages.

But the beekeepers remained in the estate - they work, take care of the bees. Selling honey. Employees are paid from the sale of sweet products.

- But now there is no honey, come in season - in September, - one of the farm workers Sergey told me.

He also showed Luzhkov's house in the village. Such a modest house, not a castle or a mansion. It’s even embarrassing that a big person lives in such conditions.

“Yuri Mikhailovich often comes here,” Sergey said. “When the newspapers wrote that he and his family fled to England, he was here. And the investigators came to see him here, he gave evidence (the couple was suspected of embezzling budget funds. - Auth.). Sometimes he visits with his wife, sometimes without her. They joked a lot that he even goes to the bathhouse in a cap. I didn’t see him in the bathhouse, but in his garden he really doesn’t take off his hat.

With his wife Elena Baturina, this was noted even by Luzhkov's former subordinates in Moscow, the head of the family communicates mainly on business. And to have heart-to-heart conversations - there is no such thing for some reason. Although pensioners - and 76-year-old Yuri Mikhailovich is no exception - love to talk.

In Obukhovo, according to neighbors, the day of the ex-mayor begins with a tour of a large farm - beehives. He wishes good morning to his winged pets. Watching this is both funny and touching.

In the estate of Yuri Mikhailovich with a size of 2 hectares - cleanliness and order. As it once was in its capital. But the fields around were overgrown with thorns. Perhaps the former mayor would be happy to clean up the neighborhood, but then again, money is needed. Where are the extras from?

There is one more misfortune of a good person: businessmen with a strange sense of humor. A few kilometers from the Luzhkov estate, someone built a hotel, calling it Novye Luzhki. As if in mockery of a person who nevertheless did something good for Russia.

And in the village there are stories that have already become local folklore that “Luzhkov’s bees” sting more painfully than any others. Moscow summer residents are especially disliked. Maybe they are taking revenge for the fact that in the capital their master was not treated very nicely?

Today Moscow is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. This is not only a city with a long history, but also a modern financial and business center. For several decades, he has changed so much that he makes former Soviet emigrants open their mouths in surprise. But where is Luzhkov now - the man who, in many respects, thanks to whom this miracle happened?

Who was the mayor of Moscow before Luzhkov?

The personality of Yuri Mikhailovich is so strongly associated with the life of the capital in the 1990s and 2000s that all other names pale in comparison with him. And so it happened with Gavriil Popov - the first person who sat in the mayor's chair of the Golden-domed (in 1991-1992). However, this does not mean that his merits are insignificant:

• During the perestroika period, he was an active supporter of the transformation of the country into a democratic legal state;
• He did a lot for the de-Sovietization of the capital: on his initiative, the monuments to the executioners of the communist regime, which stood in the very center of the city, were demolished;
• It was largely thanks to his efforts that the 1991 putsch was averted. It is believed that he informed American intelligence (and that - the first persons of the country) about the impending coup;
• He is a scientist-economist (received doctoral degree in 1970) and a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences;
• In addition to scientific work, he is known for his journalism, where he expresses very controversial views. For example, he speaks of the need to introduce an electoral qualification.

The rise to power of the "man in the cap"

Gavriil Popov had many positive qualities - from a brilliant education to high managerial abilities - but he did not have a bright and memorable charisma. Therefore, Luzhkov, who replaced him, became much more firmly entrenched in the people's memory:

1. Thanks to his aspirations, the construction of a financial center called Moscow City began. The complex of several skyscrapers has become one of the hallmarks of the city and Russia as a whole;
2. Being Orthodox Christian, he did much for the religious revival. Under him, the restoration of churches destroyed under the Soviets began (most a prime example- Cathedral of Christ the Savior);
3. Belokamennaya turned into one of the richest and largest cities in Europe and the world. During Luzhkov's tenure, the gross regional product more than doubled;
4. However, the range of interests of the political heavyweight was limited not only to the MKAD. "Kolobok", as his supporters affectionately called him, did a lot to support the Russian-speaking diaspora in Sevastopol during the stay of Crimea as part of Ukraine.

What does Luzhkov's wife do?

As a rule, the wife of a politician is assigned the sad fate of the shadow of her husband, modestly accompanying him at social events. However, a figure of such magnitude as Yuri Mikhailovich chooses parties to suit himself.

Of all the three wives of Luzhkov, his current wife, Elena Baturina, is most famous:

1. Born into a family of low income, but from the most young years began to make a career. While not yet an adult, she rose to the rank of an employee of the technological department at the plant where her parents worked;
2. Early successes prompted her to take up engineering. After graduating from high school, she quickly rises up the career ladder to the position of technical director;
3. On the eve of perestroika, she worked for a short time in the Executive Committee of the city of Moscow, where she met her future husband;
4. During the devastation of the 90s, she founded a family business together with her brother Victor. Initially, it specialized in chemical production, later - in housing construction;
5. During her husband's work as mayor, Baturina became one of the wealthiest women in Russia and the world. Its capital is estimated at several billion dollars.

Resignation from the post of mayor

« If you are destined to be born in an empire, it is better to live in a remote province by the sea”- probably these were the words that came to Luzhkov’s mind in 2010, when his entire political career went to waste in a matter of months:

• The conflict between the new president Dmitry Medvedev and the Moscow mayor was not made public for a long time;
• Rumors about the impending resignation of the political long-liver went after Medvedev refused to participate on August 18, 2010 in the celebration of the Day of the City of Moscow;
• A month later, a wave of revelatory television programs in the spirit of Soviet newspapers of the 1930s swept through all the key television channels of the country. For the first time in many decades, it was suddenly discovered that the administration of the capital was extremely inefficient and corrupt;
• However, the mayor refused to leave own will and remained in the chair to the end. In protest against the compromising broadcasts, he turned ... to Medvedev himself, writing an angry letter;
• This did not help him, on September 28, 2010, a well-known decree was issued with the wording "loss of confidence."

Reasons for disgrace to the mayor

The closeness of the Russian politicians and the lack of free press leave wide scope for guesswork about what is happening in the corridors of power. Therefore, the resignation of the Moscow mayor in 2010 is no less a mystery than the phenomenon of the Tunguska meteorite.

Among the most frequently cited reasons for the destruction of Luzhkov as a power figure are:

1. Possible connections of the former mayor with the criminal world, which ensured political longevity for himself and the prosperity of his wife's business;
2. A split in the ruling elite of United Russia. The capital's mayor was one of the co-founders of the party in power, but gradually misunderstanding with former associates began to grow like a snowball;
3. Problems with construction projects in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics. A significant part of the projects was handled by the Inteko family company, owned by Elena Baturina. Delays in the construction of stadiums and hotels could turn into shame international scope;
4. Loss of popularity among voters. Unfortunately, in our country this item is at the very last place. Yuri Mikhailovich was at the helm of power for no less than 18 years, and during these years he managed to get pretty fed up with the people.

Where is Luzhkov now and what is he doing?

After his resignation, the path to politics was ordered for him:

• His first position after his resignation was the post of dean at the International University;
• He was not destined to stay in Russia for a long time. Persecution began on the part of the authorities - against him and his wife's company;
• Therefore, without thinking twice, he decided to acquire a residence permit in the "province by the sea" - namely in Latvia;
• The idea was not crowned with success, and the former mayor chose the hometown of the Russian corrupt elite - London as the place of residence;
• But he decided not to sever ties with his homeland. So, in 2012, he bought a stake in one of the domestic chemical concerns. And the following year he founded an agro-industrial enterprise in Kaliningrad;
• After Putin's return to presidential power, the attitude towards the disgraced mayor softened. So much so that in 2016 the latter received the medal "For Services to the Fatherland".

Why is democracy better than authoritarianism? It enables the losers in the competition for power to leave with dignity. Probably, one of the architects of modern Russian politics, Yuri Luzhkov, also came to this belated thought. Where he is now, no major newspaper writes. But there was a time when his name was the second or third in the whole country.

Video: how does the former mayor of Moscow live now?

In this video, NTV correspondents will show how Yuri Luzhkov lives now, what he does in his free time:

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Yuri Gekht: “Somehow we were sitting with Tsereteli. Elena comes out in a hastily wrapped dressing gown and says: “It's time to sleep!” Yuri doesn't respond. Then she comes up, takes off her slippers and gives him a ka-a-ak on his bald head!

Why aren't criminal cases initiated against Luzhkov? — was asked at one of the recent press conferences of Vladimir Putin. - It's too early. And why do you think that there is nothing according to Luzhkov? - the president answered slyly ... Litigation over the ex-mayor of Moscow and his cunningly @ oopy wife, millions of people are impatiently waiting. And among them, of course, Yuri Gekht - a friend of youth and a former accomplice of Yuri Mikhailovich, and now - his implacable enemy. Once Hecht was a member of the Supreme Economic Council under the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation and a major bourgeois. And now he is a simple Israeli pensioner and, in fact, a criminal wanted by Interpol. On the eve of the anniversary of Elena Nikolaevna (March 8, she will hit "fifty kopecks"), Yuri Gekht in the Promised Land was visited by the special correspondent of Express Newspaper.

I have always defended Luzhkov, - assures Yuri Georgievich. - Even in 1993, when angry deputies wanted to remove him from the post of mayor. After all, the capital then writhed in mud and poverty! At a meeting of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, I managed to recapture Luzhkov. In fact, he is a strong business executive. In everything that happened to him later, the hardened boorish Elena Baturina is to blame. Previous wife - Marina Bashilova, daughter of the First Deputy Minister chemical industry USSR,” Luzhkova created. And this matron made Yura the founder of corruption in Russia! For example, I was personally present when Luzhkov bought land in Sochi for next to nothing...

Elena Baturina and Yuri Luzhkov. Photo by Anatoly Zhdanov/Komsomolskaya Pravda

Baturina's parents worked as machine operators at the Fraser plant, and her father was a real alcoholic. Elena, too, after school, did not go to the university, but to the machine. Then only with sin in half she graduated from the evening department. I learned a little and ended up in the Moscow City Executive Committee at the "bread place" - the commission for cooperative activities. As Luzhkov said, he went there on some business. We met. Elena was even less attractive than now, although she was a quarter of a century younger than he was. But she clung to Yura with an iron grip!
According to Hecht, having come to power, Luzhkov made him his close associate. Out of gratitude for an old friend, he had to grit his teeth and endure communication with his eccentric wife.

Yuri Luzhkov (left) was a diligent student at the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology

Betrayal

I not only entered the house, but also personally arranged for Baturina in the best Grauerman maternity hospital in Moscow! - remembers Hecht. - Due to the already young age, she was terribly afraid of the first birth. A week later, I gave Elena a watch for $ 300 - then it was a decent amount - as a present for a newborn. Baturina never tried on such elegant little things: she wore watches like a child. In those years, there were no imported goods and I often went abroad. Baturina girls dressed and shod. I also kept in touch with Luzhkov's children from a previous marriage. And Elena did not let them on the threshold. The younger Alexander could still come to work with his dad, but the elder Mikhail was afraid. Elena arranged this for her husband! Misha was very upset by his father's betrayal. Started drinking. Of course, Luzhkov did not like this. (By the way, my son worked in the gas industry, and as soon as Luzhkov was removed, he was also asked.)
It was Hecht, according to him, who persuaded Luzhkov to start competitive investment in the capital's real estate.
“Luzhkov, having become mayor, did not know what to do,” Gecht assures. “There is no money, devastation, but the city needs to be rebuilt. In June 1992, at the height of Gaidar's devouring reform, I proposed to him the idea of ​​private investment in construction. Yura doubted: “Who will go? Such a risk!" I say: "I!" And he was the first to take part in the competition for investing in the construction of two prestigious buildings in the capital.

During a visit to Jerusalem, the Patriarch of the Greek Church presented Luzhkov with the relics of Great Martyr George the Victorious (right - Vladimir Resin)

Yuri Gekht proudly calls himself a "hereditary wallet" - since 1740, his ancestors were engaged in the production of paper. He was lucky in perestroika:
- The Ministry of Forestry and Pulp and Paper Industry decided to unite the most backward enterprises in the industry that did not feed themselves. And I was appointed general director of Sokolniki. It also included Serpukhovskaya paper factory. In 1987, I rented it, and in 1989 the association was privatized. The Ministry allowed me, as a director, to receive 49 percent of the shares, the rest remained with the team. But then privatization according to Chubais began, and all and sundry right on the streets began to buy shares from the workers. By decision of the general meeting, people did not sell to strangers, but entrusted me to buy out the remaining shares. Since then, I often heard a whisper behind my back: "The first Soviet billionaire is coming." But I couldn’t even touch this money, I never took advantage of dividends - I directed everything to the development of production. Now the enterprise has been destroyed, more than a thousand people have been laid off. Only one paper mill in Vladimir is working, and the Raiders have captured the Serpukhov Combine ...

Elena Baturina instilled in her husband a love of tennis

Sperm

Luzhkov was afraid of his wife like fire, - says Yuri Georgievich. “He dragged me home every Saturday. Somehow we are sitting with them with Tsereteli. It's almost midnight and he won't let us go. We understand that another scandal is brewing. Elena comes out in a hastily wrapped dressing gown and says: “It's time to sleep!” Yuri doesn't respond. Then she comes up, takes off her slippers and gives him a ka-a-ak on his bald head!
And at a reception at the Queen in 2004 in London, what did you get up to? Just came to power Tony Blair. Everyone gathered, we sit - we are waiting for Baturina. Yuri is running around, nervous. Finally, Elena enters the hotel with a racket. Luzhkov: "Lena, the queen is waiting for us!" - "Nothing, wait." Seven minutes later, Yuri in red spots jumps out into the hall: “Let's go without her!”
In the US, in a shopping center, Elena suddenly screamed at Luzhkov so loudly that the entire delegation burned with shame. And in Munich, she went to a horse farm. There she was presented with the sperm of one of the best stallions. In the hotel, she immediately hid the priceless flask, but when she began to collect things for departure, she could not find it. City Hall employee Vladimir Lebedev offered to check her suitcase, but she got furious and gave young man a few slaps. In Moscow, after customs inspection, we decided to see if everything was in place, and found a flask with sperm in her suitcase!

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Hekht had a serious conflict with Baturina in 2004 in the office of First Deputy Mayor Vladimir Resin, who was in charge of the construction.
- There I found out: Lena wanted three old residential buildings near the Arbatskaya metro station, which belonged to me. (Now they are owned by Telman Ismailov.) I wanted to build a hotel on this land. I evicted 240 families, personally spoke with each tenant - not a single complaint was received against me. He invested $23 million in the facility. But after the default, he could not start construction in any way. I understood: there is a formal reason to find fault, Lena will not back down. I agreed to sign an agreement on the transfer of objects, but only on the condition of payment of compensation: “Lena, return what you spent!” But she told Resin: "Let his friend Luzhkov compensate him." I could not stand it and hit the table with my fist: “Yes, you are just a village boor!” Luzhkov first tried to help me out. But Baturina stood her ground. As a result, she brought contracts for the purchase of all objects, and the amount of compensation was 50 thousand rubles! Realizing that I would not sign, he and Resin offered me three dilapidated buildings on the Arbat: garbage dumps bought up by Caucasians that needed to be resettled. Even 150 million dollars would not be enough for me! I came to Resin and said: “Am I going to resettle all of Moscow at my own expense?” He said that I would not sign the contract until it states that the eviction is carried out at the expense of Moscow. But Luzhkov betrayed me and did not sign me.

Yuri Gekht was hiding from the investigation in his historical homeland

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In 2004, Hecht had severe kidney problems, and he decided to receive medical treatment in Israel.
- And shortly before leaving, three people close to Luzhkov warned that an attempt was being made on my life, - says Yuri Georgievich. - The first to call was Vice Mayor Joseph Ordzhonikidze - he oversaw the hotel and gambling business. Talked about some nonsense. I told him: “Did you call me for this?” Suddenly he gets up from his chair and whispers: “Yura, leave immediately, I beg you!”
Events were not long in coming. First, Hecht had an accident: a truck blocked the way for his car. Hecht and the driver miraculously survived:
- Soon I was accused of kidnapping a man, a certain Vladimir Baryshnikov-Kuparenko, who was supposed to deliver German equipment to my factory, but deceived me: the equipment did not arrive on time. I punched this Baryshnikov in the face and threatened to terminate the contract and recover the amount paid to him and the damages. This scoundrel saw on my desk the Kompromat.RU magazine, in the creation of which I participated. AT fresh issue it was described in detail how Baturina received land plots for construction without a competition and how budget funds were transferred through Mosbusinessbank and the Bank of Moscow to finance her undertakings. Baryshnikov decided to use my conflict with Baturina and went to see her with this magazine. Elena immediately bought the entire circulation, and they developed a scheme to eliminate me from the market.
According to Hekht, the operation was supervised by the former Moscow police chief, Colonel-General Vladimir Pronin.
- Baryshnikov staged his kidnapping, - Yuri Georgievich explains, - allegedly carried out on my order. He imitated an escape from my office, where the abductors allegedly locked him up for Saturday and Sunday, and he went into the toilet, climbed out through the window and arrived by taxi to the reception of the mayor of Moscow, and then turned to law enforcement agencies with a statement. On the basis of this nonsense, athletes were arrested, with whom I was seen in a restaurant after the competition in the evening - I supervised sports in Serpukhov. They were made the perpetrators of this pseudo-abduction. They gave me eight years. I did my best to get them out. They were released two years later for a huge bribe.
After a successful kidney transplant, Yuri Georgievich found hope of returning to Russia.
“I am not hiding,” says the exile. - I correspond with Interpol, and everyone is “looking for” me. I was denied a Russian pension, a Russian international passport, despite a court confirmation that I am a Russian citizen. Through Telman Ismailov, Baturina took all my property. Since then, I have not communicated with Luzhkov - it is useless: he, in fact, became her hostage. But I must return to Russia to prove my innocence. The only thing I ask of President Putin and Prime Minister Medvedev is to give me the opportunity to personally participate in the investigation of the criminal case.

Original material:

Baturina Elena Nikolaevna is one of the richest and most influential women on the planet, a billionaire and former owner of the empire of the metropolitan business environment Inteko, who is its co-founder today, as well as the wife of the ex-mayor of the capital.

This list can go on and on, because today this woman owns a chain hotel business of international scale, which includes the eminent hotel complex "New Peterhof" (St. Petersburg), the Czech Quisisana Palace in Karlovy Vary, the Morrison Hotel, located in the heart of Ireland, one from recent projects was the creation of a specialized hotel center on the basis of the largest business citadel of Kazakhstan "Moscow-Park".

A bright and strong personality, a woman with an iron character, a sharp mind and strong will, Elena Baturina is far from the heiress of wealthy parents, as it might seem, looking at her present. Her success story is based on leadership qualities, hard work and talent as an entrepreneur. She comes from an ordinary Moscow family, where mom and dad were employees of the Fraser plant. My father is a workshop foreman, and my mother worked all her life at the plant's machine tool. The future business woman was born during the celebration of International Women's Day, her date of birth is March 8, 1963. Elena Baturina does not indicate her nationality anywhere. Her biography is closely connected with her family, she attracts relatives to the business, assuring that she trusts them unlimitedly.

Elena was a sickly child, classmates recalled that in childhood she had problems with her lungs, hence the hatred of smoking and her love for sports were already conscious at the time - she plays tennis and horseback riding, handles a rifle, is fond of skiing.

Elena is the second child in the family, her older brother is an entrepreneur. They both graduated from the same school, and in terms of getting a higher education, Elena did not deviate from her brother's path - she was enrolled in the evening department of the Institute of Management named. Simultaneously with her studies in 1980, Elena went to work at the factory where her parents worked.

Career and business

The start of a businesswoman's career began in her youth, from the position of a design engineer. By the time Elena decided to change her job, in 1982, she was already working as a senior design engineer in the department of the chief technologist.

The next step in her career is the period 1982-89. When Elena became a researcher at the Institute for Economic Problems of Integrated Development of Moscow, she was able to transform her scientific activities into chairing the Union of United Cooperatives, and then became a leading specialist there.

The turning point in Elena's biography was 1989, when Baturina changed her vector and began to do business. Activities in the commission of the Moscow City Executive Committee did not allow her to return to the monotonous scientific work, the girl decided to embark on a free swim.

The first step on the road to success was the creation of a joint family cooperative with his brother Victor. Relatives tried to introduce modern technologies, created and installed software, and purchased computer equipment.

Inteko was born in 1991, initially it was an enterprise for the manufacture of polymer products. It so happened that in the same year Elena became the wife of Yuri Luzhkov, who became the mayor of the Russian capital a year later.

It is possible that thanks to a favorable marriage and useful acquaintances, the Baturina cooperative began to receive orders from the municipal level, and later the cooperative expanded, taking over the Moscow oil refinery, which is on the balance sheet of the Moscow prefecture.

On the territory belonging to this plant, an enterprise for the production of polypropylene was erected, and the property was in the hands of Elena Nikolaevna.

In 1994, a plastics production plant was attached to Inteko, and by the mid-1990s, the products of this company accounted for a quarter of the entire market. In 1999, Inteko became a participant in a scandal where it was accused of embezzling budget funds, at that moment the company was listed as a general contractor during the construction of a new city in Kalmykia. Baturina tried to become a deputy of the State Duma from Kalmykia, but this attempt failed.

In the early 2000s, Inteko takes on the appearance of an investment and construction corporation, buying up cement plants, as a result, this company became the leading supplier of cement in Russia. At the same time, the company invests in large state-owned enterprises, including Gazprom, Sberbank, etc. It also financially participates in a number of major social projects in the field of culture, medicine, sports and art.

Since 2005, the process of disintegration of Inteko began. First, the company leaves the concrete-panel construction market, in 2006 Viktor Baturin leaves the company, followed by Elena herself. However, she becomes a co-founder of the company by being elected to the board of directors. financial enterprise Russian Land Bank. In the period from 2006 to 2011, Inteko carried out many projects: construction modern complexes for the residence of Dominion, Arco di Sole, "Champion Park" and ASTRA, as well as the construction of the building of the University. , "New Peterhof" was opened.

In 2008, Inteko is included in the list of 300 backbone enterprises of the country.

In 2011, the sale of Inteko to investors was announced, along with this, Elena Baturina also sells the Russian Land Bank, which belonged to her at that time.

After the resignation of her husband, Elena moved to live in London and began to develop the hotel business. Later, she moved to Austria with her husband and children. In Aurach, the Luzhkovs bought a house for € 20 million. Their neighbors were representatives of the Swarovski family, owners of a trading network and people of art. At the new place of residence, Elena Baturina immediately joined in public life. In the late 2000s, her company became a sponsor of the Triathlon World Cup, Rotary club conventions. With the support of the wife of the ex-mayor of Moscow, the Jazznova festival was held in the Alpine city. Through the efforts of Baturina, the town was visited by and.

In the Austrian capital of Vienna, Elena Baturina has a real estate company called Sapho GmbH, where the couple also acquired another mansion in the prestigious Döbling district. Elena Baturina retained Russian citizenship, which gives her the right to retire.

In 2016, Baturina became the owner of a number of office buildings in Brooklyn (New York). Together with her husband, they run a concern for breeding thoroughbred horses, and also participate in charity. Since 2012, under the leadership of Baturina, the BE OPEN charity foundation has been operating. This is a youth project that allows young talents to realize their ideas and talents in architecture, fine arts, literature, science and design. The Foundation is organized in the UK.

Personal life

Before marriage, the personal life of a billionaire woman is unknown. In 1991, Yuri Luzhkov became her husband. For the sake of Elena, he left a family in which he had two sons growing up.

The couple have been married for more than 25 years and in 2016 they performed the sacrament of the wedding, as evidenced by numerous photos. It is noteworthy that Elena honors family values above all and repeatedly said that family and children are her most precious wealth. In 2010, there were rumors in the media that Elena was divorcing Luzhkov, but this information turned out to be false.

Elena and Yuri have two adult daughters, the first Elena was born in 1992, and a couple of years later she was born youngest daughter Olga. Both girls studied at Moscow State University, but after the resignation of their father, they moved with their parents to Britain. They continued to receive their education already in London, on the basis of the University College.

The younger Olga continued her studies at the University of New York, where she received a bachelor's degree, and later a master's degree in hotel business. The first project of the girl was the opening of the Herbarium bar near the mother's hotel complex, the five-star Grand Tirolia hotel in the mountains of Austria, in Kitzbühel. The place is interesting because, in addition to the standard menu and drinks, herbal infusions and cocktails were served here.

Elena, eldest daughter Luzhkov and Baturina, lives and works in Slovakia, where she organized her own company for the production of cosmetics and perfumery Alener. In 2018, Elena Luzhkova became a citizen of Cyprus, where her mother began the construction of a residential complex.

Baturina calls her favorite activities equestrian variety, skiing, as well as collecting rare cars. Elena Baturina has her own plane, which she considers her best purchase. Owning businesses in different parts light, the business woman has time to control all of them personally. Elena Baturina owns a collection of exclusive porcelain. In 2011, the entrepreneur donated part of the exhibits to the Tsaritsino Museum-Reserve.

Unfortunately, after a conflict over finances in 2007, Elena stopped communicating with her brother Victor, and relations between relatives were broken. The brother filed a lawsuit against his sister for illegal dismissal from the post of vice president and appropriation of a stake in Inteko owned by Baturin. And in 2011, Elena sold the company. The new owners were Mikail Shishkhanov, who bought out 95% valuable papers, and Sberbank Investments.

Elena Baturina is not a fan of beauty salons. Business lady does not use the services of cosmetologists, she did not plastic surgery. Elena periodically loses weight, but does not create an end in itself from the process of losing weight. With a height of 172 cm, her weight sometimes reaches 87 kg.

Elena Baturina now

In April 2018, Elena Baturina made a deal to sell the Grand Tirolia hotel complex, which became a loss-making enterprise for her. The transaction price was € 45 million. The new owner is an Austrian entrepreneur who will involve an international hotel operator in the rebranding of the hotel.

Now Baturina's profit is brought by an international hotel chain, as well as a development center in New York. Thus, the net profit of the Morrison Hotel (Dublin, Ireland) in 2017 amounted to € 1.5 million. According to Forbes magazine, Baturina’s fortune for 2018 amounted to $ 1.2 billion. In the ranking of the richest women in Russia, Elena is still at first place, among the 200 richest businessmen in the country - on the 79th line.

Elena Baturina is ready for a dialogue with reporters, her interviews periodically appear in the press. Many businesswoman phrases become quotes. For communication, Elena Baturina chooses a live conversation. Elena Baturina did not start an official website. There is no her account on the Instagram social network, but her Twitter profile is open.

Elena Nikolaevna Baturina. She was born on March 8, 1963 in Moscow. Russian entrepreneur, philanthropist, philanthropist. President of Inteco Management. One of the richest women in Russia. Yuri Luzhkov's wife.

Father - Nikolai Baturin, was a foreman at the Fraser factory.

Mother worked at the machine, also at the Fraser plant.

The elder brother is Viktor Baturin, a businessman. In 2007, he sued his sister's company for $120 million for wrongful termination, but lost the case, and they signed a settlement. Since then, Baturina has not maintained contact with her brother. In July 2013, Viktor Baturin was convicted of promissory note fraud committed as part of his attempts to obtain additional money from his sister, in addition to those provided for in the settlement agreement, and non-residential premises. The court sentenced him to 7 years in prison.

In 1980, Elena graduated from high school, then for a year and a half she worked at the Fraser plant as a design engineer in the technology department.

In 1986 she graduated from the Moscow Institute of Management named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze.

She worked at the Institute for Economic Problems of Integrated Development of Moscow.

With the beginning of perestroika and the cooperative movement, she became the head of the secretariat of the All-Russian Union of United Cooperatives. From this organization she was delegated to the commission of the Moscow City Executive Committee on cooperative activities, where she held the position of chief specialist.

Started in 1989 entrepreneurial activity, having created a cooperative together with his brother Viktor Baturin.

In 1991, Elena made a cameo in the crime film "Genius" with the title role.

Elena Baturina in the film "Genius"

On June 5, 1991, the Krasnopresnensky District Executive Committee of Moscow registered the Charter of the property owned by Baturina Inteko LLP specializing in the manufacture different kind plastic products. Subsequently, for their individual types, the share of the products of this company accounted for up to a quarter of the Russian market. In the 1990s, Inteko, expanding its capacity, entered the construction business in the capital and other regions of the country. During the crisis of 2008-2009, Inteko was included in the list of 300 backbone enterprises Russian Federation who can count on government support.

Since 1994, Inteko has been engaged in petrochemistry - plastics processing and production of plastic products. In 1998, the company won a large tender at an open tender for the supply of 80,000 plastic seats for the Luzhniki stadium. Until 2000, the main business was the production of plastics and products from them.

In the mid-1990s, Inteko entered the construction business, developing following directions: development of modern finishing materials and technologies for facade work, cement production, panel and monolithic housing construction, architectural design and real estate business.

In 2001, CJSC Inteko acquired from a private person a controlling stake in one of the leading house-building plants in Moscow, JSC House-Building Plant No. 3. In June 2005 JSC Domostroitelny Kombinat No. 3 was sold.

In the early 2000s, Baturina acquired highly profitable "blue chips" of the largest Russian corporations Gazprom and Sberbank. This far-sighted step allowed the entrepreneur to sell these shares with a significant profit during the crisis year of 2009 and, due to this, to return the loans taken earlier to the banks for business development ahead of schedule and keep her business afloat.

At the end of 2008, along with Gazprom, Russian Railways and other big companies Inteko was included in the list of 295 backbone enterprises.

In 2009, Inteko CJSC acquired a 60% stake in Moscow Engineering Company CJSC, which specializes in engineering construction. In the same 2009, the company begins cooperation with the outstanding Spanish architect Ricardo Beaufil as part of a program to create fundamentally new prefabricated housing construction systems in Russia with the aim of comprehensive development of territories for mass housing construction.

In 2010, CJSC Inteko began construction of the second academic building of the Moscow State University named after M. V. Lomonosov.

In 2010, Elena Baturina turned out to be one of the largest taxpayers in Russia, paying taxes to the state budget for 2009 in the amount of 4 billion rubles.

At the end of 2010, Baturina sold her Russian Land Bank (RZB) to foreign investors.

The most significant completed projects of Inteko in Moscow during the period of ownership of the company by Elena Baturina are: Shuvalovsky residential quarter (270 thousand square meters), Grand Park residential area (400 thousand square meters), Volzhsky residential area (400 thousand square meters), Fusion Park multifunctional complex with a museum of unique cars from private collections Autoville (100 thousand m²), The fundamental library (60 thousand m²), as well as the educational building of the humanities faculties (100 thousand m²) of Lomonosov Moscow State University, invested and built by Inteko.

Inteko acted as a sponsor of the Russian Open Golf Championship golf tournament, one of the stages of the PGA European Tour, and also provided support to representatives of the Russian youth team during their participation in foreign competitions. In addition, Elena Baturina supported charity golf tournaments for the Cup of the President of the Russian Federation in Russia, as well as the Rottary Golf World Championship in Kitzbühel (Austria).

In early September 2011, the sale of Inteko's investment business was announced. Since 2011, Inteko has been part of the SAFMAR Group, owned by the Gutseriev-Shishkhanov family.

Selling Inteko, in 2011 Elena Baturina moved her business abroad. The head of the company Inteco Management.

After the resignation of Yuri Luzhkov from the post of mayor of Moscow, Elena Baturina settled outside the Russian Federation and began to actively invest in the hotel business. The first object of the future hotel chain was the five-star Grand Tirolia Hotel in Austrian Kitzbühel, the construction of which was completed in 2009. Investments in construction amounted, according to various estimates, to € 35-40 million. The hotel is located in the center of the Eichenheim golf club, together they make up the Grand Tirolia Golf & Ski Resort. Since 2009, the hotel complex has received the honorary status of the first Laureus House in Austria, and has now become the site of the annual award ceremony for the prestigious international Laureus World Sports Awards, referred to by experts as the "Oscars" in sports journalism.

In 2010, the hotel complex New Peterhof was opened in St. Petersburg. The hotel received a number of architectural awards: the Grand Prix of the Architecton-2010 architectural review competition in the Buildings nomination, the Golden Diploma of the Green Awards in the Hotel Real Estate nomination, and the Golden Diploma of the International Architectural Festival Architecton-2010. 2010" in the nomination "Buildings".

One of Elena Baturina's business areas in the USA is investing in investment development funds involved in the construction of residential and commercial real estate in the UK and the USA. Baturina's representative office in the United States opened at the end of 2015. It provides support and control over investments made in the country.

In November 2016, the acquisition by Baturina's structures was completed land plot in Limassol, Cyprus. The site is located directly on the coast and is intended for the construction of a complex of elite residential real estate.

In 2015, Elena Baturina acquired a majority stake in the German company Hightex GmbH, which specializes in membrane construction. In April 2017, Hightex announced the launch of two international projects - in Qatar and the USA. In Qatar, Hightex will construct the membrane roof and facades for the Al Bayt Stadium. The stadium, with a capacity of 60,000 spectators, will be one of the venues for the FIFA World Cup in 2022. In the USA, Hightex is implementing a project to install membrane elements at the construction of the Canopy of Peace facility, 50 meters high.

Elena Baturina's condition

In 2010, Forbes magazine recognized Baturina as the third richest woman world with a fortune of $ 2.9 billion. In 2011, she moved to 77th place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia with a fortune of $ 1.2 billion, while remaining the richest entrepreneur in the country. In 2012 - 86th place in the list of the richest businessmen in Russia with a fortune of $ 1.1 billion.

In 2013, she took 98th place with a fortune of $ 1.1 billion. In 2013, the Sunday Times newspaper included Elena Baturina in the Sunday Times Rich List - list the richest people Great Britain. The Russian businesswoman got 122nd place in the general list and 12th place in the list of the wealthiest women. Since then, Elena Baturina has appeared on the list every year and is a leader among women in the country who have earned their fortune on their own.

At the end of 2015, the fortune of Elena Baturina was $1 billion.

In 2017, her fortune amounted to $ 1 billion - 1940 place in the world ranking, 90 - in Russia.

Baturina's fortune was estimated at $1.2 billion.

Social activities of Elena Baturina

Since 2006, she has served as deputy head of the interdepartmental group on the national project "Affordable and comfortable housing for Russian citizens." Elena Baturina was the only representative of the construction business in this group. In connection with the work on the national project, a special division was created at Inteko, whose employees traveled to the regions of Russia, examining the state of the construction industry enterprises on the spot, determining the need for building materials, collecting demographic and sociological data. As a result, the concept of the Federal Target Program "Development of the Construction Industry and Building Materials Industry" was developed, on the basis of which the Government of the Russian Federation developed "Strategy for the development of the building materials industry for the period up to 2020".

In 2010, the president of the company, Elena Baturina, became one of the first representatives of large businesses who independently provided assistance to victims of fires - in particular, Inteko built free of charge in Tula region children's preschool institution.

In 2015, Baturina became one of the international ambassadors public program WE-Women for EXPO organized jointly with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Intalia. We-Women for EXPO is an international public project within the framework of the World Expo, created to find solutions to the most pressing issues raised at EXPO 2015. The project brings together outstanding women from all over the world: laureates Nobel Prize, politicians, cultural figures, science and sports, philanthropists and entrepreneurs. The status of an international ambassador was awarded to Elena Baturina for her contribution to the promotion of an innovative approach to solving social issues.

In 1999-2005, Elena Baturina served as President of the Russian Equestrian Federation. During this time, the organization of international dressage and triathlon competitions for youths and juniors was initiated, teams of riders of the corresponding age categories qualified for participation in the European Championships were formed. Many competitions were held in Moscow, including the Moscow Mayor's Cup, which was one of the stages of the Cup. After a ten-year break, the Championship of Russia, the Cup of Russia and the Championship of Russia among youths and juniors in triathlon were held.

Supports culture and the arts. First "Russian Seasons" Elena Baturina organized in Kitzbühel, Austria in 2008 a Russian Christmas celebration with the participation of Russian classical music performers and Russian folk song and dance groups. The following stages of the Russian Seasons were held for several years not only in Austria, but also in a number of other European countries.

Sponsored the International Music Festival Jazz Nova in Kitzbühel. During different years its headliners were the legends of world music Stevie Wonder and Carlos Santana, the participants were Liquid Soul and Brazzaville, Turetskogo Choir, Sergey Zhilin. Attendance at the festival was free, invitations were distributed through public funds.

Elena Baturina is the founder of the charitable Education Support Foundation (FES) "NOOSPHERE", whose activities are aimed at developing religious tolerance and tolerance in society and provides for the creation of a system of educational courses, information and leisure centers, grant and scholarship programs. The NOOSPHERE Foundation is the initiator and one of the organizers of the educational festival Team Tolerance. Currently, the Noosphere Foundation is implementing an educational astronomy project in London with the support of the London Mayor's Foundation.

Elena Baturina initiated a charity project "Revival of the Russian tradition of collective assistance in building a house" ("House by the whole world"). This project was designed to unite the efforts of commercial organizations, individuals and authorities in various regions of Russia to solve the housing problems of people in dire need of better living conditions. As part of the "Home for the Whole World" project, Inteko donated apartments to families in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and St. Petersburg.

Established humanitarian fund BE OPEN- creative think tank / "think tank", whose mission is to promote ideas and personalities. This is a cultural and humanitarian initiative that aims to gather the energy of the global creative elite - the best minds from the sphere of art, education, design, business - and direct it to a positive transformation of society. The development and realization of the creative potential of young people is carried out with the help of an extensive system of interrelated events: conferences, competitions, exhibitions, master classes, events in the field of culture and art.

Height of Elena Baturina: 172 centimeters.

Personal life of Elena Baturina:

Married. Spouse - (born September 21, 1936), Soviet and Russian state and political figure, for 18 years in 1992-2010 he served as mayor of Moscow.

Luzhkov and Baturina met when both worked in the Moscow City Executive Committee, Elena - in the commission for cooperative activities. We got married in 1991. Then Elena Baturina was 28 years old, and Luzhkov was 55. Baturina said: “When we worked together, we didn’t even think about it, everything happened a little later. Luzhkov is a real man in the very best sense this word. And we are very lucky - we love each other. We are a completely traditional family."

In marriage, they had two daughters - Elena (born 1992) and Olga (born 1994).

Before the resignation of Yuri Luzhkov, the daughters studied at Moscow State University. Later they moved to London, where they studied politics and economics in University College London.

Baturina explained her move to London by her desire to be close to her daughters: “Life so happened that I now have to live in England, my children study there and I, of course, will always be attached to the place where they are. They will want tomorrow live in Japan, I will go to Japan with them because they are my children and they are more important to me than any business."

Daughter Elena is engaged in business in Slovakia, founded the company Alener in Bratislava, the main field of activity of which is the development of cosmetics and perfumes.

Daughter Olga in 2010 entered the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, then studied for two years at University College London. She then graduated with a bachelor's degree from New York University, followed by a master's degree in hospitality and food sciences. At the end of 2015, Olga opened the Herbarium bar next to the Grand Tirolia Hotel in Kitzbühel, owned by Elena Baturina.

In January 2016, Baturina and Luzhkov got married after 25 years life together. The wedding took place in the house church of the Nativity of the Virgin, located on the site country house Yuri Luzhkov, he was held by the rector of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Archbishop Feognost - the former mayor of Moscow maintains friendly relations with him. The ceremony was attended by children and relatives of the couple, as well as close friends.

Elena Baturina is fond of horses. Baturina became interested in equestrian sports after Svyatoslav Fedorov gave her a horse for her birthday. In his personal stable, Baturina keeps disabled horses and provides them with a decent existence.

According to Baturina, how a person gets on a horse, how he negotiates with it - this is how he builds relationships with people: “It is imperative to put a person on a horse to see how he will behave in a team: will he become a leader or not, will he be a dictator or he will compromise. In general, horses are easier for men. They have a strong hand, and it is not difficult to stop an animal. Luzhkov can handle any horse."

He also loves skiing. He prefers skiing in Tyrol, Austria. It was this passion that caused the first object of the Baturina hotel chain, the Grand Tirolia Hotel, to be built in Tyrol.

In addition, Elena Baturina is fond of golf, which she plays with her husband and collects photographs from the countries she visits.

Collects Russian porcelain. Elena Baturina owns one of the largest private collections of Russian imperial porcelain. She gives preference to porcelain from the time of Nicholas I.

In April 2011, Elena Baturina donated about 40 works of art to the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve in Moscow - part of her collection of rare porcelain. The exposition was dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812.

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