Photo: Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons¹³

Vladimir Bogdanov

Russian businessman (born 1951)

Vladimir Leonidovich Bogdanov (Russian: Влади́мир Леони́дович Богда́нов; born 28 May 1951) is a Russian businessman and oil tycoon.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Vladimir Bogdanov (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born May 28, 1951.¹

Companies

SurgutneftegasChief executive officer¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedTyumen Industrial University³

Career

Occupation: businessperson, entrepreneur, politician, engineer.⁸

Date not recordedChief executive officer, Surgutneftegas⁴
Date not recordedMember of the Tyumen Oblast Duma^{5 6}
Date not recordedDeputy of the Duma of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra^{5 7}

In 1973, he graduated from Tyumen Industrial Institute with a degree in oil and gas and since then has worked in oil industry in Tyumen Oblast, mainly in Surgutneftegas. Since 1993, he is the President of Surgutneftegas, one of the largest Russian oil companies. In 1978-80 he occupied leading positions in Yuganskneftegaz. Since 1984 he has been the Director General of Surgutneftegas, which became a private company in 1993. In June 2001 Forbes claimed that Bogdanov was the third wealthiest Russian with $1.6 billion. He has been a member of the Khanty-Mansi legislature since 1996.

Bogdanov was also a confidant of Sergey Sobyanin during the successful 2001 Tyumen Oblast Governor election and of Vladimir Putin during the 2004 Russian Presidential Election.

Sanctions

In April 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on him and 23 other Russian nationals.

In April 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Bogdanov was added to the European Union sanctions list "in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine and other actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

From Wikipedia’s article on Vladimir Bogdanov (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

BornMay 28, 1951, Suyerka⁹
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia¹⁰

Awards

2016State Prize of the Russian Federation¹¹
Date not recordedCommendation of the Government of Russia¹¹
Date not recordedHero of Labour of the Russian Federation¹¹
Date not recordedHonoured Worker of the Oil and Gas Industry of the Russian Federation¹¹
Date not recordedMedal "For the Tapping of the Subsoil and Expansion of the Petrochemical Complex of Western Siberia"¹¹
Date not recordedOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class¹¹
Date not recordedOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class¹¹
Date not recordedOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class¹¹
Date not recordedOrder "Polar Star" (Yakutia)¹¹
Date not recordedOrder of Honor¹¹

More awards (6)

Date not recordedOrder of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedOrder of the Badge of Honour¹¹
Date not recordedOrder of the Red Banner of Labour¹¹
Date not recordedRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude¹¹
Date not recordedRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude¹¹
Date not recordedRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour¹¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov on Wikidata
2
WikipediaVladimir Bogdanov on Wikipedia
3
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: education, on Wikidata
4
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: Chief executive officer, Surgutneftegas, on Wikidata
5
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: Member of the Tyumen Oblast Duma, on Wikidata
6
WikidataMember of the Tyumen Oblast Duma, as reported
7
WikidataDeputy of the Duma of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug — Yugra, as reported
8
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: occupation, on Wikidata
9
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: place of birth, on Wikidata
10
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: citizenship, on Wikidata
11
WikidataVladimir Bogdanov: award, on Wikidata
12
WikidataSurgutneftegas, Chief executive officer
13
Wikimedia CommonsVladimir Bogdanov photo by Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0