Maxim Poletaev Biography

St. Petersburg 2nd Krasnoarmeyskaya St. Among the achievements of the former “ordinary guy from the hinterland” - participation in the transformation of a Sberbank from the classic old school bank into a high -tech corporation, saving from bankruptcy of the Balkan agro -industrial giant Agrokor and the foundation of the Gauss Ventures venture fund. What path did Maxim Poletaev go to achieve this?

A quiet life in Yaroslavl: when it is good where we are the future first deputy of Herman Gref was born on April 6, little can be said about his early life: a simple school, a passion for sports, a dream of a bright future. It is noteworthy that after the release he did not rush to Moscow, like many, but confidently entered the Yaroslavl State University. He planned to connect his future with the economy, namely, accounting and analysis of economic activity.

After graduating from the university, Maxim Poletaev followed his interest in science and remained to work as an assistant to the Department of Economics, Planning and Organization of Production. In the city, having returned to Russia, Poletaev remains faithful to himself and does not try to break into the capital, but decides to apply the acquired knowledge in his native Yaroslavl.

Maxim Vladimirovich Poletaev in the Sberbank branch for 20 years in Sberbank: the path of innovation and take -off the career ladder immediately after the internship of a young specialist with foreign experience is invited to manage the department of analysis and marketing in the local Sberbank. A fresh look, willingness to take risks and personal perseverance lead to the fact that in the city in the next year Maxim Poletaev takes his department to the leaders in terms of development, already in the city there is also success.

During his work in the field of finance, Poletaev established himself as a competent manager and innovator. The main liability field of Maxim Vladimirovich was the supervision of a corporate block. In the center of his attention, the introduction of information technologies and the optimization of banking processes were also always: among other things, he presented and engaged in the development of Sberbank IT platforms, oversaw the testing of business models by the type of oriental banking, announced the norm of rotation of top managers once every 5 years to avoid stagnation.

Under the leadership of Gref, Maxim Poletaev actively modernized the work of Sberbank, often jokingly commenting on the incorrect approach of the modern world to the introduction of new technologies: “At first, the steam locomotive also scared very much. And from potatoes people generally died. Because they ate wrong. " According to Poletaev, in order to successfully introduce something new, it is necessary to act following the example of Suvorov-to put the guard: "And then what is prohibited to the Russian person will be very interesting." AGROKOR crisis and the formation of Fortenova Grupa in the city of Poletaev become a key figure in a loud business with a loan of one of the largest agro -industrial conglomerates in Europe - Agrokor.

Subsequently, it turned out that Agrokor's affairs are going much worse than expected. Most of the company's documentation was faked, its head, Ivitsa Todorich, hid huge debts for a long time, and then went on the run. Against the background of the fact that the Croatian government refused to bankrupt Agrokor, justifying this with a threat of a financial collapse of the country's economy, the media prophesied huge losses to the Russian side.

Maxim Poletaev in the status of an adviser Gref went to Croatia. Poletaev himself became the head of the board of directors of the new structure. Investments to the future: Creation of Gauss Ventures and the development of Briskly, having completed his career in Sberbank, Maxim Poletaev actively engaged in investment. He shows particular interest to the sphere of high-tech startups, again making bets on the development of IT technologies.

Together with partners, he establishes the Gauss Ventures venture fund. One of the well -known investments of the fund is the Russian startup Briskly. The company is developing a platform for trading without staff called “B-Pay”. This is an application for scanning the barcodes of goods and their payment without the participation of sellers. Today it is used in more than 40 cities of Russia both in some retail stores and in specialized Briskly micromarkets.

Maxim Poletaev is now “global problems can be treated as weather. Even if the weather is bad, you still need to live, and therefore we somehow know how to survive in any conditions, ”-such a view of the world of Maxim Poletaev. Maxim Poletaev during an interview with the year of reaching Poletaev as a successful manager and negotiator, not afraid of either tests or crises, opened doors to him to the largest Russian companies, such as Rusal and USM.

Maxim Poletaev represents the interests of minorityeans in the Council of Directors of Norilsk Nickel. At the moment, as the media indicates, the main emphasis in Maxim Poletaev’s activities is made at work at the head of the board of directors of Fortenova Group, which can announce its IPO in the next year. The facts about the life of Maxim Poletaev speaks freely in English and German.

He is happily married, brings up three sons.

He is fond of a tennis game.He believes that the main thing in money is not the acquisition of “status”, but the opportunity to ensure simple life joys. For example, the purchase of cars, to which he has a weakness from student times.