Today, few people are surprised that the offspring of high-ranking officials almost from their student days are owners of large business assets. In particular, the children of governors own huge factories and plants in the regions under their jurisdiction. Of course, many might think that the business of golden youth cannot flourish without the patronage of parents, to whom the people entrusted responsible posts in the state. But suddenly, the protection of an influential father and mother has nothing to do with it, and their offspring independently achieved great heights in entrepreneurship? This, of course, happens, but, unfortunately, rarely. It is enough to recall the numerous facts when the business of the sons of large officials curtailed immediately after their parents left a high post in the system of state administration.
"I have achieved everything"
However, the offspring of the current chairman of the Federation Council, Matvienko Sergey, believes that his influential mother did not help him in building a career, and he achieved everything.
It is noteworthy that, of all the governor's offspring, he succeeded more than others in entrepreneurial activity. In 2011, according to experts of the Finances publication, Sergey Matvienko was among the five hundred domestic billionaires. At that time, his financial condition was estimated at 4.9 billion dollars. So what is the secret to the success of the son of the notorious Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko? Let's consider this question in more detail.
Curriculum Vitae
Matvienko Sergey was born on May 5, 1973. His father was a military pensioner (formerly a medical service colonel), and his mother was a civil servant.
At school, the boy showed interest in science, therefore, having received a certificate of maturity, he decided to get higher education. First, he learned to become a specialist in finance and credit, and then he was awarded a diploma in International Economics. The young man had internship in the United States, where he comprehended the basics of management organization and financial control systems in large companies. At the beginning of the zero Sergey Matvienko defended his thesis and became a candidate of economic sciences.
Already in 1992, he got a job as a manager in a reputable company (Avgustina Check Investment Fund OJSC). It would seem that the young man had bright career prospects, that is how it will be, but once a bad incident happened.
Youthful episode
At present, passions have somewhat calmed down over the criminal act committed by Sergey Matvienko in his young years, whose biography, as it turned out, is not without dark spots.
In 1994, the young man became a direct participant in the crime. Together with a certain Eugene Murin, he robbed the home of his friend, who was injured. The accomplices brought money and valuables from the apartment. Naturally, the investigators quickly identified the suspects and, without any delay, opened a criminal case.
Punishment
Sergey Vladimirovich Matvienko was immediately sent to a pre-trial detention center, but he did not have to sit there for a long time.
Valentina Ivanovna, who at that time worked as an ambassador in Malta, intervened in the situation. Upon learning of the incident, she immediately came to her homeland to help her own son. As a result, he is released from the prison and handed recognizance not to leave.
What happened?
Detectives found out that Rozhkov was beaten by Matvienko and Murin more than once. Investigators found that in one of the episodes, Sergei Vladimirovich Matvienko and his accomplice demanded that the victim repay the debt in the amount of 40 thousand rubles. Together with Murin’s classmates, they burst into Rozhkov’s apartment and inflicted physical harm on his health. After that, the raiders unexpectedly announced that Rozhkov owed not 40, but already 80 thousand rubles. And this time, the robbers decided to profit, taking away valuables. And on this fact a case was instituted. Sergei Matvienko at first denied everything, saying that he was in Malta at the time the crime was committed, but then partially admitted his own guilt, while emphasizing that everything was organized by his partner. One way or another, but the investigator did not put Matvienko in jail. After some time, this story was forgotten.
Start a career in entrepreneurship
In the mid-90s, the son of Valentina Ivanovna decides to try her hand at the business field and establishes the company "Northern extravaganza" together with a certain Ekaterina Vershinsky.
Subsequently, it turns out that the companion of Sergei Matvienko, in addition to the structure being created, legally owned more than five hundred companies in the city on the Neva.
In 1995, the son of Valentina Ivanovna creates the legal entity "Architect", specializing in the field of construction.
Four years later, Sergey Vladimirovich Matvienko (businessman) slightly changed the vector of commercial activity. On an equal footing, he creates Sennoy Pawnshop LLC, which began to issue money on the security of jewelry and other valuable things. The brainchild of the offspring of the ex-governor of the Northern capital is still successfully functioning. In the late 90s, Sergei Vladimirovich will be one of the founders of the company "MST-group", which will be engaged in the supply of computer equipment to budgetary organizations.
In 2003, the offspring of a high-ranking official will become the sole owner of the Empire company. She will be engaged in investment projects in pharmaceuticals, construction, freight, advertising. Subsequently, this commercial structure will have more than 25 subsidiaries.
Banking sector
In the early 2000s, Matvienko began to focus on work in banking.
According to Valentina Ivanovna, the son without any patronage got a job in the credit institution “Saint Petersburg”, whose leadership noticed the young man’s business skills after he identified vulnerabilities in the plastic card system. As a result, he took the position of adviser to the chairman of the board in the banking structure.
In 2004, the current dollar billionaire became vice president of Vneshtorgbank, the largest credit institution.
Two years later, Sergey Matvienko will be at the helm of VTB-Capital. The main focus of its activities will be construction. During this period of a businessman’s career, one can clearly trace the family tandem. Valentina Ivanovna will “entrust” her son with the construction of a new building of the city administration (“Nevskaya Town Hall”).
Negotiation
In 2007, Sergei Matvienko was attacked by journalists. In particular, the St. Petersburg Diary print publication published material on its pages stating that the son of the governor of St. Petersburg leads an antisocial lifestyle, addicted to drugs. The criminal story that happened to Matvienko Jr. in his youth was also mentioned.
Law enforcement agencies qualified the information of the sharks of the pen as untrue (with the exception of robbery of Rozhkov’s apartment) and opened a case under the relevant article of the Criminal Code.
Currently, Sergey Vladimirovich is still a prominent figure in business circles.
Family status
Until recently, the Russian billionaire had relations with the opposite sex quite peculiarly. Sergei Matvienko, whose personal life was covered in full detail by journalists, was twice married.
His first wife, singer Zara, at the time of their first meeting was already known among the show business of the Northern capital. They met at a fashion show, and a successful businessman was immediately subdued by the eastern beauty of the graduate of the Star Factory. However, the novice singer did not immediately accept his courtship: Sergey had to spend a lot of time trying to find the key to her lover's heart. Soon, lovers began to appear in public together. Approved the choice of son and Valentina Ivanovna, and the young people played a magnificent wedding. However, the family idyll did not last long. Already 6 months after the marriage, Sergey Matvienko and Zara parted. The singer went to live with her mother, and the businessman began to attend social events without his soulmate.
Why did the family break up?
Naturally, the friends and colleagues of the billionaire and graduates of the Star Factory did not understand the reason for the divorce of Zara and Sergey Matvienko.
The most diverse versions of why marriage broke up were put forward. Some argued that the singer after marriage asked her influential spouse to support her in the implementation of creative ideas both materially and morally. At first, the businessman responded to the request and even made contacts with famous producers - Max Fadeev and Joseph Prigozhin, but later it turned out that the realization of Zara’s desires required a fabulous sum, and Sergey Matvienko did not interfere in the sphere of show business anymore. Naturally, the spouse did not arrange such a turn of affairs, and in the end she suggested breaking off the relationship. But the billionaire himself, in communication with the sharks of the pen, said that marriage with a graduate of the “Star Factory” cracked at the seams because they simply did not agree on the characters.
The singer, in turn, told her husband that she was ready to agree to a divorce if, as a lender, she received money that she intended to spend on promoting herself. Matvienko did not immediately agree to the proposed condition, but then still gave up.
After the divorce, Zara received from her husband a compensation in the amount of half a million dollars in compensation.
New love
After some time, the billionaire met a girl from a simple family on his life journey. The second wife of Sergei Matvienko, a graduate of St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute. G.V. Plekhanova, from her youth, dreamed of a career as a model, studying first as an economist, then as a political scientist, and then as a TV presenter. Despite the fact that the wedding of Sergey and Julia took place in the Sheremetyevo Palace, the event itself was not grandiose. The newlyweds wanted a modest ceremony, and so it happened: the few guests received an invitation one day before the celebration. Soon after the newlyweds signed, they went on a honeymoon to Italy.
In the marriage, Sergei and Julia had a daughter, Arina, whose education Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is trying to devote time to. It is possible that after a while Arina may have a brother or sister.
