10 facts about Oleg Tinkoff





1. A wide range of Oleg Tinkoff is known as the founder and owner of the brewery, and a chain of restaurants "Tinkoff", and later - Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank "Tinkoff Credit Systems". However, his way in business is much more convoluted: Oleg at different times owned a chain of shops selling art recording studio, music store and the company for the production of fast food - ravioli, frozen pancakes and burgers.

2. From 2006 to 2008, Oleg was the sole owner of having Russian roots professional road cycling team «Tinkoff Credit Systems», based in Italy.

3. One time Oleg claimed that he is a master of cycling, but in 2006, said that in his youth he was a candidate for the Master of Sports in cycling and for various reasons, "nedokatalsya" to the rank of master. < br />
4. Another "legend", composed by Oleg as a marketing course - its origin from the genus Brewers. As evidence has been provided with a copy of the page of the dictionary Brockhaus and Efron, which reported Porphyry Tinkoff, the beer comes from the imperial court in 1759. It later emerged that the brewer Tinkoff did not exist, and a copy of the page from the dictionary - a fake. Oleg has recognized this fact in an interview in 2005.

5. The introduction to the book by Oleg "I like everything," published last year, wrote Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson - British entrepreneur, founder of the famous corporation «Virgin».

6. Oleg met his future wife Rina in 1989, and married her - only in the 2009th. Intermediate 20 years the couple lived happily unmarried, which have three children.

7. Oleg has his own lane. Order of the administration of St. Petersburg on July 7th, 2003 passage of the Sapernaya unnamed street to the impasse in Pushkin was named - Tinkoff lane.

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9. Oleg Classmates are also major figures in Russian business: Oleg Stallions (later founded a network of hypermarkets "Tape"), Oleg Leonov ("Dixie") and Andrey Rogachev ("Pyaterochka"). Last Tinkoff later called one of his first teachers in the business.

10. Oleg leads to LiveJournal blog, which was signed more than 20 000 people. The popularity of the blog, as well as numerous references in the electronic media suggest that Oleg Tinkoff - the most popular businessman in RuNet.

Source: ru.wikipedia.org and www.lenta.ru/lib/

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