Igor vodyanov biography. Businessman Igor Vodopyanov: “The state is a tractor. Hopefully it will only move the leg, but not the whole leg. The main version - suffered for freethinking

Vodopyanov Igor Mikhailovich was born on August 31, 1968. In 1985 he graduated from school, sports class in fencing, master of sports. From 1985 to 1991 he studied at the Baltic State Technical University. Ustinov (Voenmekh) with a degree in radio engineer.

From 1994 to 2000, he was a shareholder and successfully worked in Balt-Group CJSC, a financial company that works with clients on the securities market. In 1997, Mr. Vodopyanov, together with his partner Kirill Shishkov, created the Aquatoria business center. It was a successful business venture. The new business center, the premises of which were leased, satisfied the growing demand for high-class offices.

In 2001, another commercial project was implemented. Igor Vodopyanov becomes a representative of Teorema Holding Limited. Continuing to work with Kirill Shishkov, he brought the company to a new level. The tandem of the two businessmen was successful. In the same 2001, the Plant of Turbine Blades, with an area of ​​45 thousand square meters. m. was bought by "Theorema" for only $ 16 per square meter and converted into a business center "Eureka". The next projects were the T-4 and Langensiepen business centers on Kamennoostrovsky prospect.

At the moment, Teorema Management Company owns the completed business centers Evrika, T4, Langensiepen, Benois, Obukhov-Center, Zima, Leto, as well as the Teorema Terminal warehouse complex ...

The bold statements of the managing partner of Teorema Management Company Igor Vodopyanov regarding Russian development and towards the authorities of the Northern capital have long been sorted into quotes by both the St. Petersburg and Moscow business communities. Read about what else besides work interests a true businessman in our new material.
Igor, I know that you are fond of fencing. Why is this sport close to you?
In fact, I am not fond of fencing, just as a child I was a master of sports of the USSR, and I have a lot of friends who also fenced. I have to do some kind of sports, so I'm doing it. By itself, I don't really like sports.
Do you have any hobbies?
Work is my hobby. I build beautiful houses, I want to leave a positive mark on the history of the city.

Do you like to travel?
Everyone loves to travel, but travel cannot be understood as driving through five-star hotels around the world. At one time, when I was younger, I participated in races in northern Sakhara in jeeps. There is the most famous such race - "Paris-Dakar", which now takes place not there, but in South America. And before that there were also such rallies - "Tunis", "Morocco", "Master Rally", so we went there five times.
And now?
I go to Ibiza, it's funny there! In general, apart from work, there are no special hobbies. I built a beautiful house for myself in the village, before reaching Priozersk, and now I am improving it. I believe that you can only live where you work. It's just, even technically difficult, to wander into the city every day. Not far from the city there is no longer nature and everything is built up. If you go further, then you need 80-100 km, and you will definitely not drive such a distance every day. It is in Europe you can live 80 km from the city.
What city besides St. Petersburg do you love?
I really like Berlin. I think that in terms of housing, Berlin is best suited. It is much more fun than the rest of Germany, and in addition to the Germans, there are many other peoples living there that bring atmosphere there. Of the great cities, I love Rome, but I don't really like Paris. In general, I don't really like the attitude of the French towards the non-French. I think they are a bit snobbish, especially in big cities. I really liked Lisbon, and the Qashqai resort next to it is an extremely good place.

It is now clear where Nissan draws inspiration for its model names. And from countries not yet visited, where would you like to visit?
My dream is to get to New Zealand and the only thing that stops me is that it is very far to fly there. However, I still intend to focus on this matter and fly.
Is there such a talent that you do not have, but which you would like to have?
When I was born, my mother quickly figured out that I couldn't sing, I had no hearing, and I couldn't draw, so I was quickly put into sports. But my brother was tortured with a violin and a piano. I admire people who have ear and can play instruments or sing.

Did your brother also end up in real estate?
He worked in our company for a long time, but then we parted ways, and now he is interested in sailing. I don't really like this kind of sport, because when I was engaged in it at the institute, the impression was not very positive. In those years, both the equipment and yachts were worse, but the main thing in sailing is nothing happening. So you took - set the sail, sailed into the sea and sit and drink wine on board. I do not like monotonous rest.
I know that you are not ashamed to talk about power and politics in our country ...
And the authorities are indifferent to all this, they can say whatever they want, just not to meddle in their affairs. I do not cross the line that can offend them, and people in power are often not entirely qualified and very touchy. I believe that those who do not speak up - they just don't care, and this is quite understandable. Top managers often earn big money, what are the fate of their homeland ?! This is not because they are some kind of cowardly - they just do not have a civil position. I think their civic position is that while you can earn money for yourself, the rest does not matter. This is the position and opinion of most of my friends - rich people. I think that it could be somehow more competent to govern the country, but if our population sincerely votes for Vladimir Vladimirovich, then they are completely satisfied with the results of his rule and this is the choice of the population, and their right. I absolutely do not say something from the series - let's remove these, and put me in, I know how it should be, I also don't know how it should be, but they could manage better.
So, I didn’t have time to finish ... Does such a “fearless truth-teller” have fears?
In general, there are no global phobias.

And the complexes?
I don't think so either. Complexes arise in a person only when the opinion of the people around him about himself is very important to him. It is then that a person has different complexes that he is being misjudged. To be honest, I am not very interested in the opinion of others. There are some people whose opinion I am interested in. For example, I build houses and the opinion of professional architects who understand the topic is interesting to me. There are criticisms about what we are building, and there are opinions that we are in trend and do the right thing. If we talk about an ordinary Russian, then for a Russian, anyone who makes money is a thief. And there is no way to convince him that you do not. If you are doing some kind of charity, then they will think that you have stolen so much that you can even unfasten the children.
What qualities do you value in people?
Mind, and women have beauty. I believe that a woman is a creature to some extent meaningless, then she must be beautiful. The second most important thing after the mind is the sense of humor.
Is there something annoying in yourself?
I am a little hot-tempered, but over the years I became much calmer, and 10-15 years ago I was more hot-tempered.

What is your zodiac sign, do you believe in horoscopes?
According to the sign, I am a virgin, but I believe a little in horoscopes. Even if you look in a notebook at how the birthdays of my friends are distributed, you can clearly see that those friends with whom I have a good relationship are all concentrated around certain seasons. I am not fanatic about this, but it seems to me that there is some influence in this.
What qualities irritate you in other people, are you afraid of betrayal?
Lack of mind. I have several people in whom I am absolutely confident, and the rest conduct business in a way that suits them. But this is more a matter of business ethics. To betray, you need to be a close person, and I am absolutely sure of my loved ones. I have not met any kind of nuclear betrayal in my life.
Do you have many close friends?
No more than five.
Can you make a new best friend at your age?
Where does he come from - the relationship is somehow already built. Rather, this circle is narrowing for various reasons.

What can take you by surprise?
I try to lead my life so that there are no sudden events in it. That's why I live separately. Someone who cannot be avoided is the police. If you are not a rudder, they will stop you anyway. Mutual communication will not bring pleasure to any of us. To avoid such encounters, I really like to ride a motor scooter. I can safely go to a restaurant in the evening. Now you do not need a license for such transport, but our wonderful deputies want to eliminate this defect. Apparently in Russia there are no more problems, but there are only problems with the adoption of children by same-sex couples, the fight against gays and the right to a motor scooter (laughs - approx. Arendator.ru). Now, if we solve them, then everything will be fine in Russia.
And "give on the paw" of the traffic cops?
Of course, how could it be otherwise if the system is configured this way?
What is happiness for you?
It's hard to say, corny I like to ride a motor scooter around the city. This, of course, is not happiness, but something vaguely reminiscent of it. There are some standard things for mom and dad to be healthy in old age. I take different actions for this, but money does not solve everything, unfortunately.
Are you a lucky person?
I would not say that I am a super happy person right now. For me, the state of happiness around 25-30 years old was much more understandable, but over the years it all dulls.

What did you dream about as a child?
I thought that by the age of 43 I would be holding some important post in the government, but it turned out that this dream came true not for me, but for my classmate. This man became the president of Gazpromneft.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
I do not think that from the first, rather in love from the first month of acquaintance. In general, to be honest, I'm not very amorous. But fate has not deprived me of beautiful and outstanding girls on my path in life.
You will be 45, and you have never been married. Is this a position in life or circumstances?
I lived with the first girl for six years, broke up with her out of stupidity and still regret it. Now we have friendly relations, but I understand that it was necessary to marry her and start a family with her. Then there were some more attempts, but the last girl left me four months ago, which I am extremely sorry about.
Do you think about children in the future?
Of course, I set this task. I have already built a house, planted an avenue of trees.

How much money does a person need to consider himself rich?
My personal consumption has not changed for the last ten years, and it is provided by a project that was made ten years ago. All other projects that we do do not affect my life at all. I don’t need to spend more money a month, I don’t need two cars. I love to ride jeeps, and you can ride jeeps both in winter and in summer. The idea to buy also an open convertible does not occur to me, and I don't need 2 jeeps. A helicopter is a useful thing, but quite dangerous and difficult in our country, although it is easier to fly in St. Petersburg than in Moscow.
What do you like to spend money on?
Basically I invest in business, little by little I develop. After 2008, in fact, I had to start all over again. Now there is a new administration in the city, they have completely different priorities. We thought they would propose new rules of the game, but it turned out that they don't want to play anything at all. It was as if everyone was playing football, and then the referee came and said that the game should be suspended. Everyone is waiting for the new rules to be announced and the second half will go, and the judge says that in principle it is not planned to play anymore.

They didn't even export projects to MIPIM ...
I believe that MIPIM is a useless event, and nothing serious is ever decided there. It's all like dancing with a tambourine around a fire, like, for example, the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. In the Moscow administration, at least there are adequate competent people with whom you can build a dialogue, who are really trying to do something, and not pretend, but I don’t understand our administration, maybe because I’m stupid.
Are you going to Moscow in the near future?
No, of course, I go to Moscow when absolutely necessary. The capital is not aesthetically close to me. There is a mega-bustle around, you have to spin, get acquainted, spend your nerves. Well, I'll earn a couple of million dollars after that, but how will this affect my life? It takes me 15 minutes to get to work, and there is an hour and a half in traffic jams.
What can you look at endlessly?
There is a good joke that a man can endlessly watch not three things, and Anya Semenovich has two of them (Laughs - note by Arendator.ru).

If we talk about architecture, how do you feel about skyscrapers?
They are different - some are terrible, while others are nothing. I believe that now the period of glass buildings is passing and there will be more stone in the future. I built the first glass facade in St. Petersburg in 1998. 15 years have passed since then and something else needs to be done.
Who would you like to be in your next life?
I didn't even think about it ...
Well, if you don't understand the feminine essence, maybe a woman?
Aaaaa, no! It is better to sort it out on the spot first (Laughs - approx. Tenant.ru)!
Do you have an example to follow?
Parents are a role model in terms of the fact that their assessments of good and bad are inherent in me. In general, it is difficult to say that I would like to be like someone.
Can you tell a good tie from a bad tie?
I don't wear watches and ties. And this fascination with Swiss watches for 50,000 thousand dollars is also a mystery to me.

How does a Petersburger differ from a Muscovite?
In Moscow, it is difficult to say who the Muscovite is. There are a lot of destinies and peoples intertwined in this city. Moscow is a more Asian city, this does not mean that it is bad, just the mentality is completely different. But now they began to fight at least with signs and banners, but earlier it seemed that all of Moscow was a path to a large clothing market. In this giant metropolis there are some cozy streets, places that you can visit, but they are so fragmentary that you still find yourself in a whirlwind of everything. Peter has a face, but unless, of course, you don't go to Kupchino. There is a great deal of artificiality in St. Petersburg, and it takes a lot of political will to make it look the way it looks. Petersburgers are much slower.

What do you think about contemporary art?
It seems to me that modern painting is some kind of divorce. I have a friend who is very professional in this and every time he proves to me that I am wrong, but I still think that this is a divorce. Take a shark in alcohol - what's so great about that? To do this, you can go to the Cabinet of Curiosities and see what it was practiced 300 years ago.
Do you understand Malevich?
Malevich is well applicable to his era, he is like a cut of this time. However, if we talk about that era, then I like Kandinsky more.
What kind of cuisine do you like?
Italian. My friends and I visit a smaller range of restaurants. I don't like Ginza at all. Lapin, of course, is a genius person, I admire him. He controls what, in my opinion, is impossible to control. But here he brilliantly manages to cook everywhere for 4 with a minus.
Can you cook?
No, and never did. It is necessary to buy groceries, spend time, clean up after that, and then you will throw out half of it anyway.

What was the last movie you watched?
I download movies more often. From the latter I watched "Legend 17" and I think that this is a good solid domestic blockbuster, it takes a soul. The problem with our cinema is not to screw up. We shoot about the same actors who play about the same. I'm tired of the same faces that look the same everywhere.
How do you perceive Russian music? Are you listening to the aforementioned Semenovich?
And she also sings (Laughs - approx. Arendator.ru)? I think that Semyon Slepakov is very talented, I like Petr Nalich.
Would you agree to become immortal without any conditions?
I agreed.

If you are asked: Igor Vodopyanov is this? What will you answer?
A man who is trying to build beautiful houses in St. Petersburg.

From 1994 to 2000, he was a shareholder and successfully worked in Balt-Group CJSC, a financial company that works with clients on the securities market.
In 1997, the businessman, together with his partner Kirill Shishkov, created the Aquatoria business center. It was a successful business venture. The new business center, the premises of which were leased, satisfied the growing demand for high-class offices.
In 2001, another commercial project was implemented. Igor Vodopyanov becomes a representative of TEOREMA HOLDING LIMITED.
Continuing to work with Kirill Shishkov, he brought the company to a new level. The tandem of the two businessmen was successful. In the same 2001, the Plant of Turbine Blades, with an area of ​​45 thousand square meters. m. was bought by "Theorema" for only $ 16 per square meter and converted into a business center "Eureka". The next projects were the T-4 and Langensiepen business centers on Kamennoostrovsky prospect.
Prudence, correct approach and intuition? three key components of business success, according to Igor Mikhailovich. And we must not forget that it is human nature to make mistakes. Sometimes you need to give a second chance and be patient. It is in this that the businessman sees the secret of success in creating a suitable and fruitful atmosphere for work in the company. What must be in the arsenal of a successful entrepreneur is an unblemished reputation and the help of a reliable partner.
There are no questions about how to spend your free time. The businessman loves to travel. Is there another hobby in his circle of interests? riding a motor scooter. He prefers to be neither a pedestrian nor a motorist, but someone in between, "... which gives a feeling of freedom," says Igor Vodopyanov. On February 14, the Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg conducted a series of searches in the territories controlled by the owner of St. Petersburg business centers, Igor Vodopyanov. The accounting department of his main company "Teorema" was seized, employees of the companies controlled by him are suspected of transferring bribes to the tax inspector. Traditionally, the public Vodopyanov turned off the phone, but he is seen in public places.

Vodopyanov disappeared from all kinds of radars on the morning of February 14. The operating activities of the development giant "Teorema" are tied to it, which manages a dozen large business centers, warehouses and residential real estate rented by well-known world companies. The businessman taught the journalists so much that he was his own press service that there was no place for positive comments. His phone was turned off, and his assistant Maria left long beeps instead.

By eleven in the morning, the Investigative Committee of St. Petersburg and operatives of the "banking" department of the Economic Security Service of the regional FSB appeared in the Benois business center - the hallmark of the "Theorem". Go, as if they were told at a departmental meeting, to the accounting department. They went.

There are enough Benois tenants, and it seemed to many that the target number 1 of the official guests was the holding's subsidiary, Teorema Telecom (TT).

TT started in 2004 and has grown to become an IT industrialist. Vodopyanov's legacy was binding. The company was the first in Russia to practically equip large business centers with integrated infrastructure. The tenants in the complex received reliable access to their servers, secure Internet and VPN access for remote employees, virtual PBX services, an intelligent answering machine and a private call center.

Dmitry Loktionov is the head of Teorema Telecom. He was not at his workplace, and someone whispered that he was detained after a search in his apartment. Instantly, the figure of Eduard Krupin appeared in the gossip. According to SPARK, he is still listed as the owner of TT, but physically he seems to be in Georgia. And the investigation also had questions for him.

Dmitry Loktionov

The network of "Megafon" serving Igor Vodopyanov's phone, meanwhile, was straining from a flurry of requests to his number. The female answer for the billionaire was “The device of the called party is off,” and the mood of the callers contrasted sharply with the indifference that the owner of the answering machine put into this phrase.

Vodopyanov, according to Fontanka, too, like all those who were looking for him, was far from a state of serenity. They came to his house early in the morning and presented a search warrant. They say that the procedure was correct, but still left a residue. The investigator operated on a criminal case, and it is not known which one. Only a 17-digit number (117 ... 044) showed. Behind them, with these numbers, it is as if the giving of a bribe is encrypted. And not to the road inspector, but to the tax one. More precisely, the deputy head of the 24th MIFNS from Dalnevostochny Prospekt, which also serves the Nevsky District, and Teorema Telecom is legally located in this area. And the bribe is serious, 5 million rubles, transferred by bank transfer, using the accounts of companies controlled by Vodopyanov.

“Well, this is nonsense,” the businessman could have answered and he would have been right in his own way.

Igor Vodopyanov is his own press service for a reason. He is full 49 years old, was born in Leningrad, does not carry a passport with him (they will recognize it in his face), personally asks the newspaper "Delovoy Peterburg" not to include himself in the ratings (because he does not know how much money he has), but he is surprised to hear from the business -Media, that he has almost 10 billion in his hands, dares to speak, freed from hurray-feelings by education, visited and supported the Open Library platform, known for free discussions, and, moreover, they gossip, finances city opposition movements and politicians. It is unlikely that such a person, aware of the close attention on himself, would take part in bribing a 64-year-old tax officer.

But Vodopyanov was silent. By the evening of the 14th, the city had completely dispersed and married the businessman to the figurants. The talks about the arrest came from the Moika, where the Investigative Committee is located. Vodopyanov was taken there, and from there very few people manage to leave freely.

Another St. Petersburg billionaire, the co-owner of Yulmart, knows firsthand about this. Dmitry Kostygin ... Exactly at the time when rumor was taking Vodopyanova to the isolation ward, Kostygin was listening to the sensational decision of the Smolninsky court - to let him go. Of course, the business community was not without a joke:

“I passed the duty! Took duty! "

Meanwhile, Fontanka phoned the entrepreneur's partner, Kirill Shishkova. His voice clearly did not match the rumors:

“Igor Mikhailovich went to celebrate Valentine's Day. Detained? Not true. Tomorrow he has a meeting with the vice governor Igor Albin on Krestovsky Island, you can see for yourself. He will be there. "

The soothing rhetoric was superimposed on yet another rumor. As if federal structures are interested in isolating Vodopyanov, almost Rostec Sergey Chemezov ... The Akvatoria business center at Vyborgskaya embankment, 61 became the fulcrum. It is not part of the Teorema structure, but partly belongs to Vodopyanov. The entrepreneur is indeed involved in filling the building with tenants, in which the Head Design Research Institute-5, now involved in Rostec, was entirely located, but this story began in the late 90s, ten years before the formation of Rostec.

According to Fontanka, Igor Vodopyanov was indeed interrogated. The procedure - with paperwork, identification, pointless questions - took 2.5 hours. Actually, investigator Sharanov asked about the activities of the "Theorem" and relations with tax and other state bodies for an hour and a half.

“The interrogation took place,” lawyer Sergei Andreev confirmed to Fontanka. - But Igor Mikhailovich is in the status of a witness. It follows from his testimony that he has nothing to do with the circumstances of interest to the investigation. "

And yet I could not believe it. But thanks to the secular world and social media. The founder of the Mesto restaurant, Ekaterina Bokuchava, met a clearly tired Vodopyanov, took a picture and delighted the business community.

By one o'clock in the morning, the entrepreneur's phone did not come to life. Maybe he just decided to change the number.

[78.ru, 15.02.2018, "Billionaire Vodopyanov about his arrest: Yesterday I drank wine and was happy with everything that happened": General Director of the construction company "Teorema", St. Petersburg billionaire Igor Vodopyanov commented to 78.ru about his arrest and searches in the company's offices in a corruption case.
- Yesterday was February 14 - Valentine's Day. I drank wine, and I am completely satisfied with the events that happened yesterday, - said Vodopyanov. [...]
The management company Teorema, co-owned by Igor Vodopyanov, has been present on the commercial real estate market of St. Petersburg for 21 years, Kommersant writes. The firm specializes in leasing offices and is known for rebuilding several public baths into business centers.
Vodopyanov's fortune in 2015 was estimated at 5 billion rubles. He began his path to the status of a billionaire at CJSC Balt-Group, where from 1994 to 2000 he was a shareholder. In 1997 he created the Aquatoria business center. In 2001, the businessman became a representative of Teorema Holding Limited, brought the company to a new level together with Kirill Shishkov.
Vodopyanov's business projects include the Evrika business center, converted from a turbine blade plant, as well as the T-4 and Langensiepen business centers. - Box K.ru]

["DP", 02/14/2018, "One of the most famous developers of St. Petersburg billionaire Igor Vodopyanov was detained": Igor Vodopyanov has built himself an image of a truth-teller who does not go into his pocket for words. According to the estimates of "DP", his fortune for the year increased by 1.9 billion rubles and amounted to 9.8 billion rubles. Today, the developer's business centers are almost filled to capacity.
Despite the fact that Teorema Management Company, which Vodopyanov owns with Kirill Shishkov (No. 99 in the DP Billionaire Rating), went through bankruptcy in 2012, the company is doing well now. Teorema Management Company manages almost 200 thousand m2 of real estate in St. Petersburg, evaluating them this year, analysts have calculated that these business centers have added almost 7% in price. The entrepreneur himself does not undertake to evaluate his business assets, reminding him that he will have to pay off loans for a long time. The company is also engaged in residential construction - in the portfolio there are country townhouses near Peterhof, business-class housing in Polyustrovo. There is also a former industrial land on Okhta in reserve for residential construction, where about 500 thousand m2 of housing can be built, and a site of the Vperyod plant on Vasilyevsky Island. - Box K.ru]