Igor Alexandrovich Ponomarev - Russian entrepreneur , founder of the Genser group of companies engaged in retail sales of foreign cars.
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| Birth name | Igor Alexandrovich Ponomarev |
| Date of Birth | October 17, 1965 |
| Place of Birth | Chisinau , Moldavian SSR , USSR |
| Date of death | January 19, 2010 (44 years) |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |
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| Occupation | entrepreneur , founder and owner of the group of companies Genser |
Biography
Born on October 17, 1965 in Chisinau . In 1988 he graduated from the Moscow State Technical University. N. E. Bauman , in 1990 graduate school at this university, and in 2005 received an MBA from the Higher School of Economics.
In 1991, with his partner, Vladimir Pronin, founded the company "Genser Service", which later became a group of companies Genser . At first, he was engaged in selling used cars transported from Germany, then, together with his partner, began to overtake new Saab cars from Vienna. Then he began to open dealerships in Moscow, the first of which was Saab. From 1992 to 2007, he served as CFO, and from 2007 until his death in 2010, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Genser. Igor Ponomarev was included in the rating of the 1000 most professional managers of Russia according to the version of the Kommersant publishing house. He became the winner of the contest "The Best Risk Manager in Russia in 2006". Largely due to his work, Genser remained attractive for investment even in times of crisis. He was the author of columns for the magazine Finance, led a blog in LJ. He was one of the 500 richest people in Russia, his fortune was estimated at $ 70 million.
January 19, 2010 in Moscow in the 45th year of life, after a long illness, died.