The modern economy is in a dual state. Some experts foreshadow a general crisis. Others, on the contrary, give their reasons in favor of a positive forecast. Sergey Solonin is an entrepreneur of the new generation full of strength and optimism.
The makings of an entrepreneur
The transition of the planned economy to market principles of functioning in Russia took almost ten years. By this time, businessmen, entrepreneurs and financiers appeared in the country who were not burdened with past experience and knowledge. Sergei Alexandrovich Solonin was born on November 28, 1973 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in Moscow. Father held a responsible position in the USSR State Committee for Material and Technical Supply. Mother worked as an economist at one of the engineering enterprises.
The future investor and entrepreneur has been a special child since childhood. In preschool age, he did not differ in special abilities. At the age of six, he knew all the letters of the Russian alphabet, but learned to compose words only in the first grade. This delay did not affect performance in other subjects. At school, Sergei studied well. His favorite subjects were history and mathematics. It is interesting to note that already in elementary school, the boy showed the beginnings of entrepreneurial abilities. At the dacha, where the family spent the summer and weekends, he caught May beetles. And he put each individual in a separate box of matches.
Large and beautiful insects did not interest him as representatives of the fauna. It was a product for sale. Sergei composed a convincing presentation, after listening to which, classmates lined up to buy themselves a handsome beetle. In fact, schoolboy Solonin implemented his first successful business project. When the time came to choose a profession, he decided to get a specialized education at the All-Union Financial Institute. Sergei passed the entrance exams without any worries and difficulties. However, by the beginning of the 90s, the economic situation in the country had radically changed.
As a fourth-year student, Solonin and his friends took up the supply of food to the capital markets. The peculiarities of the situation were that the existing supply schemes ceased to operate. In stores, even bread was sometimes missing on the shelves. The young entrepreneur's team re-established contacts and closed the resulting shortage of products. The next step Sergei went to suppliers of stew from the People's Republic of China. For several years stew with the Great Wall label was supplied not only to Moscow, but also to neighboring regions.
Business scaling
It is important to emphasize that Solonin not only earned decent money from food supplies. As a person with an analytical mind, he quickly realized how you can increase the income of your company dozens and even hundreds of times. The entrepreneur used the capital earned in trade to build a factory for the production of confectionery products. This contribution has paid off many times over in a short period. At the same time, Solonin continued to test other business niches. Creativity in approaches to finding new areas of activity has yielded results.
Starting in 1998, immediately after the notorious default, Solonin began investing in real estate. The company, which was purposefully created for this business, was engaged not only in the resale of apartments and office premises. As part of their statutory activities, the managers were engaged in the construction of housing complexes. It is known that in Moscow the price of living space is significantly higher than in American cities and European capitals. With the accumulated capital, it was possible to "enter" the financial market.
"Own" bank
Since his institute times and throughout his entire entrepreneurial activity, Solonin kept the development of information technologies in view. In 2008, after several unsuccessful attempts, Sergey Aleksandrovich established the First Processing Bank. Unlike traditional banks, this structure was sharpened to handle electronic payments. Two years later, the bank joined the group of companies under the QIWI brand. Today, millions of subscribers around the world use this payment system for buying and selling.
Information technology specialists are well aware that banking services cannot yet be abandoned. Banks are used to store money - this is the most important thing. And all new tools are used to speed up and make calculations easier. Solonina Group acquired Tochka, a bank for entrepreneurs. And at the next stage, she launched a large-scale project with an installment card "Conscience". At the moment, work is underway to create a mechanism for dividing the area of responsibility. The bank is responsible for lending policy. Service structures for the timely execution of financial transactions.
Sketch of personal life
Sergey Solonin makes no secret of his personal life. But also strive to conduct conversations on this topic. He has been in a married relationship with a woman named Nadezhda for many years. They met back in the distant 90s, when Sergei started doing business. A lot of time has passed since that moment.
Today, husband and wife continue to live under the same roof. They have five children. The eldest is already twenty-three years old, and the youngest is only three. Of course, everything happened in the daily hustle and bustle. But the wisdom of the spouses is not to be isolated on their grievances. And find the strength to overcome them.
