The practice of recent years shows that the leaders and owners of large Russian companies "grew up" on the soil that was loosened even during the Soviet Union. Vagit Alekperov's career is a good example of this.
Starting conditions
Vagit Yusupovich Alekperov was born in September 1950 in a large and friendly family of oil workers. Parents lived in a village with a pretentious name Stepan Razin, near the famous city of Baku. Vagit was the youngest, the fifth child in the house. The head of the family, a front-line soldier, died suddenly when the boy was barely three years old. Mother, a hereditary Cossack woman, raised the children alone. We lived hard. They did not starve, but every penny in the family budget was on the account. The youngest son got the hang of fishing and regularly returned home with a catch.
Alekperov studied well at school. Participated in public life. I did sports. I was friends with my classmates. He carefully watched how his peers live, what they dream about and what they want to achieve in life. Having received a certificate of maturity, Vagit got a job as a driller in one of the oil producing enterprises. At the same time he entered the correspondence department of the local Oil Institute to get a decent education. In 1974 he received a diploma and the young engineer was transferred to the position of a process engineer.
From production to entrepreneurs
Vagit Alekperov's career developed without failures and disruptions. Aged, observant, with excellent industrial training, he successfully coped with the tasks. In the 70s, the oil fields of Western Siberia were intensively developed. The time has come, and Alekperov was offered to take part in the implementation of a large-scale project. An experienced oilman and production organizer, literally a year later, took the position of general director of the Kagalymneftegaz trust.
Alekperov's biography indicates that he served as deputy minister of the oil industry. When the process of transition of the planned economy to market rails and the privatization of state property began, Vagit Yusufovich already knew what to do. To create a successful private company for the extraction and processing of oil, he had to make a titanic effort, organize and conduct many large-scale and small events. As a result, the Lukoil company appeared in the structure of the national economic complex of Russia.
Prospects and personal life
To conquer your sector of the market and protect it from the claims of competitors, you need to declare your presence in different regions. In this case, creativity is combined with an accurate calculation and assessment of the available possibilities. To date, the Lukoil concern has its representative offices and branches in Belarus, Bulgaria, the USA, and Ukraine. The company's interests were seriously damaged by the American aggression in Iraq. Alekperov had to find mechanisms to compensate for the damage suffered.
In the personal life of Vagit Alekperov, stability and tranquility are observed. He has been married to his wife Larisa for many years. The oil tycoon's home is filled with love and mutual respect. The husband and wife raised and raised their son, who continued the dynasty and followed in the footsteps of his father - he became an oil worker. The spouses prefer to rest in Crimea. Travel the world in moderation.
