Long-term studies have shown that the thinking of a businessman and the thinking of a civil servant differ significantly. This difference is especially noticeable in crisis situations. Vladimir Kogan skillfully combined entrepreneurial activity and public service.
Starting conditions
The profitability of a business is determined by the type of activity. Extraction of oil brings a higher rate of return than construction. In turn, banking is more profitable than oil refining. Vladimir Igorevich Kogan, after a thorough analysis of the market situation, made a decision by Solomonovo. He consistently took up entrepreneurial activity in the banking sector, and with the proceeds he acquired, he acquired shares in oil companies. There is nothing criminal or unusual in these actions. In fact, this is a normal market mechanism.
The future entrepreneur was born on April 27, 1963 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents at that time lived in the famous city of Leningrad. My father worked as an engineer at an engineering plant. Mother taught economics at one of their institutes. At the preschool age, the grandmother was engaged in raising the child. She taught Vladimir to write, read and count. The boy did well at school. His favorite subject was mathematics. After the eighth grade, he was transferred to a special school with a physical and mathematical bias.
Professional activity
After school, Kogan had to serve two years in the army. Returning to civilian life, he graduated from the Civil Engineering Institute. In the early 90s, when the country's economy was transferred to a market basis, Vladimir was one of the first in the city on the Neva to go into business. He opened several stores selling computer equipment. Computers and accessories were sourced from Europe and America at bargain prices. Having amassed capital in this way, Kogan acquired a voting block of shares in Promstroybank.
In 2004, Vladimir Igorevich received an offer to take a responsible position at the Federal Agency for Construction (Gosstroy). At first, he had to complete the construction of a protective dam in the Kronstadt area. Two years later, Kogan was transferred to Moscow and appointed director of the Mosmetrostroy company. In 2012, a successful manager took over as head of the State Construction Committee. But six months later, he decided to leave the civil service and returned to business. By that time, Kogan was the owner of the Neftegazindustriya company and the main beneficiary of the Uralsib bank.
Essays on personal life
The businessman did not make secrets from his personal life. He lived his entire adult life in a legal marriage. The husband and wife raised and raised four children - three sons and a daughter. The eldest son worked as an assistant to his father.
In the spring of 2018, Vladimir Kogan suffered a stroke, after which he could not recover. The businessman and civil servant passed away in June 2019 after a serious and prolonged illness.
