Maxim Potashev is one of the masters of the intellectual club “What? Where? When?”, Winner of 4“Crystal Owls”, mathematician, business coach, President of the Russian Federation of Sports Bridge. Many fans of “What? Where? When? try not to miss the games with his participation, but what do they know about Maxim, as a person, his personal life and business?
In what? Where? When? Maxim Potashev came in 1989, and immediately became a favorite of the game's fans. Cold-blooded, highly erudite, charming, principled, sometimes harsh, but only if the situation requires it. Just three years after joining the club, he became the champion of the International Association and the winner of the Moscow Championship. What does he do in life? Who are his parents, wife, does he have children?
Biography of Maxim Potashev
Maxim Potashev is a native of Moscow, a Jew by birth. He was born in early 1969, the son of a candidate of technical sciences and an economics teacher. As a child, the boy was unusually versatile - he was fond of intellectual games, went in for three sports at once - football, basketball and biathlon, played sports bridge.
Intellectual hobbies determined the choice of the direction of higher education - after graduating from school, Maxim entered the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, in 1991 he received a diploma of a manager and a specialist in applied mathematics.
The dean's office decided to invite a successful and promising graduate to the position of a teacher of applied mathematics, and Potashev accepted him, worked at his native university for a long time. But a career in this area was "tight" for an active young man, and he decided to try himself as a manager, organize and try to develop his own business.
Business career of Maxim Potashev
Intellectual games bring certain benefits, but it is impossible to live on them, and almost all experts, including Maxim Potashev, have their own business. Potashev continues teaching, but not at the department of the university. He decided to master the field of business training, and he succeeded. It is almost impossible to get to his seminars and lectures, they are so popular and in demand.
In addition, Potashev's career "piggy bank" has significant posts in companies of both Russian and international levels:
- Head of the Rosgosstrakh Marketing Center,
- Head of the Analytical Department of Kaspersky Lab,
- Development Director at Azbuka-Attik Publishing House,
- one of the founders of the Internet agency Result.
The main direction of Maxim Potashev's career is consulting and marketing. An analytical mindset and the habit of making high demands on himself and his deeds allow Maxim to achieve what was planned in any situation.
The intellectual side of the life of Maxim Potashev
Maxim is a master of the club “What? Where? When? . He came to the game in 1989, became an active participant in almost all of its versions - sports, television, international and Russian levels.
Potashev got his first experience of playing in the ChKG in the team of Vladimir Belkin "Athena", and in 2001 he headed it. In the TV version of the game, the expert Potashev played in the teams of Golubeva, Kozlov, Sidnev, Smirnov. Maxim was the second of the "colleagues" who received the title of master, and the last one who was awarded the "Crystal Owl" by Voroshilov himself (2000).
In the sports version of the game, Potashev is one of the most titled players:
- world champion - 2003, 2011,
- champion of Russia - 2001, 2008, 2011,
- 6-time champion of Moscow,
- multiple winner of open championships.
In addition to the ChGK, Potashev played on the "Brain-ring" site, where he was also recognized as the absolute champion several times. In the TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" Maxim, together with Nikolai Valuev, won a fairly large sum - 800,000 rubles.
What is the connoisseur of the club “What? Where? When?" Maxim Potashev
One of the areas of his career is conducting business trainings - Maxim Potashev considers his main hobby as well. He is interested in the development in this direction, he is happy to share the experience of a manager and a marketer with others, and the unprecedented popularity of his lectures proves that he does it in an interesting way.
And Maxim Potashev writes books that are published in print and on the Internet. To date, the following works of his have been released:
- "Why are you losing at CHKG?" (2005) - A Beginner's Guide to the Intellectual Club,
- "Age of the Client" (2015) - on the principles of building relationships with a client,
- Solution Path (2015) - about the techniques that allow you to become a winner both in games and on the business field.
Maxim is still passionate about sports - he is an ardent fan of the CSKA club, with his easy serve, the team of athletes won over the spectators of the club “What? Where? When? with a score of 6: 4. By this, Potashev proved that ordinary sport and intellectual are inseparable.
Personal life of Maxim Potashev
Maxim was married twice - to a colleague on the ChGK TV game Aleksandrova Elena and a player in the sports version Elena Chukhraeva.
The first marriage was strong, Elena Alexandrova and Maxim Potashev had three children, but the meeting with Chukhraeva turned everything upside down. The spouses themselves, or rather the former spouses, did not comment on the breakup in any way, but Maxim left the Moscow club “What? Where? When? , Where he played with his first wife.
For an affair with Chukhraeva, a flurry of condemnation fell on Potashev, but he was adamant, withstood the pressure and did not give up. In 2014, the couple had a daughter, Anna. Whether an official marriage was formalized is unknown to this day.
Potashev is rather closed to the press personally. He refuses to discuss the ups and downs of his life, his photos with his wife and children are hard to find on the Internet or on the pages of print media, and this is his right that journalists and fans should respect.
