Evgeny Chichvarkin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Chichvarkin.
Evgeny Chichvarkin
Евгений Чичваркин
Chichvarkin in 2019
Born
Evgeny Aleksandrovich Chichvarkin

(1974-09-10) 10 September 1974 (age 50)
Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Children4 (Yaroslav, Marta, Alisa, Lev)
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Evgeny Aleksandrovich Chichvarkin (Russian: Евге́ний Алекса́ндрович Чичва́ркин; born on the 10th of September 1974 in Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian entrepreneur who founded the largest Russian mobile phone retailer, Euroset. This made him the richest man under the age of 35 in his country, with an approximate worth of $1.6 billion.

He has received a number of public awards including 2004 Person of the Year in the Head of Retail Business category. The winner of the Ernst & Young contest "Entrepreneur of the Year 2005" in the Nomination "Trade".[1]

In 2006 he was awarded the Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky "For Labor and the Fatherland" in the nomination "Industry Leader". In 2006 he was awarded the Order of Glory of Russia for his great personal contribution to the development of the best traditions of Russian entrepreneurship. In 2007, at the Grand Prix of the "Person of the Year 2006" Chichvarkin was awarded the Order of Glory of the Fatherland.[2]

He was a member of the Right Cause political party and was expected to become chairman of its Moscow section. Chichvarkin currently lives in London, from where he has campaigned against corruption in Russia and president Vladimir Putin personally.[3][4][5][6]

In August 2012, he launched the wine store "Hedonism Wines" on Davies Street in Mayfair, London.[7]

  1. ^ "Чичваркин Евгений Александрович".
  2. ^ "Мастер-класс Евгения Чичваркина". Archived from the original on 17 March 2018.
  3. ^ Евгений Чичваркин collection of press-materials by Lenta.ru (in Russian)
  4. ^ "The whiz kid billionaire who says he can't go home". The Independent. London. 29 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Chich8: Обращение к Д. А. Медведеву по поводу здоровья Бориса Левина". Archived from the original on 20 August 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Oligarch accuses Russia of seeking revenge". Financial Times. August 2010.
  7. ^ "Yevgegy Chichvarkin, Hedonism Wines: In the business of wine retailing" Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, In2up, 28 September 2012. Retrieved on 28 November 2012.