Filaret Galchev

Filaret Galchev (Russian: Филарет Гальчев; Greek: Φιλάρετος Καλτσίδης, romanized: Filaretos Kaltsidis; born 26 May 1963) is a Russian businessman of Pontic Greek origin. He is the owner & chairman of Eurocement group.[1]

Filaret Galchev
Филарет Гальчев
Φιλάρετος Καλτσίδης
Born
Filaret Illitch Galchev

(1963-05-26) 26 May 1963
Tarson, Tsalka District, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia)
NationalityRussian, Greek
Occupation(s)Owner & chairman, Eurocement group
Children2

Early life

Filaret Illitch Galchev was born into an ethnic Greek family in Tarson, a small village in Tsalka District, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, on 26 May 1963.[2] He graduated from Moscow Mining Institute.[3][2]

Career

In 1996, Galchev and his partner, Georgy Krasnyansky, created Rosuglesbyt which became a leading Russian coal enterprise. Then in 2000, Galchev partnered with Sergei Generalov, then Russian Minister of Fuel and Energy, to privatize the Krasnoyarsk Coal Company. In 2002, Galchev sold his stake in the company to the MDM Group and immediately bought shares of Sterncement because he saw potential in the cement industry. By 2004, Galchev's cement holdings produced 9.6 million tons of cement.[4]

According to Forbes, Galchev has a net worth of $1 billion and the companies of Eurocement Group in which he is on the board of directors have a production capacity of over 60 million tons of cement and 11 million m3 of concrete.[3]

Personal life

He is married with two children and lives in Moscow, and is a citizen of Greece [3]

References
  1. "How Ramzan Kadyrov and Adam Delimkhanov Make Money". Проект. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. "Филарет Гальчев" (in Russian). Vedomosti. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. "Filaret Galchev". Forbes. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. "Почему состояние Филарета Гальчева рухнуло с $5,6 млрд до $305 млн". Vedomosti.


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