Biography
Evgeny Chichvarkin is a talented entrepreneur, the founder of the Euroset store chain. In the mid-2000s, the Forbes authoritative magazine included this man among the richest businessmen of Russia, and in 2008 called it one of the most eccentric and crazy millionaires of the planet.Childhood and youth
Evgeny Alexandrovich Chichvarkin was born on September 10, 1974, in the city of great opportunities - Moscow. Developing the topic of the family, it is worth noting that the parents of the future businessman were not connected with business and commerce. The Father Founder of the Euroset Holding was a civil aviation pilot, and the mother worked as an economist in the Ministry of Industry and Trade (earlier - the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR).
Among other things, the parents were from the two largest cities of Russia, and therefore the businessman often calls himself a half-sen citizen-semi-friend. Speaking about his origin, once Evgeny noted that his distant ancestors belonged to Mokshanam.
In the youthful years, Eugene virtuoso combined school with a rampant life. In conversations with media representatives, businessman often told that he found time for parties, homework and reading books on philosophy.
After graduating from high school, the future entrepreneur entered the State Academy of Management. In this university, the ambitious young man began to study the economy of management in the vehicle. However, a miser student scholarship was constantly lacked, and therefore Evgeny found part-time at the place of the storage market.
Here the guy looked inside the world's retail trade, understood the laws of "outdoor economy", and also acquired the necessary experience with clients. In 1996, Eugene entered the graduate school of the State Academy and in parallel with study began to enter plans to create his own business.
In April 1997, Zhenya, together with his friend, Timur Artemyev, created a company called Euroset, which later began to grow violently and rapidly develop.
Business
The first store "Euroset" was opened on Leninsky Prospect, in Moscow. The company mastered the market completely new for Russia, since before that no one has heard about cellular retail in the country. Most people used pagers as a basic means of communication. In the next couple of years, the network of EUROSET salons began to increase rapidly. The first points of sale appeared outside of Moscow. Some time later, the company's representative offices began to arise even outside of Russia.
The 2006 year was recorded in this regard, when in just twelve months 1976 new salons across the country was formed. At the end of the nineties - the beginning of the two thousandths of Yevgeny, Evgeny developed the concept of advertising promotion of his company, which was built on the use of outrageous, extraordinary and obviously provocative marketing moves.
Mentioned, for example, such scandalous PR-shares, as "undressing for the phone" and "Miss breasts". A similar approach has attracted great attention to Euroset and laid the necessary basis for all subsequent success. The network of cellular salons has grew rapidly, however, at this moment there were serious scandals around the business of Chichvarkina. It all started with charges in the underestimation of customs duties when importing phones in Russia.
In addition, Euroset company was in the center of the proceedings associated with the disappearance of its former forwarder Andrei Voshiskina, who before that was evident in theft of mobile phones.
In 2009, Chichvarkina was charged under the article "Human Abduction". Returning back, it is worth noting that in 2008 Evgeny Chichvarkin actively supported all political campaigns Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, but for a couple of years later, in the root, he changed his political views.
The reason for this was the pressure from the official authorities, which insisted on the sale of Euroset and allegedly extorted money from the entrepreneur. One way or another, in September 2008, a profitable business for the sale of mobile phones was still sold.
Chichvarkin agreed to the proposed conditions and transferred the full stake in the Ann investment group and the entrepreneur Alexander Mamut. A month later, the millionaire left the post of head of the Euroset company and flew to London.
Evgeny Chichvarkin left Russia in 2008. Two years after moving to the UK, the businessman took up the sale of wine, in particular, opened in London the alcoholic store "HEDONIS WINES", with a total area of 700 sq.m. It is known that the range of alcoholic beverages is estimated by 8.5 thousand items (this list includes exclusive stamps). In June 2017, the company for the first time since the foundation put in open access estimates that displays the profit of the store. According to the results of 2015, the 2015 fiscal year, it was £ 352 thousand.
Personal life
Chichvarkin always thoroughly hid his personal life from extraneous eyes. It is reliably known that during the couple of years the former head of Euroset was a caring father and a loving husband. Businessman's wife name Antonina. It was she who gave the owner of two children - the son of Yaroslav and daughter Marta.
In March 2016, rumors appeared on the network that the businessman divorced, and in August this information was confirmed. New Beloved Eugene became a girl named Tatiana. Together with her, the man flew in Jurmala in the same year, where he presented his companion with stellar friends - Maxim Vitorgana, Leonid Baraz, Rostislav Khaitu and Olga Ryzhkova. It is worth noting that the friends of the friend of the businessman made a pleasant impression.
Evgeny Chichvarkin now
In July 2017, the founder of the network of communication salons "Euroset" in an interview with the journalist and blog Yury Dudu told about his rivalry with Oleg Tinkov, about a deal with conscience and how built a company on smuggling.
In August, a businessman who left Russia to London in 2008, began collecting funds to support the election campaign of Alexei Navalny. Money, according to the entrepreneur, will go to the opening of new headquarters in the regions and print leaflets. Among other things, Evgeny published a video message to TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak, in which he called on the blonde to refuse to participate in the presidential election in 2018
In September of the same year, Evgeny gave an interview for Alexander Donsky's show, in which he refuted the rumors relating to his non-traditional sexual orientation, spoke about travels and how he belongs to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
Despite employment, the businessman in 182 cm does not forget about subscribers. In "Instagram" Chichvarkin regularly lays out video cliffs from recreation, as well as photos from a personal archive.
It is worth noting that social networks are not the only resource telling users about the latest news from the life of Eugene. On various Internet portals and print publications, materials related to the biography of the entrepreneur are also often published.
State assessment
In 2017, the publication "The Sunday Times" in its "Thousand Rally Great British Residents" rating placed Chichvarkina for the 905th place with a state of £ 120 million per year.