Andrey Nikolaevich Goncharenko ( rus, Андрей Николаевич Гончаренко) is a Russian

billionaire A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The American busin ...

businessman, the CEO of a

Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐzˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. As of 2019, with sales over $120 billion, it was ranked as the larges ...

subsidiary, and the owner of four central London houses bought for a total of £250 million, including

Hanover Lodge Hanover Lodge is a Grade II* listed house at 150 Park Road, London NW1, overlooking Regent's Park. It was designed by the architect John Nash, and built for General Sir Robert Arbuthnot. Since then, it has been home to several notable people ...

, "the UK’s most expensive home", for £120 million.

Career

In the 1990s, Goncharenko acquired wealth through his involvement in the Russian property, forestry and haulage sectors, before later becoming the chairman of part of Gazprom, the state-owned energy company. Goncharenko is the chief executive (CEO) of Gazprom Invest Yug, a subsidiary of

, Russia's largest gas company. Gazprom Invest Yug builds gas pipelines and other gas transport networks.

London property

Goncharenko is the owner of four houses in

central London Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning several boroughs. Over time, a number of definitions have been used to define the scope of Central London for statistics, urban planning and local government. Its characteris ...

, acquired at a cost of about £250 million over a three-year period. In 2012, Goncharenko bought

, "the UK’s most expensive home", for £120 million from the Conservative peer Lord Bagri. Goncharenko has made a series of planning applications to "further enlarge the basement and to remodel the interior" of the 26,000 sq ft Hanover Lodge. The basement extension would include a new larger pool, sauna and steam room, gym, beauty salon, yoga studio, two massage rooms, a cinema, wine cellar and games room. Above ground, "much of the work appears to involve ripping out large swathes of expensive décor only recently installed by Lord Bagri, including intricate cornicing, decorative wall-frieze paintings and timber and marble floors". As well as Hanover Lodge, he bought

50 St James's Street 50 St James's Street is a Grade II listed house in St James's Street, St James's, London SW1, opposite White's Club. It was built in 1827, and designed by the architects Benjamin Wyatt and Philip Wyatt, as Crockford's, a gentleman's club. It w ...

, Mayfair for £70 million, a mansion on Lyndhurst Road,

Hampstead Hampstead () is an area in London, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from Watling Street, the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland. The area forms the northwest part of the Lon ...

, for £41 million, and

102 Eaton Square 102 Eaton Square is a Grade II* listed house in Eaton Square, Belgravia, central London. Until 2016, it was home to the Instituto Cervantes of London, the Spanish cultural centre, now relocated to 15–19 Devereux Court, the Strand. In July 20 ...

, Belgravia for £15 million. The redevelopment of 50 St James's Street, built in 1827 as Crockford's, a gentleman's club, and from 1874 to 1976, the

Devonshire Club The Devonshire Club was a London gentlemen's club which was established in 1874 and was disbanded in 1976. Throughout its existence it was based at 50 St James's Street. The major Liberal club of the day was the Reform Club, but in the wake of ...

. In 2011,

Westminster City Council Westminster City Council is the local authority for the City of Westminster in Greater London, England. The city is divided into 20 wards, each electing three councillors. The council is currently composed of 31 Labour Party members and 23 Cons ...

approved plans to create a members' club, spa, 14-bed hotel, and two public restaurants. The building can now accommodate 800 people over five different spaces. In January 2017,

squatters Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...

from the Autonomous Nation of Anarchist Libertarians (ANAL) occupied 102 Eaton Square, which had been empty, and opened it as a "homeless shelter".

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