Dmitry Lvovich Orlov (in russian: Дмитрий Львович Орлов; 1943–2014) was a Russian banker; the founder, a main shareholder and Chairman of the Management Board of Vozrozhdenie Bank.

Biography

Dmitry accomplished much during his lifetime. In 1968, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of Finance. In the 1970s, he worked as a senior credit inspector in the Krasnogorsk department of

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. In 1980, he became the manager in the

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branch of the State Bank. In 1986, he became manager of the

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Regional Office of the State Bank. In 1987, he became the head of the Moscow Regional Department of the Soviet Union's ''Agroprombank''. Also, in 1987, Dmitry became the head of the Moscow Regional Department of the Agroprombank of the USSR. When corporatizing in 1991, Vozrozhdenie Bank appeared on the basis of management. By the mid-1990s, after

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and several additional issues, Dmitry collected a blocking stake and began to build a classic commercial bank. The strategy was conservative: settlement services, loans, and deposits for medium and small enterprises and their employees. From 1991 to June 2012, he headed the Vozrozhdenie Bank, holding the position of Chairman of the Management Board of the bank. In 1997, the bank placed

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on three foreign sites at once so that Western analysts and investors would know about it. In early 2008, Dmitry refused a deal to sell the bank to BNP Paribas. Dmitry had been a member of the Banking Council under the

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, a member of the Advisory Board of the ''Association of Banks of Russia'', a member of Russia's Economic Council, and the chairman of the board of trustees of the

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. Dmitry was referred to as the ''Patriarch'' of the Russian banking market. Unfortunately, Dmitry Orlov passed away on December 5, 2014. His wife and two children survived him; both worked at the Vozrozhdenie Bank. In the summer of 2015, the Orlov’s heirs sold their shares in the bank to

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, owned by the Ananyev brothers. Nikolai Orlov completely resigned from the bank's shareholders in June 2017.

Recognition

* Honored Economist of the Russian Federation (September 23, 2002).Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 23.09.2002 № 1035 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации"
ecree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 23, 2002 No. 1035 "On Awarding with State Prizes of the Russian Federation" * He was recognized as the ''Best Banking Chairman of the Board'', Russia 2014 by Global Banking & Finance Review information portal. * In August 2018, a book dedicated to Dmitry Orlov was published in the “Economic Chronicle of Russia” series.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orlov, Dmitry Lvovich 1943 births 2014 deaths Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation alumni Russian bankers Soviet bankers