Filaret Galchev (russian: Филарет Гальчев; el, Φιλάρετος Καλτσίδης, Filaretos Kaltsidis; born 26 May 1963) is a Russian businessman of
Pontic Greek origin. He is the owner & chairman of
Eurocement group.
Early life
Filaret Illitch Galchev was born into an
ethnic Greek
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family in Tarson, a small village in
Tsalka District
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,
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
, on 26 May 1963.
He graduated from
Moscow Mining Institute.
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Career
In 1996, Galchev and his partner, Georgy Krasnyansky Georgy may refer to:
*Georgy (given name)
*Diminituve for Georgina
*Georgy, the protagonist in '' Georgy Girl'' novel, film, and song
* ''Georgy'' (musical), a musical from the novel ''Georgy Girl''
See also
*Georgi (disambiguation)
*Georgiy Georgy ...
, created Rosuglesbyt which became a leading Russian coal enterprise. Then in 2000, Galchev partnered with Sergei Generalov
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, 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.Forbes
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'', 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.[
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Personal life
He is married with two children and lives in Moscow, and is a citizen of Greece [
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References
1963 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Tbilisi
Russian people of Greek descent
Russian businesspeople
Russian billionaires
Businesspeople in cement
Moscow State Mining University alumni
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