Maksim Yuryevich Vorobyov (russian: link=no, Максим Юрьевич Воробьёв; born 9 August 1976 in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

) is a Russian businessman and investor.

Education

In 1998, Vorobyov graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

(Economics Faculty). In 2006, he received his

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

degree from

IESE Business School IESE Business School is the graduate business school of the University of Navarra. Founded in 1958 in Barcelona where its main campus is located,López, T. & Pampliega, J“La fundación del IESE (1956–1958)” Universidad de Navarra, Bibliotec ...

Career and business

In 1997, he founded the Russian Sea LLC (which imports

herring Herring are forage fish, mostly belonging to the family of Clupeidae. Herring often move in large schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans, i ...

and

mackerel Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae. They are found in both temperate and tropical seas, mostly living along the coast or offshore in the oceanic environment. ...

from

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

) together with his brother. He chose to start from the bottom rung of the corporate ladder in order to penetrate deeply into all aspects of the business, and began working in his own company as a Sales Manager. After the company had achieved successful results, he took a position as sales director and then executive director and CEO. In 2002, he bought out the company shares from his brother and became the company's majority owner. With Vorobyov at the helm, the Russian Sea LLC has become one of the largest Russian processors of fish and suppliers of fish products and has demonstrated fast growth. The company built its own factory for fish processing (1999) and developed its own federal distribution chain. In addition, the company started developing an aquacultural business (2007) and fish harvesting (2011). The company completed

IPO An initial public offering (IPO) or stock launch is a public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail (individual) investors. An IPO is typically underwritten by one or more investment ...

MICEX The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (russian: Московская межбанковская валютная биржа) or MICEX (russian: ММВБ) was a stock exchange that operated in Russia from 1992 to 2011. MICEX was the leading Russi ...

(2010) and became the first public Russian company in its sector. The Russian Sea company brand was named the best known in its sector in 2007 (TNS Gallup Media, III quarter of 2007), as well as in 2011 (TNS Gallup Media; OMI ). In 2013, the brand “Russian Sea” was sold together with the factory, and the company focused on the aquacultural division (Russian Aquaculture PJSC) and fish harvesting (Russian Fishery Company LLC). At the same time, Vorobyov invested in other industries, including banking, mining, construction and development. In 2015, he invested in a range of venture projects, mainly in innovative technologies and IT.

External links

Biography
on the encyclopedia of persons and companies of Moscow and Saint Petersburg ("Who is Who" Delovoy Petersburg Publishing House, Russia)
Biography
on the encyclopedia of fish industry's persons (Fishnews Media Holding, Russia)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vorobyov, Maksim 1976 births Businesspeople from Krasnoyarsk Russian investors Living people Russian food industry businesspeople