Andrey Filatov

Andrey Vasilievich Filatov (Андре́й Васи́льевич Фила́тов; born 18 December 1971) is a Russian entrepreneur.

Filatov is chairman of the Board of Directors of Tuloma investment company, and a co-owner of the Globaltrans company.

Andrey Filatov is also President of the Chess Federation of Russia (from 1992 to 2018 – Russian Chess Federation), Vice President of the Afro-Asian Chess Association (AACA).

Merited Chess Coach of Russia.

He is Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Filatov completed secondary education at Junior Sporting School 9 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR.

He was ranked Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR (chess).

In 1993, he graduated from the Academy of Physical Education and Sports of the Republic of Belarus (the Belarusian State University of Physical Culture) with the diploma of Sport Instructor and Chess Coach.

At the academy, he met and made friends with such chess players as Ilya Smirin and Boris Gelfand.

In 1996, together with his partners Konstantin Nikolaev and Nikita Mishin founded Severstaltrans.

Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of the French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR).

In memory of his first chess coach, Alexander Valerianovich Sinitsyn, Filatov set up the Sinitsyn Memorial international children chess festival, which has been held in Dnepropetrovsk since 2001.

In 2010, Finance magazine estimated Andrey Filatov's wealth at $920 million.

In 2011, the Russian version of Forbes magazine ranked Filatov 93rd among Russia's wealthiest business people with an estimated wealth of $1.1 billion.

In 2012, Forbes World Listing estimated Filatov's wealth at $1.3 billion (ranked 960th globally).

Filatov was the initiator and sponsor of the World Chess Championship 2012 held in Moscow in 2012, in the State Tretyakov Gallery.

According to Filatov, "By holding the match in a museum we are attempting to emphasize the link between our favorite game and the arts, as well as pay tribute to the memory of great Russian artists in the broadest sense, including painters, writers, composers and musicians"..

The game was played between Boris Gelfand and Viswanathan Anand.

Filatov funded the restoration of the tombstone monument to one of the greatest chess players, Alexander Alekhine, the first world champion who was Russian by birth, in Paris.

On 1 February 2014 at the 22nd congress of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov was elected President of the Russian Chess Federation.

On 13 August 2014, Andrey Filatov, the President of the Russian Chess Federation, was elected to the post of the vice president of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) at the world federation's congress in Norway's Tromsø.

He hold office as vice president of FIDE from 2014 to 2018.

In 2015, he was awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts for his contribution to the development and popularization of Russian and Soviet art.

Andrey Filatov is Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor Medal.

In October 2015, Filatov announced consolidation into Tuloma Investment Company, which specializes in investing in Russian companies and shares, of his personal assets (other than Global Ports, Transoil and Globaltrans).

Tuloma's investment portfolio includes stakes in Coal Mining Investments Ltd., Fabrikant, Pskovneft-Terminal, real estate development projects of Volgo-Okskaya Investment Company (VOIC), Pushkin, StroyEngineering Development, as well as shares in FosAgro, Novatek, MegaFon, LukOil, Surgutneftegas and Norilsk Nickel.

Led by His Excellency the Ambassador of France to Russia Mr. Jean-Maurice Ripert, the official award ceremony took place on 2 March 2016, in the Chess Museum of Moscow.

In 2016, for merits in development of physical culture and sports, Andrey Filatov was honored with the Russian Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (2nd class).

The award was given to Andrey Filatov by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on 10 June 2016.

Andrey Filatov was awarded with a bronze medal as senior trainer of the Russian men's team at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (2016), a bronze medal at the 43nd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (2018) and a silver medal at FIDE World Team Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk (2017), in 2020 and 2021 – gold medals for winning the first and second FIDE online Olympiads.

Andrey Filatov's main asset is the Tuloma investment company.

Не is also a co-owner of the railway companies Globaltrans and Transoil Ltd (7%).

From January 2016, Filatov is the senior coach of the Russian men's national chess team.

The team won a bronze medal at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku in September 2016, a silver medal in the team championship in Khanty-Mansiysk in June 2017, a bronze medal at the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi in October 2018 and a gold medal at the World Team Championship in Astana in March 2019.

In November 2017, Andrey Filatov embarked on a PSA project to develop "25 Years of Independence", one of the largest gas deposits in Uzbekistan, with estimated reserves of 100 bcm.

Filatov's stake in the project is 37.5%.

On 19 October 2018, Andrey Filatov and the chairman of the Board of Directors of Uzbekneftegaz JSC Bahrom Ashrafkhanov signed a supplemental agreement for the project to create a single investor and set the commercial conditions for the development of the field.

Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of French and Russian Businesses of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR).

Filatov is a member of the Valaam Monastery Board of Guardians.

He has been keen on chess since childhood.