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Herman Gref (Hermann Gräf) was born on 8 February, 1964 in Panfilovo, Pavlodar Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, is a Russian economist (born 1964). Discover Herman Gref's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 8 February 1964
Birthday 8 February
Birthplace Panfilovo, Pavlodar Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality Kazakhstan

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His wife is Yelena Gref Yana Gref (2004–)

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1941

Herman Gref was born in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (now Kazakhstan) into a family of ethnic German deportees who were exiled there in 1941.

Later Gref was involved in the return of exiled Germans to Russia - with his assistance an entire German village called Strelna was built near St. Petersburg.

There are two versions of what Gref did after graduation.

According to one of them, Gref entered the faculty of international economic relations at MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, but after the first year he was expelled from the university.

According to the other version, after school Gref and his first wife, Elena Velikanova, entered Omsk State University, but failed the exams.

1964

Herman Oskarovich Gref (Герман Оскарович Греф; born February 8, 1964) is a Russian politician and businessman.

1981

From 1981 to 1982, he worked as a legal advisor for the Irtysh District Department of the Pavlodar Region.

1982

From 1982 to 1984, Gref served in the Soviet Army.

1985

After fulfilling two years of military service, he studied law at Omsk State University in Siberia from 1985 to 1990.

After that he enrolled in the post-graduate program at the Law Department of St. Petersburg State University.

1992

From 1992 to 1998 Gref worked on several positions at the Saint Petersburg City Administration, notably a term as vice-governor from 1997 to 1998.

He became a friend and ally of Vladimir Putin during this period; he also made acquaintance with Alexei Kudrin, Dmitry Kozak, and Dmitry Medvedev.

1993

He graduated in 1993 under the guidance of Anatoly Sobchak.

1998

In August 1998, Gref was appointed First Deputy Minister of State Property of the Russian Federation, and was a member of its board until 2000.

1999

He was also appointed to the board of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market of the Russian Federation and the board of state-owned Svyazinvest and Gazprom in 1999.

2000

He was the Minister of Economics and Trade of Russia from May 2000 to September 2007.

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.

He is the CEO and chairman of the executive board of Sberbank, the largest Russian bank.

Gref was first appointed as Minister of the newly formed Ministry of Economic Development and Trade on May 18, 2000 and was reappointed to the position in the succeeding Cabinet in 2004.

Gref was a major advocate of Russia's joining the World Trade Organization.

Gref was considered as one of the liberal reformers in Vladimir Putin's administration of the early and mid-2000s, besides Alexei Kudrin.

Gref has repeatedly spoken out against the monopolization of the oil and gas sector of the economy.

2004

He is also responsible for 2004 creation of the Stabilization Fund of the Russian Federation.

2007

Gref resigned in a furore as minister in September 2007 along with Mikhail Fradkov's Second Cabinet.

In November 2007 Gref was elected as president of the state-owned savings bank Sberbank at an extraordinary general meeting.

Under Gref's leadership, the bank has undergone a number of radical changes aimed at improving its efficiency and corporate culture.

2010

In 2010, speaking at the Davos Economic Forum, Gref spoke in favor of reducing the state's stake in the capital of Russian banks; in particular, he proposed reducing the state stake in Sberbank from 57.6 percent to 50 percent plus one share.

2011

However, he did not defend his dissertation until 2011.

2012

In March of the following year, the sale of a 7.58 percent stake in Sberbank was approved by the National Banking Council, and in September 2012 the shares were sold on the stock exchange for $5.22 billion.

2018

In January 2018, Gref was added to the US Treasury's "Kremlin list", a list of 210 officials, politicians and businessmen believed to be close to Vladimir Putin.

According to the US Department of Treasury, the list is not a sanctions list and no restrictions are automatically imposed on its subjects.

He was later subjected to full U.S. Treasury sanctions following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

2019

In 2019 the shareholders of Sberbank re-elected Herman Gref for a fourth term.

He will be president and chairman of the bank until 2023.

In February 2019, Gref called upon Russians "to prepare for the very worst of situations" after the U.S. adopted new sanctions against Russia.

In January 2022, Gref, Elvira Nabiullina, and other economic advisors delivered to President Putin a report on Western sanctions as well as the effect on the Russian economy if sanctions escalated due to the Russian military buildup on Ukraine's borders.

Gref is said to have warned of serious economic impacts, but if he was attempting to dissuade Putin from proceeding with further escalation, this failed after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine began a month later.

Following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Gref was added to the British sanctions list.

In April 2022, Gref was added to the European Union sanctions list "in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine and other actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".

2020

At various times since he left the civil service he has been a member of the board of directors of such state-owned companies as Gazprom, Aeroflot, Rosneft, Svyazinvest, etc. Until October 2020 he was a member of board of directors of Yandex.