The general director of "Rosset" Oleg Budargin: biography, achievements, family and interesting facts

Oleg Budargin is a well-known Russian politician and manager. Currently, he holds the post of General Director in the Public Joint Stock Company "Russian Networks". In the middle of the 2000s he got into the public field as governor of the Taimyr Autonomous District, later united with the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

Biography of Budargin

Oleg Budargin was born in 1960. He was born in the Kamchatka region, in a small village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatsky region.

In 22 years he graduated from the industrial institute in Norilsk. Received a diploma with honors. After serving in the ranks of the Soviet army, began his working career at the mining and metallurgical plant in Norilsk itself. At first he was a master of the construction and installation site in the mine shaft trust.

Soon the career Budargin Oleg Mikhailovich went up the hill. He was appointed deputy head of the production department at a separate construction and assembly association, Norilskstroy.

Political career

Oleg Budargin began his political career in 1987, during perestroika. He joined the Communist Party and began to actively participate in the activities of the City Committee of the CPSU in Norilsk.

In 1991 he returned to his native factory, where he worked already in managerial positions. In 1994, his administrative career began. Budargin Oleg Mikhailovich received the post of first deputy head of the Norilsk administration. However, he worked in this position for only a year, again returning to the management of the plant. At the place of Deputy Director for Personnel, he stayed until 2000.

After the early departure from the post of the head of Norilsk, Vasily Tkachev was appointed Acting Mayor in March 2000. In December elections took place, in which Oleg Budargin won in the first round. For him, almost 64% of voters voted.

Gubernatorial elections

As the head of Norilsk, Oleg Budargin showed himself to be a mature business executive and an experienced manager. His rating has risen seriously.

In 2003, after leaving for the post of Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Alexander Khloponin, the elections of the head of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District were appointed. This autonomous district was established in 1930 with the capital in Dudinka. The region with a huge territory - almost 900 thousand square kilometers, but at the same time with a very small population: about 40 thousand inhabitants.

Budargin Oleg Mikhailovich took part in the election campaign. His rivals were 7 candidates. But the second place in the final protocol was taken by the line "against all" - more than 12.5% of the vote. The hero of our article won a confident victory, having received the support of almost 69% of the inhabitants of the region. Gennady Subbotkin, who took the official second place, was slightly more than 7%, the third place was received by Sergei Wodai, who did not gain 4% of the vote.

As head of the Taimyr Autonomous Okrug, Oleg Budargin worked for 4 years. It was he who began to actively promote the topic of irrationality of the existence of this autonomous region as a separate region. As a result, in 2005 a referendum was held, at which most residents supported the association with the Krasnoyarsk Territory. It was held in 2007. Since then, the post of governor of the Taimyr Autonomous District has been abolished. It became a municipal district.

Up the career ladder

Oleg Budargin, whose biography was associated with work in the north, in 2007, the ambassador of the abolition of the Taimyr District, became the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Siberian Federal District. Two years later, it was decided at the top that his managerial experience would be useful in the management of state-owned companies.

The hero of our article became temporarily acting chairman of the board of the federal networked unified energy company. This decision was made at the board of directors. Officially, he was appointed chairman of the board in 2009.

In the "Rossetey"

Budargin Oleg in the "Rosset" came in 2013. The Board of Directors approved him as the General Director. This position he holds today. Manages one of the world's largest electric grid companies, which is almost the only operator of power networks in Russia.

In the subordination of "Rossetey" - a lot of subsidiaries and affiliates, which constitute an interregional distribution grid company, as well as a federal network company.

"Rosseti" is a state company. The government owns a controlling stake. They are directly owned by the federal agency for the management of state property. In his charge - a little more than 85% of the company's assets.

In total, Rosseti manages two and a half million kilometers of power lines, half a million substations throughout the country.

Oleg Mikhailovich Budargin, whose biography was often associated with the management of large teams, currently heads a company employing almost 200,000 people.

Social activity

In recent years Budargin was among the leaders of many public and governmental organizations. In particular, he took a seat on the board of directors of the agency for forecasting balances and electricity, in the open joint-stock company Inter RAO UES, and headed the board of directors of the Moscow United Electric Grid Company.

The current work forces us to be in a trend, to follow the development of alternative energy sources in the world. In 2011, it was Budargin who was elected to the leadership of the supervisory board of the Russian Solar Energy Association. This work is conducted in a commission specially set up under the President of Russia, which deals with the issues of strategy for the development of the fuel and energy complex, as well as environmental security.

Since 2012, the issue of the use of alternative energy sources is being handled by a separate non-commercial partnership - the Association of Solar Energy Enterprises.

Budargin's social work can be considered his work in an interregional public organization called the Association of Polar Explorers, as well as membership in the Board of Trustees of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater.

Personal life

Little is known about the private life of the hero of our article. Budargin does not like to expand on personal topics.

According to the official biography, he is married. Together with his wife is currently raising a son.

Also, some data on his private life are contained in the annual declaration, which must be submitted by all government officials and managers. According to these documents, the annual income of Budargin and his wife is about 100 million rubles. And the lion's share of this amount is earned by the head of the family.