The largest Russian companies: an overview

Russia is a country with a rapidly developing economy in the last decade. Every year more and more companies are opening in our country, business is beginning to become more active. In this article we will talk about the largest Russian companies.

Gazprom

PJSC Gazprom was founded in 1990. In just a few years of work, this company has become one of the largest in Russia. The corporation's activities are to extract, transport and process gas and oil. It occupies a key place in the production of thermal energy. An interesting fact is that only in 2016 the net profit of the corporation was about 325 billion rubles. Other major Russian oil companies are inferior to Gazprom in several positions. Until 2011, the corporation had a monopoly on the export of gas from the state.

In 2011, the company was honored to be on the first place in the Forbes rating of "100 most profitable companies in the world". Now it occupies the first place in terms of profitability in Russia.

Sberbank

A successful Russian commercial bank has consistently been included in TOP-10 of the largest Russian companies for several years in a row. According to data for 2016, the net profit of the bank was slightly less than 542 billion rubles. Sberbank offers its customers a wide range of banking services, it is the most popular among the Russian population.

Even such a large organization felt political problems. For example, in Ukraine, activists encouraged compatriots not to be serviced in Sberbank. In 2013, pogroms and property damage of the company became more frequent. And in 2014 the financial organization fell under EU sanctions.

"Russian Railways"

RZD is one of the youngest among the largest Russian companies. It was founded in 2003 by the Government of the Russian Federation. Net profit for the past year was just under 4 billion rubles. Since 2015, Oleg Belozerov has been appointed president of the Russian Railways. By 2017, the company plans to open a major museum in St. Petersburg dedicated to the railways.

Rosneft

The company was established in 1993, and its main enterprises were opened in Soviet times. If in 1998 Rosneft faced huge financial difficulties, was in a crisis situation, now the annual profit is about 377 billion rubles.

As a rule, large companies on the Russian market pay a lot of attention to the environment and the environment, Rosneft is no exception. The corporation guarantees its employees safe working conditions, improves the quality of their lives and supports educational projects, in particular the University. Gubkin.

"Magnet"

"Magnet" is a network of shops with food products popular among the Russian population, often it has the format of a "shop near the house". The founder of the network was Sergei Galitsky, who opened the first "Magnet" in 1994. In 2008, in the midst of the crisis, the company received state support. Over the past year, the net profit of "Magnit" was about 27 billion rubles. In 2016, the network included more than 12,000 stores. Not all the largest Russian companies have such a number of stores.

X5 Retail Group

The public company was established in 2005 by merging two fairly large Russian retail chains - Perekrestok and Pyaterochka. Every year the company is expanding and opening new networks. For the last decade, hypermarkets "Carousel", premium supermarket "Green Crossroads", "Express" stores have been opened. For the year the company's net profit amounted to more than 22,000 million rubles. According to data for 2016, the number of employees of the company is slightly less than 200 thousand people.

Russian enterprises often take part in charitable assistance, X5 Retail Group - is by no means an exception. "Life Line" is a fund with which the holding has been cooperating for a long time. The Foundation aims to save seriously ill children. A few years ago in all stores of the network was launched a charity event "Sweets of Life." In "Pyaterochka" annually handed food presents to veterans.

Other companies

There are a lot of fast-developing, modern, progressive companies on the Russian market. Entrepreneurship is very popular in the country. Unfortunately, it's impossible to tell about all successful corporations in one article. Every year we learn about the emergence of successful young Russian companies. A list of some is presented below:

1. Lukoil. The main profile of the company is the extraction and processing of gas and oil, as well as sales. Net profit for 2015 is just under $ 5 billion.
2. Bank of VTB. The success of the bank says that the controlling stake in its shares belongs to the Russian state. The profit for 2016 is more than 51 billion rubles. The management of the bank is engaged in Andrey Kostin.
3. Megafon is the largest mobile communication operator, provides various services from providing access to the Internet to the sale of cellular phones. Since 2012, the company has acquired its own brand, sold branded smartphones, mini-phones, flash drives with the Internet, and tablet computers.
4. "AvtoVAZ". In this article, only successful Russian companies were represented. The list can not but include the largest company "AvtoVAZ", which recently brings only losses. The production and the museum of AvtoVAZ are in Togliatti. Unfortunately, the company annually causes losses of several billion rubles.
5. Bashneft.
6. Surgutneftegaz.
7. Metalloinvest.
8. Group of companies "Megapolis".

In this article, we talked about the most famous companies in the Russian Federation. Each corporation is engaged in charity, is closely connected with the state.