Nikolai Buinov

Nikolai Buinov (born June 19, 1967, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) is a Russian businessman and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of , the largest private oil company in Russia. Buinov has been the president of the INK since 2011. As of January 2022, he serves as the INK's chairman of the board. He is also the majority shareholder of the company, owning 64% of its shares. In 2021, Buinov was included in Forbes annual ranking «» as his net worth was estimated at $2.2 billion. Buinov founded Bodaibo Energy with his father in 1995. The company supplied Siberian gold miners with fuel and materials for their mining operations in Irkutsk. Two years later, Buinov purchased an oil field license which would go on to become Irkutsk Oil Company.

Since 2017, Buinov has been also heavily investing in the hotel business. He financed the reconstruction of the Wawelberg Bank building, which was completed in 2021. From that time, the Wawelberg building operates as a hotel.

Wealth In 2024 he took 991st place in the ranking of the world's billionaires according to Forbes.

Personal life Buinov is married and has two children. He lives in Irkutsk, Russia.