Vadim Gurinov

Vadim Alexandrovich Gurinov (Russian: Вадим Александрович Гуринов, born 21 December 1971) is an entrepreneur and investor who is the founder of JSC (tyre production) and Service-Telecom, an independent wireless telecommunication infrastructure operator).

Early life and education Vadim Gurinov was born on December 21, 1971.

In 1987, Gurinov graduated from high school with honors. In 1994, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics. In 1995, he also graduated from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the Voznesensky Institute of Finance and Economics in Saint Petersburg (known as Saint Petersburg State University of Economics since 2012).

In 2010, Gurinov got a Ph.D. in sociology after defending his dissertation entitled The Implementation of Social Responsibility in the Management of Big Business in Modern Russia. In 1998, the business was sold. In 1999, he became the company's deputy CEO. Gurinov sold his stake in the company in 2013. In 2001, Petrosoyuz's and Lyubimiy Kray's turnover increased to over $250 million.

Cordiant From 2003 to 2011, Gurinov was the CEO of Sibur's subsidiary, Sibur-Russian Tyres.

In 2017, Gurinov transferred his shares in Cordiant to his wife, Galina Gurinova. Consequently, she became the company's controlling shareholder, and the company was considered a family asset.

Service-Telecom In 2015, Service-Telecom was founded, and Vadim Gurinov became its chairman of the board of directors. The company has expanded since 2015: while it owned 350 telecommunication infrastructure facilities in 2015–2016, their number increased by 18500 by 2022. Thus, Service-Telecom took 21% of the tower infrastructure market in Russia.

Fingular

Fingular is a Singapore-based independent financial group founded in 2021 by European entrepreneur Maxim Chernuschenko, with backing from Vadim Gurinov.

Other activities In 2007, Gurinov became a member of SIBUR Holding's management board.

Since 2009, Vadim Gurinov has been a shareholder of AvestraGroup, an independent supplier of petrochemical products from Russia to foreign markets with representative offices in the UAE, Switzerland, and Finland. Furthermore, Gurinov invests in fintech projects (neo-banking, online registers) that are implemented at the first stage in South-East Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia). He is also an investor in a marketplace project in African countries. They have three children.