Dmitry Sergeev (businessman) explained

Dmitry Sergeev
Native Name:Дмитрий Александрович Сергеев
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:26 June 1975
Years Active:2000s—current
Organization:Love Syndrome

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Sergeev (born 26 June 1975) is a Russian entrepreneur and executive, the chairman of the board of trustees of Love Syndrome Foundation (since 2016), former CEO of AliExpress Russia (from 2019 to 2022), board member of Mail.ru Group (from 2018 to 2022).

Biography

Dmitry Sergeev was born on 26 June 1975 in Tashkent, moved to Moscow, and graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations International Law department.[1]

Career

Sergeev's career began in the legal department of Alfa-Bank in the early 2000s but soon shifted toward media management. In 2022, he was appointed managing director of Regional Media Group, which consolidated Ivan Tavrin's assets in mass media. Since then, he has held executive roles in several media companies: corporate director of TV-3 channel, deputy CEO of Regional Media Group, and CEO of Media1 holding. Since 2009, he has worked at United Television Holding (UTV) and became its CEO.[2] From 2012 to 2013, Sergeev was a director general of Kommersant publishing house.[3] [4] [5]

In January 2014, Sergeev was appointed executive director of VK, responsible for the financial management of the social network.[6] Later in 2014, he became the first deputy director of Mail.ru Group.[7] Since 2016, he has been the first deputy CEO of Mail.ru Group and subsequently became a board member in 2018. He left the board in January 2022.[8] From 2019 to 2022, he was a co-CEO of AliExpress Russia, the joint venture of Alibaba Group, Mail.ru Group, MegaFon, and the Russian Direct Investment Fund.[9] [10] In 2022, Sergeev left the company.[11]

Charity

Since 2016, Sergeev has been the chairman of the board of trustees of the Love Syndrome Foundation, which aims to create a comfortable environment for people with Down syndrome to study, develop, and work. He has partnered with the international Downside Up Foundation and helped launch sports, employment, and volunteering projects. He also works on public campaigns that create a positive image of people with mental disabilities in society. He produced an "Eating an Elephant" documentary about theater actors with Down syndrome and a "Small Andrew's Dairy" animated movie about a boy with a mental disability.[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Family

Dmitry Sergeev is married with three children.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sergeev Dmitry Alexandrovich . Retail.ru . 1 May 2023.
  2. Web site: UTV CEO Dmitry Sergeev: "There are no child-friendly TV channels in Russia" . 12 December 2011 . AdIndex . 1 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Kommersant Publishing ex-CEO found a replacement . 9 October 2013 . Izvestia . 1 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Sergeev Dmitry Alexandrovich . 7 March 2014 . Kommersant . 1 May 2023.
  5. Web site: Assignments and retirements (E-xecutive review) . 21 November 2014 . E-xecutive . 1 May 2023.
  6. Web site: VK CEO became Mail.ru Group CEO . Igor Korolev . 26 October 2016 . Cnews . 1 May 2023.
  7. Web site: Dobrodeev and Sergeev are now Mail.ru Group executives . 19 November 2014 . Sostav . 1 May 2023.
  8. Web site: VK Company: Changes to the Board of Directors . 11 January 2022 . EQS Group . 1 May 2023.
  9. Web site: Head of AliExpress in Russia and the first deputy CEO of Mail.ru Group will become the executives of the joint venture with Alibaba . 11 June 2019 . Interfax . 1 April 2023.
  10. Web site: Dmitry Sergeev: "We play a different game" . Dmitry Shestoperov . 20 October 2021 . Kommersant . 1 May 2023.
  11. Web site: AliExpress Russia has a new CEO . 21 October 2021 . Retail.ru . 1 May 2023.
  12. Web site: "People with Down syndrome have a right for a full life" . Alexandra Hodonova . +1 . 1 May 2023.
  13. Web site: "Everyone is somehow special" . Olga Allenova . 21 March 2019 . Kommersant . 1 May 2023.
  14. Web site: "A special story: a Russian documentary about actors with Down syndrome" . 16 March 2020 . +1 . 1 May 2023.
  15. Web site: "Small Andrew's Diary": a Russian animation about a boy with Down syndrome . Daria Melnikova . 21 March 2022 . Afisha Daily . 1 May 2023.
  16. Web site: The chairman of the "Love Syndrome" Board of Trustees . Love Syndrome . 1 May 2023.