| Sergei Katsiev | |
| Nationality: | Russian |
| Education: | Moscow Institute of International Relations |
| Children: | 2 |
Sergei Katsiev (born January 1, 1958)[1] is a Russian billionaire and retail businessman.
Katsiev was born in Voznesensk, Ukraine. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Moscow Institute of International Relations.[2]
After the fall of Soviet Union, he worked in a government trade mission to the Netherlands. When he returned to Russia, he headed Mercury Tobacco Corporation, a company owned by Igor Kesaev.
In 1998 he founded his own company, Megapolis. In 2006 these two companies merged, and Megapolis is now the largest tobacco retailer in Russia.[3]
In 2022 Katsiev and his partners bought out the Russian assets of the British tobacco company Imperial Brands.
As of August 2022, Katsiev is worth US$1.2 billion. He was ranked #1833 on the Forbes 2021 list of world billionaires.
Katsiev is married, has two children, and lives in Moscow.[2]