Alexey miller biography

The corporate world of the oil and gas company executive can often be a ruthless one.

Alexey miller biography

But if Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller’s career path has shown one thing, it’s that backing the right political horse can reap significant dividends later on – as evidenced by his ongoing close relationship with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.

Miller and Putin go back a long way: Miller served with the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor’s office under Putin back in the 1990s.

The 52-year-old Leningrad-born graduate of the Voznesensky Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute (he has a PhD in Economics) was to later serve as director for development and investments of the Port of Saint Petersburg, before becoming director of the Baltic Pipeline System in 1999.

He subsequently assumed the office of deputy minister of energy of the Russian Federation in 2000 – the same year Putin made his move from Prime Minister to President.