Oleg Tinkov

A Russian entrepreneur and cycling sponsor. According to Forbes, in 2014 Oleg Tinkov was ranked 1210 in the list of the wealthiest people in the world, on the list of the richest businessmen in Russia in 2016 he was ranked 79 with a fortune of $1.2 billion.
Oleg Tinkov is known as the founder of a network of shops of household appliances Technoshock, frozen food factories Daria, brewing companies and the network of Tinkoff restaurants. Among less well-known projects – music store Music Shock and the record label Shock Records, which released first albums bands Kirpichi, Leningrad, and which worked with the Knife for Frau Müller. Tinkov is the founder and chairman of the Tinkoff Bank board of directors (until 2015 it was called Tinkoff Credit Systems). The bank was founded in 2007 and as of December 1, 2016, it is ranked 45 in terms of assets and 33 – for equity among Russian banks
Tinkov is passionate about road cycling and has the title of the candidate in master of sports of the USSR. In 2005, he created a professional cycling team Tinkoff Restaurants, which later changed its name to Tinkoff Credit Systems and became the basis for the Katyusha team. From December 2013 to November 2016 he owned a cycling team Tinkoff.