An incredibly curious person surrounded by many scandals and secrets, entering government circles and constantly under the gun of the press. This is the restaurateur Yevgeny Prigozhin, well known as the personal culinary specialist of President Putin. His life is full of interesting events and dark stories, such as possible interference in the 2016 American elections and government contracts received.
In order not to portray the person as a hero and not to evaluate actions and curious connections, it is better to objectively cite facts from the biography of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Childhood and youth
Prigogine Eugene was born in the northern capital of the country, St. Petersburg. Year of birth - 1961. Little Zhenya grew up and studied at a boarding school called the Olympic Reserve School.
He was very fond of skiing and did not give up this hobby until graduation from school. Then he abruptly dropped his skis for unknown reasons, but the press published an opinion that this provoked the problems that Prigogine began at the age of 18.
The future restaurateur has 2 criminal records. At the age of 18, he was convicted of theft for a two-year suspended sentence. But as soon as the term ended, he found himself in another situation, for which he went to jail for 12 years. The reason was organized crime and joining the circle of the “wrong” group of people. Came out 9 years later thanks to good behavior. Yevgeny Prigozhin rarely spreads about this time, avoiding questions and comments on this score. Prigozhin filed a lawsuit against one of the media for interference with his personal life, but later withdrew this statement, which further fueled interest in himself.
Own business
At the age of 29, he decided to take up his own business, and the time with the situation in the country contributed to this. Thanks to the support of his stepfather, Evgeny Viktorovich opened a hot dog outlet. And this was the beginning of success.
Then he became the manager of the Contrast supermarket chain in Leningrad. Not being its direct owner, he nevertheless owned 1/6 of the shares (together with a friend from the school Boris Spektor).
After 5 years, he became disillusioned with this work and was determined to open a restaurant business. Together with Kirill Ziminov, an elite establishment "Old Customs" was opened. Looking for ways to expand his business, following successful businessmen from France, he decided to open his own establishment in an unsuitable place for this. So on the restored old ship, the restoration of which cost the new owner $ 0.5 million, a restaurant named "New Island" was built. He became incredibly popular.
Once an incident brought the Russian president V. V. Putin. The host took out the food for the dear guest himself. And this gesture later became his hallmark.
Since then, Prigogine himself served any high-ranking person who visited his restaurant. So the presidents of France and the United States visited his institution, later Putin celebrated his birthday here, and Dmitry Medvedev - his inauguration. The restaurateur not only became a good friend of the first person in the country, but also began to work with him and his entourage.
Then there was our own factory for the supply of food to the "Concorde" schools, then - food for the military and the provision of food for Russian military units. All this is not without the support of the now good friend of the President of the country. However, later the order on the monopoly of the supplier was canceled, and everything returned to its place.
condition
During the period of his activity "under the patronage" of officials, Yevgeny Prigozhin earned 92 million rubles. And by 2016, the state of the restaurateur was officially equal to 7, 14 billion rubles. By 2018, it had grown to 11 billion rubles.
A family
Prigogine is married, he has two children - a son and a daughter, he loves and appreciates them very much. Together with them, he even wrote and published a fairy-tale book for children "Indraguzik".
