{{short description|Russian businessman (born 1962)}} {{About|the CEO of Gazprom|the Russian historian|Alexei I. Miller}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{family name hatnote|Borisovich|Miller|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = Alexey Borisovich Miller | name = | image = Alexey Miller (2022-05-27).jpg | image_size = | caption = Miller in 2022 | native_name = {{nobold|Алексей Миллер}} | native_name_lang = ru | predecessor = [[Rem Viakhirev]] (''CEO of Gazprom'') | successor = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|1|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], Russian SFSR, Soviet Union<br/>(now Saint Petersburg, Russia) | occupation = Chairman of the management committee, [[Gazprom]] | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | awards = }} '''Alexey Borisovich Miller''' ({{Langx|ru|Алексе́й Бори́сович Ми́ллер}}; born 31 January 1962) is a Russian businessman. Miller is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Russian energy company [[Gazprom]], Russia's largest state-owned company and the world's biggest public energy supplier.<ref>Robert Rapier: [https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2016/03/30/the-worlds-largest-public-oil-and-gas-companies/#1f5e73f96cf1 ''The 25 Biggest Oil And Gas Companies In The World: No.1: Gazprom''] Forbes, 7 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jan/07/gazprom-oil-russia A capitalist revolution. Gazprom's executives are ruthless politician-businessmen of the sort Britain once produced], The Guardian, 7 January 2009.</ref>
==Early life== Miller was born in Leningrad to an assimilated [[Russia Germans|Russo-German]] family.<ref>Andrew Davidson (editor): [https://books.google.com/books?id=tt3jRX_JgdIC&dq=miller+gazprom+CEOs&pg=PA357 ''1000 CEOs.''] Dorling Kindersley, 2009, p. 357.</ref> He studied at the [[Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics]] from which he received a PhD in economics.<ref name="Alexey Miller, Gazprom">{{cite web|title=Alexey Miller, Gazprom|url=http://www.europeanceo.com/profiles/alexey-miller-gazprom/|website=EuropeanCEO.com|date=4 August 2014}}</ref>
==Career== [[File:Russia and China sign major gas deal.jpeg|280px|thumb|Alexey Miller and Head of the [[China National Petroleum Company]] [[Zhou Jiping]] signed a $400 billion gas deal for natural gas supplies via the [[Power of Siberia|Eastern Route]] between [[Gazprom]] and [[China National Petroleum Corporation|CNPC]], 21 May 2014<ref>{{cite news|last1=Paton|first1=James|last2=Guo|first2=Aibing|date=10 November 2014|title=Russia, China Add to $400 Billion Gas Deal With Accord|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-11-10/russia-china-add-to-400-billion-gas-deal-with-accord|publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]|access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Wright|first=Chris|date=22 May 2014|title=$400 Billion Gas Deal Shows Russia Looking To China To Replace Western Money|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chriswright/2014/05/22/400-billion-gas-deal-shows-russia-looking-to-china-to-replace-western-money/#43fdb8226930|magazine=Forbes|access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Luhn|first1=Alec|last2=Macalister|first2=Terry|date=21 May 2014|title=Russia signs 30-year deal worth $400bn to deliver gas to China|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/russia-30-year-400bn-gas-deal-china|work=The Guardian|location=Moscow|publication-place=London|access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref> ]] Miller’s first role was as an engineer-economist in the general planning division of the Leningrad research institute of civil construction ‘LenNIIProekt’.<ref name=CEO>{{cite news|title=Alexei Miller |url= http://www.europeanceo.com/profiles/2009/11/alexei-miller-gazprom/ |publisher=EuropeanCEO.com|date=25 November 2011|accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref>
In 1990, he briefly became a junior researcher at the Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and also became section head for the Economic Reform Committee at the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council.<ref name="CEO Bio">{{cite web|title=CEO Bio|url=http://www.gazprom.com/about/management/board/miller/|website=Gazprom|access-date=14 October 2015|archive-date=20 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020125224/http://www.gazprom.com/about/management/board/miller/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
From 1991 to 1996, Miller served with the Committee for External Relations of the [[Saint Petersburg City Administration|Saint Petersburg Mayor's Office]] under [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{Cite news | title = Comment: Gazprom is not a market player, it's a political weapon | work = [[The Times]]| date =8 January 2009| url= https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/comment-gazprom-is-not-a-market-player-its-a-political-weapon-nhj35gckkj3| access-date = 8 January 2009 | location=London| first=Roger| last=Boyes}}</ref> During this time, he was head of the markets monitoring division at the Foreign Economic Relations Directorate and was also deputy chairman of the External Relations Committee.<ref name="CEO Bio"/>
From 1996 to 1999, he was Director for Development and Investments of the Port of Saint Petersburg. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Director General of the [[Baltic Pipeline System]].
In 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the [[Russian Federation]], and since 2001 he has served as Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Aslanli |first=Kenan |title=Russia’s Foreign Energy Policy: Resources, Actors, Conflicts |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2023 |isbn=978-1-000-93787-9 |location=New York |pages=131 |language=en}}</ref> Since 2002, he has also been deputy chairman of Gazprom’s board of directors. Putin secured Miller’s appointment as CEO so that his former colleague could put an end to fears that some of Gazprom’s executives had harmful third-party relationships.<ref name="Alexey Miller, Gazprom" /> It was also part of the move to centralize state-owned and private energy companies.<ref name=":0" /> This was a shift towards building large state companies as they are seen as the backbone of Russian economy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shiraev |first=Eric |title=Russian Government and Politics |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-352-01103-6 |location=London |language=en}}</ref>
=== Sanctions === In April 2018, the United States placed Miller on the list of [[Specially Designated Nationals]] (SDN) along with 23 other Russian nationals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20180406.aspx |title=Ukraine-/Russia-related Designations and Identification Update|author= |date=6 April 2018 |website=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |accessdate=6 April 2018 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://meduza.io/news/2018/04/06/ssha-vveli-sanktsii-protiv-36-rossiyskih-biznesmenov |title=США ввели санкции против семи российских олигархов и 17 чиновников из "кремлевского списка" |trans-title=The US imposed sanctions against seven Russian oligarchs and 17 officials from the "Kremlin list" |author= |date=6 April 2018 |website=[[Meduza]] |accessdate=6 April 2018 |language=ru}}</ref> The sanction bars U.S. individuals and entities from having any dealings with him.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-04-13|title=U.S. sanctions will push Gazprom CEO into shadows: analysts|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-gazprom-miller-idUSKBN1HK2DT|access-date=2022-02-25}}</ref>
Following [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine]], Miller was sanctioned by the British government which involved freezing his assets and a travel ban.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-10 |title=UK freezes assets of seven Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/10/uk-freezes-assets-of-russian-oligarchs-including-roman-abramovich |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}</ref>
==Awards and titles== [[File:Alexey Miller and Vladimir Putin2018.ogv|280px|thumb|Miller in meeting with President [[Vladimir Putin]], 16 February 2018]] In December 2005, Miller was named [[Person of the Year (Expert magazine)|Person of the Year]] by [[Expert magazine|''Expert'' magazine]], the influential Russian business weekly. He shared the title in 2005 with [[Dmitry Medvedev]], Chairman of the board of [[Gazprom]].{{CN|date=June 2025}}
Miller is also a recipient of: * [[Order For Merit to the Fatherland|Order for the Services to the Fatherland]], I class (2017){{CN|date=June 2025}} * [[Order For Merit to the Fatherland|Order for the Services to the Fatherland]], IV Class (2006){{CN|date=June 2025}} * [[Order For Merit to the Fatherland|Medal of the Order for the Services to the Fatherland]], II Class;{{CN|date=June 2025}} * Order of [[Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation]] (2022);<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/politics/20/01/2022/61e9818b9a7947257fb0f837|title=Путин присвоил главе Газпрома звание Герой труда|language=ru|date=2022-01-20|publisher=[[РБК]]}}</ref> * [[Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary|Order of the Hungarian Republic Cross]], II Class, for the services in the energy cooperation sector;{{CN|date=June 2025}} * [[Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots]] ([[Armenia]]);{{CN|date=June 2025}} * [[Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)|Dostyk (Friendship) Order]], II Class (Republic of [[Kazakhstan]]);{{CN|date=June 2025}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Alexey Miller}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061101155121/http://www.gazprom.ru/eng/articles/article8603.shtml Biography of Alexey Miller], Gazprom website
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