{{Short description|Russian billionaire businessman}} {{family name hatnote|Grigoryevich|Guryev|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Andrey Guryev | image = Andrey Gurev.jpg | image_size = | caption = | native_name = Андрей Гурьев | native_name_lang = ru | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|03|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lobnya|Lobnya, Moscow Oblast]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Businessman | title = Founder & CEO, [[PhosAgro]] | children = 2, including [[Andrey Guryev, Jr.]] | website = | alma_mater = [[Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism]] | known_for = | spouse = Evgenia | relatives = [[Alexei Motlokhov]] (son-in-law) }}
'''Andrey Grigoryevich Guryev''' ({{langx|ru|Андрей Григорьевич Гурьев}}; born 24 March 1960) is a Russian billionaire businessman. He is the former head of [[PhosAgro]], one of the world's four largest producers of phosphate-based fertilizers. As of March 2022, his net worth is estimated at US$4.8 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web|title=Forbes profile: Morris Kahn |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/andrei-guriev/ |work=Forbes |access-date=12 March 2022}}</ref>
He acquired his wealth in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, obtaining previously state-owned assets at undervalued prices.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |date=2015-05-23 |title=London's Most Mysterious Mansion |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/house-of-secrets |access-date=2022-03-13 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2004, he obtained [[Mikhail Khodorkovsky]]'s half of PhosAgro at an extremely low price, as Khodorkovsky was arrested by the Vladimir Putin regime.<ref name=":0" />
==Early life== Guryev was born in [[Lobnya]], a town {{convert|27|km|sp=us}} north of Moscow. He graduated in 1983 from the [[Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism]],<ref name="Forbes profile"/> with a degree in physical education and sport.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} He graduated from [[University of Greenwich]] with a bachelor's degree in economics in 2003, as well as at the Russian Government Academy of National Economy, graduating in 2004, and at [[Saint Petersburg Mining University|St. Petersburg National Mineral Resources University]], where he graduated with a post-graduate certificate in Economics in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/18074023-andrey-a-guryev|title = Andrey Guryev, PhosAgro OAO: Profile & Biography|website = Bloomberg|access-date = 10 March 2016}}</ref>
Guryev is a [[Judo]] master and from 1978 to 1987, was an instructor and committee secretary for the Mosgorsovet's Dinamo Komsomol organization.<ref name="phosagro.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.phosagro.com/about/management/directors/item5346.php |title=Andrey G. Guryev | Management | About the company |website=PhosAgro.com |date= |accessdate=29 March 2016 |archive-date=22 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322201313/http://www.phosagro.com/about/management/directors/item5346.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career== In 1990, Guryev started his career working for Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the Menatep Group.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> He rose through the ranks and was appointed chairman of Apatit, a subsidiary of the Menatep in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kommersant.ru/factbook/note.aspx?objectid=13515 |title=Guriev Andrey Grigorievich |date=February 16, 2010 |publisher=Kommersant |access-date=March 19, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812052202/http://www.kommersant.ru/factbook/note.aspx?objectid=13515 |archive-date=August 12, 2010}}</ref>
In 1995, he was appointed as Head of the Mining and Chemical Products Department, First the Deputy CEO of ROSPROM and subsequently head of the Y. V. Samoilov Research Institute for Fertilizers and Insectofungicides (NIUIF).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.phosagro.com/investors/corporate/directors/item5346.php |title=Andrey G. Guryev | Corporate Governance | Investors |website=PhosAgro.com |date= |accessdate=29 March 2016 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316010053/https://www.phosagro.com/investors/corporate/directors/item5346.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2011, Guryev owned 71% of PhosAgro, with 10% owned by [[Vladimir Litvinenko]].<ref name="Independent">{{cite news|last1=Popova|first1=Olga|title=IPO yields $538m for Guryev|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ipo-yields-538m-for-guryev-2313267.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/ipo-yields-538m-for-guryev-2313267.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|accessdate=24 May 2015|work=The Independent|date=14 July 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2012, PhosAgro purchased 20% of Apatit. Guryev led a management buyout to acquire control of Apatit and PhosAgro, and now owns 100% of the company.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-phosagro-apatit-idUSL6E8K53WS20120905|title=Phosagro buys stake to secure fertiliser component supplier|date=5 September 2012|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
Between 2011 and 2013, Guryev served as a Member of the Federation Council from the executive branch of the Murmansk oblast government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://barentsobserver.com/en/node/18461|title=Murmansk senator re-elected|website=Barentsobserver|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
In 2013, Guryev was appointed Deputy Chairman of PhosAgro's Board of Directors.<ref name="phosagro.com"/><ref>{{cite news |title=PhosAgro chief beneficiary Guryev joins board as deputy chairman (Part 2) |date=June 2013 |work=Russia & CIS Business & Financial }}</ref> This came after he made the decision to step down as Senator, citing the new laws regarding foreign bank accounts owned by Russian entrepreneurs as his reason for stepping down after 11 years as a politician.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/andrei-guryev-leaves-federation-council/480730.html|title=Andrei Guryev Leaves Federation Council {{!}} News|website=The Moscow Times|access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref>
In 2014, Guryev sold an increased stake in PhosAgro to Vladimir Litvineko, bringing the latter's total ownership to 9.73%, up from 4.92% in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Litvinenko buys $269 mln in PhosAgro shares from Guryevs, boosts stake to 14.5% (Part 2) |date=April 2014 |work=Russia & CIS Business & Financial Newswire }}</ref>
In early 2015, current CEO Andrei Guryev Jr, Andrey Guryev's son, was reported as saying, “PhosAgro is the most profitable phosphate fertilizer company in the world.”<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-phosagro-idUSL6N0V51GC20150126|title=Russian fertiliser firm Phosagro primed for growth as oil, rouble struggle|date=26 January 2015|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>
PhosAgro is structured so that Guryev and his family are recipients of a trust, rather than outright ownership in their names, though Evgenia Guryev, Guryev's wife, owns 4.82% of PhosAgro in her own name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phosagro.com/investors/capital/?print=Y |title=Shareholder Information |website=PhosAgro.com |date= |accessdate=29 March 2016}}</ref>
In July 2016, ''[[Forbes]]'' estimated his net worth at US$4.3 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile"/>
He is vice president of the [[Russian Union of Chemists]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Russian Chemists Union {{!}} Leadership |url=http://www.ruschemunion.ru/en/about/leadership/ |access-date=10 March 2016 |website=www.ruschemunion.ru}}</ref>
=== Sanctions === He was [[economic sanctions|sanctioned]] by the [[United Kingdom]] and [[New Zealand]] in 2022,<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><ref>{{cite web |title=Russia Sanctions Regulations 2022 |url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/2022/0074/latest/LMS659655.html |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> as well as Japan in 2023,<ref>{{cite web |title=ウクライナ情勢に関する外国為替及び外国貿易法に基づく措置について |url=https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/external_economy/trade_control/01_seido/04_seisai/downloadCrimea/20230127press_russia.pdf |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> in relation to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].{{psi|date=March 2026}}
Two of Guryev's [[superyacht]]s have been seized due to these sanctions: * ''[[Alfa Nero]]'', owned through an offshore company and intended to be auctioned in Antigua and Barbuda.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garside |first=Ryan Chittum, Tim Robinson, and Juliette |title=Offshore Gurus Help Rich Avoid Taxes on Jets and Yachts |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/paradisepapers/general-offshore-gurus-help-rich-avoid-taxes-on-jets-and-yachts |access-date=2022-03-06 |website=OCCRP |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Auction of Alfa Nero to Proceed|url=https://antiguanewsroom.com/auction-of-alfa-nero-to-proceed/|access-date=24 May 2023|language=en}}</ref> * His yacht, ''Luminosity'', was seized by [[Montenegro]] due to these sanctions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorgan |first=Elena |date=June 19, 2025 |title=$270M Megayacht Luminosity Is "Rotting Away:" Abandoned, Never Sailed, and Brand New |url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/270m-megayacht-luminosity-is-rotting-away-abandoned-never-sailed-and-brand-new-253199.html |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=autoevolution |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Guryev is married to Evgenia and they have two children, [[Andrey Guryev, Jr.]] and Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov. Andrey Guryev, Jr, is CEO of PhosAgro.<ref name=NewYorker>{{cite news|last1=Caesar|first1=Ed|title=House of Secrets: Who owns London's most expensive mansion?|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/house-of-secrets?intcid=mod-yml|accessdate=24 May 2015|work=New Yorker|issue=June 2015}}</ref> Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov is married to hedge fund manager [[Alexei Motlokhov]], they have twin sons, and live next door in [[Highgate]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Churchill |first=David |date=3 July 2017 |title=Row over hedge fund boss's 'theme park' plan for Highgate |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/row-over-hedge-fund-bosss-theme-park-plan-for-highgate-a3578156.html |website=The Standard}}</ref>
The Guryevs own [[Witanhurst]] in Highgate, London's second largest house after [[Buckingham Palace]],<ref name=NewYorker /> through an offshore company registered in the British Virgin Islands.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ball |first=Emanuele Midolo, George Greenwood, Tom |title=Secrets of £300m Witanhurst, the oligarch mansion |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/secrets-of-300m-witanhurst-the-oligarch-mansion-q375pf9mr |access-date=2022-03-06 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> He owns the five-storey penthouse of [[St George Wharf Tower]] in London.<ref>{{cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |last2=Bengtsson |first2=Helena |date=25 May 2016 |title=The London skyscraper that is a stark symbol of the housing crisis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/may/24/revealed-foreign-buyers-own-two-thirds-of-tower-st-george-wharf-london |work=The Guardian}}</ref> Guryev has never given an interview to the press.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/house-of-secrets|title=House of Secrets|last=Caesar|first=Ed|date=1 June 2015|newspaper=The New Yorker|issn=0028-792X|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref>
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