{{Short description|Russian politician and businessman}} {{family name hatnote|Yuryevich|Titov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Boris Titov | birth_name = Boris Yuryevich Titov | image = Борис Титов 02 (12-07-2021).jpg | caption = Titov in 2021 | office = [[Presidential Administration of Russia|Special Presidential Envoy for Relations with International Organizations to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals]] | term_start = 16 June 2024 | president = [[Vladimir Putin]] | predecessor = [[Anatoly Chubais]] | office1 = [[President of Russia|Presidential]] Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights | president1 = [[Vladimir Putin]] | term_start1 = 22 June 2012 | term_end1 = 22 June 2022 | order2 = Leader of the [[Party of Growth]] | term_start2 = 26 March 2016 | term_end2 = 19 April 2024 | predecessor2 = Himself (as the leader of the [[Right Cause]] party) | successor2 = Party merging into [[New People (political party)|New People]] | order3 = Leader of [[Right Cause]] | term_start3 = 29 February 2016 | term_end3 = 26 March 2016 | predecessor3 = [[Vyacheslav Maratkanov]] | successor3 = Himself (as the leader of the [[Party of Growth]]) | deputy = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|12|24}} | birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Elena Titova | children = 2 | profession = | party = [[New People (political party)|New People]] {{small|(since 2024)}} | other_party = [[United Russia]] {{small|(2007–08)}}<br>[[Civilian Power]] {{small|(2008)}}<br>[[Right Cause]] {{small|(2008–11, 2016)}}<br>[[Party of Growth]] {{small|(2016–24)}}<br>[[All-Russia People's Front|People's Front]] {{small|(since 2011)}} | alma_mater = [[Moscow State Institute of International Relations]] | awards = [[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]]<br>[[Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]], 1st class<br>[[Legion of Honour|National Order of the Legion of Honour]]<br>[[Awards of the President (Russia)#Letter of Gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation|Russian Presidential Letter of Gratitude]] | rank = [[Senior lieutenant]] | native_name = {{nobold|Борис Титов}} | native_name_lang = ru }}

'''Boris Yuryevich Titov''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Юрьевич Титов}}; born 24 December 1960) is a Russian politician and businessman serving as the Special Presidential Envoy for Relations with International Organizations to Achieve [[Sustainable Development Goals]] since 2024. He was known as the presidential commissioner for entrepreneurs' rights from 2012 to 2022. Titov has led the [[Party of Growth]], previously known as [[Right Cause]], since February 2016.<ref>[http://www.deloros.ru/main.php?mid=36&doc=214 Business Russia: Boris Yurievich Titov] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629073426/http://www.deloros.ru/main.php?mid=36&doc=214 |date=29 June 2014 }}</ref>

In the [[2018 Russian presidential election|2018 presidential election]], Titov ran as a candidate, finishing sixth place with 0.76% of the vote.

==Life and career==

Titov graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the [[Moscow State Institute of International Relations]] in 1983. He was appointed Head of the Department of Chemistry of the joint Soviet-Dutch enterprise Urals in 1989. In 1991, he and his partners created their own company, Solvalub. They bought London-based solvents and lubricants, with which they collaborated for a project involving Urals and the VO Soviet Oil Export ({{Langx|ru|Союзнефтеэкспорт|lit=[Soviet] Union oil export|translit=Soyuznyeftexport}}). He became executive director of the SVL Group companies. He was also mentioned in the mainstream media as the chairman of the board of the group. Later, the company turned into an investment and trading group, operating in the oil market, agro- and petrochemicals, and liquefied gases. The company very quickly became involved in refinancing exports from Russia, the organization of project financing, and investments in production and transportation projects. Titov, who is the majority owner of Solvalub, was valued at $2&nbsp;billion in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lenta.ru/lib/14160239/|title=Титов, Борис|accessdate=2018-06-29}}</ref>

On 26 June 2012, the board of directors of [[Abrau-Durso (winery)|Abrau-Durso]], a winery owned by Titov,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABRAU-DURSO (ABRD)|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ABRAU-DURSO-12996037/company/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-17|website=MarketScreener|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195621/https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ABRAU-DURSO-12996037/company/ |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref> voted to terminate Titov's authority as the director of the company, in connection with his transfer to the civil service and election to the board of directors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20120626211754.shtml|title=Бизнес-омбудсмен Б. Титов уволен с поста гендиректора &quot;Абрау-Дюрсо&quot; и назначен председателем совета директоров.|website=РБК|access-date=2018-06-29}}</ref>

===Social activity===

In 2000, he was elected to be a member of the board and vice-president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

In 2003, he became co-chair, and in May 2004, the chairman of the all-Russian Business Russia public organization. In this capacity, he criticized the rigid financial policies of the [[Ministry of Finance (Russia)|Minister of Finance]] [[Alexei Kudrin]]. He insisted on the need to increase domestic production of goods, stimulate demand, attract investments, and change tax cuts and the refinancing rate of the [[Central Bank of Russia|Central Bank]].

As the leader of Business Russia, Boris Titov became a member of a number of state and public structures. He became a member of the Council for Implementation of Priority National Projects and Demographic Policy and Promotion of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights Council under the president of the Russian Federation, a member of the Council on Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship at the Russian government and the government Commission on the Development of Industry, Technology and Transport. He served as chairman of the Russian side of the Russian-Chinese Business Council, chairman of the non-commercial partnership Gas Market Coordinator and member of the Presidium of the National Council on Corporate Governance.

In 2005–2008, Titov was a member of the [[Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation]].

===Political activity===

In October 2007, he was elected a member of the Supreme Council of [[United Russia]].

In 2008, he headed the Supreme Council of the party [[Civilian Power]] and began to create a new right-wing party in Russia. In November of the same year, the [[Democratic Party of Russia]], Civilian Power, and the [[Union of Right Forces]] were disbanded and founded a new party [[Right Cause (political party)|Right Cause]]. Congress approved its three co-chairs. They were the former deputy chairman of the Union of Right Forces [[Leonid Gozman]], a journalist [[Georgy Bovt]], and Titov. A few days later, the decision of X Congress of United Russia was to prematurely terminate Titov's powers as a member of the Supreme Council of the party. On 22 June 2012, a decree by the [[Russian president]] [[Vladimir Putin]] authorized Titov to be the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights of Entrepreneurs in Russia.<ref>{{cite web |title=Борис Титов назначен Уполномоченным при Президенте по защите прав предпринимателей |url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/15721 |website=Президент России |access-date=1 June 2024 |language=ru |date=22 June 2012}}</ref>

On 29 February 2016, at the VII Congress of the Right Cause party, he was elected its chairman, saying the change of political course of the party, at the "party business" and its re-branding.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.rg.ru/2016/02/29/v-moskve-nachalsia-sezd-partii-pravoe-delo.html|title=Борис Титов стал лидером "Правого дела"|date=2016-02-29|work=Российская газета|access-date=2018-06-29|language=ru}}</ref>

==2018 presidential campaign== {{Main|Boris Titov 2018 presidential campaign}} [[File:Titov 2018 logo.png|thumb|left|Titov 2018 logo]]

On 26 November 2017, Boris Titov announced his intention to run for president in the [[2018 Russian presidential election|2018 election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://meduza.io/news/2017/11/26/biznes-ombudsmen-boris-titov-sobralsya-ballotirovatsya-v-prezidenty-rossii|title=Бизнес-омбудсмен Борис Титов собрался баллотироваться в президенты России|work=Meduza|access-date=2018-06-29|language=ru-RU}}</ref>

Titov was officially nominated by his party on 21 December.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5a3a8b8b2ae596a9018cee7a|title=Партия роста выдвинула в президенты омбудсмена Бориса Титова|website=РБК|date=21 December 2017 |access-date=2017-12-21}}</ref> He submitted the documents required for registration to the [[Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation|CEC]] the next day.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://ria.ru/election2018_news/20171222/1511503043.html|title=Титов подал в ЦИК документы для выдвижения кандидатом в президенты|date=2017-12-22|work=РИА Новости|accessdate=2017-12-22|language=ru}}</ref> Titov's documents were approved by the CEC on 25 December, which meant that he could begin collecting signatures.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ria.ru/election2018_news/20171225/1511671360.html|title=ЦИК утвердил документы Титова на выдвижение в президенты|date=2017-12-25|work=РИА Новости|access-date=2018-06-29|language=ru}}</ref> A party spokesman commented that the collection of signatures in support of Titov would begin early in January 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ria.ru/election2018_news/20171225/1511691419.html|title=В "Партии роста" рассказали, когда начнут сбор подписей в поддержку Титова|date=2017-12-25|work=РИА Новости|access-date=2018-06-29|language=ru}}</ref>

According to Titov, the main purpose of his participation in the election was to promote the party's Growth Strategy economic program, which was prepared by the [[Pyotr Stolypin|Stolypin]] Club and presented to [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] in May 2017. During the campaign Titov and his team intend to travel around the country to promote the program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5a1a8d779a7947327c7cf025|title=Титов назвал главную задачу своего выдвижения на выборы президента России|website=РБК|date=26 November 2017 |access-date=2018-06-29}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 2017, his son Pavel along with First Deputy Prime Minister [[Igor Shuvalov]], [[VEB.RF|VEB]] chairman [[Sergei Gorkov]] and [[Sberbank]] chairman [[German Gref]], were strong supporters of cryptocurrencies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Губенко |first1=Артем (Gubenko, Artem) |last2=Якорева |first2=Анастасия (Yakoreva, Anastasia) |last3=Рейтер |first3=Светлана (Reiter, Svetlana) |url=https://thebell.io/ohotniki-za-bitkoinami-kto-iz-bogatejshih-investiruet-v-kriptu/ |title=Охотники за биткоинами. Кто из миллиардеров инвестирует в крипту? Владелец башни «Федерация», сын бизнес-омбудсмена и фонды олигархов – в криптовалюты инвестируют 10% списка Forbes. |trans-title=Bitcoin hunters. Which billionaires invest in crypto? The owner of the Federation Tower, the son of a business ombudsman and the funds of oligarchs – 10% of the Forbes list invests in cryptocurrencies. |language=ru |work=[[The Bell (newspaper)|The Bell]] (thebell.io) |date=2017-11-21 |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004053419/https://thebell.io/ohotniki-za-bitkoinami-kto-iz-bogatejshih-investiruet-v-kriptu/ |archive-date=2018-10-04}}</ref> Since January 2022, Pavel Titov's wife Ksenia Titova ({{langx|ru|Ксения Титова}}) and Ruslan Romantsev ({{langx|ru|Руслан Романцев}}) as CEO are heading Abrau Cosmetics which is a Kubanbytkhim LLC based ({{langx|ru|база ООО «Кубаньбытхим»}}) [[Novorossiysk]] located division of the Abrau-Durso holding.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kostyrev, Anatoly |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5029632 |title=Виноделы давят косточки: «Абрау-Дюрсо» может заняться косметикой |trans-title=Winemakers crush the seeds: Abrau-Durso may engage in cosmetics |language=ru |work=[[Kommersant|Коммерсантъ]] |date=13 October 2021 |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424193331/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5029632 |archive-date=24 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Titkov, Dmitry |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5180985 |title=«Абрау-Дюрсо» начала выпускать косметику |trans-title=Abrau-Durso has started producing cosmetics |language=ru |work=[[Kommersant|Коммерсантъ]] |date=24 January 2022 |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424193237/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5180985 |archive-date=24 April 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Бурлакова |first1=Екатерина (Burlakova, Ekaterina) |last2=Соболь |first2=Маргарита (Sobol, Margarita) |url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2022/01/23/906039-abrau-dyurso-kosmetiki |title=«Абрау-Дюрсо» создает федеральный бренд премиальной косметики: Высокая цена может помешать продвижению, считает эксперт |trans-title=Abrau-Durso creates a federal brand of premium cosmetics: A high price can hinder promotion, the expert believes |language=ru |work=[[Vedomosti|«Ведомости»]] |date=23 January 2022 |access-date=24 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119174229/https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2022/01/23/906039-abrau-dyurso-kosmetiki |archive-date=19 January 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Candidates in the Russian presidential election, 2018}}

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