{{short description|Russian billionaire}} {{Fnh|Aleksandrovich|Pumpyansky|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date= March 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Dmitry Pumpyansky | image = Dmitry Pumpyanskiy 2016.jpg | image_size = | caption = Pumpyansky in 2016 | native_name = Дмитрий Пумпянский | native_name_lang = ru | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|03|22|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Businessman | known for = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = 1 | parents = | relatives = | website = }}
'''Dmitry Aleksandrovich Pumpyansky''' ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Александрович Пумпянский}}; born 22 March 1964) is a Russian [[billionaire]] businessman. He was the owner and chairman of [[OAO TMK]],<ref name="interfax.com">{{Cite web|url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/76351/|title=Pumpyansky no longer beneficiary of TMK, leaves board|website=interfax|accessdate=28 September 2022}}</ref> a Russian global manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry. As of August 2022, his net worth was estimated at US$2.0 billion.<ref name="Forbes profile" />
==Early life== Pumpyansky graduated from the [[Kirov Ural Polytechnic Institute]] in 1986, and earned a Candidate of Sciences (Engineering), and a Doctor of Science (Economics).<ref name="tmk-group">{{cite web|url=https://www.tmk-group.com/bod/Dmitry_A_Pumpyanskiy|title=Dmitry A. Pumpyanskiy|website=TMK Group|accessdate=28 September 2018}}</ref>
2024 — Doctor of Technical Sciences. Dissertation topic: “Scientific foundations for the development of steels, alloys, and high-efficiency technologies for the production of next-generation OCTG and specialty pipe solutions.”<ref>{{Cite web |work=disserCat |title=электронная библиотека диссертаций |url=https://www.dissercat.com/content/nauchnye-osnovy-razrabotki-stalei-splavov-i-vysokoeffektivnykh-tekhnologii-dlya-proizvodstva}}</ref>
==Career== Pumpyansky started as a metals trader, then ran several metal factories, then took over the Sinarsky Pipe Factory.<ref name="Forbes profile">{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Dmitry Pumpyansky |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/dmitry-pumpyansky/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=1 July 2021}}</ref>
Pumpyansky joined [[OAO TMK]] in 2002.<ref name="tmk-group"/> Together with fellow billionaires [[Sergei Popov (businessman)|Sergei Popov]] and [[Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)|Andrey Melnichenko]], they bought the company, and he bought them out in 2006, becoming the 100% owner.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> He was the chairman of TMK.<ref name="tmk-group"/>
On March 9, 2022, TMK said in a statement that Pumpyansky is no longer a beneficiary of the Russian pipe manufacturer and has resigned from the company's board of directors.<ref name="interfax.com"/> [[File:Орденом «За заслуги перед Отечеством» IV степени награждён Дмитрий Пумпянский.jpeg|thumb|center|250px|President [[Vladimir Putin]] awards the 4th Degree [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]]" to Pumpyansky, 31 July 2014]]
==Personal life== Pumpyansky is married, with one child. According to Forbes, he lives in [[Yekaterinburg]], Russia.<ref name="Forbes profile"/> In 2022 Swissinfo reported that he, his wife, and Swiss son live in [[Geneva]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-media-on-the-lookout-for-putin-s-alleged-mistress---and-russian-oligarchs/47448216|title=Swiss media on the lookout for Putin's alleged mistress – and Russian oligarchs|website=SWI swissinfo.ch}}</ref> He owned the 236-foot megayacht ''Axioma'' until it was auctioned off after it was seized in Gibraltar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/monaco-yacht-show-billionaire-yachts-photos-2018-9|title=9 outrageous yachts appearing at the Monaco Yacht Show owned by some of the world's richest billionaires|author=|date=|website=businessinsider.com|access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref>
== Sanctions == Pumpyansky is on the list of 96 "oligarchs" in [[Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act]], passed into US law in August 2017.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. Names Russian Oligarchs, But Says It's Not a Sanctions List|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/u-s-releases-sweeping-list-of-russian-billionaires-officials|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=January 30, 2018|accessdate=January 30, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Report to Congress Pursuant to Section 241 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 Regarding Senior Foreign Political Figures and Oligarchs in the Russian Federation and Russian Parastatal Entities|url=https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rJRW6xrdtLJE/v0|date=January 29, 2018|accessdate=January 30, 2018|format=PDF}}</ref>
He was sanctioned by the [[UK]] government in 2022 in relation to the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].<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>
In March 2022, Pumpyansky was put on a list of sanctions by the [[European Union]].<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/03/09/eu-targets-four-more-russian-billionaires-in-latest-wave-of-sanctions/ Forbes: EU Targets Three More Russian Billionaires In Latest Wave Of Sanctions], 10 March 2022</ref> Following an appeal, the [[European General Court]] annulled the sanctions in September 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=EU Court Annuls Sanctions on Russian Billionaire Dmitry Pumpyansky |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/10/eu-court-annuls-sanctions-on-russian-billionaire-dmitry-pumpyansky-a90490 |access-date=10 September 2025 |work=The Moscow Times}}</ref>
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