Filaret Galchev (Russian: Филарет Гальчев; born 26 May 1963 in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian businessman of Pontic Greek origin (Filaretos Kaltsidis), chairman of Eurocement group.
Early life
Filaret Illitch Galchev was born in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, then a part of the Soviet Union. He graduated from Moscow Mining Institute
Career
According to Forbes, Galchev has a net worth of $4.3 billion, as of January 2015.
Personal life
He is married with two children and lives in Moscow.
- Filaret Galchev got his start in coal, but made the bulk of his fortune in cement, buying plants from Stern Cement and from Inteko.
- His Eurocement Group is now Russia’s largest cement producer.
- In February 2016, Galchev lost his 6.2% stake in the world’s largest cement producer, LafargeHolcim, as a result of margin call.
- The companies of Eurocement Group have a combined production capacity of more than 60 million tons of cement and more than 11 million m3 of concrete.
- Galchev is also a citizen of Greece.
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