Andrey Melnichenko

Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko is a Russian billionaire industrialist and philanthropist. He is the main beneficiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem Group and coal energy company SUEK. He is the chairman of the strategy committee in both companies.

  • Industrialist Andrey Melnichenko owns majority stakes in fertilizer producer Eurochem and coal energy company SUEK.
  • Melnichenko started Eurochem, SUEK and pipe exporter TMK with partner Sergei Popov.
  • The two split and divvied up assets over the years.
  • Melnichenko’s first business venture was a chain of currency-exchange booths he started in the 1990s.