Maxim Potashev is one of the masters of the intellectual club “What? Where? When?”, The owner of 4 “Crystal Owls”, a mathematician, business coach, president of the Russian Federation of sports bridge. Many fans of "What? Where? When?" try not to miss the games with his participation, but what do they know about Maxim as a person, his personal life and business?
In "What? Where? When?" Maxim Potashev came in 1989, and immediately became a favorite of fans of the game. Cold-blooded, highly erudite, charming, principled, sometimes sharp, but only if the situation requires it. Just three years after joining the club, he became the champion of the International Association and the winner of the Moscow Championship. What does he do in life? Who are his parents, wife, does he have children?
Biography of Maxim Potashev
Maxim Potashev - a native of Moscow, a Jew by birth. He was born in early 1969, in the family of a candidate of technical sciences and a professor of economics. As a child, the boy was extremely versatile - he was fond of intellectual games, he was engaged in three sports at once - football, basketball and biathlon, and played sports bridge.
Intellectual hobbies determined the direction of higher education - after graduating from high school, Maxim entered the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, in 1991 received a diploma in management and specialist in applied mathematics.
The dean decided to invite a successful and promising graduate to the post of teacher of applied mathematics, and Potashev accepted him, worked for a long time in his native university. But a career in this area was "cramped" for an active young man, and he decided to try himself as a manager, organize and try to develop his own business.
Maxim Potashev's business career
Intellectual games bring certain benefits, but it is impossible to live on them, and almost all experts, including Maxim Potashev, have their own business. Potashev continues teaching, but not at the department of the university. He decided to master the field of business training, and he succeeded. It is almost impossible to attend his seminars and lectures, as they are so popular and in demand.
In addition, Potashev’s career “piggy bank” has significant posts in companies of both the Russian and international levels:
- Head of the marketing center "Rosgosstrakh",
- Head of Analytical Division, Kaspersky Lab
- Development Director at the ABC-Attik Publishing House,
- one of the founders of the Internet agency Result.
The main direction of Maxim Potashev’s career is consulting and marketing. The analytical mindset and the habit of setting high demands on oneself and one's own affairs allow Maxim to achieve what was planned in any situation.
The intellectual side of Maxim Potashev’s life
Maxim - the master of the club "What? Where? When?". He came into the game in 1989, became an active participant in almost all of its versions - sports, television, international and Russian levels.
Potashev received the first experience of playing in the ChKG in the team of Vladimir Belkin “Athena”, and in 2001 he headed it. In the television version of the game, the expert Potashev played in the teams of Golubeva, Kozlov, Sidnev, Smirnov. Maxim was the second of the "colleagues" who received the title of master, and the last to whom the Crystal Owl was awarded by Voroshilov himself (2000).
In the sports version of the game, Potashev is one of the most titled players:
- world champion - 2003, 2011,
- champion of Russia - 2001, 2008, 2011,
- 6-time champion of Moscow,
- multiple winner of open championships.
In addition to the ChGK, Potashev played at the Brain Ring site, where he was also recognized as the absolute champion several times. In the TV show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" Maxim, along with Nikolai Valuev, won a rather large amount - 800, 000 rubles.
What does the connoisseur of the club "What? Where? When?" Maxim Potashev
One of the directions of his career - conducting business trainings - Maxim Potashev also considers his main hobby. He is interested in developing in this direction, he is pleased to share the experience of a manager and a marketer with others, and the unprecedented popularity of his lectures proves that he makes this interesting.
And Maxim Potashev writes books that are published in print and on the Internet. To date, the following are his works:
- "Why are you losing at the ChKG?" (2005) - A guide for beginners at the Intellectual Club,
- "Age of the client" (2015) - on the principles of building relationships with the client,
- “The Way of Decision” (2015) is about techniques that allow you to become a winner both in games and on the business field.
Maxim is still passionate about sports - he is an ardent fan of the CSKA club, with his easy submission, the team of athletes beat the spectators of the club "What? Where? When?" with a score of 6: 4. By this, Potashev proved that ordinary sport and intellectual are inseparable.
