The Russian economy has long lost its position in the global market for investments, goods and services. At the current time, civilized countries are pumping oil, smelting metals and cutting down forests. Zakhar Smushkin is engaged in the export of wood and pulp and paper products.
Starting conditions
Zakhar Davidovich Smushkin was born on January 23, 1962 in an ordinary family of Soviet intellectuals. The parents of the future businessman lived in Leningrad. The child grew up and was brought up in the cultural capital of a great power. At school, the boy studied well. From the total mass did not stand out. I didn’t contact with hooligans. He attended classes in a chess club in the palace of pioneers. When it came time to choose a profession, parents advised Zakhar to get a higher education at the local technological institute of the pulp and paper industry.
Having received a certificate of maturity, Smushkin entered this institute and successfully graduated from it. Since he received excellent grades in specialized disciplines, Zakhar was invited to graduate school. When preparing a Ph.D. thesis, an applicant for a scientific rank examined in detail the technical and economic state of forestry in the country. After graduate school, Smushkin worked for two years in a Soviet-American enterprise that was engaged in the supply of equipment for pulp and paper mills - Pulp and Paper Mill.
Business activities
When mass privatization began in the country in the early 90s, Zakhar Davidovich did not remain an indifferent observer. Together with trained partners, he tore off the industry in which he worked by the type of his commercial activity. By the first action, domestic businessmen established the Ilim company. Under this brand, the ordinary commercial structure has transformed into the largest holding. The holding included the pulp and paper mill located in Bratsk, Ust-Ilimsk and Kotlas.
The accumulated capital allowed the businessman to form the famous Domovoy supermarket chain in St. Petersburg. Household goods and small household appliances became available to the population with minimal incomes. Another area that Smushkin is persistently developing is the construction of a satellite city on the border of the city and the region. Foreign companies, including the computer giant IBM, were involved in the design. Residential buildings and social infrastructure facilities for 130 million residents will be equipped with Internet of Things and Smart House systems.
