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Semen KukesPresident of OAO NK YUKOS.
Date of Birth: 05.12.1946
Country:  Russia |
Content:
- Education
- Scientific Career
- - Became an honorary professor at Delaware University
- - 1977-1979: Lecturer and Researcher at Rice University
- - 1995: Returned to Moscow
- - 1996-1998: First Vice President for Sales at Yukos Oil Company
- - 2003: Elected to the Board of Directors of Yukos Oil Company
- Recognition and Accomplishments
- - Author of over 130 US patents and more than 50 articles
- - Received annual earnings of approximately $1 million from TNK
Education
- Graduated from a Moscow high school with a silver medal- Graduated with honors from the Mendeleev Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology in 1969
Scientific Career
- Worked at the USSR Academy of Sciences- Defended his Ph.D. dissertation on "Chemical Reaction Kinetics" at the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds in 1973
- Invited to Rice University in Houston, USA, in 1976 to pursue a doctoral degree, which he successfully defended
- Became an honorary professor at Delaware University
Industry Experience- 1969-1970: Process Engineer at the Titan Production Association
- 1973-1977: Junior Researcher and Researcher at the Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, USSR Academy of Sciences
- 1977-1979: Lecturer and Researcher at Rice University
- 1979-1986: Technical Director at Phillips Petroleum Company- 1986-1995: Technology Director and Director of International Division for Refining, Marketing, and Transportation at Amoco Oil Company
- 1995: Returned to Moscow
- 1995-1996: Vice President for Marketing and Refining at the Moscow office of Amoco Oil Company
- 1996-1998: First Vice President for Sales at Yukos Oil Company
- 1998: Appointed First Vice President of Tyumen Oil Company (TNK), and later President of TNK in February 1998
- 2003: Appointed Special Advisor to the President and Board of Directors of TNK-BP Holding
- 2003: Elected to the Board of Directors of Yukos Oil Company
- 2003: Elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yukos Oil Company
Recognition and Accomplishments
- Recognized in the USA for his work on catalyst development, oil refining processes, and petrochemicals
- Author of over 130 US patents and more than 50 articles
- Named one of the top 10 managers in Central Europe in 1998 by Central European Economic Review (a publication of The Wall Street Journal)
- Led TNK to significant reductions in cost of oil production, increased capacity at its subsidiary refinery, and expanded the number of the company's gas stations
- Received annual earnings of approximately $1 million from TNK
- Considered to have unique experience in the Russian oil industry, combining extensive work in Western oil companies with successful leadership roles in Russian energy companies
