Hughes Oliver Biography

Lives in Russia, being a citizen of Great Britain. He believes that Russian experts think deeper than the Western, analyze well, but cannot cope with management. The childhood and youth Oliver Crles Hughes was born on June 27 in Folkston, in the southeast of Great Britain. In his soul he considered himself a resident of the north and therefore rejoiced when his parents moved to Lancaster.

According to him, rains went there all year round, so local people were gloomy, but in their souls they remained honest and kind. The Englishman told about this in the program "Business Secrets." Since childhood, the boy watched how the family breaks up due to his father’s failures in entrepreneurship. After the next collapse, the Hughes lost the house and property. Therefore, in adulthood, Oliver preferred to work "for uncle." He was afraid to develop his own startups.

In adolescence, Hughes behaved defiantly. He wore black clothes and a multi-colored Iroquois, listened to Indi-rock, and also declared himself a communist, which is why he was seriously interested in Russia. In the year, the young man lived in the USSR for six months, and his sympathy for the country increased even more. In M, the British received a bachelor's degree in Russian literature, language and history, then graduated from the magistracy in Lids.

In his youth, Hughes worked as a baker, a gardener, a bartender, a waiter, a webmaster. At the same time, I read books in the Slavic branch of the British library. Personal life of the banker’s personal life is not very widely lit. In this marriage, the daughter of Maggie was born. Now Hughes’s wife is Russian, her name is Larisa. It is not known whether they have children. Photos and videos of a banker can be found on the pages of Tinkoff Bank in Instagram and Facebook.

In Russia, a man does not like everyday rudeness and unfriendly faces on the streets. But he notes the honesty and directness of the Russians, their deep mind. Houses also like that the Russians are not obsessed with Protestant labor ethics, do not measure their life with career achievements. Oliver’s business in the year was invited to work in Visa. At first he was a technologist, then he was engaged in sales.

Since in the biography of Hughes there was experience in Russia in Russia, he was offered to open the Moscow representative office of the company and become the general director. In June, the Briton went to the bank of Oleg Tinkov. He invested his funds in the project, but this was not enough. In February, the businessman met with Goldman Sachs Director Julian Salisbury, who agreed to investment, in April had already signed preliminary terms of the transaction.

He met with representatives of the payment system, among them was Hughes. Negotiations were in elevated colors, but Tinkov liked the character of the British and his conversational Russian. Soon he invited Oliver to engage in integrated management at Tinkoff Bank. The entrepreneur considered compatriots to be poor managers. To Oleg Yuryevich’s surprise, the Englishman agreed and did not even bargain due to payment.

At first, things did not go very well. Hughes even admitted that in the first months he lived starving. But gradually the project began to make a profit, and Oliver rose to the chairman of the board. In the year, he gave an interview to RBC and announced that the bank was switching to a system of quick payments. Oliver Hughes is now in March, Oliver Hughes released a video with an appeal.

Due to the pandemic of the coronavirus infection, he asked the Tinkoff Bank employees not to greet his colleagues by the hand, but simply wave his hand in greeting. TB translated all the events online. In April, the banker gave an interview to Forbes magazine. He assured that the board of directors would survive Oleg Tinkov’s departure due to illness.

The founder of the bank remained a controlling shareholder and is able to give advice on strategic issues. In August, on the UTUB channel “Russian norms! Nevertheless, on September 22, the deal took place. Interesting facts in the banking sector of Oliver Hughes 72 employees in companies located in countries. The Englishman likes the works of Alexander Ostrovsky and Nikolai Gogol. He admits that all types from Dead Souls can be found in real Russia.

A man travels a lot. In M, Hughes received the Bank of the Year award as the best banker of Russia. If it were not for the fear of failure in business, Oliver could open a restaurant, but only in the UK, and not in Russia or France.