Date of birth
November 9, 1952
Place of birth
Leninakan (Gyumri), Armenian SSR
Education
- Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute, majoring in electrical engineering (class of 1976)
Place of employment and position held
- Gennady Timchenko has more than twenty five years of experience in the international energy markets (engaged in business activities since 1987)
- Owns shares in major energy, transportation and construction companies within Volga Group investment group
- President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ice Hockey Club SKA Saint Petersburg (since 2011)
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of the KHL (since July 2012)
- Co-founder of Elena and Gennady Timchenko Charitable Foundation (Timchenko Foundation), which focuses on supporting elderly people, children and families, culture and sports
- Supports the following Russian sports federations: judo, water polo, alpine skiing and snowboard, tennis, table tennis, as well as the Russian Chess Federation and the Association of Winter Olympic Sports
Career
- He began his career at the Izhorsk factory in the Leningrad region
- In the 1980s he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Trade
- In 2013 he was one of the sponsors and organizers of a high-rated tournament according to ELO system – Alekhine Memorial International Chess Super-Tournament and of the Russian Chess Championship Super Final, which took place in Nizhny Novgorod
- In 2014, the Transoil Company, co-owned by Gennady Timchenko, sponsored the Ice Hockey Under-18 World Championship