Born in 1946. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and Gas Industry named after academician I.M. Gubkin in 1971. From 1999 to November 2013 – General Director of PJSC TATNEFT. From November 2013 till present: Assistant to President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Advisor to Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Tatneft. Doctor of Science, Economics.