Alexey Miller: Gazprom CEO

Alexey Borisovich Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad (now Saint. Petersburg), Russia to a family of German ethnicity.  In 1989 he earned a PhD in Economics from the N.A. Voznesenkii Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute.

After graduating, Alexey began his professional career as an engineer-economist at the general planning division of the Leningrad Civil Construction Research and Design Institute (LenNIIproekt under the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council).

Alexey served with the Committee for External Relations of the Saint Petersburg Mayor’s Office under Vladimir Putin from 1991 to 1996.  He was Director for Development and Investments of the Port of Saint Petersburg from 1996 to 1999. Alexey then served as Director General of the Baltic Pipeline System from 1999 to 2000. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation in 2000.

Alexey became the Chairman of the Management Committee (CEO) of Gazprom in 2001.

Gazprom is Russia’s largest company and the biggest gas producer in the world accounting for around 13 percent of the world’s gas production.