Azad Kamalovich Babaev - a person who created himself. Without a sonorous surname, influential relatives. Born 48 years ago in a small village, he has become one of the key people in the oil and gas business and a leading expert in the field of oilfield services.
His name has been around for a dozen years. First, in connection with the creation of an innovative Holding Company of those times, RU Energy Group OJSC. Then, they started talking about Babaev with renewed vigor, when, due to his reinforced concrete position as a fighter against kickbacks and walkers to bureaucratic offices, he literally lost this very business one day.
What Azad Babayev is like, when the door of the house closes behind him, only the closest know. He does not let journalists into his personal life and does not appear at all kinds of bohemian parties. And to the questions why he leads such a closed lifestyle, he answers very simply - the name of a businessman should be associated with work, and not with the “yellow” press.
It is known about Azad Kamalovich Babayev that he introduced advanced technologies into the oil and gas industry, supported young and future industry professionals, initiated the development of cultural, sports and social life in oil workers' cities and the creation of modern infrastructure in them. This is how a portrait of a businessman emerges, 100% busy with his business.
Now Azad Babayev continues to do business, give lectures at his own institute and do charity work.
Azad Babayev: how to be born in a simple family to become the best in your industry
Where did this Babaev come from? Such questions were repeatedly asked when RU-Energy Group Holding became one of the leaders in the oil and gas business and the leader in oilfield services. He was born that way. In September 1971 in a small village. His father worked as an ordinary driver, and his mother was engaged in housekeeping and children.
Azad was the youngest child in a family where parents tried not only to educate, but to instill in children the correct values in life, to give education and, as they say, to bring them into people. The whole life of Azad Babayev proves that it does not matter where and in what family you were born.If you have the aspiration, the ability to work, and most importantly - the desire to conquer new horizons, you will certainly achieve your goals.
The realization that parents do not have connections and extra money to spend on their son's education came to Azad in his school years. He saw how parents worked from morning to night, giving everything they had to their children. He could only thank them with his studies. Moreover, because she opened up prospects for him to enter a university and get a higher education, and not be limited to a vocational school, like many of his peers from the village. Azad Babayev wanted to break out of his native land and become a support for his parents so that they could rest.
The decision has been made, the goal has been set and you need to go towards it, despite the difficulties, and achieve it with hard work. Which university to choose? Azad Kamalovich Babayev decided to follow the example of famous American billionaires and focused on education in the oil and gas sector.
At the age of 17, at the end of school, he leaves to enter Tyumen and becomes a student of the budget department of the prestigious Tyumen State Oil and Gas University. It is by getting higher education that he takes such important and significant steps on the way to his business success.
How can a student earn money for an apartment, ask Babaev
It's the end of the 1980s. The great and mighty Soviet Union still exists, but the order in it has already changed a lot. Azad Babaev is a student living in a student hostel on one scholarship. There are vague prospects ahead, and they become even blurred when you realize that it will not be you, no matter how smart you are, will be hired for a good position, but your classmate, for whom your dad will patronize. And I want to live well now and build my future in this promising area.
Azad Babaayev begins to earn money from the first year of his studies at the university. Moreover, he does not go along the beaten track, like many students, interrupting with periodic earnings as a loader or a janitor. “We need to take the bull by the horns and make our way towards the chosen profession” is an understandable aspiration of the young man. And you have to start somewhere. No sooner said than done!
An open and sociable young man with a burning gaze, Azad Babayev not only chatted just to say, but made quite realistic plans and calculated working business ideas. With this, he earned a reputation as a reliable ally not only among his peers, but also among older people. So, gradually, Azad made useful acquaintances in the recently alien Tyumen.
Not only in TyumGNGU, but also in other universities of the city, the students knew that if they needed to get scarce jeans, a jacket, a tape recorder or other desired goods, Babaev would help. Help is required in finding housing - also to him. And it is banal to borrow money before a scholarship or transfer of relatives, an enterprising student will not refuse. And at the same time, he remained the same simple guy, not arrogant, not putting himself above others.
So, with his own mind, Babaev, at the age of 19, earned his first car and drove to the university in a VAZ-2106. At 20 he became the owner of his own apartment in Tyumen. Don't be afraid to dream. Dreams, multiplied by aspiration and efficiency, will surely bear fruit. How else to explain such success in those years when many were even afraid to think in the direction of business. Take and do - a simple life motto of Azad Kamilovich Babayev.
The more you work and move in various circles, the more acquaintances you have. Connections decide, if not everything, then a lot. Just entering with a proposal, even if it is a million dollar idea, will not work into the office of a big businessman. And if you have connections, you can be recommended and the task becomes easily solvable. These are the rules for doing business even at the dawn of the 90s of the XX century, even in the XXI century.
Now it has become a little easier due to the development of various communication channels.Communication with different people and developments in various fields give not only money and acquaintances, but also invaluable experience. Including the solution of various conflicts. And at the dawn of the establishment of business in Russia and all post-Soviet countries, everyone had them. You can't buy such experience for money, and you can rely on it even in managing tens of thousands of people.
Already in the last years of the university, Azad Babayev began his cooperation with enterprises working in the oil industry. It was then that he founded his first company for the supply and transportation of equipment, because it was not in vain that he chose this area for higher education. It was a real move up the career, or rather the business ladder. At 22, the young man had already traveled around Tyumen in a Toyota. Well, and what's wrong with the Maybach, skeptics will say. Never mind. It was just that then this Toyota was the only one in the city.
What any young man will do when he earns his first big money. First of all, he will abandon his studies, deciding that she does not give him anything, but only takes time. But a short-sighted person will do this. Despite such a dizzying success, Azad Babayev graduated from the university, receiving his diploma of higher education as an oil specialist. Yes, it demanded to find time and energy, but in the young years, both of them are quite enough. Entrepreneur Babev can boast - even in his student years, he “went through fire, water and copper pipes” and emerged from all situations as a winner.
What the business and main income grew from
The sphere of oil and gas production is a symbiosis of theory and practice. A simple truth, which to many students seems to be a common truth, and to others - a simple expression, behind which there is nothing. This is how the attitude of young and hot heads is arranged. Azad Babayev has always belonged to the first type. The understanding that the chosen specialty is a high-tech field that requires knowledge and experience, he had from the first courses, when he began to study professionally oriented subjects.
Already having experience in any kind of business, Azad Kamalovich Babaev clearly understood that before organizing a serious business, it is necessary to study along and across not only the specifics of the industry, but also management.
The businessman marked the beginning of the XXI century for himself a new chapter in his life, having taken just a giant step towards his dream - to devote his life and career to the oil and gas sector. Certain developments have already appeared, there was also an understanding of business processes, I gradually acquired acquaintances. On this wave, Azad Babayev registers the company "Nefteprommash", which specializes in the production of equipment for enterprises operating in the oil and gas industry.
What at that moment distinguished a young and enterprising businessman? The answer is simple - excellent knowledge of the area in which he decided to work. It is now fashionable business coaches who speak at seminars about market research and competition. In those days, in the era of the formation of serious entrepreneurship in Russia, Babaev had to comprehend everything with his own mind, through trial and error. Understanding of how and what is happening in this industry is. Realization of what can be offered to the market - too. On this, Azad Kamalovich built his company, delving into each contract and offering individual solutions.
Bringing high-quality equipment to the market at an optimal price, which at the same time fully complies with Russian and international standards, Azad Babayev manages not only to maintain the volume of equipment supplies, but also to constantly increase them. In turn, this led to the inevitable development of the enterprise. Babaev buys out several companies, which allow to establish a Group, expand influence on the market and offer more to its partners.
Exactly 10 years have passed since the company was registered. In 2012, Azad Kamalovich Babaev registers the Holding of JSC RU-Energy Group.How long should it take to become one of the largest enterprises in the sphere, which specializes in oilfield services, production and supply of equipment for the oil and gas industries, from the moment of its inception? Little. It took RU-Energy only a year.
Structural components of the holding JSC "RU-Energy Group"
The oil and gas business is the sphere of influence of big money. But large structures preferred to give lucrative contracts to RU-Energy Group. Azad Babayev created a structure that became a full cycle company and brought together various specialists. This means that it is now possible to obtain a turnkey drilling site without resorting to several contractors.
Azad Kamalovich Babaev perfectly understood what time and resources meant in such a serious area. It is much more profitable for customers to work with one structure, which is responsible for everything. It is expedient both from the point of view of timing and from the financial side. Azad Babayev always answered that the company offers full cycle services. The holding brings together specialists of all directions, allowing them to work on a turnkey basis. This means that there is no longer a need to order work from various contractors.
Ru-Energy Group specialized in the construction of drilling rigs, drilling, site organization, development of various types of wells, maintenance and repair of installations, production of equipment for the oil industry and other services. In addition, it was possible to rent special vehicles from the company, which were required to carry out work on the drilling rig.
Structurally, the Holding consisted of six enterprises:
- LLC "Service Drilling Company"
- LLC "Service Transport Company"
- LLC "KRS-Service"
- LLC "YamalServiceCenter"
- LLC RU-Energy KRS-MG
- Plant "NEFTEPROMMASH"
Among the customers of Azad Babayev's Holding were such "monsters" of the Russian oil and gas and refining sectors as Gazpromneft, Lukoil, Rosneft, Bashneft and other large corporations.
Azad Babayev's company from the inside: technologies and innovations
The oil and gas business is an industry of great profits, but also of large investments. Modern equipment costs more than one million, but the enterprising Azad Bavaev, who in his Holding decided to create an example of a company in the oil and gas industry, did not stop. And tens of billions of rubles were invested in the innovative equipment necessary for everyday work.
These investments allowed the specialists of RU-Energy Group to obtain high-tech drilling rigs, drilling tools, drilling mud cleaning systems, residential camps for workers' accommodation and much more.
Another feature of Azad Kamalovich Babayev is that he is not afraid to make unexpected decisions and take responsibility for them. One of the areas in which the Holding worked was its own developments, for which substantial funding was allocated annually. The plant "NEFTEPROMMASH", which was a structural subdivision of "RU-Energy", had a number of patents for the development of equipment for the oil and gas sector, which effectively works at a number of enterprises in the region.
The most important milestone for the company was the moment when the Holding received a license to conduct geological exploration by its specialists. This brought the company to a qualitatively new level. Indeed, in the event that raw materials were discovered at its sites, RU-Energy received the preemptive right to obtain a license in the field of its production. This turned the Holding into a highly competitive player in the industry market.
Being a man of broad views, Azad Babayev decided not to confine himself exclusively to the domestic market. In addition to Moscow and Siberia, RU-Energy has its offices in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates and other countries.And the head of the company led an active negotiation process directly with representatives of business and governments of Kazakhstan, Syria, Iran and other oil and gas countries, cooperation with which would be mutually beneficial and interesting.
Why the leading specialists of the industry aspired to work at RU-Energy Group
According to Azad Kamalovich Babayev, the biggest problem for companies that strive to enter the TOP, but never reach the top, is their staff. More precisely, employees who, apart from their salary, have no motivation at all. Moreover, this also applies to salaried people and specialists with piece rates. It was in order to hire really motivated and thoughtful employees at RU-Energy that he personally conducted interviews with applicants for key positions.
One of Babaev's postulates reads as follows: “In order for the company to move forward and achieve results, everyone should be interested in its development - from the cleaning lady to the president”.
To achieve an effective model of interaction and work of personnel, the Holding has introduced its own special system of personnel motivation.
A person gets a job and seeks to prove that he is worth his place. He gets his assigned salary and he likes everything. But six months later, his fuse disappears. Getting paid indefinitely is not an option. The employee is satisfied with everything. It is necessary to make sure that the specialist does not just serve time at work, but really benefits both himself and the company. Therefore, together with other top managers of the Holding, Azad Babayev introduced his own special motivation system. According to the company's internal rule, every 6 months any employee could qualify for a promotion.
According to Azad Kamalovich Babayev, an employee who deserves a promotion by his work cannot be left without encouragement. This is not only an increase in material remuneration, but also a new position. But in order to get it, he must really prove that he is “rooting” for the company, its development and strives to become an irreplaceable member of the team.
“From each according to his ability - to each according to his needs” is another Soviet postulate, which was actively used at RU-Energy. Azad Babayev introduced an individual approach to each specialist in the work of the Holding. A motivated newcomer could in a matter of months become the leader of an employee who has been sitting in his place for several years. And no hard feelings. This is only the fault of the employee who cannot prove his aspirations in practice. After all, Azad Kamalovich's motivation system was the same for everyone. And it's a personal matter for everyone to take their chance, or miss it.
Azad Babayev in the fight against the "black market"
The economy must be economical and the oil and gas business must be honest. A rule that Azad Babayev always adhered to. He believes that the longer kickbacks are introduced into bureaucratic offices, the worse the whole sphere will be. In addition, specialized education allows Azad Kamalovich to assess the real damage that companies cause to the environment. But if you use innovative equipment and technologies, then the damage to the subsoil will not be catastrophic.
That is why, since the founding of RU-Energy Group, Azad Babaev was one of the active participants in various meetings and conferences on problematic topics of the oilfield service market. The leitmotif of his speeches was, among other things, unscrupulous suppliers of low-quality oil and gas equipment. As Babaev explained then, a number of fly-by-night firms allegedly sell new equipment to oil workers at a low price, which later becomes the cause of terrible accidents with human casualties.
Azad Kamalovich is against such an approach and considers it unacceptable, but understandable - would-be entrepreneurs are looking for easy ways and want to bypass rather high taxes and Rostekhnadzor standards.In this case, both honest suppliers and the end consumer suffer. The purchase of such equipment is also fraught with danger not only for company employees, but also for the environment.
Moreover, according to Azad Kamalovich Babayev, no one knows when such an installation will fail and at what cost. In the best case, it will entail multimillion-dollar losses due to the required repairs and downtime. And at worst, the people working on it at the moment may suffer.
Back to the origins: cooperation with TyumGNGU
Azad Kamalovich Babayev has always argued that it is necessary to raise our personnel for the industry. Indeed, the labor market has created a situation in which about 60% of specialists and middle and top managers of oil and gas companies are foreigners. Therefore, the graduate of TyumGNGU contributed to the development of both his own university and other educational institutions. Moreover, when he came to Alma Mater, Babaev could afford the luxury of hiring promising specialists for the Holding right from his student days. And all this is just after communicating with them.
As a practitioner, Azad Kamalovich was repeatedly invited to read lectures, the attendance of which was open. In addition, he practiced communication with students through Internet technologies. Those interested could have their annual internship at the enterprises of the Holding. And promising students received a personal scholarship, which was higher not only from the state, but also than paid by other companies. A thinking student should not be hungry, Babayev said.
On the basis of the university, scientific and practical conferences "RU-Energy Group" were held with the involvement of leading industry experts. Within the framework of the conferences, any student could submit his project to the court of practitioners and experts and earn on knowledge. The first three places were awarded 250,000, 150,000 and 100,000 rubles, respectively. Valuable gifts were thought out for all the participants.
Another branch of cooperation between RU-Energy Group and TyumGNGU was scientific activity. The university has always been famous for its scientific developments, and since the 90s everyone has forgotten about them. Although the monetary industry has always been able to afford the financial support of a specialized university. Meanwhile, the university has received a number of patents for the development of innovative drilling equipment for the oil industry. Babaev, who loves his own developments so much, simply could not help but take advantage of the fruits of the labors of his own teachers and colleagues. Azad Kamilovich singled out a separate item of expenses for scientific cooperation in the Holding.
Patronage, unknown page of Babaev's biography
Patronage is not a fashion, but the social responsibility of any large company - Azad Babayev is convinced of this. Holding JSC RU-Energy Group carried out activities in this direction without PR. This was both targeted assistance and large projects. It was the norm to donate money to charity in Babayev's company.
For himself, Azad Kamalovich chose education as the main direction. Precisely because he himself studied at the most ordinary village school and knew from his own experience how difficult life is for simple educational institutions in cities and villages, where parents do not have extra money for advanced technologies. Babaev always says that studying should be interesting. Only in this case the children will study, and not spend time with beer and cigarettes in the nearest alley. The educational process is not only about knowledge, but also about the future generation as a whole.
Azad Kamalovich Babaev provided the students with both office supplies and technological innovations. It was with his submission and with his financial support that several schools were equipped with modern computers and ergonomic workplaces. Interactive whiteboards.According to Babaev, he remembers well his own childhood and understands perfectly well that only by intriguing a child, one can awaken in him an interest in knowledge.
Azad Babaev at the head of social activities of RU-Energy Group
Social initiatives, which were introduced in all divisions of JSC RU-Energy Group, at the suggestion of Azad Babayev, were directed both to work processes and other spheres of life. After all, like a student at school, an employee should be interested within the walls of the company. Only then will the team be not just a collection of people, but a full-fledged team.
At the initiative of Babayev, trade union organizations were actively working in all structural divisions of the Holding and its branches. After all, a team is a living organism that has its own opinion, problems and ideas. Azad Kamalovich is an adherent of the theory that it is the trade unions that allow for a constant and high-quality connection between employees and management.
When visiting facilities, Babaev always tried to personally talk to workers, no matter how busy he was. And he was always proud that the workers did not perceive him as the billionaire Azad Babayev, who was simply collecting money from the business. He has always been one of his colleagues. And although the subordination was always present, the employees were never afraid to express their honest opinion about the work, the problems of the team to him and make proposals. Such "men's conversations", where everyone speaks openly and without embellishment, Babayev especially appreciated, being in the post of leader.
In order to improve interaction between departments and contribute to improving the quality of leisure for employees, it was decided to create teams in various sports within the Holding. The opinion that Azad Kamalovich has repeatedly expressed on this score coincides with the newfangled textbooks on staff motivation and maintaining corporate spirit. He says that joint passion for something contributes to team cohesion and everyone is afraid of losing the other. The teams took an active part in competitions organized not only within the structure, but also at the city and international levels.
Azad Babayev himself, no matter how busy he was, always paid attention to his favorite sports - football, hockey, boxing, swimming. He encouraged their development in the created team most of all. But suddenly the paintball team "shot". Moreover, the guys reached such heights that they entered the international level.
Sports chief Azad Kamalovich decided to give them regular gifts on his own behalf. So the team was dressed in the most modern equipment, received the latest equipment. But the training and travel to the competitions were already paid for by the RU-Energy Holding. So what if for a while I had to stay without some employees. Such business trips are no less important than directly related to work.
Environmental friendliness of the oil and gas sector
Starting with his own Holding, Azad Babayev extended responsibility to the area that worried him since the creation of his own company - ecology. It was in the equipment of his enterprises, according to the latest environmental standards, that he invested money without regret. A businessman has always openly declared one of the main tenets of his company - the minimum possible harm should be done to the environment, and oil and gas companies are simply obliged to do everything to renew resources.
Among the priority areas of Babayev's activity were: constant modernization of all branches and structural divisions of RU-Energy, in accordance with the standards; scrupulous study of design documentation to make informed decisions on the construction of towers; round-the-clock monitoring of environmental impacts.
Creating a comfortable environment at the enterprises of the holding
Azad Babayev was always convinced that all conditions for work and rest of employees should be created at the enterprise.And this is the sacred duty of leaders. The branches of the Holding were designed and equipped in accordance with international and Russian security standards. Safety training for employees was as mandatory as training for the introduction of new work tools.
The work and rest schedule was drawn up taking into account regulatory requirements, and overtime - if we are not talking about office employees, was allowed only in force majeure situations. Azad Kamalovich has always emphasized that the work of most of his specialists is associated with constant risk. Therefore, a specialist cannot go to work tired or a little sick, and the manager must notice this. And this is not trivial prevention of industrial accidents, but real human lives. As the doctors confirm, this opinion of Babayev is more than justified.
All employees of the Holding were provided with extended medical insurance, the personnel of the enterprises were provided with fresh hot food in the canteens. And for employees working in hazardous areas, preventive meals, reduced working hours and other benefits were provided. The Holding also resolved the issue of transport - the specialists traveled to the production facilities by service buses. As Azad Babayev said, this saves not only time on the road and resolves the issue of delays, but more importantly, energy for the working day.
Particular attention was paid directly to the oil production sites, more precisely to the specialists of JSC RU-Energy Group, who worked there. Azad Kamalovich, together with the heads of structural divisions, made a decision that drilling employees should feel at home and not take care of anything. At the facilities, module houses with bedrooms, bathrooms, electricity were installed. And along with the workers, guards and drivers went.
Qualified chefs were hired on the spot to provide employees with hot meals. Babayev is sure that specialists can work fully in comfortable living conditions. And the worker of his Holding should feel on a business trip no worse than at home.
Another standard, according to which Azad Kamilovich acted, is not to divide people into ordinary people and people with disabilities. Disabilities, he said, may be for an ordinary person, simply because he does not want to work effectively. Therefore, the Holding has a place for everyone, and all conditions have been created for this. Thus, says Babaev, and psychologists agree with him, people with disabilities can feel like full-fledged members of society.
Babaev as a beacon for local authorities
Azad Kamalovich Babayev has repeatedly said in his interviews that a successful business should work for the benefit of its region. And it's not just about job creation. You need to do better for your own employees. This is not as difficult as it might seem.
The holding constantly sponsored various cultural and sports events, which either Azad Babayev or other top managers of the company attended. At the same time, gifts at such events were always given targeted. The practitioners gave money and anyway what they would spend it on simply could not exist.
As strange as it may sound, but just looking at the enterprising representatives of business, among whom was certainly Azad Kamalovich, local authorities began to show attention to such events. One of the cases Babaevu has sunk into the soul especially, and he often remembers him.
During its activity, the Holding took care of an orphanage in the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug. So for the first time in the entire existence of the institution, the governor came to the New Year's party to his pupils only after personal communication with the head of the company. Prior to that, none of the authorities considered it necessary to honor the establishment with their presence.
And annually in May, Azad Kamalovich arranged pleasant gatherings for veterans of the Great Patriotic War, on the eve of the Great Victory Day. These people deserve to be treated with respect and honored for their feat. And anyone can do it - you don't have to be a millionaire. And how much experience, wisdom and valuable advice they can give. And just to see how happy our grandparents are in communicating with their fellow soldiers is worth a lot.
Azad Babayev opened a site for Workout in Tyumen
When the development of workout began in Tyumen, the question arose of building a modern site in the city, since there were simply no places for classes. Babaev is a person who is passionate about sports, an active lifestyle and is eager to make the city better. Therefore, the decision came quickly. There is no modern sports zone - it needs to be organized.
A fully equipped outdoor fitness area has appeared in the Deputies' Square. It was equipped with various specialized simulators necessary for full-fledged training. And the youth stopped sitting on the benches for days and evenings. Every citizen can come there and study. The design and equipment of the sports area was carried out taking into account the climatic conditions of the region, so you can practice there even in winter. All simulators are made taking into account constant high loads, and the coating is designed for high permeability.
To popularize workout among local youth and within the framework of master classes, recognized masters of this sport from Moscow, who are winners and prize-winners of international festivals, were invited. Timati became the headliner of the opening of the Tyumen outdoor fitness site.
They cut at this holiday not a traditional ribbon, but a real chain. The honor of the project sponsor Azad Babaev and the director of the sports department of the Tyumen region Dmitry Gramotin fell to solemnly open the site for workout. Tyumen youth got a new, popular place in the city.
Azad Kamilovich Babev's official speech at the event was not the same as it is customary in business circles - dry and laconic. After all, this is the city in which a businessman lives and whose streets he walks every day. Therefore, he said simply and sincerely, that Tyumen is his native city. And therefore, the task of Babayev as a businessman is to create all conditions for the residents of the regional center to live in a comfortable environment. So that young people have space for relaxation, hobbies and development. Young people have the opportunity to gather in the sports arena after lessons and classes at universities. And fathers can bring their children to the sports camp to study with them and set an example for them.
Azad Babayev and RU-Energy Group competition for journalists
Azad Babayev rightly believes that without the support of the press and quality publications in the media, the development of the oil and gas industry is simply impossible. It is worth talking about this industry as much as possible in order to attract young people who will be really focused on work. After all, the oil industry is not only big money. But also everyday hard work.
For several years Azad Kamilovich organized and financed a competition among journalists who specialize in the oil and gas industry and oilfield services. cover the oil and gas industry and oilfield services. During its holding, the Babayev Foundation enlisted the support of the relevant ministry and the oil and gas association from Tyumen.
Among the media representatives, the best interviewers, analysts, photographers, specialists in the genre of journalistic investigation and reporting competed. The permanent chairman of the jury was Azad Babayev, who personally re-read all the works. According to Azad Kamilovich, it is not only easy for him to do this, because he has all the information in this topic, but also interesting. I always want to read the opinion of my colleagues, which they express about the industry.
During the existence of the contest for talented journalists covering the oil and gas sector, more than 300 works from representatives of all types of media were sent to it. In addition, being at the head of RU-Energy, Babaev organized master classes for representatives of the mass media from remote oil towns. For example, one of those, where leading journalists from Moscow came to share their experience and knowledge, took place in the northern city of Noyabrsk.
What is known about the personal life of Azad Babayev
The press does not know anything about Azad Babayev's personal life. He does not appear at public events, accordingly, one can only make assumptions about his wife or children.
From his words that when the business was taken away there were direct threats from crime against his family, it can be concluded that he has a wife and children. But this is nothing more than journalistic speculation. Perhaps by family he means siblings, nephews. Since it is known that he is the youngest child in the family.
Azad Kamalovich has repeatedly said that the task of the founder of a big business is to develop his company and it is on this to spend his energy, and a secular get-together will do without him.
What was the reason and who is responsible for the closure of RU-Energy Group
The company is growing and developing. The customers include such "sharks" of the oil and gas business as Lukoil, Rosneft, Gazpromneft and other giants, and suddenly, literally in a matter of days, it becomes bankrupt. At first Azad Babayev spoke reluctantly, he simply gritted his teeth and fought for the company. As time passed, he became more talkative and says that the Holding he created has become too "a tasty morsel".
At that moment, when the press was full of many ordered publications, in which it was categorically stated that the Holding “RU-Energy Group” did not fulfill its obligations to its partners, the company employed more than 10,000 people. Wages were always paid on time. There was no tax debt either. But a series of paid publications did their job.
Lawsuits from creditors did appear in the courts, and various problems overtook the company. Finding someone to blame for the media was no big deal. To bankrupt your own Holding, in which you have invested your soul, time, and money, is in the interests of one single person - Azad Babayev. This is precisely the conclusion that followed from some of the paid materials that appeared in the press at that time. To figure out why Azad Kamalovich needs it, no one was even going to.
The reputation of the company, and of Babaev himself, was damaged. Unfortunately, playing with human destinies in a sphere where big money is appealed is not such a rarity. Then the criminal prosecution of the Holding's top managers began. Criminal structures also said their weighty word and began to openly threaten not only the company's management, but also families.
Babayev later admits that people from the criminal world came to him and demanded to give up the business, to which they were sent in a certain direction. This spark ignited not just a flame, but a fire in which RU-Energy “burned out”. The court declared the Holding's bankruptcy in 2015.
Azad Kamalovich Babaev continues to fight for his brainchild even today. Not so long ago, the bankruptcy commissioner of the Service Drilling Company sold the drilling rigs by agreement to the Naftagaz-Burenie company at a price 22 times lower than the market price. The difference is calculated not in hundreds of thousands, but in tens of millions of rubles. Leading experts in the oil and gas field are in solidarity with Babaev in this regard.
As for the raiding, the top managers of the RU-Energy Group Holding openly say that the names of the customers are very well known to everyone. Azad Babayev himself repeatedly named their names in his open letters.
What else is worth knowing about Babaev
Azad Kamalovich Babayev is a recognized expert, whose opinion professionals listen to with pleasure. His day is still scheduled.Although his main brainchild collapsed, Azad Babayev is still a billionaire and continues to do charity work.
Until the very moment of bankruptcy, neither RU-Energy Group, nor Babaev and his previous companies were involved in any scandal. This speaks of the reliability of Azad Kamalovich as a partner and his ability to conduct business at various levels. After all, when you created yourself yourself, you not only remember your origins, but you are also used to being responsible for every word you say.