Laureates of the VIII^th Ceremony of granting with the Annual Russian Business Academy Award DARIN^®-2004 (est. 1995)

GRAND PRIX "DARIN"

Prize is awarded to a public or political figure or a statesman for his outstanding personal contribution to promoting and propagation of entrepreneur activities in Russia

Laureate: Alexander Zhukov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation

GRAND PRIX of the Russian Academy of Business

Prize is awarded to a Russian businessman for his prominent contribution to the development of national business and entrepreneurship

Laureate: Mikhail Fridman, Chairman of Alfa Group Supervisory Board of Directors

Nomination MANAGER OF THE YEAR

Prize is awarded to the head of the enterprise or business structure best of all succeeded among Russian top management

Laureate: Gennady Fadeev, President of the Russian Railroads Ltd

Nomination BUSINESS REPUTATION

Prize is awarded to an entrepreneur or a businessman earned a high repute in Russian and international business communities

Laureate: Vladimir Bogdanov, Director General of "Surgutneftegaz"

Nomination PATRON OF THE YEAR

Prize is awarded for vive charitable activity and patronage

Laureate: Victor Vekselberg, Chairman of "SUAL-Holding" Board of Directors

Nomination BUSINESS STYLE

Prize is awarded to the entrepreneur who has evolved and successfully applies his own efficient style of doing business

Laureate: Andrei Korkunov, Founder and Owner of "APC.Foods" company, President of Odintsovskaya Confectionery Plant

Nomination SOCIUM

Prize is awarded to a company or a public body of entrepreneurs for the achievements in realization of a region's social programs, development and introduction of new technologies in work process organization and social protection of the employees

Laureate: "Nizhny Tagil Metallurgy Plant", Sergei Nosov, Director General of "Nizhny Tagil Metallurgy Plant"

Nomination BUSINESS INNOVATION

Prize is awarded to a company for a substantial contribution to the creation, development and mastering of new national technologies in industrial and other areas of entrepreneur activities

Laureate: "UralSib", Fuad Akhundov, "UralSib" Chairman of Board of Directors

Nomination RUSSIAN EXPORTER

Prize is awarded to a company achieved outstanding results on the creation and promotion to world markets the national products of high technological and competitive quality

Laureate: "KamAz", Sergei Kogogin, Director General of "KamAz"

Nomination BUSINESS SCHOOL

Prize is awarded to the head of an educational or research institution for a major contribution to training of highly skilled employees in the field of management promotion and development of theoretical foundations of entrepreneur activity

Laureate: Anatoly Porshnev, Rector of the State University of Management

Nomination RUSSIAN MARK

Prize is awarded to the company achieved the best results in promotion of a trade brand that has gained public recognition among consumers and become indeed the national trade mark

Laureate: "Perekrestok", Alexander Kosyanenko, Director General of "Perekrestok"

Nomination BUSINESS TRADITIONS

Prize is awarded to a company for upholding and perfection of the best traditions of national production and experience of the Russian entrepreneurs

Laureate: "WimmBillDann", Sergei Plastinin, Chairman of "WimmBillDann" Board of Directors

Nomination SMALL BUSINESS

Prize is awarded to a small enterprise that succeeded in becoming a noticeable event in the Russian economy

Laureate: JSC Regional Holding "Nutrition for children", Marina Ivashina, Director General of JSC Regional Holding "Nutrition for children"

Nomination BUSINESS RECOGNITION

Prize is awarded to the head of an enterprise for a successful policy in developing business and assimilation of new and promising lines of activity

Laureate: Valery Otchertsov, Board Chairman of ITERA oil and gas company

Nomination BUSINESS STRATEGY

Prize is awarded to the head of a company for a successful realization of a long-term strategy of the enterprise development

Laureate: Ruben Vardanyan, President of "Troika Dialog" company

Nomination BUSINESS REBIRTH

Prize is awarded to a company for implementation of high standards in corporative culture of a state enterprise

Laureate: President Hotel under the RF President's Administration Office, Aleksei Konushkov, Director General of President Hotel under the RF President's Administration Office

Nomination BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Prize is awarded to the head of a company for a dynamic advancement of an enterprise manufacturing products for the construction of vital facilities of the Russian Federation

Laureate: Ruslan Bestolov, Director General of JSC "AlmazZolotoKomplekt"

Nomination BUSINESS ECO

Prize is awarded to a company for introduction of a socially significant environmental program aimed at preservation of Russia's national wealth

Laureate: JSC "SVS" (House building and industrial building montage of the heating), Sergei Katasonov, Director General of JSC "SVS"

Nomination INTEGRATION

Prize is awarded to the heads of foreign representative offices for effective business strategy in the Russian Federation and CIS

Laureate: Cisco Systems, Inc., Robert Agee, Chief Executive Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. in Russia and CIS

Laureate: Nestle S.A., Hans Gueldenberg, Head of Nestle Food LLC Representative Office

Nomination INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Prize is awarded for a substantial contribution to the promoting of the international economic cooperation

Laureate: JSC "Zarubezhvodstroy", Evgeny Gudzenchuk, Director General of JSC "Zarubezhvodstroy"

Nomination INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Prize is awarded for energetic investment activities in Russia, realization of priority projects for the Russian economy

Laureate: "Mitsui & Co., Ltd.", Shoei Utsuda, President and CEO of "Mitsui & Co., Ltd."

Laureate: EADS N.V., Rainer Hertrich, Chief Executive Officer of EADS N.V.

Laureate: Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation (Ukraine), Oleg Mkrtchan, Director General of Industrial Union of Donbass Corporation (Ukraine)

Laureate: Scania AB, Leif Ostling, President and CEO of Scania A.B. (Sweden)

Nomination ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Prize is awarded to an entrepreneur for his outstanding personal contribution to the creation of a high technology and competitive production process in his federal district

Far-Eeastern Federal District
Laureate: Ivan Subbotin, Director General of JSC "Rospechat"

Privolzhsky Federal District
Laureate: Tatiana Verkholantseva, Director General of JSC "Permmedtecknika" (the Perm region)

Siberian Federal District
Laureate: Gennady Shmerelyevich Fridman, President, ZAO Sibirskaya sotovaya svyaz

Urals Federal District
Laureate: Georgy Krylov, Director General of "TyemenNiiGiprogaz"

Central Federal District
Laureate: Boris Alexandrov, President of JSC "Rostagroexport"

Laureate: Valentin Solomatin, Director General, General constructor of JSC "All-Russia scientific research Institute of Management Automatization in non-industrial sphere"

The Prize of the Russian Academy of Business

Prize is awarded for a prominent personal contribution to promoting of business and entrepreneurship that resulted in upholding and perfection of the best traditions of the Russian national production

Laureate: Mikhail Prusak, the Novgorod region Governor

Laureate: Leonid Polezhaev, the Omsk region Governor

Laureate: Valery Serdukov, Governor and Chairman of the Leningrad region Government

Laureate: Alexander Torshin, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Federation of the Federal Sobranie (Russian Senate) of the RF