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Oleg Tinkov (Олег Тиньков, also ''Oleg Tinkoff'', b. 25 December 1967) is a Russian businessman, who came to prominence by brewing upscale beers for young professionals in Russia. In 2005, he sold the brewery business for €167 million to InBev of Belgium, emerging as one of Russia's "biggest success stories". ==Life== The son of a Siberian miner,〔 Tinkov grew up in the town of Leninsk-Kuznetsky in east Russia. He took up bicycle racing while studying mining at an institute in St. Petersburg. In the glasnost era of the 1980s, he quit his studies and opened a business called Technoshock importing electronics. He sold this in 1997 to open a convenience food company and eventually, the brewery and brewpub business, Tinkoff brewery. He used the -ff version of his name and claimed links to the imperial family,〔 to give it a more upscale image. Tinkoff brewery grew rapidly in an era where Russian beer was of extremely poor quality. By introducing international standards along with aggressive marketing, Tinkoff breweries grew rapidly. One of its ads showed a lesbian interest and was "too hot for TV".〔 About it, Tinkov said: "people who are scandalized by this are stupid and narrow-minded."〔 Within five years, as Russian beer consumption boomed, the company was selling 20 million litres of beer. After selling the brewery, in 2007, he formed Tinkoff Credit Systems, which pioneered mail and internet marketing in Russia to rapidly become one of Russia's largest credit card companies, currently known as Tinkoff bank, which is seen as a "lightfooted financial services company offering credit cards".〔 He often appears himself on ads for the company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Image: dsc02664.jpg, (3264 × 2448 px) )〕 As of 2012, Tinkov has been looking to sell his banking business and possibly create an airline. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oleg Tinkov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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