— Founder and President of the St. Petersburg holding company “Adamant”
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Adamant and seven developers
The Adamant holding is owned by seven people: the company’s founders Igor Leitis (26%), Mikhail Bazhenov (13%) and Evgeny Gurevich (13%), as well as Arkady Teplitsky (22.75%), Boris Berson (13%), Alexey Gnesin (6.25%) and Anatoly Marinichev (6%). All seven businessmen are included in the F. rating of St. Petersburg billionaires, and the largest shareholder of the Adamant group, Igor Leitis, occupies 21st place on the list.
link: http://compromat.info/main/top50/finance2006spb.htm
77 St. Petersburg billionaires, 2005
ARKADY TEPLITSKY Co-owner of Adamant CJSC 2.5 billion rubles ($90 million) He owns the second largest stake in the Adamant holding. In addition, he is on the board of directors of the Petromir company, which is controlled from prison by Mikhail Mirilashvili (No. 75).
link: http://www.anticompromat.org/milliardery/fin_spb05.html
Arkady Teplitsky: “there is a feeling that there is a fairly long period of stagnation ahead”
Arkady Teplitsky, co-owner of the Adamant holding, whose fortune is estimated at 2 billion rubles, told in an interview with Delovoy Peterburg how the idea was born in the bathhouse big business, where they sent SMS to God and that St. Petersburg business is more susceptible to snobbery.
link: http://www.dp.ru/a/2009/12/17/Arkadij_Teplickij_est/
The brilliance and poverty of St. Petersburg billions
St. Petersburg businessman, owner of the Maxidom chain, Alexander Evnevich, also managed to increase his fortune. He rose 23 places in the ranking, strengthening his financial situation from 8.8 to 13.1 billion rubles. The owner of the Adamant development company, Igor Leitis, also increased in price - from 7.6 to 10.4 billion rubles. His partner Arkady Teplitsky also added 5 points in the ranking, becoming richer by 2.4 billion to 9.1 billion rubles.
link: http://x-torrents.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=44619
Adamant Holding congratulates the president of the company, Igor Mikhailovich Leitis, on winning the nomination “Top Manager of the Year in Development” as part of the annual TOP-100 rating compiled by the Delovoy Peterburg publication based on the results of 2011
Based on the results of 2011, the winner in the category “Top Manager of the Year in Development” was the President of Adamant Holding, Igor Mikhailovich Leitis. Also included in the TOP-100 rating are the vice-presidents of Adamant Holding Company - Bazhenov Mikhail Viktorovich (nomination "Retail"), Gurevich Evgeny Mikhailovich (nomination "Retail Chains") and Teplitsky Arkady Yurievich (nomination "Development, Retail")
link: http://www.adamant.ru/news/view/282/
How to collect debts from the St. Petersburg Domovoy chain of stores?
St. Petersburg businessmen have not paid their debts again. Apparently, Domovoy decided to transfer them to the new owner of the network. On March 11, 2011, information appeared that the former owner of Domovoy, the famous St. Petersburg businessman Arkady Teplitsky, decided to sell the failed project. The buyer was another chain of stores from St. Petersburg, Na Start. According to various sources, Arkady Teplitsky and his Adamant Holding received from $10 million to $50 million for their brainchild.
link: http://www.homegu.ru/? PressaID=43
"Adamant" will be shown in the "Baltic" cinema
The cinema with two halls has a capacity of 340 seats, construction should be completed in September. The general contractor of the project is CJSC TOR. As told CEO shopping complex "Baltiysky" Arkady Teplitsky, this will be the first attempt in St. Petersburg to create a cinema as a component of the shopping center.
In the West, shopping and entertainment complexes have long outlived ordinary retail enterprises. Citizens come there not only to buy something, but also to relax with their families: sit in bars, restaurants, visit game rooms, watch movies. Arkady Teplitsky also noted the fact that the cinema hall will be equipped with the latest equipment.
link: http://www.avva.info/news/ 29273
At the end of May, the Antey company will open a new premium restaurant Bl?sk on the spit of Zayachy Island. One of the founders is Arkady Teplitsky, co-owner of the Adamant company
The Adamant holding company refuses to disclose the names of the remaining founders, as well as the amount of investment in the project. Arkady Teplitsky only confirmed his participation in the project.
link: http://www.stockmap.ru/news/ 0513456716/
Arkady Teplitsky: “bisons” get in during unstable times
A catering business how did he come into your life?
– You know, I always get angry when they write about me: ‘Famous restaurateur Arkady Teplitsky’. Because it's wrong to call me that. Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not a restaurateur. Mr. Novikov is a restaurateur, Mr. Lapin is a restaurateur, but I am not. Yes, I have several restaurants (five. – Ed.). I open them sometimes alone, sometimes with friends, because I love feeding people.
link: http://www.restology.ru/obchepit/40-restorator/97- 2009-12-22-18-02-53
“There is a complete lack of democracy in Russia”
Arkady Teplitsky, co-owner of the Adamant holding: “The main trend: Russia has finally entered a civilized society. During this decade, the country established itself as a strong power. As for business, it has become more Europeanized, moving towards globalization and towards formatted relationships. Whereas before the beginning of the 2000s it was completely artisanal, Russian, with its own laws and foundations. This decade has passed under the sign of the development of network business in a variety of segments. If 10-12 years ago there were only individual 24-hour stores throughout the city, now they have been replaced by brands that are known to everyone.
link: http://www.dg-yug.ru/Default2. aspx?ArticleID
What is the current shareholder structure of Adamant?
– The holding was organized by three main owners – Igor Leitis, Evgeniy Gurevich and Mikhail Bazhenov. This is how it remains (in 50% of projects), although in some areas, of course, there are partners who have been with us for 17 years, and we have all known each other for a long time. These are Boris Berson, Arkady Teplitsky, Anatoly Marinichev, Alexey Gnesin. There are other partners in various projects. Nowadays it is very difficult to become a partner. They don't take it anymore.
link: http://www.spbgid.ru/index. php?news=194397
Great October restaurant
Since 2002, the Hermitage restaurant, managed by the Brinar company, has been operating in the premises owned by the museum. According to the owner of Brinar and co-owner of the Adamant holding Arkady Teplitsky, another catering establishment on Palace Square will also be in demand.
“The project developers took into account the possibility of creating not only a restaurant, but also a cafe and fast food. And this is normal if the museum is designed for 50-100 thousand visitors per day. Service services must meet the requirements of modern times,” argues Arkady Teplitsky.
link: http://www.estate.gorodovoy. spb.ru/news/717271.shtml
PUNCTURE WITH WHEEL
The conclusion of the scientists, however, did not dampen the desires of businessmen. They still want to install a 52-meter structure with 32 booths in the center, each of which will be equipped with an electronic guide speaking four languages and information about the history of the city and its attractions. As Arkady Teplitsky, commercial director of the Antey corporation, which, in collaboration with the Adamant company, is trying to implement this project, told reporters, their persistence is explained by several reasons. Firstly, the absence in St. Petersburg, with rare exceptions (the colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral), of observation platforms.
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In the 1990s, Arkady Teplitsky stood at the origins of “civilized trade” when he, together with business partners, began to transfer trade from markets and fairs to shopping and entertainment centers. The company's first shopping and entertainment complex was "Balkansky" near the Kupchino metro station; it opened its doors in 1994. Now the total area of commercial real estate in Adamant's portfolio is more than 1.5 million m2.
In addition to business, Arkady Teplitsky is also involved in social activities. He became one of the trustees of the World Club of St. Petersburgers, and Teplitsky is also vice-president of the charitable foundation "Regional Jewish Congress in St. Petersburg."
By his own admission, Arkady Teplitsky graduated from the Institute of Engineers railway transport It didn't work the first time. He was expelled from the institute, and he had to recover in order to still receive a diploma.
Arkady Teplitsky owns 22% in the Adamant holding, which is engaged in the construction and management of commercial real estate. However, this is not his only business - the entrepreneur is also developing his own chain of Maximilian Brauhaus restaurants, which, as a rule, are located in the holding complexes.
Arkady Teplitsky entered business at the age of 27, when he decided to go into trading. His first large-scale project was a fair at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, in the organization of which the businessman’s current partner, Igor Leitis, was also involved. Businessmen did not stop at one fair and opened several more markets in different areas of the city.
After this, entrepreneurs decided that it was time to organize “civilized” trade in St. Petersburg, moving it from the streets to comfortable complexes. Thus, in 1992, the Adamant holding appeared, the first store of which opened at 8 Sovetskaya, 9. And the company’s first shopping and entertainment complex, “Balkansky” near the Kupchino metro station, opened its doors in 1994.
Now the total area of commercial real estate in Adamant's portfolio is more than 1.5 million m2.
He took 30th place in the “Rating of Billionaires - 2015”, his fortune was estimated at 29 billion rubles.
How the billionaire's fortune changed in 2016
Arkady Teplitsky's main asset is 22% in the Adamant holding, the largest owner of commercial real estate in St. Petersburg. At the end of last year, the company put into operation the 2nd stage of the Victoria Plaza business center with an area of 46.3 thousand m2. In May 2016 - a distribution center in Shushary for X5 Retail Group with an area of 28.1 thousand m2. The holding's total commercial real estate volume exceeds 1.5 million m2. There are more than 260 thousand m2 of retail real estate at the construction and design stage.
Arkady Teplitsky entered business at the age of 27 - then he decided to go into trading. His first large-scale project was a fair at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex, in the organization of which the businessman’s current partner, Igor Leitis (No. 30), was also involved. Teplitsky also has a restaurant business. He develops the Maximilian Brauhaus chain.
At the dacha, in the style of Tim Burton’s film “Alice in Wonderland,” he takes his grandchildren on a carousel with the Cheshire Cat and the Dodo bird and treats guests to home-cooked steaks: for the July gastronomic issue, we visited the country feasts of our newsmaker friends.
The owner of the estate near the coast of the Gulf of Finland initially intended to make it unique and strictly individual - he long ago realized that he did not see himself either in the neoclassical mansions “a la Palladio”, or, especially, in the brick castles with towers and loopholes, which abundantly grew in the suburbs of St. Petersburg in the 1990s. Thus, Teplitsky built his city apartment with a transparent ceiling and a huge billiard room eighteen years ago, based on the atmosphere of the paintings of Salvador Dali.
The idea for a country residence came to Arkady Yuryevich’s mind when in 2010 he saw Tim Burton’s film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland. Of course, he did not set himself the task of copy-pasting a film with Johnny Depp and Mia Wasikowska - the house and garden are decorated based on the Hollywood blockbuster. The owner thought out the sequence and size of the rooms, their height and design himself; to develop the facades, he involved his friend, the architect Alexander Suponitsky, and the engineering and technical part of the work was carried out by professionals from numerous companies, with whom Teplitsky gained experience in the process of building shopping and entertainment complexes holding "Adamant" and its own restaurant chain Maximilian Brauhaus.
Arkady's friends and colleagues say that this house, with an area of 1,450 square meters, in which there is a lot of air and light, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows unusual for the St. Petersburg climate, is very similar to its creator - an open and hospitable man. The mixture of the real and the phantasmagorical, borrowed from Burton’s film, can be seen in everything: the marble floor in the main hall resembles a chessboard, the columns with classical capitals have metal plinths, the rounded staircase is framed on one side by ordinary railings, and on the other by glass, enormous sofas bloom on the elaborate sofas. flowers.
To create a “Wonderland” on a plot of half a hectare the businessman invited specialists from a landscape bureau, who designed the entrance area in the form of a round square with a fountain that reacts to the movements of guests, supplemented it with a platform for cocktails and a stage for concerts and celebrations, as well as a pond through which there is a path of “floating” on the water concrete slabs. Immediately behind the house there is a karaoke bar, accessed by arches made of linden trees. In the clearing in front of the facade there is a custom-made carousel with figures of the twins Tweedledum and Tweedledum, the March Hare and other Lewis Carroll characters - of course, it enjoys predictable success with Arkady's grandchildren, the children of his daughter Anna, a teacher at the Faculty of Journalism at St. Petersburg State University. And then a fairy-tale labyrinth begins: an alley of molded spherical apple trees leads to a garden with an oak tree and a transparent table for crazy tea parties, then the sandstone path narrows and rises, and the pergolas surrounding it decrease in size - you can feel for yourself what Alice experienced when took a bite of a pie with the inscription “Eat me” and turned into a giantess.
Bending down and squeezing into the neighboring garden, you find yourself in a space with brick paving, low linden trees with trimmed crowns, psychedelic mushroom lamps and crooked mirrors. Card games can be played in a classic rotunda set in the adjoining white rose garden, and the labyrinth ends with a granite chessboard with giant queens and knights surrounded by green molded arborvitae rooks and pawns. All this splendor, which gardeners from the landscape bureau come to look after several times a month, always delights the guests and brings pleasure to the customer - Teplitsky says that every morning, when he wakes up, he gets a thrill from what he sees around him.
Steak
- Release the cooled meat from the vacuum packaging and leave for a couple of hours so that it reaches room temperature.
- Then squeeze a clove of garlic onto one side of a piece 2.5–3 centimeters thick, put a piece butter and thyme.
- Heat one frying pan to 180 degrees, and the other to 120. In the first frying pan, fry the meat for one and a half minutes on each side to seal it - a crust should form through which the juice will not flow out. And then in a second frying pan, cook the steak for 4–4.5 minutes on both sides until cooked.
- You can use the Argentinean method, in which the meat is cooked on an inclined grate above the grill: first at the bottom, and then gradually raising it. Grapes marinated in wine will be an excellent complement to a juicy steak.
Arkady Yuryevich calls himself a gourmet, but, having visited hundreds of restaurants around the world, he still considers the main specialties of the country table to be shish kebab and steak, which he likes to make himself, although his home cook Dilya is a general professional. She cooks Uzbek dishes perfectly; she once adopted the recipes of the Odessa-Jewish table from the mother of the owner of the house, and learned Thai and Mexican cuisine from the chefs of Teplitsky’s restaurants. The vice president of the Adamant holding shared with us the most important secret of an excellent steak - don’t you know it yet? Here it is: A good steak requires first and foremost good meat.
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Arkady Teplitsky, co-owner of the Adamant holding company, is currently launching a new chain of breweries, Maximilian Brauhaus. Arkady told correspondent of Peterburg.ru about the possible risks when opening a restaurant chain, and also shared his opinions on the latest trends and laws related to the restaurant business.
- Why did you choose breweries, why such a restaurant chain?
This is due to manufacturability. If tomorrow, for example, the chef is replaced in some Ginsor restaurant, there is a high probability that the flow of visitors and, accordingly, the financial flow will decrease. This is a personalized business, everything depends on the personality: the manager and his approach, on the personality of the chef. Breweries are much more technologically advanced in this regard. These are a kind of beer McDonald's. A chef from Austria worked for us for 6 months, taught all the guys and created the complete technology. When you change the chef in one of my restaurants, you will not feel the difference, the business is so technologically advanced and, at the same time, democratic. For a minimum amount of money you can get maximum saturation and pleasure from drinking tasty and very high-quality beer. Plus a large number of art programs, fun, friendly atmosphere. This is a technology-based business that is not heavily tied to personalities. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find qualified, trained personnel in our city. Therefore, every personalized restaurant is always a risk. There is always the possibility of error - you guessed right, you didn’t guess right. Even such professionals as Ginza or Novikov in Moscow... even they have unsuccessful projects. It seems that people have been doing this all their lives, they have eaten the dog at this, they are professionals of the highest level, and still they have failures. They guessed wrong, did something wrong, and then they themselves have personalities great importance. A lot depends on people, not just a successful or unsuccessful concept. In the business that I am currently building, a chain of breweries, this risk is reduced to the minimum possible. Of course, it also exists, but, in general, much less.
- Are there any restaurants in St. Petersburg that you distinguish from the general row based on some characteristics?
First, of course, these are my restaurants. I also have great respect for what Ginza does. Despite the fact that I understand that there is a lot of populist and showmanship in this, they always maintain a very decent level. Level of everything. Mr. Novikov once said: “The quality of food in my restaurants is only 30%, 70% is the atmosphere, the people who come there, this is what happens there.” Ginza Group in this sense, for me, is a very good balance sheet indicator of combining a decent level of cuisine with a very correct organization, the right promotional company, the ability to attract and retain people, i.e. create loyal consumers. They have been on the market for 12-15 years, and I think that this is already a very worthy path. Therefore, I think that in our city they are number one, and in Moscow, in general, they are not far behind even Mr. Novikov.
- If we talk about the direction of development of your brewing network, do you want to make another Ginza, just a beer hall?
This is not the most correct comparison. Ginza is made by different restaurants, for different price categories, and completely different cuisines. They know how to create interior styling and know the cuisines of completely different regions of the planet. They can open a Thai restaurant, and the day after tomorrow a Georgian one, which is what they are doing. I have a completely different situation. I associate myself more with some kind of beer catering. That is, we make one format, one menu everywhere. Therefore, I won’t be able to open 50 breweries in the city like Ginza, I will open 5-6. It will be an absolute repetition, like a carbon copy. This is one menu, this is one beer recipe, creating a loyal consumer for this specific type of service.
- How do you feel about the ban on smoking in restaurants, and will this affect the restaurant business?
As a father, of course, very well. As a businessman, I think that of course there will be difficulties. But I fundamentally agree internally, of course, because we must keep pace with civilization. From a business point of view, it seems to me that this will be a temporary blow and a decline in certain areas of the business. This will most affect public catering establishments, because, unfortunately, we have two disadvantages for introducing such a law. The first is our climatic features. It is very good not to smoke indoors, for example, in Istanbul. Simply because it is +19-25 there for 9 months of the year. You went outside, there are chairs here, they brought you beer and food, you sit and smoke. The second reason is our engineering culture. Even those infrared lamps that work great in Berlin and France, and that heat at -5 outside, do not work with the same effect here. There are not yet qualified engineers and specialists who, using possible engineering means, can create a more or less comfortable environment for smokers on the street during the cold season. But overall I have a positive attitude towards this, as a father and as a citizen.
Everyone I managed to ask about him said: “Teplitsky? A very serious person. Be careful.” Maybe they don't know him well? Didn't you ask the wrong people? Teplitsky is, first of all, a cheerful person - he sat him down at the table, joked, offered him coffee, poured him some cognac, smiled, waved his hands in pathos, suggested: “Let’s just talk.” However, his gaiety does not negate his seriousness.
– I don’t think that I’m serious in the usual sense of the word. For me, “serious” means: burdened with worries, drowned in many plans and, probably, will hardly be able to enjoy life anymore. I know a lot of such people, they evoke unconditional respect in me: as a rule, these are hard-working people, very committed and successful. But behind the seriousness of their affairs and intentions, it seems to me that they miss the gaiety and joy of life, they forget how good it is sometimes to have fun, or even to make a hooligan. Therefore, when they say: “A serious man,” I imagine a stern figure in a suit and tie. I'm still not like that.
- What is it?
– I have large degrees of freedom. I can sometimes allow myself to take unplanned steps. Although, as a rule, the more serious a person is, the more obligations he has, the higher position he occupies, the less freedom he has.
– Was your youth hectic?
– An ordinary youth of the eighties: I entered LIIZhT, I was successfully expelled from it, I recovered and eventually received the specialty of a civil engineer.
– What do you like to remember about your childhood?
– I know what I don’t like: about how I was forced to study music. I didn't really like school because I had to travel to get there. In general, my parents are very cheerful people; noisy groups always gathered at our house. Therefore, from my youth it became a custom that I was more interested in communicating not with people my own age, but with those who were older.
– They say that people who go through difficulties in their youth later become very successful in business...
– In my case, these were the difficulties of an entire generation and the entire country. We were all hungry and when the opportunity arose, we all rushed to realize ourselves. My difficulties at that time were similar to the problems of an ordinary young man of that time: there was always little money, and they could even draft me into the army.
– How did your business start?
- I was very lucky. At some point, all my friends from the institute went into business at once. When each of us succeeded in our business, we met and merged into a single company. So my current partners- also my institute comrades. This greatly helped us stay afloat. Friendship supported me in difficult times. I started by casting candles as part of a cooperative.
– Why do you respect people?
“I respect you more for what you’ve done.” I am convinced that behind a person there should be not so much words and behavior, but rather deeds and actions that a person has performed in his life.
– What is work for you?
– This is a way of life and a game. Some people have already earned a modest income for the rest of their lives. But at the same time, we see - and this is the most amazing human trait - that no one can stop. It seems like everything is there – an apartment, a car, an income, but the person doesn’t have enough. Because after a certain level, business turns into a game.
Just like in a casino: success - failure, turned away - didn’t turn away, bet as much or more, guessed right - didn’t guess - people get pleasure not from the result, but from the game. This is a person’s eternal desire for victory and success. When a financially successful person says that he works twelve hours a day, the normal question arises: “Why?” And there can only be one answer: it's a game.
- Is everyone really playing?
– This is especially developed in a man. He always has a winner’s complex: “I must win!” No one can answer the question for me: what difference does it make whether a person has ten million dollars or fifty? This has virtually no effect on the standard of living: you can buy the same cars, go to the same restaurants, live in nice houses And best hotels. But the one who has ten will say that he needs twenty-five, and when they appear, he will say that he needs fifty, and so on... Whether this is good or bad, I don’t know, but it is so.
– Are you ready to risk everything in this game?
- No. I'm not exactly passionate. I love to play, but I don’t want to start over - and this is the answer to the question why I will never become rich. Those who can put everything on the line become wealthy. I don't want to take too much risk. My life suits me, I don’t need to be five times richer. I read a lot, travel a lot, and value my freedom. You know, it often happens that it is not business that is our slave, but we become slaves to our business. Any further growth could limit freedom.
- So you have already achieved everything?
– No, of course, and in no case do I want to stop, but I will work within the framework that I have set for myself. I don't think you should spend your life proving that you can get richer.
– Are you ever scared in life? And if so, how do you deal with fear?
– As one of my comrades says: “You only have to fear the wrath of the Lord.”
