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# Vladimir Budanov
- URL: https://topcargo200.com/578/
- Published: 2022-12-22T22:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-26T22:30:48.000Z
- Author: Top
- Tags: "Suicide", Oligarch

*Oil Tycoon*

**Company:** Surgutneftegas

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Died by "heart attack" while staying in the same hotel, and 3 days before, [Pavel Antov \[Cargo ID #579\]](https://topcargo200.com/579) "fell out a window" and died. They were both in India to celebrate Antov's upcoming birthday.

- Vladimir Bogdanov made his fortune in oil drilling. He was appointed chief executive of Surgutneftegas when he was 33.
- In the early 1990s he and fellow managers privatized the company, which is famous for its thrift and avoiding expensive purchases.
- In 2016 he received the Gold Star of Hero of the Russian Federation from Vladimir Putin "for special labor service for the country and people."
- Bogdanov was often called the "Siberian hermit," because he rarely leaves the remote town of Surgut and avoids public attention.

**Cargo ID:** #578

**Full Name:** Vladimir Budanov

**Russian Name:** Буданов Владимир

**Age:** 61 years