Azad Kamalovich Babaev - a man who created himself. Without a sonorous surname, influential relatives. Born 48 years ago in a small village, he became one of the key individuals in the oil and gas business and a leading expert in the field of oilfield services.
His name has been heard for a good ten years. First, in connection with the creation of an innovative Holding Company of JSC RU Energy Group at that time. Then, they talked about Babaev with renewed vigor when, due to his reinforced concrete position as a fighter with kickbacks and walkers in bureaucratic offices, he literally lost this very business one day.
What is he Azad Babaev, 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 the questions why such a closed lifestyle leads are answered very simply - the name of the businessman should be associated with work, and not with the "yellow" press.
It is known about Azad Kamalovich Babaev that he introduced advanced technologies into the oil and gas industry, supported young and future industry specialists, initiated the development of cultural, sports and social life in the cities of oil workers and the creation of modern infrastructure in them. So looms a portrait of a businessman 100% busy with his own business.
Now Azad Babayev continues to do business, give lectures at his native institute and engage in charity work.
Azad Babaev: how to be the best in your industry when born in a simple family
But where did he come from this Babaev? Such questions were repeatedly raised when the RU-Energy Group Holding became one of the leaders in the oil and gas business and a leader in the oilfield services. He was born that way. In September 1971, in a small village. His father worked as the most 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 their children the right values of life, to educate and, as they say, bring them to people. The whole life of Azad Babaev proves that it does not matter where and in what affluent family you were born. If you have the desire, the ability to work, and most importantly - the desire to conquer new horizons, you will certainly achieve your goals.
The realization that parents did not have connections and extra money to spend on their son’s education came to Azad even in school years. He saw how parents worked from morning to night, giving their children everything they had. He could only thank them with his studies. Moreover, because it opened up prospects for him to enter a university and get a higher education, and not limit himself to vocational schools, like many of his peers from the village. Azad Babaev wanted to break out of his native land and become a support for parents so that they could relax.
The decision is made, the goal is set and you need to go to it, despite the difficulties, and achieve hard work. Which university to choose? Azad Kamalovich Babaev decided to follow the example of well-known American billionaires and focused on education in the oil and gas sector.
At the age of 17, after graduation, he leaves to enter Tyumen and becomes a student in the budget department of the prestigious Tyumen State Oil and Gas University. Having received higher education, he takes such important and significant steps on the path to his business success.
How can a student earn an apartment, ask Babaev
Outside 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 dormitory for one scholarship. There are vague prospects ahead, and they become even more blurred when you realize that they will not take you to a good position, no matter how smart you are, but your classmate, for whom dad will pat. And I want to live well now and build my future in this promising area.
Azad Babaaev begins to earn money already from the first year of his studies at the university. Moreover, he doesn’t follow the beaten track, like many students, interrupting periodic earnings by a loader or a janitor. “You need to take the bull by the horns and break through to the side of the chosen profession” - the understandable desire of the young man. And with something you need to start. No sooner said than done!
An open and sociable young man with a burning gaze, Azad Babaev not only chatted just to say, but made very real plans and calculated working business ideas. In doing so, 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.
Students knew not only at Tsogu, but also at other universities of the city - if you need to get scarce jeans, a jacket, a tape recorder or other desirable goods, Babaev will help. Need help finding housing - also to him. Yes, and an enterprising student will not refuse to borrow money to a scholarship or transfer of relatives. And at the same time, he remained the same simple guy, not arrogant, not putting himself above others.
So, with his own mind, Babaev already at the age of 19 earned his first car and went to the university on a VAZ-2106. At 20, he became the owner of his own apartment in Tyumen. Do not be afraid to dream. Dreams, multiplied by the desire and performance, will certainly bear fruit. But how else to explain such success in those years when many were even afraid to think in the direction of business. Take and do is the simple life motto of Azad Kamilovich Babayev.
The more you work and rotate in various circles, the more acquaintances you have. Connections decide, if not everything, then a lot. Just come in with a proposal, even if it is an idea in a million, a big businessman will not work in the office. And if you have connections, you can be recommended and the task becomes easily solved. These are the rules for doing business even at the dawn of the 90s of the XX century, at least in the XXI century.
Now it has become a little easier due to the development of various communication channels. Communication with different people and best practices in various fields give not only money and acquaintances, but also invaluable experience. Including solutions to various conflicts. And they were at the dawn of the establishment of business in Russia and everyone in all post-Soviet countries. You can’t buy such an experience for money, and you can rely on it even in the management of tens of thousands of people.
Already in the last courses 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 for nothing that he chose this field for higher education. It was a real move up the career path, or rather the business ladder. At 22, the young man was already driving around Tyumen in a Toyota. Well, and what’s wrong here, not on Maybach, skeptics say. Never mind. Just then, this “Toyota” was the only one in the city.
What will any young man 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 so. Despite such a dizzying success, Azad Babayev graduated from the university, having received his diploma of higher education as an oil specialist. Yes, this required finding time and energy, but in young years, both of them were enough. Entrepreneur Babev can boast - in his student days he “went through fire, water and copper pipes” and emerged from all situations as a winner.
What business and core income grew from
The oil and gas industry is a symbiosis of theory and practice. A simple truth that seems to many students a common truth, and to others a simple expression that costs nothing. This is the attitude of young and hot heads. Azad Babaev always belonged to the first type. He had an understanding that the chosen specialty was a high-tech field that required knowledge and experience from the first courses when the study of professionally oriented subjects began.
Already having experience in some kind of business, Azad Kamalovich Babayev clearly realized that before organizing a serious business, it was necessary to study along and across not only the specifics of the industry, but also management.
The businessman marked the beginning of the 21st century for himself with a new chapter in his life, taking just a giant step towards his dream - to devote his life and career to the oil and gas sector. Certain developments have already appeared, understanding of business processes was also there, gradually acquiring 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 distinguished a young and enterprising businessman at that moment? The answer is simple - excellent knowledge of the field in which he decided to work. It is now fashionable business trainers talk at seminars about market research and competition. In those days, in the era of the emergence of serious entrepreneurship in Russia, Babaev had to comprehend everything with his own mind, through trial and error. There is an understanding of how and what is happening in this industry. Awareness of what the market can offer - too. Azad Kamalovich built his company on this, delving into each contract and offering individual solutions.
Bringing high-quality equipment to the market at the best price, which at the same time fully complies with Russian and international standards, Azad Babayev manages to not only maintain the volume of equipment supplies, but also constantly increase them. In turn, this led to the inevitable development of the enterprise. Babaev buys out several companies that allow him to establish the Group, expand its market influence and offer its partners more.
Exactly 10 years have passed since the registration of the company. In 2012, Azad Kamalovich Babaev registers the Holding of RU-Energy Group OJSC. How much time should it take for it to become one of the largest enterprises in the sphere, specializing in oilfield services, production and supply of equipment for oil and gas industries? Little. RU-Energy took 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 out profitable contracts to RU-Energy Group. Azad Babaev created a structure that became a full-cycle company and combined various specialists. This means that it became possible to get a turnkey turnkey drilling rig without contacting several contractors.
Azad Kamalovich Babaev perfectly understood what time and resources mean in such a serious sphere. It is much more profitable for customers to work with one structure, which is responsible for everything. This is advisable both in terms of timing and financially. Azad Babaev always replied that the company offers full-cycle services. The holding has gathered experts from all areas, allowing to work on a turnkey basis. This means that there is no 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, the manufacture of equipment for the oil industry and other services. In addition, the company could rent special vehicles required to carry out work on the rig.
Structurally, the Holding consisted of six enterprises:
- Service Drilling Company LLC
- Service Transport Company LLC
- KRS-Service LLC
- LLC "YamalServiceCenter"
- LLC RU-Energy KRS-MG
- NEFTEPROMMASH Plant
Among the customers of the Holding, Azad Babayev, there were such “monsters” of the Russian oil and gas and refining sectors as Gazpromneft, Lukoil, Rosneft, Bashneft and other large corporations.
Azada Babaev's company from the inside: technology and innovation
The oil and gas business is a sector of large profits, but also large investments. Modern equipment costs more than one million, but the enterprising Azad Bavaev, who in his Holding decided to create a model of the oil and gas industry company - this did not stop. And the innovative equipment necessary for everyday work, tens of billions of rubles were invested.
These investments allowed the specialists of RU-Energy Group to obtain high-tech drilling rigs, drilling tools, drilling mud cleaning systems, residential towns for resettlement of workers 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 NEFTEPROMMASH plant, which was a structural unit of RU-Energy, had a number of patents for the development of equipment for the oil and gas sector, which works effectively at a number of enterprises in the region.
The most important milestone for the company was the moment when the Holding received a license for geological exploration by its specialists. This brought the company to a qualitatively different level. Indeed, in the event that raw materials were discovered at its sites, RU-Energy received a preemptive right to obtain a license in the field of its extraction. This turned the Holding into a highly competitive player in the industry market.
Being a man of wide views, Azad Babaev decided not to be limited solely to the domestic market. Apart from Moscow and Siberia, RU-Energy has its offices in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the UAE and other countries. And the head of the company directly conducted an active negotiation process 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 were leading industry experts striving to work at RU-Energy Group?
The biggest misfortune of companies that seek to enter the TOP, but never reach the top, according to Azad Kamalovich Babayev, is their staff. More precisely, employees who, in addition to their salaries, lack motivation at all. Moreover, this also applies to people working on a salary, and specialists with piece-rate pay. It was precisely in order to hire truly motivated and thoughtful employees at RU Energy that he personally interviewed applicants for key positions.
One of the postulates of Babaev reads as follows: “For the company to go forward and achieve results, everyone should be interested in its development - from the cleaning lady to the president”.
To achieve an effective model of staff interaction and work, the Holding introduced its own special staff motivation system.
A man gets a job and seeks to prove that he is worth his place. He receives his salary and he likes everything. But six months later, his fuse disappears. Endlessly getting paid is not an option. An employee is happy with everything. It is necessary to ensure that the specialist does not just serve time at work, but really benefits both himself and the company. Therefore, along with other TOP-managers of the Holding, Azad Babayev introduced his own special motivation system.According to the internal rule of the company, every 6 months, any employee could apply for a promotion up the career ladder.
According to Azad Kamalovich Babayev, an employee who deserves to be promoted with 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 “a fan” of the company, its development and strives to become an indispensable member of the team.
“From each according to his ability - to each according to his needs” - is still a Soviet postulate, which was actively applied in RU-Energy. Azad Babaev introduced an individual approach to each specialist in the work of the Holding. A purposeful newcomer could in a matter of months become the head of an employee who has been sitting in his place for several years. And no offense. The fault lies only with the employee who cannot prove his aspirations in practice. After all, the motivation system of Azad Kamalovich was the same for everyone. And it is a private matter for everyone to use their chance, or miss it.
Azad Babaev in the fight against the "black market"
The economy should be economical and the oil and gas business honest. The rule that Azad Babayev invariably adhered to. He believes that the longer they bring “kickbacks” into bureaucratic offices, the worse the whole area 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 bowels will not be catastrophic.
That is why since the founding of RU-Energy Group, Azad Babayev has been one of the active participants in various meetings and conferences on problematic topics of the oilfield services market, the keynote of his speeches were also unscrupulous suppliers of low-quality oil and gas equipment. As Babayev explained then, a number of one-day firms sell supposedly new equipment to oil companies at a reduced price, which subsequently causes terrible accidents with human casualties.
Azad Kamalovich is against such an approach and considers it unacceptable, but understandable - unfortunate entrepreneurs are looking for easy ways and want to circumvent the rather high taxes and standards of Rostekhnadzor. At the same time, both honest suppliers and the end user 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 and at what cost will fail. In the best case, this will entail multimillion-dollar losses due to the required repairs and downtime. And at worst - people working on it at the moment may suffer.
Back to basics: cooperation with Tsogu
Azad Kamalovich Babayev has always argued that you need to grow your staff for the industry. Indeed, a situation has developed on the labor market in which about 60% of specialists and middle and top managers of oil and gas industry companies are foreigners. Therefore, a graduate of Tsogu contributed to the development of both his own university and other educational institutions. Moreover, coming to Alma Mater, Babaev could afford the luxury of hiring promising specialists directly from the student bench to work in the Holding. And all this is just after communicating with them.
As a practitioner, Azad Kamalovich was repeatedly invited to give lectures, the attendance of which was open. In addition, he practiced communication with students through Internet technologies. Those who wish could go through their annual practice at the enterprises of the Holding. And promising students received a nominal scholarship, which was higher not only 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 of RU-Energy Group were also held with the participation of leading industry experts. Within the framework of conferences, any student could submit his project to the court of practitioners and experts and earn on knowledge. The first three places received encouragement - 250,000, 150,000 and 100,000 rubles, respectively. And for all participants valuable gifts were thought out.
Another branch of cooperation between RU-Energy Group and Tsogu was scientific activity. The university has always been famous for its scientific developments, and since the 90s everyone has forgotten about them. Although the money industry could always afford the financial support of a specialized university. Meanwhile, the university 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 works of his own teachers and colleagues. Azad Kamilovich singled out a separate expense item for scientific cooperation in the Holding.
Patronage of Arts, unknown page of Babaev’s biography
Patronage is not a fashion, but a 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. It was both targeted assistance and large projects. Allocating money to charity in the company of Babaev was the norm.
For himself, Azad Kamalovich chose the main direction - education. Precisely because he studied at the most ordinary village school and knew from his own experience how difficult it is for simple educational institutions to live in cities and villages where parents do not have extra money for advanced technologies. Babaev always says that study should be interesting. Only in this case, the children will be engaged, and not spend time with beer and a cigarette in the nearest gateway. The educational process is not only about knowledge, but also about the future generation as a whole.
Azad Kamalovich Babaev provided students with both an office and technological innovations. It was with his submission and with his financial support that several schools were equipped with modern computers, ergonomic workstations. Interactive whiteboards. According to Babaev, he well remembers his own childhood and understands perfectly well that only by interesting the child can one awaken in him an interest in knowledge.
Azad Babaev at the head of the social activities of RU-Energy Group
Social initiatives that were implemented in all divisions of RU-Energy Group OJSC with the submission 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 in the walls of the company. Only then the team will be not just a meeting of people, but a full-fledged team.
At the initiative of Babaev, trade union organizations actively worked 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 a supporter of the theory that it is the unions that allow a constant and high-quality connection between employees and management.
When visiting objects, Babaev always tried to personally speak with the workers, no matter how busy he was. And he was always proud that the workers did not perceive him as a billionaire Azad Babayev, who simply collects money from business. He was always his own among the staff. And although subordination was always present, but the employees were never afraid to express their honest opinion to him about the work, the problems of the team and make suggestions. Such "male conversations", where everyone speaks openly and without embellishment, Babaev particularly appreciated, being on the post of leader.
In order to improve the interaction between departments and to improve the quality of leisure activities for employees, it was decided to create teams for various sports within the Holding. The opinion that Azad Kamalovich has repeatedly expressed on this subject coincides with new-fangled textbooks on staff motivation and maintaining the corporate spirit. He says that a joint passion for something contributes to the cohesion of the team and everyone is afraid of losing the other. 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 chef Azad Kamalovich decided to give them regular gifts from himself. So the team was dressed in the most modern equipment, received the latest equipment. But the training and trips to the competitions were already paid by RU-Energy Holding. So what, that for some time I had to remain without some employees. Such business trips are no less important than directly on business matters.
Environmental friendliness of the oil and gas sector
Starting from his own Holding, Azad Babaev extended his responsibility to the sphere that worried him since the creation of his own company - ecology. It was in equipping his enterprises, according to the latest environmental standards, that he, not sparing, invested money. A businessman has always openly declared one of the main tenets of his company - the environment should be inflicted the least possible harm, and oil and gas companies are simply obliged to do everything to renew resources.
Among the priority areas of Babaev’s activities were: constant modernization of all branches and structural divisions of RU-Energy, in accordance with standards; meticulous study of project documentation for making informed decisions on the construction of towers; round-the-clock monitoring of environmental impacts.
Creating a comfortable environment at the holding enterprises
Azad Babayev has always been convinced that all conditions for work and rest of employees should be created at the enterprise. And this is the holy duty of leaders. The branches of the Holding were designed and equipped in accordance with international and Russian safety standards. Safety training for employees was as mandatory as training for the implementation of new work tools.
The schedule of work and rest was drawn up taking into account regulatory requirements, and processing - if we are not talking about office employees, were allowed only in force majeure situations. Azad Kamalovich always emphasized that the work of most of his specialists is fraught 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 a banal prevention of industrial accidents, but real human lives. As doctors confirm, this opinion of Babayev is more than justified.
All employees of the Holding had extended health insurance, the staff of the enterprises was provided with fresh hot food in the canteens. And for employees working in hazardous areas, preventive nutrition, shorter working hours and other benefits were provided. The issue of transport was also resolved at the Holding - specialists got to production buses by business buses. As Azad Babayev said, this saves not only time on the road and solves the issue of lateness, but more importantly, the strength on a working day.
Particular attention was paid directly to oil production sites, or rather, to specialists of RU-Energy Group OJSC, who worked there. Azad Kamalovich, together with the heads of structural divisions, made decisions that at the drilling site, employees should feel at home and not care about anything. At the facilities, a module-house with bedrooms, bathrooms, electricity was installed. And along with the workers guards and drivers left.
To provide employees with hot meals, qualified cooks were already hired. Babaev is sure that specialists can work fully only in comfortable living conditions. And the worker of his Holding should feel worse on a business trip than at home.
Another standard according to which Azad Kamilovich acted is not to divide people into ordinary people and people with disabilities. Limited opportunities, he said, can be quite 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 members of society.
Babaev, like a beacon for local authorities
Azad Kamalovich Babayev has repeatedly said in his interviews that a successful business should work for the good of its region. And it's not just about creating jobs. You need to do better for your own employees. It is not as difficult as it may seem.
The holding constantly sponsored various cultural and sporting events, which Azad Babayev or other top managers of the company must attend. At the same time, gifts at such events were always given targeted. Practices - they gave money and anyway what they spend it simply could not exist ..
No matter how strange it sounds, but looking at the initiative of business representatives, including Azad Kamalovich, certainly, the local authorities began to show attention to such events. One of the cases Babaevu sunk into the soul especially, and he often recalls him.
During its activities, the Holding patronized an orphanage in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. So the governor for the first time in the entire existence of the institution came to the New Year tree to his students only after personal communication with the head of the company. Prior to this, none of the authorities considered it necessary to honor the institution with its presence.
And every year 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 respected and honored. And everyone can do it - it’s not necessary to be a millionaire. And how much experience, wisdom and valuable advice they can give. And just to see how happy our grandfathers and grandmothers are in communicating with their fellow soldiers is worth a lot.
Azad Babaev opened a platform for Workout in Tyumen
When the development of the workout began in Tyumen, the question arose of building a modern site in the city, as there simply were no places for classes. Babaev is a man who is passionate about sports, an active lifestyle and is burning with the idea to make the city better. Therefore - the decision came quickly. There is no modern sports zone - it is necessary to organize it.
A fully equipped platform for street fitness appeared in the Square of Deputies. She was equipped with various specialized simulators necessary for conducting full-fledged classes. And the youth ceased to sit days and evenings on benches. Each citizen can come there and study. The design and equipment of the sports zone was carried out taking into account the climatic conditions of the region, so that you can do it even in winter. All simulators are made taking into account constant high loads, and the coating is designed for high traffic.
To popularize the workout among local youth and as part of the workshops, recognized masters of this sport from Moscow were invited, who are winners and prize-winners of international festivals. The headliner of the opening of the Tyumen site for street fitness was Timati.
Not a traditional ribbon was cut at this holiday, but a real chain.Solemnly open the site for workouters, it was an honor to sponsor the project Azad Babayev and director of the sports department of the Tyumen region Dmitry Gramotin. Tyumen youth received a new, popular place in the city.
The official speech of Azad Kamilovich Babev at the event was not the same as accepted in business circles - dry and concise. After all, this is the city in which the businessman lives and through the streets of which 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 the 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 children to the sports town to engage with them and show them an example.
Azad Babayev’s and RU-Energy Group’s 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 telling about this industry as much as possible in order to attract young people who will really be aimed at work. After all, the oil industry is not only big money. But also everyday hard work.
For several years, Azad Kamilovich organized and funded 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 implementation, the Babaev Foundation secured the support of the relevant ministry and the oil and gas association from Tyumen.
Among the media representatives, the best interviewers, analysts, photographers, and experts in the genre of journalistic investigation and reporting competed. The unchanging chairman of the jury was Azad Babayev, who personally reread all the work. According to Azad Kamilovich, it’s not only easy for him to do, because he owns all the information in this topic, but it’s also interesting. You always want to read the opinion of your 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, Babaev, at the head of RU-Energy, organized master classes for representatives of the media from remote cities of oil industry workers. 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 the personal life of Azad Babayev. He does not appear at public events, respectively, you can only make assumptions about his wife or children.
From his words that when weaning the business there were direct threats from crime to his family, we can conclude 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 spend his strength on this, and the secular party 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 of 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 Babaev spoke reluctantly, just gritting his teeth, he fought for the company. Over time, he became more talkative and said that the holding he created had become too “a tidbit”.
At that moment, when the press was full of many custom publications, which categorically stated that the RU-Energy Group Holding was not fulfilling its obligations to partners, more than 10,000 people worked in the company. Salaries were always paid on time. There was no tax debt. But a series of paid publications did the trick.
In the courts, claims from creditors really appeared, and the company was overtaken by various problems. To find the guilty for the media was no work. To bankrupt your own Holding, in which you have invested your soul, time, and money, is in the interests of one single person - Azad Babaev. This is the conclusion that followed from some paid materials that appeared in the press then. To understand why Azad Kamalovich needs this, no one was even going to.
The reputation of the company, and even Babayev himself was spoiled. The game of human destinies in an area where they appeal with big money, unfortunately, is not so rare. Then the criminal prosecution of the top managers of the Holding began. Criminal structures also said their weighty word, which began to openly threaten not only the company's management, but also their families.
Babaev 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. From this spark not just a flame flared up, but a bonfire in which RU-Energy "burned out". The court recognized the bankruptcy of the Holding in 2015.
Azad Kamalovich Babaev and today continues to fight for his brainchild. Not so long ago, the competitive manager of the Service Drilling Company sold drilling rigs as agreed by Naftagaz-Burenie at a price 22 times lower than the market. The difference is not tens of thousands, but tens of millions of rubles. In this regard, leading experts of the oil and gas region are in solidarity with Babaev.
As for raiding, the top managers of RU-Energy Group Holding openly say that the names of customers are very well known to everyone. Azad Babayev himself repeatedly called their names in his open letters.
What else is worth knowing about Babaev
Azad Kamalovich Babaev is a recognized expert, whose opinion professionals are happy to listen to. His day is still scheduled. Although his main brainchild collapsed, Azad Babayev is still a billionaire and continues to do charity work.
Until the time of bankruptcy, neither RU-Energy Group, nor Babaev and his previous companies were involved in any scandal. This indicates the reliability of Azad Kamalovich as a partner and his ability to conduct business at various levels. After all, when you created yourself, you not only remember your origins, but also got used to being responsible for every word you say.
