15 Facts About Vladimir Lisin

Vladimir Sergeyevich Lisin was born on 7 May 1956 and is a Russian billionaire businessman.

Vladimir Lisin is the chairman and majority shareholder of Novolipetsk, one of the four largest steel companies in Russia.

Vladimir Lisin got his first job in 1975 working as an electrical fitter in a Soviet coalmine, and later worked as a welder foreman at Tulachermet Metals Works.

Vladimir Lisin rose through the ranks to become section manager, shop manager in 1979 and deputy chief engineer in 1986.

Vladimir Lisin previously worked as deputy chief engineer and as deputy general director of the Karaganda Steel Plant, one of Kazakhstan's four largest steel plants.

Vladimir Lisin sits on the board of directors of the Novolipetskii Metallurgical Combine, one of largest steel companies in Russia, in 1998 and still holds that position.

Vladimir Lisin was a Director of Norilsk Nickel Mining and Metallurgical Co.

Vladimir Lisin graduated from the Siberian Metallurgic Institute in 1979 with a metallurgical engineering diploma specialising in "Foundry of irons and non-ferrous metals".

Vladimir Lisin holds various patents for metallurgical processes and has published over 100 articles on metallurgy and economics, including 15 monographs.

Vladimir Lisin is a professor of the Academy of National Economy and the holder of the Council of Ministers' prize in the science and engineering, the Honorary Metallurgist of Russia, the Knight of the Order of Honour of the Russian Federation and the Knight of the Order of St Sergiy Radonezhsky.

Vladimir Lisin was president of the European Shooting Confederation until October 2021, the Russia Shooting Union and has been appointed vice president of the Russian Olympic Committee.

In 2013, Vladimir Lisin was appointed as a member of the ISSF Executive Committee.

Vladimir Lisin built one of Europe's largest shooting-range complexes in Lisya Nora, near Moscow.

In November 2018 Vladimir Lisin was elected president of the International Shooting Sport Federation, and succeeded Olegario Vazquez Rana, who had served as president since 1980.

Vladimir Lisin was sanctioned by Australia after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.