About the book: 2012 / They say that Russian people tend to invent and invent, but not build an effective business. They say that success in Russia can be achieved by dealing only with oil and gas. They say that you can grow a big company only if you have connections and government support. They say that Russian business will never be competitive on the world stage. Do you agree? But the famous business historian Andrei Kuzmichev disagrees. In his new book, he dispels these myths and talks about the real heroes of Russian business. These are people who built leading companies in the field of IT, telecommunications, retail, construction, consulting from scratch: Dmitry Zimin, David Yan, Natalya Kasperskaya, Nadezhda Kopytina, Sergey Falko, Anatoly Karachinsky, Sergey Vorobyov and others. It is precisely such businessmen, according to the author, who form a new “breed” of business people - worthy, persistent, hardworking, humane and not without a sense of humor. The book is based on the memories of the main characters and participants in the events about how their business journey began, how their business skills were tempered and how they succeeded in what others could not. This is a book for everyone who is interested in Russian entrepreneurship and people building in Russia new economy.