Boris Yuryevich Titov (Russian: Борис Юрьевич Титов; born 24 December 1960) is a Russian politician and businessman serving as the Special Presidential Envoy for Relations with International Organizations to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals since 2024. He was known as the presidential commissioner for entrepreneurs' rights from 2012 to 2022. Titov has led the Party of Growth, previously known as Right Cause, since February 2016.
In the 2018 presidential election, Titov ran as a candidate, finishing sixth place with 0.76% of the vote.
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Life and career
Titov graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1983. He was appointed Head of the Department of Chemistry of the joint Soviet-Dutch enterprise Urals in 1989. In 1991, he and his partners created their own company, Solvalub. They bought London-based solvents and lubricants, with which they collaborated for a project involving Urals and the VO Soviet Oil Export (Russian: Союзнефтеэкспорт, romanized: Soyuznyeftexport, lit. '[Soviet] Union oil export'). He became executive director of the SVL Group companies. He was also mentioned in the mainstream media as the chairman of the board of the group. Later, the company turned into an investment and trading group, operating in the oil market, agro- and petrochemicals, and liquefied gases. The company very quickly became involved in refinancing exports from Russia, the organization of project financing, and investments in production and transportation projects. Titov, who is the majority owner of Solvalub, was valued at $2 billion in 2008.