Bio:

Boris Teterev was born on 5 November  1953  in Riga. In 1980 graduated from Riga Medical School as a gynaecologist.  In 1980-1989 he worked at Riga hospitals.
In 1989 he founded a cooperative in Riga.
In 1991 he got engaged in car export  from the Far East.
In 1993 he was invited as director of  Russian subsidiary of  Musa Motors company,  Latvia.
 He moved to  Moscow and rented a tiny office.  Until 2000 he lived at   rented apartments, too.
In 1995  owners of Musa Motors had a conflict. Then  they split the business, and Teterev bought out  the Russian office of the company from one of the partners.
In 2004 he became a co-owner of Loko-Bank.
In 2010 Teterev and his wife founded a family charitable foundation.
Awards
Letter of Commendation from the Cabinet of Latvia for a significant contribution to preserving the cultural heritage of Latvia (2010)

Three Star Order (2011)

Teterev is married to Inara Teterev.
In 2011 his wealth was estimated at 6.1 billion rubles.
Source: d-pils.lv, 21 February 2005

 

Dossier 

  Musa Motors company was named after Musa, a small river in Latvia, on the banks of which the founding fathers of the company once opened a repair shop. But some Russians believed that Musa was the name of the owner, who was obviously Chechen.  Prankers often phoned Moscow office,  imitated Chechen accent and spoke broken Russian. Teterev  was not actually upset  about that. "Even at the golden age of gangsters  we managed to work without their supervision as everyone thought that we had already got a patron ... Two or three years ago I was in Sochi. Major oilmen were brought together there. They sat at the table and started a conversation. I introduced myself, and was immediately asked if I was Chechen ... And when I explained everyone laughed.  Few minutes later another oilman came. They asked him ''Do you know Musa Motors company?'' He said ''Yes, I do. And I have offical information that  its owner is Maskhadov's nephew"

Source: Hour-Daily, 13 September 2002

In 1997,  when Musa Motors was Volvo's sales leader, masked gunmen broke into a salon of the company. They told the staff to lie on the floor and seized 200 cars. "Our business had been stopped for six months.  During this time a new participant appeared on the market", Teterev told.

Source: Forbes.ru,  2 November 2004


In April 2008  Teterev  sold   75,1%  of Musa Motors to Inchcape Plc,  the UK car holding  for 450  million dollars which was a record  for  Russian car trading business.  Until 31 December 2010  Inchcape Plc were to buy another 24.9%.

  Teterev was said to be  the most fortunate businessmen as he managed to sell his business just  before the crisis that reduced  prices several times. Shortly after the transaction Teterev purchased a stake in Inchcape, being ''surprised by their low prices" and thus stayed in car business, as a rentier, though.

Source: Kommersant, 27 November 2008

   In October 2009  Nemo Real, the developer of a controversial real estate project in Jurmala , Dune (Kāpa) entertainment complex with ski slopes, said that a new investor was invited to the project. It turned out to be Teterev who grew rich owing to his car trade business in Russia. According to  Nemo Real, Teterev invested 50 million euro which accounted for one third of the project costs.

  Teterev himself denied his involvement in the deal and claimed that he did not negotiate on the project at all and  his name as investor was probably being used for "a major fraud scheme. " He also said that forged warrants or ones not   withdrawn in time could be used in that fraud.  

Source: rus.db.lv, 28 October 2009


  In the course of  proceedings in Riga court certain circumstances came to light. Teterev's defenders found it strange that the documents certifying Teterev's participation in the project had been transferred  to investigators in a paper bag at the outdoor meeting. Teterev's trustee  Elena Lapsa claimed that she had  phoned Teterev  and convinced him  of profitability of the project. During the conversation Teterev allegedly instructed her to make the deal. Further investigation revealed that Elena Lapsa had made no transactions  since 2005  and her power of attorney had not been renewed.

Source: Business & Baltics,  17 July 2010


On 20 December2009 Elena Lapsa was attacked by unknown people who broke her nose and sent her greetings "from Boris."

Source: b_insider LJ, 12 January 2010


In January 2011  the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia invalidated the deal between  Teterev and Nemo Real.

Source: kriminal.lv, 18 January 2011