Dobrodeev Oleg Date of Birth
28 October 1959
Dobrodeev Oleg Professional field/official position
CEO of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, VGTRK (2004 – to date)
Dobrodeev Oleg biography
DOBRODEEV Oleg Borisovich (b. 1959 in Moscow) is a Russian media manager, CEO of the government-owned All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). Member of the Presidential Council on Culture and Art. Member of the Public Council at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
- In 1981, he graduated from the History Department of Moscow State University. After graduation, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1982, he studied at the graduate school of the Institute of the International Labor Movement. Between 1983 and 1990, he was an employee of the Central Television of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting. He began his career as a junior editor, then was a correspondent, commentator on the Vremya newscast and deputy editor-in-chief of the Information Editorial Board.
- From 1990 to September 1991, he was the Director of the Vesti information program.
- From September 1991 to September 1993, he was chief editor of the Information Television Agency of the Russian State Television and Radio Company Ostankino. He was one of the founders of the NTV TV company. Since September 1993, he was the chief editor of the Information Programs Service of NTV. From 1993 to 1997, he was the Vice President of NTV. From December 1997 to January 2000, he was the General Director of NTV. On January 31, 2000, he was appointed Chairman of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Since April 13, 2000, he has also been the editor-in-chief of the United Editorial Office of Electronic Media of the Rossiya Channel and the Vesti State Television Company.
- His son, Oleg, is the General Director of Mail.Ru Group (the main media asset of the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov).
