It was in 1993 that Yevtushenkov founded Sistema with several partners, which nowadays holds shares in about 200 companies. As for his other interests, they include shares in toy stores and such oil companies as Russneft and Bashneft. Since 2000, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and since 2002, he has been a part of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, Yevtushenkov has served as a member of the Government Commission on Science and Innovation Policy, the National Council on Corporate Governance, and the Russian President’s Council on Science and High Technology. What’s more, he has served as Chairman of the Council of Trustees of the Development Fund for the State Russian Museum.
