My working life began in my distant 16 years with the humblest of beginnings, I was one of very many apprentice salesmen in the business of the time - Soviet trade.
Then I realized for the first time that life is full of the most incredible opportunities and each of us is capable of radically changing our destiny.
I went to Germany when I was 25, where I started my first company six months later and made my first million a year later.