Conglomerate CEOs don’t come much younger than 42-year-old Mikhail V Shamolin, President and CEO of Sistema. By the time Shamolin took the top position in 2011, he had already made significant contributions elsewhere. As CEO of MTS Group he managed the company’s largest business unit and grew operating efficiency by 67 percent. He graduated from the Russian Academy of Government Service under the President of the Russian Federation and completed a finance and management course for top managers at Wharton Business School. Shamolin drives with flair, and always aims to increase the value of existing customers.