Natalia Fileva

Natalia Valerievna Fileva (Russian: Наталия Валерьевна Филёва; 27 November 1963 – 31 March 2019) was a Russian businesswoman and chairman of the board of directors of S7 Airlines. In 2018, Forbes listed her as the 4th richest woman in Russia, with a worth estimated at US$600 million.[1]

Natalia Fileva
Born(1963-11-27)November 27, 1963
Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, USSR
DiedMarch 31, 2019(2019-03-31) (aged 55)
Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, Germany
NationalityRussian
EducationNovosibirsk State Technical University
OccupationBusinesswoman

Biography

Born in Novosibirsk, Fileva graduated from the Novosibirsk State Technical University with a degree in radio engineering and the Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management with a degree in production management.

Fileva was married to Vladislav Filev, general director of S7 Airlines. They had three children. On 31 March 2019, she was a passenger on an Epic LT, when it crashed in a field on approach to Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, killing all the three people aboard, including her father.[2][3] Fileva was en route to a medical appointment in Frankfurt from France when the crash occurred.[4] Also, two other people died when a police vehicle travelling to the scene of the crash collided with another car near the airport. The three police officers in the police car suffered serious injuries.[5]

References
  1. "Наталия Филева. Фото". www.forbes.ru (in Russian). 8 August 2018.
  2. "Natalia Fileva, Russian Aviation Tycoon, Dies in Plane Crash". The New York Times. 1 Apr 2019. Retrieved 1 Apr 2019.
  3. "В Германии разбился самолёт с главой S7 — Происшествия на TJ" (in Russian). tjournal.ru. 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  4. Niles, Russ (1 April 2019). "Wife Of Epic Owner Confirmed As Crash Victim". AVweb. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. Natalia Fileva: Russia airline co-owner dies in private plane crash


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