Roman Viktorovich Vasilenko
Doctor of Economics • President of the International Business Academy (IBA) • Business Trainer and Practitioner
About the Speaker
Roman Vasilenko is one of the leading business trainers and entrepreneurs in the post-Soviet space, author of the bestseller The Success Hunter, Doctor of Economics, and Master of Law. For more than a decade, he has spoken at the largest Russian venues before audiences of thousands, developing and teaching proprietary programs on entrepreneurship, leadership, and financial planning.
Founder of the International Business Academy (IBA), Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, public figure, and philanthropist. Actively involved in charitable activities in the fields of pediatric neurology, cultural and patriotic projects, and support for folk art.
Professional Positions
President of the International Business Academy (IBA), Saint Petersburg — since 2009
Chief Executive Officer of the International Business Academy (IBA) — since 2018
Academician of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Hannover, Germany)
Honorary Co-Chairman of the international charitable foundation Mercy Corps
Reserve Officer of the Russian Navy
Education and Academic Degrees
Doctor of Economics — European Academy of Natural Sciences, European University (Hannover, Germany), 2016
Candidate of Economic Sciences — Saint Petersburg State University of Economics, 2015
Master of Law — Pushkin Leningrad State University, 2020
Higher Military Education — Yaroslavl Higher Military Financial School, specialty “Economist,” 1990
Topics of Speeches
Leadership and strategy under conditions of uncertainty
Cooperative models in the modern economy: international experience and social programs
Financial literacy and personal planning
Entrepreneurial mindset: from idea to scaling
Social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility
Author’s methodology “17 Laws of Success”
Public Activities and Speaking Engagements
Throughout his speaking career, he has performed at the largest venues in Russia: Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex (Moscow), Luzhniki, Gazprom Arena (Saint Petersburg), and the Rossiya Concert Hall. Regularly conducts master classes and educational programs within the framework of the International Business Academy. Through IBA, he organized courses and appearances by internationally recognized business trainers — Allan Pease, Andreas Wins, and others.
Author of the bestseller The Success Hunter, which has been repeatedly reprinted and became one of the most widely distributed business books in post-Soviet Russia. Author of the film 17 Secret Laws of Success. Runs his own YouTube channel with an audience exceeding 800,000 subscribers; recipient of the YouTube Silver Play Button.
Charity and Public Projects
“Officers’ Ball” — annual cultural and patriotic event in honor of Victory Day, organized by the author since 2013, with participation of Heroes of the USSR and Russia
Pediatric Neurology Support Program — financing of the “Doctrine” Clinical Center (Saint Petersburg) and research in pediatric neurology and psychiatry, since 2016
Support for the Valaam Transfiguration Monastery — since 2016
Patronage of the folk song festival “Dobrovidenie” — since 2017
Restoration of the Glory Obelisk in Kerch — participation in the project in 2020
Support for children’s sports — assistance to the “Life is Good” hockey team (Ufa), since 2020
Awards and Recognition
Medal of the President of the Russian Federation “300 Years of the Russian Navy” (1996)
Medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation “For Distinction in Military Service” (1997)
Karl Marx Medal for contribution to the development of science from the European Academy of Natural Sciences (Hannover, 2016)
Medal “For Contribution to Ensuring the Economic Security of Russia” (2015)
Order “For Service to Russia” from the Committee for Support of the Programs of the President of the Russian Federation (2019)
Public title “Honorary Citizen of Russia”