Alexander Pumpyansky is the son of Dmitry Pumpyansky. Dmitry Pumpyansky is a Russian businessperson, member of the Council of Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of the Russian Federation and President of the Sverdlovsk regional Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (SOSPP). Dmitry Pumpyansky is also former Chairman of the Board of Directors of PJSC Pipe Metallurgical Company, a Russian global manufacturer of steel pipes for the oil and gas industry, and former President and a former board member of Group Sinara. Both companies support and benefit from cooperation with authorities of Russian Federation and State-owned enterprises, including Russian railways, Gazprom and Rosneft.
Alexander Pumpyansky is therefore an immediate family member benefitting from his father, Dmitry Pumpyansky, a leading businessperson operating in Russia and involved in economic sectors providing a substantial source of revenue to the Government of the Russian Federation, which is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilisation of Ukraine.