[7] On 16 April 2003, Patrushev defended his PhD dissertation on organizational and economic foundations of quality management in research organizations at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance under G. N. Ivanova's supervision.

[10] The dissertation entitled "State and market regulators in the formation and implementation of industrial policy: The case of natural monopolies of the Fuel-Energy Complex"[11] was defended under the supervision of V. V. Korelin; the official referents were V. V. Glukhov, A. V. Kruglov and S. A.

[18] During Patrushev's chairmanship, the bank extended the variety of products and services offered to individuals and businesses.

New insurance and investment business lines were established, and the bank increased its support for the agro-industrial complex.

[23] Under the direction of Patrushev, the state program "Integrated Development of Rural Areas" was implemented.

[26][27] Since 2018, he has served as chairman of the supervisory board of Russian Agricultural Bank JSC.

[41] His mother, Elena Nikolaevna Patrusheva (born 1955), worked as a doctor of ultrasound diagnostics and was an employee of Vnesheconombank.

In 1993, together with Boris Gryzlov and other classmates and coworkers of her husband, she became a founder of Borg LLP, which specialized in exporting scrap metal.