[3] Oleg Belozyorov was born on 26 September 1969 in Ventspils, Latvian SSR in the family physicians of city polyclinic.

His father, Valentin Borisovich Belozyorov, worked as a radiologist, his mother, Leonila Kirillovna Belozerova a neurologist.

In 2000–2001, he became the chief of the financial and economic department of the Russian President's plenipotentiary representative of the unit in the North-West Federal District.

[14][17] Announcing the appointment Belozerov, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has demanded that the new head of the holding lead Railways budget and investments in line with the current state of the Russian economy and the real income of the company, to reduce corporate costs by 10%, to bring order to the passenger transportation.

On 28 September 2015 the Prime Minister proposed to relieve the company from the non-core assets – the football club "FC Lokomotiv Moscow" and corporate TV "RZD-TV.".

It was noted that the head of the company he willingly attends matches of these teams, and in case of success even comes into the locker room for athletes.

The priority directions of its work called cost reduction, optimization, energy efficiency, innovation.

In January 2016 at a conference in the Railways Belozyorov he raised the issue of improper procurement of expensive cars functionaries subsidiaries of the company.

There might be some corruption for lobbying orders for wards companies, general patronage and conflict of interest in August 2016 dismissed the chief of Volga Railroad, A.

[21] The most important facts first year Belozyorov activities Railways Interfax called the shift a significant part of senior management, including the First Vice-President Vadim Morozov, who refused to infrastructure subsidies, providing benefits for the summer travel schoolchildren and students, and benefits to reduce the burden on the industry from 9% cent indexation of freight tariffs.

The carrying value of the company Russian Railways, the privatization of which is under discussion, Belozyorov in May 2016 estimated in the range of 2 to 4.5 trillion rubles, the market – many times higher.