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Family

Born in a prosperous Soviet family: Father - a policeman, worked in the criminal investigation department; mother was an accountant at Sberbank. The older brother is a doctor. My sister is a teacher of Russian language and literature.

Wife Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva (born in 1968) V. I. Lenin.

Three children: daughter Gulnara (1990), son Abusaid (1995), MGIMO student, daughter Aminat (2003).

Biography

In his youth, Karimov was engaged in judo and weight lifting, was the champion of various competitions.

After graduating with honors from secondary school No. 19 in Derbent in 1983, he entered the Faculty of Civil Engineering Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. After the first course, he was drafted into the army. In 1984-1986 he served in the missile forces strategic purpose in Moscow, senior sergeant in the position of head of the calculation.

Returning from the army, Suleiman Kerimov transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University, from which he graduated in 1989. He was vice chairman of the trade union committee of the university.

While still a student, Suleiman married fellow student Firuza. Wife's father, a major party functionary Nazim Khanbalaev, helped him get a job as an economist at the Eltav plant.

From 1989 to 1995, Kerimov took major steps in his career, going from an ordinary economist to an assistant CEO on economic issues.

In 1993, in order to conduct mutual settlements with consumers, Eltav and its subsidiaries established the Federal Industrial Bank and registered it in Moscow. Suleiman was sent to him to represent the interests of Eltava. Since then, Kerimov settled in Moscow.

In 1995, Kerimov accepts an offer to become the Deputy General Director of the company. Soyuz-Finance. This Moscow-based company worked in the domestic aviation business, raw materials industries and the banking sector.

In April 1997, he moved to work as a researcher at "International Institute of Corporations"(Moscow city), and in February 1999 he became vice-president of this autonomous non-profit organization.

It was in the 1990s that Kerimov earned his initial capital. In October 1998, Kerimov acquired 55 percent of the investment company's shares for $50 million. JSC "Nafta-Moscow"(traded in oil and oil products, was created on the basis of the Soyuznefteexport association) under its management, increased its share in the company to 100 percent in a year and became the owner of the company.

In December 1999 he was elected State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Having become a deputy, Karimov still fully controlled his company, and the purchase of assets became the source of Kerimov's capital. At that time, according to media reports, a business alliance was formed between Kerimov and, and later business relations were established with.

In 2000, Nafta-Moskva bought the company "Varioganneftegaz". In 2001, Kerimov, together with the structures of Abramovich and Deripaska, received a share in the business Andreeva consisting of more than a hundred companies. Interestingly, Kerimov's company, which was once one of the largest oil traders in Russia, moved away from its original activities and in 2002 practically curtailed oil trading.

At the end of 2003, Nafta began buying up land in the Moscow region on Novorizhskoye Highway in order to build 2.7 million square meters luxury housing and entertainment complexes. The cost of the project was estimated at $3 billion. The project was called a private city "Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoe". By 2006, he already occupied 430 hectares of land. However, later Kerimov sold the project to the president of Bin-Bank Mikhail Shishkhanov.

At the end of 2005, Nafta bought "Polymetal", Russia's second gold mining company, and planned to list about 25 percent of its shares on the stock exchange. In February 2006, Kerimov decided to turn Nafta-Moskva into a full-fledged investment company, turning it into a leading private equity fund.

By 2006, Nafta, according to official figures, owned more than 6 percent of the shares Sberbank(about $1.6 billion at current prices) and more than 4 percent of the shares "Gazprom"($10.4 billion), cable TV operators in Moscow and St. Petersburg - "Mosteleset"("Nafta" owns 59 percent of the company's shares) and "National cable networks", almost 20 percent of the shares Bin-bank, two percent shares OJSC MGTS and 91 percent of the shares of the Krasnopresnensky Sugar Refinery (in August 2006, the shares of the plant, bought by Nafta from two rival companies, were sold to the PIK group (according to media reports, Kerimov earned on resale). In addition, the company owned 50 percent of the network's shares supermarkets "Mercado".

By that time, resale transactions, including in the real estate market, had become Kerimov's main "trick". In April 2006, Nafta became a co-owner Mosstroyeconombank who owns "Smolensky Passage", in June took control of SPK "Development", which unites three construction companies, and in July informed the mayor's office that it owns 17 percent of the holding's shares "Mospromstroy". None of these acquisitions later remained with Nafta: Razvitie bought "base element" Deripaska, "Mospromstroy" And Mosstroyeconombank- group "BIN".

In July, Kerimov, together with Deripaska and Abramovich, acquired a stake in the state oil company "Rosneft"(which, at the end of 2004, bought the former "daughter" of NK "YUKOS" - "Yuganskneftegaz"). And in August 2006, there were reports in the press that Nafta-Moskva intended to buy out the debts of NK "Yukos". It was alleged that Kerimov negotiated such a possibility with the president of Yukos. Stephen Theede. Later, the press service of Nafta officially denied these reports.

On November 21, 2006, the Nafta company and the Moscow government announced the creation OAO "United Hotel Company"(authorized capital - $ 2 billion), where shares of more than 20 hotels on the balance of the city were transferred (including Baltschug, Metropol, National and Radisson-Slavyanskaya). It was assumed that participation in the project would make Nafta one of the leaders in the Moscow hotel market.

In June 2008, the Kommersant newspaper reported that the structures controlled by Kerimov had sold their large blocks of shares "Gazprom" And Sberbank. The value of shares at the beginning of the year was 15.37 and 5.4 billion dollars, respectively.

The newspaper also reported that Kerimov's structures have sold or are negotiating the sale of other Russian assets of the businessman - Metronom AG, the operator of the Mercado supermarket chain (sold to X5 Retail Group in the fall of 2007 for $ 200 million), National Telecommunications (acquirer was called the National Media Group, the main shareholder of which was the Rossiya Bank Yuri Kovalchuk) and shares in the Polymetal company (the founder of the ICT group was mentioned as the acquirers Alexander Nesis, as well as a Russian financier and structures of the Czech PPF fund). After the sale of land, telecommunications, metallurgical and other assets, according to the publication, the businessman should have practically no investments left in Russia.

It was also reported that Kerimov would invest the funds released as a result of the sale of Russian assets in foreign financial institutions (according to the newspaper, at that time he had already acquired about 3 percent of the shares Deutsche Bank and also paper Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, UBS).

However, in February 2009, information about Kerimov's acquisitions in Russia was published. It was reported that his "Nafta-Moscow" became the owner of 75 percent "Glavstroy SPb"- a company that in St. Petersburg owns the development projects of the Glavstroy corporation (the construction division of Deripaska's Basel).

In the same month, it became known that the Moscow government offered Nafta-Moskva a controlling stake OJSC "Dekmos", engaged in the construction of the hotel "Moscow". However, Nafta-Moskva only gained partial control of OAO Dekmos in January 2010, when it acquired 50 percent of the shares of Konk Select Partners, the company that owned 51 percent of OAO Dekmos.

In August 2009, the financial director of Nafta Ko confirmed the information that Nafta Ko owns almost 100 percent CJSC "Trading house TSVUM". At the same time, he added that the deal was closed in the fall of 2008. The amount was not named, but a Vedomosti source reported that the department store cost Kerimov's company about $300 million - with the condition that it enter the project only after the completion of the reconstruction of Voentorg.

In March 2009, Kommersant reported that the owner of the Interros holding was selling 22 percent of shares to Kerimov's structures. OJSC "Polyus Gold". It was assumed that Kerimov acquired these assets "for a certain period of time for further resale." In June, the leadership of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) reported that the purchase of a stake in Polyus Gold by Kerimov's company had been approved by the government commission on foreign investment.

In July 2009, when Polyus Gold disclosed its ownership structure, it became known that Kerimov was the beneficiary of 36.88 percent of the company's shares: it was reported that he controlled this package through Wandle Holdings Limited. Despite the fact that 24.59 percent of the shares from this package were sold under a repo deal, Karimov retained the right to vote on it.

In February 2010, the Polyus Gold company, which Kerimov owned together with, acquired 11.4 percent of the shares of RBC OJSC Information Systems"- the parent company of the RBC media holding. In April of the same year, Kerimov, having bought out 19.71 percent of the shares, became one of the co-owners of the bank "International Financial Club"(MFK), which is part of the Onexim group owned by Prokhorov.

In April 2013, Kerimov transferred beneficial ownership of his business assets to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation.

In autumn 2013, after a scandal between Uralkali And "Belaruskali", Kerimov began to sell assets. The scandal erupted when a Russian company refused to sell potash through a trading joint venture with Belaruskali. After that, to the general director of Uralkali Vladislav Baumgertner and Karimov himself in Belarus, criminal cases were opened.

This story has acquired political overtones, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko declared that he would not work with Kerimov. As a result, the oligarch sold his officially 21.75% (and unofficially - 27%) shares. Also last year, Kerimov's structures sold about 1% of Alrosa with a market value of $40.8 million.

In December 2014, a meeting of the President V. Putin with 40 largest Russian entrepreneurs, among whom was Suleiman Kerimov. At the meeting, it was discussed, in particular, about the amnesty of capital.

In early September 2015, a twenty-year-old son famous businessman Suleiman Kerimov, Said Kerimov got full control over Wandle Holdings, which owns 40.2% of the shares Polyus Gold. At the same time, it became known that Wandle Holdings was considering the possibility of buying all Polyus Gold shares that it did not own. In the event of a deal, the price per share could be $2.97. The authorized capital of Polyus Gold consists of 3.0322 billion shares.

Polyus Gold is an international gold mining and production company in Russia. The company's headquarters is located in London. Polyus Gold shares traded in the premium segment London Stock Exchange.

At the end of September 2015, the construction of the largest mosque in Europe was completed in Moscow. According to media reports, Kerimov assumed the main financial burden in its construction.

Political activity

He was a deputy of the third convocation (2000-2003) on the federal list from Blok Zhirinovsky.

In 2003, Kerimov played a prominent role in political processes in Dagestan. On December 7 this year, in the elections to the State Duma in the Buynaksk single-mandate district of the republic, a convincing victory over a candidate supported by the official Makhachkala was won by a former high-ranking tax police officer Magomed Gadzhiev, considered a person close to Kerimov.

Before the cancellation of the nationwide elections of the heads of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, it was assumed that it was Kerimov who would promote a candidate for the presidency of Dagestan, who was in opposition to the then leader of this republic Magomedali Magomedov. Subsequently, Kerimov's visible political activity in his homeland began to decline.

On December 7, 2003, Kerimov was again elected to the State Duma and again from the federal list. Appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, and also included in the Security Committee.

On April 6, 2007, it became known that Kerimov wrote a statement about his withdrawal from the LDPR faction. According to a representative of the State Duma committee on regulations, Kerimov did not substantiate his decision in any way. , told reporters that the reason for his exit from the faction was a gross violation of party discipline: the deputy allegedly did not take proper part in the election campaigns in his region.

In December 2007, Kerimov was elected as a representative of the People's Assembly of Dagestan in the Federation Council. His candidacy was supported by all 56 deputies present at the meeting of the republican parliament. The speaker of the Dagestan parliament suggested electing Kerimov Magomed Suleymanov.

According to him, Kerimov is enough famous politician, providing support to Dagestan, especially to the athletes of the republic. On February 20, 2008, Kerimov became a senator.

In March 2011, Kerimov was elected to the People's Assembly of Dagestan on the list of "United Russia" and re-appointed as the representative of Dagestan in the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.

Suleiman Abusaidovich heads the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation.

Since January 2011, Suleiman Kerimov has been the owner of the Anji football club from Makhachkala.

State

Possessing a personal fortune $7.8 billion United States, ranked 19th in the 200 list in 2011 richest businessmen Russia (according to the magazine "Forbes").

In 2012, with a declared family income of 983 million rubles, he took 8th place in the income rating of Russian officials compiled by Forbes magazine.

Scandals

At the end of November 2006, he had a severe accident in Nice: a car Ferrari Enzo, which was driven by Kerimov, for some unknown reason, drove off the road and crashed into a tree, burning gasoline splashed out of the bursting fuel tank of the car onto Kerimov's back. Kerimov ran out, engulfed in flames and rolled on the ground, trying to put out the fire, he succeeded only after three teenagers who played baseball nearby ran up to him.

The helicopter delivered Kerimov with severe burns to a specialized department of the Conception hospital in Marseille, where he was connected to a respirator. The victim was in a state of artificial coma. At the same time, Kerimov's companion, a well-known TV presenter, was practically not injured.

year 2014. Russian authorities especially look at Russian entrepreneurs who have their own business in Ukraine and cooperate with Ukrainian oligarchs who support "EuroMaidan". Suleiman Kerimov continues to do business with Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk, one of the sponsors of the Maidan.

On May 12, 2014 it became known that the state "Rostelecom" may buy private Wimax operator Freshtel. It is known that the real owners of Freshtel are the structures of Suleiman Kerimov and Ukrainian billionaire Viktor Pinchuk.

That is, thanks to the influence of Kerimov, part of the Russian budget money, since Rostelecom belongs to the state, can get a Ukrainian oligarch who supports EuroMaidan and the current government of Ukraine.

Kerimov, according to experts, was the main culprit in the conflict between Russia and Belarus over the supply of potassium Russian company Uralkali, which Karimov almost ruined.

Attempts to manage an international company using methods inherited from the semi-gangster 90s quarreled Kerimov with almost all partners and significantly undermined the client base. This was the beginning of the end - the company began to slowly but surely lose its position.

Kerimov ended up falling out with Lukashenko when Uralkali left the tandem with the Belarusian potash producer, leading to political disputes between Russia and Belarus. Wherein "Belaruskali" after breaking the agreement with Uralkali, he found a Qatari trader for export deliveries. That is, a split was introduced in an important area of ​​the economic space Customs Union , now converted to Eurasian Union.

This conflict spilled over into the political plane, since the Kremlin considered that it was Kerimov who was guilty of worsening relations between Moscow and Minsk. As a result, Kerimov was forced to sell Uralkali, however, according to rumors, he was forgiven "for highest level"was never. In Belarus, a criminal case was opened against S. Kermov.

As soon as economic activity Kerimova went against the grain public policy, claims from the law immediately arose against the businessman. On June 10, 2014, journalists, citing a source close to Suleiman Kerimov, reported that the oligarch intended to leave Russia.

The authoritative Forbes magazine conducted its own journalistic investigation regarding the emergence of capital from Kerimov and found out: at the end of 2004, the owner of Nafta, Kerimov, entered into big game- buying up Russian blue chips, primarily Gazprom and Sberbank.

The purchase was first on own, then on borrowed funds. The Russian stock market was constantly growing, so the scheme was a win-win. Kerimov pledged shares on a loan in banks, the value of the pledge grew, which made it possible to take new loans, buy more shares, pledge them, etc.

By 2006, Kerimov had collected 4.25% of the shares of Gazprom and 5.64% of the shares of Sberbank. Between 2004 and 2006, Gazprom's capitalization quadrupled, while Sberbank's - almost 12 times. Having borrowed about $3.2 billion to buy shares, Kerimov became the owner of securities, which by the end of 2006 were worth more than $15 billion and continued to grow.

With loans from Sberbank, Kerimov bought most of his many assets: from a controlling stake in Polymetal to shares in Gazprom and Sberbank itself. The bank in those years approved faulty schemes, according to which it issued loans for the purchase of its shares secured by its own shares - according to such a scheme, Sberbank worked not only with Kerimov, but also with Vadim Moshkovich And Filaret Galchev.

But only for the sake of Kerimov, Sberbank violated one of the strictest rules by exceeding the loan limit (a bank can issue loans to one borrower in the amount of no more than 25% of its capital).

By May 2005, Nafta Moskva had practically chosen this limit, and another company of Kerimov began to take loans from Sberbank, COMPANY " New project" . And the bank "decided" that these companies are not related. By the end of the year, the limit for the second company was also exhausted: the loan debt of Nafta Moskva amounted to 54.6 billion rubles, "New Project" - 59.8 billion rubles, these are 21.5% and 23.5% (in the amount of 45% ) from the capital of Sberbank at that time.

By mid-October 2007, when it became clear that Sberbank would head, Kerimov managed to pay off almost all debts to Sberbank - more than $ 4 billion. By that time, investments had brought Kerimov hundreds of percent of the profit.

However, according to rumors, with the arrival of Gref at Sberbank, Kerimov's cooperation with Sberbank only intensified. However, Gref's contract ends in 2015, which means that soon Sberbank will be headed by a new top manager.

It seems that Kerimov understands that after Gref's resignation, the security forces will check the validity of lending to his (Kerimov's) structures in Sberbank. Apparently, therefore, he decided to flee Russia in advance in order to avoid the alleged arrest.

People who communicate with Suleiman Abusaidovich claim that it is difficult to talk to an oligarch. This person anticipates the answer. Mathematical mindset, Eastern wisdom and a subtle sense of benefit brought billions to the owner of a large Russian financial and industrial group. There are ups and downs in the biography of Kerimov Suleiman, but as a true chess player, he always quickly analyzed mistakes and played a new combination. Usually win-win.

The future oligarch spent the early years of his biography in Derbent, the oil capital of sunny Dagestan. Suleiman was born on March 12, 1966. He became the third child in the family of a criminal investigation worker. Abusaid Kerimovich, the boy's father had a higher legal education. Mother was involved in accounting in one of the local branches of Sberbank. At the time of birth, Suleiman had a brother, who now works as a doctor, and a sister who teaches Russian language and literature.

From an early age, Suleiman was addicted to sports. His main passion was judo and kettlebells. The boy excelled at chess and subsequently received the 1st category. While studying at the 18th school of Derbent, he admired the teachers with his mathematical abilities. However, other subjects were mastered by him without difficulty. First educational institution the future billionaire was graduated with honors, which gave him the right to enter a prestigious university.

Education

After graduating from school in 1983, the young man successfully passed the exams at the Dagestan Polytechnic University, where he studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering for a year. In 1984, the educational process was interrupted in connection with the call for military service. Until 1986, Kerimov repaid his debt to his homeland, servicing strategic missiles. Years spent in the army hardened young man and revealed in him the trait of a leader.

He returned from service with the rank of senior sergeant. Receipt higher education Suleiman continued in Dagestan state university. As a future specialty, he chose economics.

The student combined brilliant academic performance with active social work, and by the end of DSU he was listed as deputy chairman of the local trade union committee.

Career and business of Suleiman Kerimov

Suleiman Kerimov Having received a diploma in economics, in 1989 Suleiman Kerimov began to labor activity. His first place of work in his biography was the Makhachkala plant "Eltav". Obtaining a position at a prestigious enterprise was not without the participation of Nazim Khanbalaev, who headed the Dagestan Council of Trade Unions and by that time was Suleiman's father-in-law. Thanks to diligence and abilities, as well as connections, within 5 years the young specialist made a dizzying career and rose from an ordinary economist to the deputy general director of the plant. In the middle of this five-year plan, the management of the enterprise created a bank registered in Moscow. Representing the management of the plant, Kerimov managed to seize a controlling stake in this organization. Fedprombank provided loans to industrial enterprises in crisis. Since that time, the entrepreneur has settled in the capital of Russia. Read also: Biography and latest news of the owner of Eurocement Group Filaret Galchev.

Since 1995, the businessman has been the head of the Soyuz-Finance trading and financial company, and after 2 years he is a researcher at the Moscow International Institute of Corporations.

Suleiman Kerimov's real business begins in 1999, with the acquisition of shares in the NTC Nafta-Moskva, which, with the advent of a new owner from a mediocre oil trader, began to transform into a powerful holding.

In control large enterprise Karimov revealed in all its glory. His intuition and precise calculation made it possible to raise the company to the level of Millhouse and Rusal, which set the tone for the Russian oil market. During 2002-2008, Nafta-Moskva vigorously replenished its assets by acquiring shares in promising industrial enterprises. Initially, loans from Vnesheconombank and later foreign loans are used as start-up capital. financial institutions. The holding acquired shares in Volvo, British Petroleum, etc. During this period, Kerimov met with the most famous financial tycoons, in particular, Bill Gates became one of his friends.

In 2009, Kerimov expanded the scope of his holding and began to engage in real estate. The “breakthrough of the pen” was the reconstruction of the Moskva Hotel, which became a five-star Four Seasons hotel. At the same time, an organization controlled by a businessman takes possession of a quarter of the shares of the PIK group of companies, which was the main developer of the country and was in crisis situation. Kerimov improves the business of this enterprise and, having sold its assets, receives a solid profit.

Another significant event 2009 is the purchase by Nafta of a 37% stake in the gold mining company Polyus Gold, and after 3 years Suleiman Kerimov takes almost complete control over it (95%). Since 2016, the son of an oligarch has been on the board of Polyus Gold.

In 2011, the oligarch became the owner of the Anji football club (Makhachkala), and in 2014 he got rid of most of his assets.

Of the "dark bands" in Suleiman Kerimov's entrepreneurial activities, mention should be made of the entrepreneur's friction with Belarusian law enforcement officers, which arose in 2007 in connection with dark cases around the largest fertilizer producer, the Uralkali company. Unsuccessful investments in foreign enterprises became major losses for the businessman. An attempt to save capital during the global crisis in 2008 cost Kerimov and his organization $20 billion.

Political life

The life of Suleiman Kerimov is closely connected with politics. Twice being a deputy of the State Duma of Russia (1999 - 2007), the oligarch successfully defended the interests of Zhirinovsky's party. Since 2008, the billionaire has been a member of the committee of the Council of Federations, where he deals with financial problems and represents the Republic of Dagestan.

Suleiman Kerimov's fortune

Current political activity distracted Suleiman Kerimov from business. Having handed over the reins of government to his companies and got rid of foreign assets, the oligarch remains a prominent person in financial circles, his photos and videos are often found in the media. Including in connection with the participation of the senator in the affairs of his native Dagestan.

Karimov helps the republic a lot, not only as a representative of the region in the upper house of parliament, but also as an investor and philanthropist. In particular, on his initiative, large-scale transformations began in the hometown of Suleiman Kerimov - Derbent. The task is to make this ancient city in Russia, the center of the tourist cluster, in which, while maintaining the unique architecture and historical appearance, ultra-modern functionality would appear. In early August 2019, the finalists of the Open international competition for the development of a master plan for Derbent, among which are the largest experts in their field from around the world.

It was also announced the resumption of work in Dagestan of the branch of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO. It will be headed by the mayor of Derbent, Khizri Abakarov, who is considered a person close to the senator, capable of implementing the ideas of transforming the city conceived by Kerimov. In addition, a member of the Federation Council from Dagestan in 2018 announced the decision of his family to register a business in Derbent - in this way the local budget will receive additional funds for development, and this is billions of rubles of additional income in the form of tax deductions. The senator had helped the republic a lot before, taking a lively part in all development projects.

So, with the direct participation of Suleiman Kerimov, a branch of the presidential center for gifted children, Sirius-Altair, was opened in Dagestan. It became one of the first branches of the Sochi "Sirius" in the country and a role model for other regions. The dynamics of a businessman's entrepreneurial activity can be analyzed on the basis of data provided annually by Forbes magazine (year - $, billion / place in Russia):

• 2004 – 0,58/48;
• 2005 – 2,6/16;
• 2006 – 7,5/11;
• 2007 – 12,8/7;
• 2008 – 18,4/8;
• 2009 – 3,1/13;
• 2010 – 19/5,5;
• 2011 – 7,8/19;
• 2012 – 6,5/19;
• 2013 – 7,1/20;
• 2014 – 6,9/19;
• 2015 – 3,4/31;
• 2016 – 1,6/45;
• 2017 – 6,3/21;
• 2018 – 6,4/20.

Having direct relation to the power structures of the Russian Federation, Suleiman Abusaidovich could not avoid the April 2018 sanctions. The oligarch's losses amounted to $ 1.4 billion, which is equal to more than a fifth of the businessman's fortune.

Yachts, aircraft

From 2005 to 2016, Suleiman Kerimov owned the magnificent Ice yacht. The ninety-meter four-deck vessel is made using the latest technology. Its approximate price is $160 million.

The second yacht of the oligarch "Millenium" looks somewhat more modest, three times smaller than the first, but it impresses with its speed, which reaches thirty-one knots. This "toy" cost the billionaire €8.9 million.

As an air vehicle Until recently, Suleiman Abusaidovich used a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 737-700, which was sold in 2018.

Wife

About personal life from the biography of Suleiman Abusaidovich it is known for certain that he found his soul mate while still a student. His chosen one was a classmate Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva. It was thanks to her father that the current oligarch began his successful career. The wife gave the businessman three children.

Was born in 1990 eldest daughter, whose parents gave the name Gulnara. After 5 years, the family was replenished with a son, Abusaid, and in 2003, the businessman became a dad for the third time. His youngest daughter name is Aminat.

Charity

Suleiman Kerimov's charitable activities were marked by the transfer of €1 million to the Pinocchio children's burn center. The reason for this was a car accident in which the oligarch got in 2006. Then he went through a long course of rehabilitation. The billionaire's concern for children also manifested itself in work on projects to provide targeted assistance to orphans and sick children.

Since 2013, the international charitable foundation created by Kerimov has been operating. It was here that the Dagestan senator donated the lion's share of his assets.

Thanks to the funds of Suleiman Abusaidovich, Makhachkala acquired a modern Anji-Arena stadium. Under the patronage of the billionaire is the Wrestling Federation of the Russian Federation and the Sochi Center for Gifted Children "Sirius".

Suleiman Kerimov today

By breaking news Suleiman Kerimov recently suffered a heart condition. Now, after recovery, he is in France, where the litigation about his tax violations.

Just like in his youth, the oligarch continues to be fond of sports today, of which he prefers wrestling and football.

Suleiman Abusaidovich is a well-known billionaire (his fortune as of April 2019 is estimated at $ 6.3 billion), is a member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Dagestan, leads the Nafta-Moscow financial and industrial group, and owns the Anji football club.

Childhood

He was born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent, where Sulik (as his close friends called him) spent his childhood. His father, a lawyer by education, worked in the criminal investigation department, and his mother was an accountant in the Sberbank system. He has a brother, who is now a doctor, and a sister, a teacher of Russian language and literature.

In his youth, he was fond of judo and kettlebell lifting, he was repeatedly the champion of various championships.

Education and military service

He studied very well, and his favorite subject at school was mathematics. In 1983 he graduated with honors high school No. 18 and entered the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

After all, he was drafted into the army. The young man served in Moscow, in the Strategic Missile Forces. In 1986, being a senior sergeant in the position of head of the calculation, he was demobilized.

Upon returning from the service, he continued his studies, but already at the Faculty of Economics at DSU.

Labor activity

After graduating, in 1989 he got a job at the Eltav plant as an ordinary economist, where in five years of work he managed to get the position of assistant general director for economic issues. In 1993, the management of the plant with partners established a bank and registered it in Moscow. Suleiman was sent to represent their interests in the new Fedprombank. Soon the banker already had a controlling stake in the credit institution.

In 1995, Suleiman Abusaidovich was appointed to the post of head of the Soyuz-Finance trading and financial company.

In the spring of 1997, he became a research fellow at the International Institute of Corporations, and two years later he headed this autonomous non-profit organization as president.

Business and investment projects

In 1999 began new stage in life - he bought shares in the oil trading company Nafta-Moscow and began to actively engage in investment and resale transactions. A year later, the company made its first purchase - Varyoganneftegaz.

In November 2005, it acquired 70% of one of the largest gold and silver miners in Russia, Polymetal. A couple of years later, Polymetal was listed on the London Stock Exchange, after which Nafta resold its stake in this holding.

At the same time, his enterprise continued to develop successfully and, through profitable investments made by him during the first years of her leadership, already had a stake in Gazprom and Sberbank (by 2008 it was 4.25% and 5.6%, respectively). However, by mid-2008, Suleiman Abusaidovich himself completely withdrew from the share capital of both structures.

In 2003-2008 Nafta developed the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye project, also known in the press as the "city of millionaires". In April 2006, she became a co-owner of Mosstroyekonombank, which owns Smolensky Passage, in June she gained control over SEC Razvitie, which unites three construction companies, and in July she announced that she owns 17% of Mospromstroy. All packages were then also resold.

In 2007, the entrepreneur invested in Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and other foreign financial institutions. At the same time, Forbes named him the largest private investor in Morgan Stanley.

In parallel, he was engaged in completely different projects. So, in 2005, together with the capital's mayor's office, a joint telecommunications open Joint-Stock Company Mosteleset is the sole shareholder of Mostelecom. Two years later, these assets were merged into the National Telecommunications holding and a year later they were sold to a consortium of investors led by Yuri Kovalchuk's National Media Group CJSC for $1.5 billion.

At the end of 2006, together with the government of the capital, it was announced the creation of the "United Hotel Company", where the shares of more than 20 hotels on the balance of the city were transferred (including Balchug, Metropol, National and Radisson-Slavyanskaya ). Nafta was supposed to be one of the leaders in the Moscow hotel market.

Among the other Russian assets of the businessman at that time were the Metronom AG firms and the operator of the Mercado supermarket chain.

In February 2009, Nafta became the owner of 75% of Glavstroy SPb. In the spring of 2009, under the auspices of the entrepreneur, the reconstruction of the Moskva Hotel began, as a result of which a five-star Four Seasons hotel with offices and apartments was opened there, as well as the Fashion Season shopping gallery. In 2015, he first sold the gallery and then the hotel to Alexei Khotin.

In the second quarter of 2009, its structures bought 25% of PIK Group, the largest developer in Russia, whose financial position at that time was precarious. During the first couple of years of his leadership, the group regained financial stability and strengthened its position in the market. In the winter of 2013, the entire stake (which at that time was 38.3%) was sold to Sergey Gordeev and Alexander Mamut.

In the same 2009, Nafta-Moskva bought 37% of Polus Gold, the largest gold producer in the country, from Vladimir Potanin. Over time, this figure increased to 40.22%. In 2012, Polyus held an IPO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), and at the end of 2015, the rights to 95% of the holding were transferred to it.

In April 2009, having bought out 19.71% of the shares, he became one of the owners of the IFC bank.

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In June 2010, together with partners, he acquired 53% of Uralkali (the size of the transaction was estimated at $5.3 billion). For this purchase, he had to take a decent loan from VTB. In December 2013, he sold his stake in Uralkali to Mikhail Prokhorov (21.75%) and Dmitry Mazepin (19.99%).

In January 2011, Anji Makhachkala, which is part of the Russian football Premier League, passed into his possession. In addition, near Makhachkala, at the expense of the billionaire, a modern Anji-Arena stadium was built with a functioning children's football academy.

In 2013-2014 he sold most of his resources, while his son, a young businessman Abusaid, bought Cinema Park, a large-scale chain of cinemas, from V. Potanin (the deal was valued at $300 million).

Political activity

From 1999 to 2003 he was a State Duma deputy Federal Assembly Russian Federation III convocation, was a member of its security committee. Then, until 2007, he was a deputy of the Duma of the IV convocation, and also served as deputy chairman of the committee on physical culture, sports and youth affairs.

Since 2008, he has been a member of the Federation Council (SF), since March 2011 he has represented Dagestan in the upper house of the Russian parliament.

At the end of September 2016, it became known that the oligarch was re-elected to the Federation Council. The decision was made at the People's Assembly, all 86 deputies from the republic voted "for".

Charity and patronage

In November 2006 in Nice, he got into car accident and suffered severe burns. After that, the entrepreneur donated 1 million euros to the Pinocchio charity, which helps children cope with burn injuries.

At the end of 2013, all the assets of the enterprises owned by him were transferred charitable foundation Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, which was founded by a billionaire in 2007. One of his most ambitious undertakings is the reconstruction of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, the annual hajj for several thousand Muslims, international youth and cultural festivals, and more.

In 2014, according to Forbes magazine, he was the third among the richest people Russia, which provided material assistance to charity projects in 2013.

Among other things, he has headed the board of trustees since the founding of the Wrestling Federation of the Russian Federation in 2006. For many years, his foundation has been the main sponsor of this organization, funding along with the support fund " New Perspective» the national program for the development of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.

Awards

On March 10, 2016, he was awarded the badge of honor of the Dagestan Republic "For the love of his native land."

In turn, FILA awarded him with its most prestigious award - the "Golden Order".

According to the Forbes list, the businessman's prosperity came in 2007-2008: at first he was the seventh richest businessman in the Russian Federation - his fortune was estimated at $ 12.8 billion. The following year, he took eighth place in the rankings, while his fortune grew to $18.4 billion.

In 2016, he was in 45th place with a mark of $ 1.6 billion, in 2017 he became 21st, increasing his fortune to $ 6.3 billion. In 2018, he climbed one line, taking 20th place (the fortune was estimated at $6.4 billion).

Hobbies

In addition to football and martial arts, he loves to surf the sea - for this he owns two yachts - Ice and Millenium, acquired in 2005-2006. One curious fact is connected with the four-deck ninety-meter yacht Ice - for example, in 2012, her crew saved nine people whose pleasure boat capsized. In the media, the owner of the ship was credited with another medal for this - "For the salvation of drowning people."

To travel by air, they use an equally luxurious vehicle - the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 737-700.

Family status
My future wife, Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva, he met at the university - they studied at the same faculty. The couple have three children. In 1990, a daughter, Gulnara, was born, five years later, a son, Abusaid. Youngest daughter, Aminat, was born in 2003.

Definition: "Brand-fuckers are oligarchs,

who spin novels exclusively with the stars "
Bozena Rynska, SIM, April 2007

general public billionaire Suleiman Kerimov became famous after being in a car accident in Nice in December 2006. Then the Ferrari driven by the oligarch crashed into a tree and caught fire. Kerimov was badly burned. sitting next to Tina Kandelaki escaped with minor burns. True, the TV presenter herself later denied everything. But somehow Tina opened up:
- I met Suleiman at the time when he was courting my girlfriend, actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya. Suleiman loves beautiful women - it's true. Soon he left Olesya and became interested in another friend of mine - a fashion designer Katya Gomiashvili .

Sudzilovskaya was only an episode for him, and a tender relationship with Archil Gomiashvili's daughter lasted for four whole years.

Generous Cavalier

IN interesting position: whose name will be the future child of Catherine - is still unknown

So Katya Gomiashvili could not resist, although she herself is not from poor family. Her dad, in addition to playing Ostap Bender superbly, was also a successful restaurateur in Moscow.

Catherine decided to fashion designer career. With the help of her father, she opened an atelier. Things were going the way they were. But since Kerimov appeared next to Katya, even world-famous couturiers envied her scope.

If the fashion designer has serious financial resources to promote the brand, it can be successful. You can buy everything now, - said Vyacheslav Zaitsev, having learned that Gomiashvili was opening a boutique in London with the money of his lover. The Russian designer's shop was designed by the very popular English architect Eb Rogers. Katya's whim cost at least 3 million euros.

In the spring of 2006, at the height of her romance with Kerimov, a boutique "Mia Shvili" appeared on the Patriarch's Ponds in the capital, a little later she changed the sign to "Emperor Moth". At the same time, at the end of the house on Novy Arbat, to the envy of Katya's competitors, there was a giant banner on which the American film actress Chloe Sevigny showed off in clothes from the designer Gomiashvili. The next collection of the beloved oil king was advertised by top models Kate Moss and Devon Aoki. Models of this level only take from $30 to 150 thousand for a fashion show. advertising campaign The rates go up ten times.

shook it off and left

And just the other day, the site Spletnik.ru dismantled Ekaterina Gomiashvili and her recent interview with Vogue magazine. The fashion designer shared with the "gloss" her longing for a certain oligarch:

He told me: “Katya, we are very strong. And if you do what I need, then break you. Do what you want - break me. This is impossible". ...I have no grudge against him. It just hurts when a person who has done nothing but good to you does this to you.

Spletnik.ru figured out who this oligarch is, for whom the fashion designer suffers so much: “One of the versions says that this is the billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.” And as Spletnik.ru absolutely unambiguously hints, Katya is pregnant from him: “They say that Kerimov has fully recovered from the car accident, but there are no rumors about new hobbies. And Katya Gomiashvili is expecting a baby. It is already known that it will be a girl. Spletnik.ru knows what he writes about, because his mistress is the wife of another respected oligarch.

If the news on the site is true, then Katya had no chance. Suleiman has been happily married for a long time, he has three legitimate children. He just collects beautiful women. As one of the visitors to the Spletnik.ru forum wrote under the nickname blue eyes, “Suleiman ... he dusted himself off, ticked the box and went on.” However, according to information from other sources, Katya was going to marry some Italian not so long ago. But something didn't work out. Perhaps the groom just found out that the girl is slightly pregnant, but from another.
List of Don Juan

Natalia Vetlitskaya

Zhanna: Karimov appreciated the charms of the girl

Suleiman Kerimov- is one of the richest businessmen in the Russian Federation. Concurrently, he has the status of a member of the Federation Council, where he is represented by Dagestan. Owns a 95% stake in Polyus Gold and has at its disposal football club"Anji".

early years

Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in the city of Derbent, which was part of the Dagestan ASSR. He studied and graduated from high school there. In addition, as a child, he studied mathematics in depth, was fond of martial arts and sports - judo and weights.

Given his great love for mathematics, he enters the Dagestan Polytechnic at the faculty of construction. However, in 1984 he was drafted into the army - rocket troops, - upon the return of which he returns to study, but with a transfer to the Faculty of Economics. In 1989, he fully graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Dagestan State University and began working at the Eltav plant.

Family

The family of Suleiman Kerimov was not special by Soviet and current standards: his father worked in the police, representing the criminal investigation department - a lawyer by training; mother worked as an accountant. Kerimov's brother is a doctor, and his sister is a Russian language teacher.

Firuza Khanbalaeva is the wife of Suleiman Kerimov, the marriage between them was concluded in the 3rd year of the university. There are three children: daughters Gulnara and Aminata, as well as son Abusaid.

Career

The first job after graduation was the position of a planner at the Eltav plant in 1989. By 1994, Suleiman Kerimov managed to get the position of general. director of economic affairs - such a "five-year plan" has shown him well as an employee. This influenced the fact that he began to represent Fedprombank in Moscow, which was registered in 1993. Then he got a significant share of the bank's shares, which gave rise to entrepreneurial activity.

In addition, in 1995 Kerimov became the head of Soyuz-Finance. By 1997 - a researcher at the International Institute of Corporations.

Business

The first step into the business sphere was made on the threshold of 2000, when Suleiman Kerimov bought a stake in Nafta-Moskva. Then it started entrepreneurial activity on and resale of purchased assets. A full-fledged and first purchase - the company "Varioganneftegaz". Then 70% of Polymetal was acquired, which was engaged in the extraction of gold and silver in the Russian Federation. A few years later, Nafta-Moskva placed it on the London Stock Exchange, and then completely sold it.

By 2009, Nafta had a 4.25% stake in Gazprom and a 6% stake in Sberbank. For five years, this company has been engaged in the activities of the Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye project - a city for the rich people of the capital. The company became a co-owner of Mosstroyeconombank in 2006. As a result, she indirectly owned Smolensky Passage and was given full control over the SEC Razvitie. Thus, by the end of the summer of 2006, the ownership of 17% of Mospromstroy was announced, the package of which was subsequently sold, like the entire share of Suleiman Kerimov in Nafta-Moscow, but in 2009 it was decided to liquidate the organization.

From 2007 to 2008, he was actively involved in investments in foreign companies: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, etc. - Forbes named him Morgan Stanley's only major private investor. The reason for such investments was the economic crisis, but this did not help much due to margin trading, and according to economists, Kerimov lost about 20 billion US dollars.

In addition to investments and resale, there were other activities - in 2005, Suleiman Kerimov founded Mosteleset OJSC together with the Moscow City Hall. In fact, it was the sole shareholder of Mostelecom, which subsequently led to their merger into a single holding, National Telecommunications. A few years later, the entire holding was bought by National Media Group CJSC - the transaction amount is estimated at $ 1.5 billion.

This cooperation with the Moscow authorities was not isolated, and by 2006 both parties announced that they intended to create a "United Hotel Company" - as a result, it included shares of about 20 of the best hotels in the capital. Nafta could also become one of the leaders in the hotel business, but in 2009 it acquired a 75% stake in Glavstroy SPb. Kerimov, in 2009, also began the reconstruction of the famous Moscow Hotel, the building for which later became the site of the Four Seasons Hotel and the Fashion Season shopping gallery.

Suleiman Kerimov's yacht "Ice"

After the liquidation of Nafta-Moskva in 2009, the entrepreneur buys out 25% of the PIK Group, whose position was unstable, but at the same time he was the largest developer in the Russian Federation. And, as usual, in 2-3 years the company restored its financial position, paid off all debts and was sold - the size of the package was about 38% - to S. Gordeev and A. Mamut.

About 37% of Polus Gold was purchased from V. Potanin in 2009 prior to liquidation. By 2012, the volume of shares was increased to 40%. In addition, participation was also held on the London Stock Exchange, as a result of which, in 2015, Kerimov was given the right to own 95% of the entire holding.

2009 ended with the fact that about 20% of the shares of IFC Bank were bought out and the entry into its structure was made.

In 2010, the purchase of Uralkali was made in the amount of 53% of the entire share. By the end of the same year, it was sold to M. Prokhorov in the amount of 22% and to D. Mazepin in the amount of 20%.

In 2011, the purchase of FC Anji took place and a stadium was built in Makhachkala under the name Anji-Arena, under which a children's football academy operates. By 2014, Kerimov decided to sell most of his assets.

Activities in politics

Suleiman Kerimov was a deputy from 1999 to 2003 State Duma Federal convocation of the Russian Federation, and then was a member of the security committee. In addition, until 2007 he was a member of the State Duma of the 4th convocation. He also has the post of chairman of the committee on physics. culture and youth affairs.

In 2008 he became a member of the Federation Council, and since 2011 represents Dagestan in the Federation Council.

He also founded the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation - Suleyman Kerimov Foundation. Its main activity is aimed at supporting youth, as well as the development of youth and sports.

Financial condition of Kerimov

If we take into account the statistics of Forbes magazine, 2007 and 2008 became the most profitable years in the life of Suleiman Kerimov: he was able to rise in the ranking by the size of his fortune from $12.8 billion to $18.4 billion.

However, after the state of Suleiman Kerimov did not grow so profitably, although it remained quite large. Since 2011, it has fluctuated from $7.8 billion to $1.6 billion in 2016 - while ranking 45th in Forbes. According to the latest data - for 2017 - the total capital is about 6.3 billion dollars.

• Suleiman Kerimov is the initiator of the idea of ​​​​building a small town near Moscow for rich people, referred to as the "city of millionaires." The project was designed for about 30,000 people, but was subsequently sold to Mikhail Shishkhanov.
• A car accident in 2006 in Nice caused burns on ¾ of Kerimov's body. He was in an induced coma for several days and is now forced to wear flesh-colored gloves to cover his burns.

• Since 2007, Suleymanov Kerimov has been conducting charitable activities for Muslims. He helps them make the Hajj, paying thousands of believers a trip to the holy places of Arabia - its price is about 100,000 rubles per person.
• He owns two yachts - Ice and Millenium. So, in 2012, the crew of the Ice yacht rescued 9 drowning people, whose boat capsized. Thanks to this, the captain and the owner of the ship received medals "For saving the drowning."
• Since 2018, it has been part of - organized by the USA. It includes all people who are somehow close to V.V. Putin.