One of the richest people in Russia, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Suleiman Kerimov, was born on March 12, 1966 in the city of Derbent, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (now the Republic of Dagestan). Father is a lawyer, worked in the criminal investigation department; mother worked as an accountant in the Sberbank of the Russian Federation system.
In 1983, S. Kerimov entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute, and in 1984, after completing the first year of the institute, he was drafted into the army and completed compulsory military service in the Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR Armed Forces (RVSN Armed Forces of the USSR). After being transferred to the reserve, he continued his studies at the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University (DSU) named after. V.I. Lenin, who graduated in 1989 with a degree in Accounting and Analysis of Economic Activities.
In 1989-1995 he worked in positions from economist to assistant general director for economic issues of the Eltav plant of the Ministry of Electronic Industry.
Since 1995 - General Director of the Soyuz-Finance company (Moscow).
Since April 1997, he has been engaged in scientific activities.
In February-December 1999, he was deputy director of the autonomous non-profit organization International Institute of Corporations.
Since December 1999 - deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the third convocation on the federal list of the electoral bloc "Zhirinovsky Bloc", was a member of the State Duma Committee of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Security.
On December 7, 2003, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation according to the federal list of the LDPR electoral association. In the State Duma he became a member of the LDPR faction and is deputy chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Physical Culture and Sports.
In April 2007, he left the LDPR faction and became an independent deputy.
Suleiman Kerimov heads the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation. In his youth, he was fond of judo and kettlebell lifting, and was a multiple champion of various championships. The International Federation of Unified Wrestling Styles (FILA) awarded him the “Golden Order” - one of the most prestigious awards.
On April 19, 2007, the Russian version of Forbes magazine published a ranking of the richest citizens of Russia, in which Kerimov took seventh place with $12.8 billion.
Under his control through OJSC GNK Nafta-Moscow and other companies - the mining holding Polymetal (99.5%), National Cable Networks, the Moscow cable operator Mostelecom. He owns 4.5% of the shares of Gazprom ", 5.7% of shares of Sberbank, about 2% of shares of MGTS. Invests in the Moscow region town of Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye (2 million sq. m of luxury housing).
He is the owner of the yacht Ice, built at the Lurssen shipyard in Bremen, Germany. This is a four-deck ship, the length of which is 90 meters. The seven bathtubs and vanities in the owner's and guest cabins are made from solid pieces of limestone, with oak interiors. The owner's bedroom extends from one side of the yacht to the other. On board there is a swimming pool and a helipad. The cruising range is more than 11,000 km. According to some reports, the interior decor alone, including painting, cost $25 million, and the total cost of the yacht could be about $170 million.
As a personal airliner, Suleiman Kerimov uses a luxuriously decorated medium-haul Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 737-700 passenger airliner, which accepts only 16 people on board, and the owner has an office, a shower room and a bedroom on board. The cost of such an aircraft reaches $50 million, its non-stop flight range is up to 12,000 km.
Suleiman Kerimov is married. His wife, Firuza, is the daughter of a high-ranking Dagestan official. He met her while studying in Derbent, and soon the lovers got married. According to rumors, Kerimov’s father-in-law helped him get a good job as an economist at the Eltav electronics plant, one of the largest enterprises in Dagestan. Firuza has always been a real “Oriental” wife, she does not like to appear in public, and does not want to communicate with the press. She is raising three children.
Suleiman Kerimov loves social events, parties with pop stars, and sailing on his own yacht, Ice, off the coast of Spain. He loves to throw luxurious parties and give beautiful gifts. He is credited with having affairs with famous singers, ballerinas, and actresses. Kerimov's name has recently appeared frequently in the press in connection with the accident in France.
On November 25, 2006, on the Promenade des Anglais embankment in Nice, the billionaire and his companion, who, according to some media reports, was the famous Russian TV presenter Tina Kandelaki, were involved in a car accident. For an unknown reason, in a section where the maximum permissible speed is 50 km/h, Kerimov’s Enzo Ferrari super sports car lost control, flew off the road at high speed, crashed into a tree and caught fire. Engulfed in flames, Kerimov was able to get out of the cabin on his own and rolled on the grass, trying to put out the fire. Eyewitnesses of the accident helped him. Only firefighters from Nice Airport were able to extinguish the burning car. The Ferrari, worth about 675 thousand euros, cannot be restored. His companion, Tina Kandelaki, escaped with minor burns and injuries. She was admitted to the Saint-Roch hospital. and after providing her with medical assistance, she flew to Moscow that same evening. Kerimov, who received severe burns, was sent by helicopter to one of the Marseille clinics, and then transported to a clinic in Belgium, where he underwent treatment and returned to Moscow at the end of January 2007 and began work. Today he has fully recovered from the accident and is working daily and at full capacity.
1054
Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich
Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich, born March 12, 1966, native of Derbent, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Lezgin by nationality. Member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Dagestan. United Russia Party.
Biography
Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich, born March 12, 1966, native of Derbent, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Lezgin by nationality.
Currently, Kerimov's fortune is estimated at about $7.5 billion. He is one of the twenty richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes magazine.
On August 29, 2013, the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus announced that it was ready to open a criminal case against Kerimov.
On April 6, 2018, US sanctions were imposed against S. A. Kerimov.
Relatives. Wife: Firuza Nazimovna Kerimova (maiden name Khanbalaeva), born October 22, 1967, housewife. He is the beneficiary of FC-Capital CJSC, which owns 99.5% of the shares of Nafta-Moscow OJSC.
Son: Kerimov Said Suleymanovich, born on July 6, 1995, third-year student at the International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy MGIMO, specializing in International Business and Business Administration. At the end of 2014, he acquired Russia's largest cinema chain, Cinema Park, from Vladimir Potanin for $300 million. In April 2015, it became known that the owner of 40.22% of Polyus Gold is not only the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, but also Said Kerimov personally.
State. Income in 2014. RUB 109,624,689.02 Spouse: RUB 908,228.04 Real estate Apartment, 37.8 sq. m (in use) Spouse: Apartment, 54 sq. m, shared ownership 1/3 Child: Apartment, 54 sq. m. m (in use) Vehicles Passenger car, Mercedes-Benz S-class Spouse: Passenger car, BMW 7 series Spouse: Passenger car, BMW 7 series Spouse: Passenger car, Mercedes-Benz S-class FORBES magazine assessed Kerimov's condition at 3 .4 billion US dollars (April 2015). In 2014, Kerimov’s fortune was estimated at $6.9 billion.
Hobbies. Cars, auto racing, football.
Education
- After graduating with honors from secondary school No. 19 in Derbent in 1983, he entered the Faculty of Construction Dagestan Polytechnic Institute.
- After the first course he was drafted into the army. In 1984-1986 he served in the Strategic Missile Forces in Moscow, senior sergeant as crew chief.
- After 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 deputy chairman of the university trade union committee.
Labor activity
After graduating from university, he worked at the Eltav plant (Makhachkala), where he worked his way up from economist to assistant general director for economic issues.
- In 1995, he became deputy general director of the Soyuz-Finance company (Moscow).
- In 1997, he became a research fellow, and in 1999, vice-president of the ANO International Institute of Corporations.
- At the same time, he was engaged in business, purchasing in 1998 a 55% stake in the oil trader Nafta-Moscow for $50 million. He subsequently acquired 100% of the shares of this company.
- From 1999 to 2007, Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, first from the Liberal Democratic Party, and since 2007 from the United Russia party.
- In 2007, he became a member of the Federation Council of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Dagestan.
- Continuing to do business, in 2005 Kerimov acquired Mosstroyeconombank and the Polymetal company.
- Since 2011, he has been the owner of the Anzhi football club in Makhachkala.
- He also owns 25% of the shares of OJSC Uralkali. In April 2013, he transferred the rights to his assets to a charitable foundation.
Connections/Partners
Abramovich Roman Arkadievich, born October 24, 1966, entrepreneur. In 2001, he was Kerimov’s ally in obtaining a share in Andrei Andreev’s business (Avtobank, Ingosstrakh, NOSTA). Currently they continue to maintain contact.
Baturina Elena Nikolaevna, born 03/08/1963, entrepreneur. Wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov. Kerimov previously collaborated with her on a number of development projects in Moscow, but their relationship subsequently deteriorated.
Gutseriev Mikhail Safarbekovich, born 03/09/1958, entrepreneur. They collaborated closely in the early 2000s, especially in the acquisition of Mosstroyeconombank.
Deripaska Oleg Vladimirovich, born on January 2, 1968, entrepreneur, owner of the Basic Element Group of Companies. We've known each other since the 1990s. They collaborated in the acquisition of Nafta Moscow and the Varyeganneftegaz company in 2000, as a result of which Kerimov received 70% of the shares of this company.
Kandelaki Tinatin Givievna, born November 10, 1975, TV presenter, journalist. They were in a love affair, as a result of which Kandelaki separated from her husband Andrei Kondrakhin. Together in 2006, they had a serious accident in Nice, as a result of which Kerimov was hospitalized in serious condition.
Matvienko Sergey Vladimirovich, born 05/05/1973, entrepreneur. Son of the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko. Kerimov worked closely with him in the implementation of development projects in St. Petersburg.
Khanbalaev Nazim Igamutdinovich, born September 25, 1939, General Director of Dagagrokomplekt LLC. Kerimov's father-in-law. “Supervised” his son-in-law’s career at the initial stage, helped him move to Moscow.
Amirov Said Japarovich, born 03/05/1954, native of the village. Dzhangamakhi, Levashinsky district, Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. Former mayor of Makhachkala. On June 1, 2013, he was detained on suspicion of involvement in a criminal group, which is responsible for drug trafficking and numerous murders of law enforcement officers. He repeatedly contacted Kerimov as part of attracting the wealthy Dagestani community to participate in the “organization of life” of the local elite.
To information
On the night of November 21, 2017, Kerimov was detained at Nice airport. Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre said that the senator was detained in a case of possible laundering of funds fraudulently withdrawn from taxation. The subject of the investigation was the acquisition of several villas on the French Riviera through fictitious companies in order to reduce taxes. Kerimov’s representative said that no charges had been brought against him, and the senator himself was confident of his innocence. In 2005, information appeared in the media about the proposed construction of a “city for millionaires” near Moscow, in which 30,000 wealthy residents of Russia were supposed to live, the idea of which belonged to Kerimov. However, he later sold the project to the president of Bin-Bank Mikail Shishkhanov. At the end of November 2006, he had a serious accident in Nice: a Ferrari Enzo, driven by Kerimov, for an unknown reason drove off the road and crashed into a tree. As a result of a collision with a tree, burning gasoline spilled from the car's burst fuel tank onto Kerimov's back. According to eyewitnesses, Kerimov ran out, engulfed in flames, and rolled on the ground, trying to put out the fire; this was only possible after three teenagers who were playing baseball nearby ran up to him. As a result of a huge traffic jam that formed at the scene of the accident, the entrance to Nice was blocked for about two hours. The helicopter took Kerimov with severe burns to a specialized department of the Conception hospital in Marseille, where he was connected to a ventilator. The victim was in a state of artificial coma. At the same time, Kerimov’s companion, a famous TV presenter Tina Kandelaki, was practically unharmed. The Ferrari, worth around €675,000, was sent to the scrapyard. On September 2, 2013, the Investigative Committee of Belarus announced the involvement of Kerimov as a defendant in organizing abuse of power and official authority (clause 4 of article 16 and part 3 of article 424 of the Criminal Code of Belarus). On the evening of September 2, Interpol accepted the application of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus and put Suleiman Kerimov on the international wanted list.
Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov (Lezh. Kerimrin Abusaidan hva Suleiman). Born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent (Dagestan). Russian entrepreneur and politician.
By nationality - Lezgin.
Father is a policeman.
Mother is an accountant, worked in the Sberbank system.
Suleiman is the youngest in the family. Has a brother, a doctor by profession. He also has a sister, she is a teacher of Russian language and literature.
During my school years I was involved in sports - judo and kettlebell lifting. Repeatedly became the winner of various competitions.
He studied well at school, exact sciences were easy for him, and his favorite subject was mathematics.
After his first year, he was drafted into the army and served in the Strategic Missile Forces from 1984-1986. He was demobilized with the rank of senior sergeant as a crew chief.
After demobilization, he transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University, from which he graduated in 1989. While studying at DSU, he was a social activist and deputy chairman of the university trade union committee.
After graduating from university, he worked as an economist at the Eltav defense plant. He worked his way up from an economist to assistant general director for economic affairs, which he became in 1995. Suleiman Kerimov's height:
182 centimeters.
Personal life of Suleiman Kerimov:
Married. His wife’s name is Firuza, she is his classmate at DSU. Father-in-law is a former major party functionary, chairman of the Dagestan Council of Trade Unions Nazim Khanbalaev. With his help, Kerimov took the first steps in the career of a successful businessman.
Has three children.
Suleiman Kerimov, wife Firuza, children and mother
Had many high-profile novels. His scandalous personal life is constantly in the spotlight of the media.
After her affair with Kerimov, Vetlitskaya was left with a huge house in New Riga of 3,000 square meters. There were also rumors about an apartment in Paris and various expensive jewelry being given to her.
Natalia Vetlitskaya
Anastasia Volochkova
However, the romance with Volochkova quickly ended. Persons familiar with the situation explained this by the excessive greed of the ballerina, which pushed the businessman away from her. After breaking up with Kerimov, Volochkova began having problems in the theater.
Nastya tried to return her rich lover, even publicly confessed her love to him, but to no avail.
Anastasia Volochkova about Suleiman Kerimov
Olesya Sudzilovskaya
Zhanna Friske
The businessman had an affair with a TV presenter. This became known after Kerimov got into an accident in his Ferrari Enzo on November 26, 2006 in Nice (France) - he crashed into a tree. The airbags softened the impact, but burning fuel splashed out of the fuel tank, causing a fire. The businessman, engulfed in flames, fell to the ground, trying to extinguish his flaming clothes. Teenagers playing baseball on the lawn came to his aid. This saved his life, although French doctors fought for it for a long time. He suffered severe burns and is now forced to wear flesh-colored gloves.
Tina Kandelaki was also in the car with Kerimov. In memory of this incident, Tina received two tattoos. On the left wrist there is one of the Reiki symbols - chokurei (Japanese 超空霊 chōkurei), the meaning of which has several interpretations, one of which allows you to speed up the healing process of wounds. On the left thigh is a Chinese character that means “mother.” The tattoos are applied to burns received as a result of the accident.
Tina Kandelaki
For 4 years he was in a relationship with designer Katya Gomiashvili (born 1978), the daughter of a famous actor (played Ostap Bender in Gaidai’s “12 Chairs”).
At the time of her relationship with Kerimov, Ekaterina Gomiashvili opened a number of boutiques in Moscow and London. Top models Kate Moss and Devon Aoki took part in the advertising of Gomiashvili's clothing collections.
After breaking up with Kerimov, Ekaterina retired and went to Bali, where she gave birth to a daughter. There were rumors that this could be Kerimov’s child, but officially the father is a certain Italian.
Entrepreneurial activity of Suleiman Kerimov
Since 1993, he has lived and worked in Moscow - since the Eltav company and its affiliates established the Federal Industrial Bank. Suleiman was sent there to represent the interests of Eltava.
In Moscow, his circle of business acquaintances expands sharply. The energy of the young businessman, the professionalism of the manager, and the desire for independence did not go unnoticed.
In 1995, Kerimov accepted an offer to become deputy general director of the Soyuz-finance company in Moscow.
Since April 1997 - researcher at the International Institute of Corporations (Moscow).
At the end of 1999, Suleiman Kerimov bought shares in an oil trading company "Nafta-Moscow"- the successor to the Soviet monopolist Soyuznefteexport. Subsequently, this company became Kerimov’s main business tool.
In 2003, Nafta-Moscow received a loan from Vnesheconombank, which was invested in shares of Gazprom OJSC. Over the next year, Gazprom's share prices doubled and the loan was repaid within four months. In 2004, Sberbank provided Kerimov’s structures with a loan in the total amount of $3.2 billion, which was also invested in shares and subsequently fully repaid. By 2008, Nafta-Moscow owned 4.25% of Gazprom shares and 5.6% of Sberbank shares. In mid-2008, Kerimov completely withdrew from the share capital of Gazprom and Sberbank.
In November 2005, the Nafta-Moscow company acquired 70% of the shares "Polymetal"- one of the largest gold and silver mining holdings in Russia. In 2007, Polymetal successfully completed an IPO on the London Stock Exchange, after which Nafta-Moscow sold shares of the company.
In 2005, the Moscow mayor's office and one of Kerimov's structures created a joint telecommunications venture "Mosteleset", which became the sole shareholder of the largest cable operator in Moscow, Mostelecom. In 2007, telecommunications assets were merged into the National Telecommunications holding and a year later sold to a consortium of investors led by Yuri Kovalchuk’s National Media Group for $1.5 billion.
In 2003-2008, Nafta-Moscow developed the Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye project, which was called in the press “the city of millionaires”; the idea of creation belonged to Kerimov. Subsequently, the project was sold to the president of B&N Bank, Mikhail Shishkhanov.
In the spring of 2009, Kerimov’s structures began a project for the reconstruction of the Moscow Hotel. After the reconstruction was completed, a five-star Four Seasons hotel with a shopping center, offices and apartments was opened in the building. In 2015, Belarusian businessmen the Khotin brothers bought the hotel from Kerimov’s structures.
In the spring of 2009, Kerimov’s structures purchased 25% of the shares "PEAK"- the largest developer in Russia. At that time, the PIK group of companies needed additional financial resources: the debt reached $1.98 billion, and capitalization dropped to more than $279 million. Nafta-Moscow later increased its stake in PIK Group to 38.3%.
During the first 2 years of Kerimov’s ownership (from 2009 to 2011), PIK restored financial stability and strengthened its position in the market. In December 2013, Kerimov sold the entire stake to Russian businessmen Sergei Gordeev and Alexander Mamut.
After losses during the economic crisis of 2008-2009, Kerimov changed his investment strategy and began buying large enough blocks of shares to be able to influence the strategies of the companies in which he invests. In 2009, Nafta-Moscow bought a 37% stake in the company from Vladimir Potanin for $1.3 billion. Polyus Gold- the largest gold producer in Russia. Later the stake was increased to 40.22%.
In 2012, the company held an IPO on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). At the end of 2015, Kerimov’s structures consolidated the rights to 95% of the shares of Polyus Gold by purchasing shares from minority shareholders. The offer was followed by the delisting of Polyus Gold from the London Stock Exchange.
In April 2016, the entrepreneur’s children, Said and Gulnara, were included in the board of directors of PJSC Polyus Gold.
In June 2010, Kerimov and his partners Alexander Nesis, Filaret Galchev and Anatoly Skurov acquired a 53% stake in the potash giant Uralkali from the previous owner Dmitry Rybolovlev. The deal was valued at $5.3 billion. For this purchase, Kerimov received a significant loan from VTB.
Being the world's largest producer of potash fertilizers, Uralkali sold products on the world market together with Belaruskali through a common sales company (BKK). In July 2013, Uralkali announced that it was withdrawing from the sales agreement with Belaruskali, reducing prices and increasing production to maximum capacity in order to increase market share. On September 2, 2013, the Investigative Committee of Belarus opened a criminal case against Kerimov and a number of Uralkali employees for abuse of power and official authority. On the evening of September 2, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus demonstratively sent a request to Interpol to put Kerimov on the international wanted list, but Interpol denied the message of the Belarusian authorities about adding Kerimov to the “red list”, seeing a political motive in the request. Subsequently, the Belarusian authorities withdrew the request and closed all criminal cases.
In December 2013, Kerimov sold 21.75% of Uralkali shares to a businessman and 19.99% to the owner of Uralchem, Dmitry Mazepin.
Engaged in investments outside of Russia, but unsuccessfully. In 2007, as markets around the world began to tumble, Kerimov reduced his stakes in Gazprom and other Russian blue chips and approached Wall Street about investing a significant portion of his fortune. In exchange, Kerimov was supposed to receive more favorable lending terms for future loans. In 2007, Kerimov invested billions of dollars in Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and other financial institutions. Although neither Kerimov nor Western banks have disclosed the exact size of his investment, it is quite significant. Forbes magazine called Kerimov the largest private investor in Morgan Stanley. By 2008, according to Forbes, he withdrew the bulk of his capital from Russia, investing in shares of foreign corporations. Analysts estimate that during the economic crisis, this decision led to the loss of almost $20 billion as a result of margin calls.
State of Suleiman Kerimov: in the Forbes ranking of “200 richest businessmen in Russia” for 2017, he took 21st place with $6.3 billion. In 2016, according to Forbes magazine, his fortune was $6.1 billion. In previous years: 2013 - $7.1 billion; 2012 - $6.5 billion; 2011 - $7.8 billion; 2010 - $5.5 billion
Criminal prosecution of Suleiman Kerimov in France:
November 20, 2017. Later it was clarified that - several tens of millions of euros. Four more alleged accomplices were detained along with him. He was ordered to surrender his passport as a citizen of the Russian Federation to the French police and pay a bail of 5 million euros in order to avoid detention. In addition, he is obliged to “refuse to meet and contact with a list of persons that we cannot disclose,” the prosecutor indicated. This means that the billionaire senator will not be able to leave France.
Earlier in March 2017, the newspaper Nice Matin reported about a search at the Hier villa in France, which allegedly belongs to Kerimov. The searches took place on February 15 in connection with an investigation into the acquisition of real estate in France. According to the publication, the senator owns real estate in Antibes, the total area of which is 90 thousand square meters. The area of the villa itself reaches 12 thousand square meters. The billionaire's assistant then stated that Kerimov had no property outside Russia. According to him, the newspaper's information is unreliable.
In June 2018, he himself was transferred to the category of witnesses.
From January 2011 to December 2016, Suleiman Kerimov was the owner of the Anzhi football club (Makhachkala), which plays in the Russian football Premier League. Under him, the club acquired such famous players as Yuri Zhirkov (Chelsea London) and Roberto Carlos (Corinthians Sao Paulo), super forward Samuel Eto'o (Internazionale Milano).
In 2013, as part of the development of a new long-term development strategy for the club, it was decided to reduce the club's annual budget to $50-70 million, compared to the previous budget of $180 million per season. Most of the expensive foreign stars were sold, and the club relied on young Russian players.
In addition to financing Anzhi, Kerimov’s funds were used to build a modern football stadium, Anzhi-Arena, for 30 thousand spectators near Makhachkala, and to operate the Anzhi Children’s Football Academy.
Political activities of Suleiman Kerimov
In 1999-2003, Suleiman Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation from the LDPR, and was a member of the State Duma Security Committee. In the period from 2003 to 2007, Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation from the Liberal Democratic Party, and also served as deputy chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs.
Since 2008, Kerimov became a member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, the upper house of the Federal Assembly, and represents the Republic of Dagestan.
Throughout Kerimov’s tenure as a member of parliament and then as a senator, shares of enterprises owned by him, as well as other business assets, were in trust management, and since the end of 2013 they have been transferred to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation.
In September 2016, he was re-elected as a senator from Dagestan in the Federation Council. In this regard, he prematurely terminated his powers as a deputy in the People's Assembly of Dagestan.
Kerimov Suleiman Abusaidovich(Lezg. Kerimrin Abusaidan hva Suleiman) is a famous Russian entrepreneur, billionaire, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 1999-2007, member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Dagestan (since 2008).
Childhood and education of Suleiman Kerimov
Father - Abusaid Kerimov- A lawyer by training, he was an employee of the criminal investigation department. Mother worked as an accountant in the Sberbank system. Kerimov has a brother, who now works as a doctor, and a sister, a teacher of Russian language and literature.
During his school years, Suleiman Kerimov was fond of judo wrestling, as well as kettlebell lifting. He took part in various competitions and became a winner several times. Suleiman Abusaidovich was an excellent student, the future billionaire’s favorite subject was mathematics, he won Olympiads in this subject, as noted in his biography in Vedomosti.
Subsequently, the Belarusian authorities withdrew the request and closed all criminal cases.
In December 2013, Suleiman Kerimov sold shares of Uralkali Mikhail Prokhorov And Dmitry Mazepin, and the share in the PIK group is Sergei Gordeev And Alexandru Mamutu.
"Anji" by Suleiman Kerimov
The Makhachkala football club Anzhi became the property of Kerimov in 2011. Not far from Makhachkala, at the expense of Suleiman Kerimov, a modern Anzhi-Arena stadium with a functioning children's Football Academy was built.
At first, Suleiman Kerimov decided to make powerful investments in the club, trying to create a European-level superclub in Makhachkala. Under Kerimov they moved to Anzhi Yuri Zhirkov(Chelsea London), Brazilians Roberto Carlos(Corinthians Sao Paulo), Willian("Miner"). Cameroonian super forward was bought Samuel Eto'o(Inter, Milan).
In 2013, Suleiman Kerimov decided to reduce the club’s annual budget to $50-70 million (reducing it by 3 times), the stars were sold, and the club relied on youth. Soon Anji left the top division, but then returned to the elite. Now Anzhi actually owns the club Osman Kadiev.
Politics of Suleiman Kerimov
Despite the fact that his business career required a lot of attention and enormous effort, Suleiman Kerimov entered politics in the late 90s. From 1999 to 2003, Kerimov was a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation and was a member of its security committee. Then, until 2007, he was a deputy of the Duma of the 4th convocation, where he served as deputy chairman of the committee on physical culture, sports and youth affairs.
In 2008, Kerimov took a post in the Federation Council (FC), and since March 2011, Suleiman Abusaidovich has represented Dagestan in the upper house of the Russian parliament. In 2016, Suleiman Kerimov was again elected to the Federation Council.
Suleiman Kerimov's accident in France
In December 2006, Kerimov (then still a State Duma deputy) for the first time donated food for the news of Russian yellow publications: he was in a terrible accident in France, at the entrance to Nice. A luxury Ferrari Enzo crashed into a tree and caught fire, leaving Kerimov severely burned. His companion, then an aspiring TV presenter, was also injured. Tina Kandelaki. Suleyman Kerimov and Tina Kandelaki were saved by airbags. But Kerimov’s clothes caught fire, and he rolled on the grass, trying to put out the flames. He was flown by helicopter to a burn center in Marseille, then flown from France to the Queen Astrid military hospital in Brussels.
While recovering from this accident, Suleiman Abusaidovich wore a special suit filled with silicone.
After this accident, Suleiman Kerimov donated 1 million euros to the Pinoggio charity, which helps children cope with burn injuries. After an accident in France, Suleiman Abusaidovich began wearing flesh-colored gloves.
Charitable activities of Suleiman Kerimov
Kerimov Suleyman Abusaidovich transferred in 2013 all the assets of his enterprises to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, which was founded by the billionaire in 2007.
Suleiman Kerimov was one of the initiators of the reconstruction of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, provided the annual Hajj for several thousand Muslims, international youth and cultural festivals and more.
Among other things, he has headed the board of trustees since the founding of the Russian Wrestling Federation in 2006. For many years, his foundation was the main sponsor of this organization, financing, along with the New Perspective support fund, the national program for the development of freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Income of Suleiman Kerimov
Suleiman Kerimov's fortune in 2016, according to Forbes magazine, was $1.6 billion. In the Forbes income ranking “200 richest businessmen in Russia 2017”, Kerimov took 21st place with an amount of 6.3 billion dollars. In 2011, it was in 19th place in terms of income with $7.8 billion.
Scandals involving the name of Suleiman Kerimov
Suleiman Kerimov was detained on the evening of November 20, 2017 at Nice airport - he arrived in France on personal business. Later it became known that the Russian senator was suspected of laundering funds hidden as a result of tax evasion. French media news, citing the Nice prosecutor, reported that Kerimov illegally imported about 750 million euros into France.
Employees of the Russian Foreign Ministry sought Kerimov's release, betting that he enjoyed diplomatic immunity. At the same time, a RIA Novosti source noted that the senator arrived in France without a diplomatic passport - this document is issued only in the event of an order to be sent on a business trip.
The news reported that according to the Nice prosecutor Jean-Michel Pretre, money was transported by Kerimov in cash in suitcases and in non-cash form. At the same time, as the prosecutor noted, money laundering occurred through the purchase of real estate at a reduced cost. Pretra also emphasized that the purpose of the operation was not the purchase of real estate itself, but the legalization of funds.
Local prosecutors asked to either arrest the senator or increase his bail to 50 million euros. On December 6, news came that Suleiman Kerimov remained at large. At the same time, the amount of bail increased from five to forty million euros, and the circle of people with whom the oligarch cannot communicate has expanded. This decision was made by the Court of Appeal of the French city of Aix-en-Provence.
“An official note from the Russian Foreign Ministry is currently being sent to the French authorities, which states that Kerimov is an official of the Russian Federation and is immune from coercive actions on the territory of other states,” RIA Novosti quoted the head of the international committee of the Federation Council as saying. Konstantin Kosachev.
In addition, representatives of France in the Russian Federation were summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry to explain the current situation.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow will make every effort to protect the interests of Senator Suleiman Kerimov, detained in Nice.
Personal life and hobbies of Suleiman Kerimov
Suleiman Kerimov is married. Oligarch's wife Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva— born in 1967. Suleiman met her at the university - they studied at the same faculty. The family has three children: two daughters - Gulnara (born in 1990) and Amina (2003), and a son, Abusaid (born in 1995).
Sometimes it is Kerimov’s marriage to Firuza Khanbalaeva that explains the successful start of his business career. The fact is that Firuza Nazimovna is the daughter of a major functionary, chairman of the Dagestan Council of Trade Unions Nazim Khanbalaev.
There is little material in the media about the wife of Suleiman Kerimov, the life of Firuza Khanbalaeva passes away from the media, her photos are not published in magazines.
But the news often reported on the oligarch’s lovers. Thanks to them, the country learned how loving the politician and oligarch are. Among his passions was the singer Natalia Vetlitskaya, actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya and a ballerina Anastasia Volochkova(Kerimov even allegedly intended to marry her). After the senator was detained in Nice, the ballerina came out with warm support for her idol.
“He is a representative of the Caucasian man, in whom there is nobility, honor, dignity. I have never loved anyone in my life more than him. This is the first, most serious love in my life!” Volochkova told reporters.
Son of Suleiman Kerimov - Abusaid(Said) Kerimov— in November 2014, he became the owner of the Cinema Park cinema chain (30 cinema complexes in 18 Russian cities), as reported in the news.
19-year-old MGIMO student Said Kerimov became the beneficiary of the company Wandle Holdings Limited, which owns 40.22% of the Polyus Gold company. On the company's website, Said Kerimov is mentioned on the board of directors as a member of the strategy committee. In 2017, Kerimov’s son became the main owner of Makhachkala airport.
Suleiman Kerimov is interested in football and martial arts. In addition, Suleiman Abusaidovich loves sea travel.
Kerimov has a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) 737−700 and two yachts. As Forbes reported, in 2015, Suleiman Abusaidovich sold his 90-meter yacht Ice to a representative of the clan of the President of Equatorial Guinea Obiang.
Billionaire Kerimov Suleiman was born on March 12, 1966 in Dagestan, more precisely, in the city of Derbent. This year he turned 50 years old, but he is still energetic and young at heart. According to Forbes, his current net worth is $1.6 billion. Of course, this is an impressive amount. However, just recently he was the owner of a fortune exceeding 3 billion US dollars. What is the reason for such a catastrophic decline in the financial stability of the aligarch? Let's figure it out.
Biography
It’s better to start the story with his biography. Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov comes from the small mountain village of Karakyure (Dagestan). The father of the future businessman worked in the criminal investigation department, and his mother worked as an accountant at Sberbank. Suleiman Kerimov is the youngest child in the family. He also has an older sister and brother. All Kerimov’s close relatives are very respected people. Thus, his brother became a doctor, and his sister became a teacher of Russian language and literature.
In 1983, Kerimov graduated from high school with a gold medal and entered the construction department of the DPI (Dagestan Polytechnic Institute). After studying only one course at the university, he leaves to serve in the Strategic Missile Forces. Within two years, Suleiman Kerimov received the rank of sergeant.
After serving, he continued his studies at DSU (Dagestan State University) at the Faculty of Economics. While still a student, Suleiman Kerimov tied the knot. His wife is his classmate named Firuza. Her father, who was a major party functionary at that time, helped his son-in-law get a job at the Eltav plant. Kerimov worked at this enterprise for five years, rising to the rank of Deputy General Director for Economic Affairs. And he began his dizzying career as an ordinary employee. In 1993, Eltav, together with its related partners, established the Federal Industrial Bank, which was registered in Moscow. Kerimov was appointed as his representative. It was then that he settled in the capital.
Natural charm and business acumen allow him to expand his circle of acquaintances. And after two years of living in Moscow, he receives a tempting and promising offer to become deputy general director of the Soyuz-finance company. In April 1997, Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov received the position of researcher at the International Institute of Corporations. A couple of years later he becomes vice president of this company. Having worked in this position for less than a year, the oligarch is running for deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. In December 2003, Kerimov nominated his candidacy for elections in the Buinaksky single-mandate constituency, but failed. His comrade-in-arms Gadzhiev Magomed won. After this failure, Kerimov’s political activity in his homeland began to decline.
Two years later, news leaked to the media that it was planned to build a “city for millionaires” near Moscow. Kerimov Suleiman became the ideological inspirer of this large-scale project. Initially, he planned to build houses intended to house thirty thousand millionaires and billionaires in Russia. But later, for some reason, the businessman abandoned his idea and sold the project to Mikhail Shishkhanov, who is the president of B&N Bank.
Kerimov is always lucky. In December 2007, an extraordinary meeting of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Dagestan was held, at which it was proposed to nominate the billionaire for the post of representative of the Republic of Dagestan in the Federation Council.
In September 2013, fortune showed its tail to Kerimov. Luck turns away from the businessman. The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus reports that Kerimov has been charged with abuse of his official position. And already on September 2, 2013, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus submitted an application to Interpol to place the entrepreneur and public figure on the international wanted list.
Business
Kerimov Suleiman almost always correctly calculates all the moves and risks, so he manages not only to profitably invest his own capital in some business, but also to increase it. Kerimov’s largest asset was a controlling stake in the Nafta Moscow company. Having bought them in 1999, the businessman brought them to one hundred percent in just a year.
Politics did not at all prevent the entrepreneur from running his own business quite successfully. It is worth noting that she even strengthened his position. It’s not for nothing that Forbes placed Kerimov in 31st place among the richest people. The entrepreneur then correctly calculated that he could make a huge profit by buying up shares of the country's largest enterprises. Suleiman Kerimov is a billionaire and an excellent strategist. Until now, he has profitably resold the acquired assets to his colleagues and friends. At the same time, the businessman established good relations with billionaires Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska. Many mutually beneficial transactions were carried out with them.
He also bought land. As mentioned earlier, he profitably resold his own project for the construction of luxury real estate near Moscow. Somewhat later, the oil tycoon’s assets included shares in Sberbank and Gazprom, large cable television operators and even a plant specializing in the production of sugar.
And in 2009, Kerimov bought about 40% of the shares of Polyus Gold, a gold mining company. In 2015, the businessman already received 95 percent of the assets of this enterprise. This scope is very impressive! However, this is not enough for an entrepreneur. He very successfully invests his own money in foreign companies. The oligarch withdrew the bulk of his capital from Russia long ago.
Policy
It is worth dwelling on the political activities of the businessman in more detail, because they are very bright and interesting. Kerimov was elected as a deputy from the LDPR faction in the early 2000s, but in 2007 he suddenly left the party without explaining the reasons. Somewhat later, he was elected senator of Dagestan.
At the very beginning of his political career, Kerimov was a member of the Security Committee, and later - chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy.
Connections
Over the entire period of his activity, the entrepreneur acquired the necessary connections and contacts. Further in the article we will talk about such people who played their role in the life of a billionaire.
- Elena Baturina, born in 1963, businesswoman, wife of Yuri Luzhkov (former mayor of Moscow). Suleiman once collaborated with her on various development projects, but then their relationship began to crack.
- Roman Abramovich, entrepreneur, born in 1966. In the early 2000s, he became an ally of Kerimov in the matter of obtaining Andreev's share in the business. And to this day they keep in touch.
- Oleg Deripaska, businessman, was born in 1968. He is the owner of the Basic Cooperative Group of Companies. They met back in the dashing 90s. In 2000, they became allies in acquiring a controlling stake in the Nafta Moscow company.
- Mikhail Gutseriev, born in 1958, businessman. Collaborated on the acquisition of Mosstroyeconombank.
- Sergei Matvienko, entrepreneur, born in 1973, son of the Chairman of the Federation Council. Kerimov had a number of development projects with him in St. Petersburg.
- Tina Kandelaki, journalist and TV presenter, born in 1975. For some time they had a love affair, which led to her separation from her husband. In 2006, we got into a serious accident in Nice.
- Said Amirov, born in 1954, member of a criminal gang that sells drugs. Had some business with Kerimov.
- Nazim Khanbalaev, general director of Dagagrokomplekt LLC, born in 1939, father-in-law.
State
Kerimov is the richest man in Russia. Over the past year, it has lost some ground, losing $1.8 billion. Perhaps Suleiman Kerimov invested his fortune in some other profitable business. Now the businessman ranks 45th in the Forbes ranking.
Own
The entrepreneur owns a large number of shares of the largest enterprises in Russia. He owns the assets of Gazprom, Sberbank, Polyus Gold and many others.
In 2011, Kerimov indicated in his tax return that he owned: fifty percent of the Nafta Moscow company registered in Cyprus, five percent of the Altitude company (in Bermuda) and twenty percent of Aniketa Investments Limited (Cyprus).
He has real estate in Dagestan and Russia. Suleiman Kerimov’s house in his homeland looks very presentable.
Football club
"Anji" (football club) is another profitable acquisition of the richest man. In 2011, the athletes found a new boss. It became Kerimov. Anji began to look much more powerful under his leadership.
It was under him that the Makhachkala club acquired several famous football players, such as:
- Zhirkov;
- Prudnikov;
- Dzsudzsak;
- Carlos;
- Akhmedov;
- It's about.
Construction of two bases on the shores of the Caspian Sea is currently underway. In addition, the reconstruction of the Khazar stadium, which will accommodate about thirty thousand fans, is being actively carried out here. From now on, Kerimov and Anji are connected into one whole.
Patronage
This is far from the end of all the entrepreneur’s merits. Suleiman Kerimov heads a charitable foundation that finances a number of programs designed to support domestic sports. All of these special projects have an individual focus, so assistance is distributed specifically to specific regions. Gyms are being reconstructed, equipment and equipment are being purchased, and funds are being allocated to support coaches and wrestlers.
Personal life and hobbies
Immediately after serving in the army, Kerimov tied the knot with Firuza Khanbalaeva. He has three children: daughters Gulnara and Aminat, as well as a son, Abusaid. Not long ago, Suleiman Kerimov was having fun at a wedding; his daughter was getting married.
Once in his youth, the businessman was passionate about kettlebell lifting and judo and even took prizes at championships.
Suleiman Kerimov does not like to talk about himself and his loved ones. His family, despite their wealth, rarely appears at social parties. Little is known about the businessman’s wife and children. But there are rumors about the oligarch's passion for beautiful women. He is credited with an affair not only with Tina Kandelaki, but also with other stars. For example, he gave the pop star of the nineties Natalya Vetlitskaya expensive diamonds. This list is also supplemented by other celebrities: ballerina Volochkova, actress Sudzilovskaya, singer Zhanna Friske and even TV presenter and socialite Ksenia Sobchak.
The most recent novel is a love affair with designer Ekaterina Gomiashvili. She even became pregnant by the billionaire, but he never recognized this child. The long list of the oligarch’s former passions allows one to judge that Kerimov simply collects social beauties and has no intention of divorcing his wife. It should be noted that Eastern men rarely leave their spouse. This fully applies to our hero. Suleiman Kerimov and his wife Firuza are a strong couple.
Accident in Nice
In November 2006, an entrepreneur crashed his Ferrari in France. The famous TV personality Tina Kandelaki was in the car with him at that moment. The oligarch's car suddenly left the road and crashed into a tree. The violent collision caused the gas tank to burst and burning fuel poured onto Kerimov. The fire immediately engulfed him in flames. The oligarch jumped out of the car and began to roll on the ground, trying to put out the flames. There was no way to do this; teenagers who were playing baseball nearby came running to help.
The terrible accident caused a multi-kilometer traffic jam on the road. Entry into Nice was blocked for several hours. Since Suleiman Kerimov is the son of his staunch ancestors, he bravely endured all the trials. The oligarch received severe burns; a special helicopter had to be urgently called for him, on which the oligarch was taken to a hospital in Marseille. The billionaire injured in an accident was connected to an artificial respiration apparatus and put into a coma. It is interesting that the entrepreneur’s companion, who was traveling with him in the car, was almost not injured. The car could not be restored or repaired, so it had to be sent to a landfill. By the way, the car cost €675 thousand. Such an unpleasant story can happen to anyone. Suleiman Kerimov (his biography is replete with ups and downs) steadfastly withstood this test.
Titles and positions. Briefly about the main thing
In 2007, the businessman became a representative from the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
He was deputy chairman of the committee on physical education and sports, youth policy and was a member of the State Duma.
Kerimov is currently the president of the board of trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation.
He received the most prestigious award from the international federation FILA - the “Golden Order”.
Scandals: fight for the port
All media outlets wrote about the unspoken conflict between entrepreneur Magomedov Ziyavudin and Kerimov. The cause of the conflict was a fight for the most lucrative assets of the Republic of Dagestan. The oligarchs are arguing again and dividing the Makhachkala port, which is the hub of all Caspian oil product transportation routes. In 2013, Kerimov voluntarily surrendered his position as the main investor, thereby secretly handing over the helm to Magomedov. A year later he regained his championship. The Kremlin advised the oligarch to invest in modernizing the port, as well as the airport.
Many analysts attribute Kerimov’s increased interest in Makhachkala assets to the fact that he seeks to completely get rid of all his assets and direct his own efforts to developing the foreign market. Perhaps the billionaire will soon leave Russia altogether and settle abroad. Other analysts are inclined to believe that Kerimov will lose his huge money in the near future and become a millionaire. By the way, this version has a right to exist. Recently, Kerimov has already lost his former grip and flair; he has become a businessman who owns an investment portfolio that is no longer so large.
Chill in relations with the Kremlin does not contribute to optimal work, so the oligarch, not seeing support from the state, is looking for help abroad. Perhaps the Russian government has not forgotten or forgiven him for the dubious story with Uralkali. After all, that situation spoiled the friendly relations of the Russian Federation with Belarus.
Not long ago, Kerimov was forced to get rid of both the gallery and his stake in VTB Bank. He is currently negotiating the sale of assets to Polyus Gold. Perhaps he needed the money to acquire the notorious port in Makhachkala. The issue price could be $350 million.
The story of Uralkali: an excursion into the recent past
This scandal, which broke out several years ago, shook up the political community of Belarus and Russia. In the summer of 2010, the oligarch, together with his allies, acquired more than fifty percent of the shares. This deal was valued at five billion dollars. For this purpose, Suleiman Kerimov (Dagestan) even took out an impressive loan from VTB.
At that time, Uralkali, together with Belaruskali, sold their own products through a common sales company. In the summer of 2013, this mutual partnership agreement was terminated. The initiator of the break was the Ural company. In addition, the company reported a reduction in prices for its products and an increase in production volumes. Of course, Belarusians could hardly like such behavior. Since then, the once friendly countries have had rather strained relations.
Conclusion
The interesting biography and extraordinary personality of the billionaire attract the closest attention of ordinary people to his person. Television, newspapers and magazines are full of a wide variety of information, sometimes even contradictory. Rumors, gossip, scandals associated with famous people are interesting to many. If you didn’t know what Kerimov was before, perhaps this article helped you understand it.
Loading...
