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Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov (March 12, 1966, Derbent, Dagestan) is a Russian entrepreneur, member of the Federation Council from Dagestan.

Childhood, youth

Suleiman Kerimov is a Lezgin. His father worked in the criminal investigation department, and his mother was an accountant. In his youth, he practiced judo and kettlebell lifting. At the same time, his favorite school subject was mathematics. He graduated from secondary school No. 19 in Derbent with honors.

In 1983, Suleiman entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. It was only after his first year that he was drafted into the army. During 1984-1986. served in the missile forces. He continued his studies at the Faculty of Economics, which he graduated in 1989. While studying at DSU, he was deputy chairman of the university trade union committee.

How did Suleiman Kerimov achieve financial success?

Financial analysts note that Kerimov's fortune is based on investments in assets that have significant growth potential. Suleiman Kerimov often sets himself the goal of capitalizing an asset in order to resell it profitably in the future.

But economic observer Yulia Latynina believes that the secret of Kerimov’s success is due to the fact that the companies he buys easily resolve problems with the state. Now let's look at the chronology of his success.

1989-1995 – Kerimov works at the Eltav plant. During this period, from a simple economist he turns into an assistant to the general director and settles in Moscow.

1995 - Kerimov becomes deputy general director of Soyuz-Finance.

1997 - became a research fellow at the International Institute of Corporations. Two years later, he took the position of vice president in this organization. True, he was soon fired because he became a State Duma deputy (2000-2003).

2003-2008 – was the owner of the large-scale Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye project.

2006-2008 – owned shares:

By 2008, Kerimov withdrew the bulk of his capital from Russia and invested it in shares of foreign corporations.

2010 – owned 25% of Uralkali shares.

2011 - became a co-owner of Rostelecom. In his income statement, he stated that he owns shares in the Nafta-Moscow company, Altitude, a company registered in Bermuda, and Aniketa Investments Limited.

2013 – Suleiman Kerimov’s fortune is $7.1 billion.

Personal life

While studying at the university, Suleiman married his classmate Firuza. The father of his future wife was a major party functionary and helped his son-in-law get a job at the Eltav plant. Now the couple have three children: daughter Gulnara (1990), son Abusaid (1995) and daughter Aminata (2003).

Kerimov came up with the idea of building a “city of millionaires” near Moscow, where 30 thousand wealthy residents of Russia would live. True, he sold this project to Mikhail Shishkhanov.

In 2006, in Nice, Kerimov was involved in a car accident: the car he was driving ran off the road for an unknown reason. As a result, Suleiman was in a state of artificial coma for some time.

Suleiman Kerimov is known for his active charitable activities. In particular, his charitable foundation funds many special programs. Among them we can highlight the national program for the development of Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling.

Since 2007, Kerimov has been helping several thousand Muslims perform the Hajj every year. It is worth noting that the cost of a trip for one person to the holy places of Arabia is 85-100 thousand rubles.

In 2011, Suleiman acquired the Anzhi football club (Makhachkala).

Definition: “Brand fakers are oligarchs,

who have affairs exclusively with stars"
Bozena Rynska, SIM, April 2007

Their romance lasted four years. One of the richest people in Russia, owner of Nafta-Moscow Suleiman Kerimov, generously gifted Katya Gomiashvili, helping her enter the vastness of big business. But the oligarch's heart is prone to treason. The daughter of the famous actor who played Ostap Bender in the unrivaled Gaidaev comedy “12 Chairs” shared the fate of her predecessors - singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, ballerina Anastasia Volochkova, actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya, and if rumors are to be believed, then also TV presenter Tina Kandelaki and pop diva Zhanna Friske .

Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov became known to the general public after he was involved 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 nearby Tina Kandelaki escaped with minor burns. True, the TV presenter herself later denied everything. But somehow Tina opened up:
- I met Suleiman back when he was courting my friend, actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya. Suleiman adores beautiful women - it's true. Soon he left Olesya and became interested in another friend of mine - a fashion designer Katya Gomiashvili .

Sudzilovskaya was just an episode for him, and his tender relationship with Archila Gomiashvili’s daughter lasted four whole years.

Generous gentleman

In an interesting position: whose last name Catherine’s future child will bear is still unknown

When a girl is offered love and friendship by a man who exudes the smell of money, and Kerimov has as much as $14 billion, then it is impossible to refuse.

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

Ekaterina decided to do fashion designer career. With the help of her father, she opened a studio. Things were going just fine. But since Kerimov appeared next to Katya, even world-famous couturiers have become envious of her scope.

If a fashion designer has serious financial resources to promote a brand, he can be successful. “You can buy anything now,” said Vyacheslav Zaitsev, having learned that Gomiashvili was opening a boutique in London with his lover’s money. The Russian designer's store was designed by the very popular architect Ab Rogers in England. Katya's whim cost no less than 3 million euros.

In the spring of 2006, at the height of her affair with Kerimov, the “Mia Shvili” boutique 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 Chloë Sevigny showed off clothes from designer Gomiashvili. The next collection of the beloved oil king was advertised by top models Kate Moss and Devon Aoki. Models of this level charge from $30 to 150 thousand for a fashion show alone. For participation in an advertising campaign, rates increase tenfold.

He dusted himself off and left.

In April, Katya unexpectedly announced a sale of her latest collection and closed her boutiques. Everyone was perplexed why she closed the well-promoted business. It turned out that the reason was banal: the oligarch abandoned her. What would the modeling business be without his money? Another juicy detail was revealed: Katya is pregnant.

And just the other day, the website Spletnik.ru took apart Ekaterina Gomiashvili and her recent interview with Vogue magazine. The fashion designer shared with the glossy her longing for a certain oligarch:

He told me: “Katya, you and I are very strong. And if you do as I need, then you will be broken. To do as you need is to 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 is suffering so much: “One version says that this is billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.” And as Spletnik.ru absolutely unequivocally hints, Katya is pregnant from him: “They say that Kerimov has fully recovered after the car accident, but there are no rumors about new hobbies. And Katya Gomiashvili is expecting a child. It is already known that it will be a girl.” Spletnik.ru knows what it is writing about, because its owner 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 and has three legitimate children. He just collects beautiful women. As one of the visitors to the Spletnik.ru forum under the nickname blue eyes wrote, “Suleiman... he shook himself off, checked the box and moved on.” However, according to information from other sources, Katya was not so long ago getting ready to marry some Italian. But something didn’t work out. Perhaps the groom just found out that the girl was slightly pregnant, but from someone else.
Don Juan list

Natalia Vetlitskaya

The loudest was the affair between Suleiman Kerimov and Natalya Vetlitskaya. The businessman, without hiding, appeared with the singer at social events, and many mistakenly believed Vetlitskaya to be his wife. On her 38th birthday, he presented Natalya with a pendant with diamonds worth $10 thousand. And as a farewell gift, so that she wouldn’t be sadly remembered, he gave her a plane and an apartment in Paris.

Zhanna: Kerimov appreciated the girl’s charms

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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 on 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.

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 put forward 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, they planned to build houses designed 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 the Polyus Gold company, which is engaged in gold mining. 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 worthwhile to dwell 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. Anzhi began to look much more powerful under his leadership.

It was under him that the Makhachkala club acquired several famous football players, such as:

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 certain 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. Other celebrities join this list: 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.

Member of the Federation Council from the Republic of Dagestan. In the past, he was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation, a member of the United Russia faction (until April 2007, a member of the LDPR faction). Owner of the Nafta-Moscow company. According to media reports, he is one of the richest people in Russia.

Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent (Dagestan). In 1983 he graduated from high school (with a gold medal) and entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. After the first year, he was drafted into the army (deferment for full-time university students was then cancelled). In 1984-1986 he served in the Strategic Missile Forces. He received the rank of senior sergeant and was the head of the Strategic Missile Forces crew. In the army I did a lot of sports - I became the champion of the division in kettlebell lifting.

Returning from the army in 1986, Kerimov transferred to the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University (DSU). During his studies, he was deputy chairman of the university trade union committee. In 1989, he graduated from high school with a diploma in “Accounting and Business Analysis” and went to work at the Eltav plant of the Ministry of Electronic Industry, one of the best enterprises in the defense industry. He worked at the plant until 1995, rising from an ordinary economist to assistant general director for economic issues.

In 1995, thanks to the established circle of acquaintances among Moscow businessmen and officials, Kerimov received an offer to become deputy general director of the Soyuz-Finance company. This Moscow company worked in the domestic aviation business, raw materials industries and the banking sector. Kerimov accepted the offer.

In April 1997, Kerimov became a researcher at the International Institute of Corporations (Moscow), and in February 1999 he was appointed vice president of this non-profit organization.

It was in the 1990s that Kerimov, according to media reports, earned his initial capital. In October 1998, for $50 million, Kerimov acquired 55 percent of the shares of the investment company OJSC Nafta-Moscow (traded oil and petroleum products, was created on the basis of the Soyuznefteexport association) from its management, and within a year increased his stake in the company to 100 percent] and so became the owner of the company.

In December 1999, Kerimov was dismissed from the post of vice-president of the International Institute of Corporations in connection with his election as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (he entered the Duma of the third convocation on the federal list from the Zhirinovsky Bloc).

Having become a deputy, Karimov did not retire. According to his friends, he still had full control of his company, and the source of Kerimov’s capital was the purchase of assets. At that time, according to media reports, a “soft” (without affiliated structures) business alliance developed between Kerimov and Roman Abramovich, and later business relations were established with the owner of Basic Element, Oleg Deripaska (according to some reports, the alliance existed by November 2006).

In 2000, Nafta-Moscow bought the Varyeganneftegaz company. In 2001, Kerimov, together with the structures of Abramovich and Deripaska, received a share in the business of Andrei Andreev, which consisted of more than a hundred companies: Avtobank (by 2006 it became part of the Uralsib corporation), Ingosstrakh, Ingosstrakh-Russia Insurance Company (now Russia"), Ingosstrakh-Soyuz Bank (now Soyuz), Nosta and others. At the same time, Kerimov’s company, which was once one of the largest oil traders in Russia, moved further and further from its original activities and in 2002 practically curtailed oil trading.

On December 7, 2003, Kerimov was re-elected to the State Duma. He entered the Duma of the fourth convocation on the federal list from the LDPR. The deputy was appointed deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports, and was also included in the security committee.

At the end of 2003 and in 2004, Nafta began buying land in the Moscow region on Novorizhskoye Highway. On these lands it was planned to build 2.7 million square meters of luxury housing and entertainment complexes. The cost of the project was estimated at $3 billion. The project was named the private city "Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye". By 2006, it already occupied 430 hectares of land.

In November 2005, the International Federation of United Wrestling Styles (FILA) presented Kerimov with one of the most prestigious awards - the “Golden Order”. FILA President Rafael Martinetti expressed a desire to personally present the award to the deputy in order to “express gratitude and respect to the person who supports wrestling in Russia and around the world” (by 2005, Nafta-Moscow became the general sponsor of the Russian national freestyle wrestling team).

At the end of 2005, Nafta bought Polymetal, Russia's second gold mining company, for $900 million and planned to list about 25 percent of its shares on the stock exchange. In February 2006, Kerimov decided to turn Nafta-Moscow into a full-fledged investment company, turning it into a leading private equity fund.

By 2006, Nafta, according to official data, owned more than 6 percent of the shares of Sberbank (about $1.6 billion at current prices) and more than 4 percent of the shares of Gazprom ($10.4 billion), cable television operators in Moscow and St. Petersburg - Mosteleset (Nafta owns 59 percent of the shares of the enterprise) and National Cable Networks, almost 20 percent of the shares of Bin-Bank, two percent of the shares of OJSC MGTS and 91 percent of the shares of the Krasnopresnensky Sugar Refinery Plant (in August 2006, shares of the plant, bought by Nafta from two rival companies were sold to the PIK group (according to media reports, Kerimov made money on resale.) In addition, the company owned 50 percent of the shares of the Mercado supermarket chain.

By that time, resale transactions, including in the real estate market, had become Kerimov’s strong point. In April 2006, his Nafta became a co-owner of Mosstroyekonombank, which owns Smolensky Passage, in June it gained control of the Razvitie SEC, which unites three construction companies, and in July notified the mayor of Moscow that it owns 17 percent of the holding's shares." Mospromstroy". None of these acquisitions remained with Nafta: Development was bought by Deripaska's Basic Element, Mospromstroy and Mosstroyekonombank - the BIN group.

In May 2006, Kerimov headed the Board of Trustees of the Russian Wrestling Federation. According to the president of the federation, Mikhail Mamiashvili, the decision to establish a Board of Trustees and appoint its head was made because, for the effective implementation of the tasks facing the Russian Wrestling Federation, long-term interaction with state sports management bodies and large national business structures has become crucial.

Soon after this, information appeared in the press that the Dynamo football club could be bought by Kerimov, since the owner of this club and the Fedcominvest company, Alexey Fedorychev, intended to completely abandon his sports business in Russia. This information was based on the fact that Kerimov had already tried to enter the football business more than once. In 2004, representatives of Nafta-Moscow negotiated the purchase of a controlling stake in the Italian Roma (the deal did not take place); a little later, Kerimov almost concluded an agreement with the government of the Moscow region to finance the Saturn football club (a deal worth 60 million dollars fell through at the last moment). In 2005, the Nafta-Moscow company became one of the sponsors of the Russian Football Union.

In July, Kerimov, together with Deripaska and Abramovich, acquired a stake in the state oil company Rosneft (the company that at the end of 2004 bought the former subsidiary of the Yukos oil company, Yuganskneftegaz). And in August 2006, reports appeared in the press that Nafta-Moscow intended to buy out the debts of NK YUKOS (On August 1, the Moscow Arbitration Court declared YUKOS bankrupt, and from that moment on, any third-party investor could pay off creditors " Yukos" to actually gain control over its assets). It was alleged that Kerimov negotiated such a possibility with Yukos President Stephen Theede. Later, the Nafta press service officially denied these reports.

In mid-November 2006, journalists learned that Kerimov had decided to start a hotel business in Moscow. On November 21, 2006, the Nafta company and the Moscow government announced the creation of the United Hotel Company OJSC (authorized capital - $ 2 billion), to which the shares of more than 20 hotels on the city's balance sheet were transferred (including Balchug, 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 the list of the richest people in the world compiled by Forbes magazine in 2006, Kerimov took 72nd place. His fortune, according to the magazine, reached $7.1 billion. In addition, according to media reports, back in August 2005, Kerimov became one of the 50 richest Russians who have their own aircraft - he purchased a BBJ airliner (a business version of the Boeing 737-700, worth approximately $50 million).

On November 25, 2006, Kerimov was in a car accident. According to the newspaper Nice Matin, the car in which the deputy and his companion were driving along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice crashed into a tree and caught fire. Kerimov was taken to the specialized hospital de la Timone in Marseille with severe burns. According to eyewitnesses of the accident, he managed to get out of the car himself and tried to knock out the flames from his clothes. The businessman's companion, TV presenter of the STS channel Tina Kandelaki, according to journalists, suffered less. She was taken to Saint-Roch Hospital and discharged the same day.

Sources close to Kerimov told reporters that his life was not in danger. At the same time, an employee in the management of the de la Timone hospital told Vedomosti that Kerimov was connected to an artificial respiration apparatus and was in an induced coma. The doctor did not predict the patient’s condition, saying only that Kerimov “is stable and is under medical supervision.” It was also reported that in addition to burns, the deputy also received a traumatic brain injury. As for Kerimov’s companion, according to Alexander Rodnyansky, president of CTC Media (the company where Kandelaki works), on November 26 she was already in Moscow.

Initially, the investigation assumed that Kerimov, who was driving the car, lost control when he overtook. The police were inclined to this version because the speed limit on the embankment was 50 miles per hour, that is, about 70 kilometers per hour. According to the police, as a result of Kerimov's maneuver, the car - a Ferrari Enzo, worth 675 thousand euros - hit the pavement, then it was thrown into a tree, and the impact hit the gas tank.

Kandelaki did not confirm her participation in the road accident for some time, insisting that she had not been to Nice at all, but was at home in Moscow because she had contracted the mumps. Later, the TV presenter admitted that she was with Kerimov in his car, and added that she told about the mumps only to hide her relationship with the deputy. Kandelaki told reporters that a man suddenly jumped out onto the road in front of Karimov’s car. To avoid hitting him, the deputy turned the steering wheel sharply, and this caused the accident.

On December 5, 2006, the Belgian newspaper RTL, citing a representative of the Belgian Ministry of Defense, announced that Kerimov was transported to the Queen Astrid military hospital in Brussels. According to the publication, Kerimov was transported to Belgium at the request of Professor Jean-Louis Vincennes from the Erasme hospital, who even asked the Belgian Defense Minister Andre Flahaut to allocate “as an exception” a specially equipped aircraft and a team of Belgian military doctors to transport “one patient.” In addition, the professor promised that all costs associated with transportation “will be fully reimbursed by the patient or his relatives.”

On January 24, 2007, it became known that Kerimov returned to Moscow and began work. As a source close to the management of OJSC GNK (formerly Nafta-Moscow), which Kerimov owns, told the Interfax news agency, the businessman has “almost completely recovered after the accident” and “works on a daily basis and in full.”

On April 6, 2007, it became known that Kerimov wrote a statement about leaving the LDPR faction. As a representative of the State Duma Committee on Regulations stated, Kerimov did not justify his decision in any way. According to the Rules Committee, Kerimov did not write any additional statements about joining another Duma faction. On the same day, it became known that deputy Oleg Malyshkin, who ran for the presidency of Russia in 2004 from the LDPR, left the faction (and at the same time the LDPR party). The parliamentarian told reporters that he intends to continue to remain an independent deputy. Vice Speaker of the State Duma, leader of the Liberal Democrats Vladimir Zhirinovsky, commenting on Kerimov’s departure, told reporters that the reason for his departure from the faction was a gross violation of party discipline. According to Zhirinovsky, the deputy did not take proper part in election campaigns in his region.

On April 12, 2007, the media reported that Kerimov wrote another statement - this time about joining the United Russia faction (its consideration was scheduled for April 17).

On April 19, 2007, the Russian version of Forbes magazine published a ranking of the richest citizens of Russia. The list of the hundred richest Russians was headed by Chukotka Governor Roman Abramovich, whose fortune by the spring of 2007 reached $19.2 billion. Kerimov took seventh place with $12.8 billion.

On May 11, 2007, it became known that the presidium of the United Russia faction decided to accept the deputy into the faction. Formally, the issue of accepting Kerimov should have been discussed at a meeting of subgroups of factions, but in fact the issue could already be considered resolved.

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, Magomed Suleymanov, proposed electing Kerimov. According to him, Kerimov is a fairly well-known politician who “provides support to Dagestan, especially to the republic’s athletes.” On February 20, 2008, Kerimov became a senator: the Federation Council confirmed his powers as a representative of the People's Assembly of Dagestan.

In June 2008, the Kommersant newspaper reported that structures controlled by Kerimov sold large stakes in Gazprom and Sberbank that they owned. The stock price at the beginning of the year was $15.37 and $5.4 billion, respectively. The newspaper also reported that Kerimov’s structures “sold or are negotiating the sale” of other Russian assets of the businessman - the company Metronom AG, the operator of the Mercado supermarket chain (sold to X5 Retail Group in the fall of 2007 for $200 million), National Telecommunications (the acquirer was the National Media Group, the main shareholder of which was Bank Rossiya of Yuri Kovalchuk) and shares in the Polymetal company (the founder of the ICT group Alexander Nesis, as well as Russian financier Alexander Mamut and structures of the Czech fund PPF were mentioned as acquirers). In addition, according to Kommersant’s sources, Kerimov was going to sell the elite village of Rublevo-Arkhangelskoye, which is under construction. After the sale of land, telecommunications, metallurgical and other assets, according to the publication, the businessman should have virtually no investments left in Russia. It was also reported that Kerimov would invest the funds freed up 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 of Deutsche Bank, as well as securities of 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 of Glavstroy SPb, a company that in St. Petersburg owns development projects of the Glavstroy corporation (the construction division of Deripaska's Basic Element). A source close to Kerimov’s company from the Kommersant newspaper, which reported on the purchase, confirmed that Nafta-Moscow was “interested in consolidating” all shares of Glavstroy SPb LLC, whose portfolio of projects was estimated at 6 million square meters of various real estate. In the same month, it became known that the Moscow government offered Nafta-Moscow a controlling stake in Dekmos OJSC, which was engaged in the construction of the Moscow Hotel. However, Nafta-Moskva gained partial control over Dekmos OJSC only in January 2010, when it acquired 50 percent of the shares of Konk Select Partners, a company that owned 51 percent of Dekmos OJSC shares.

In March 2009, Kommersant reported that the owner of the Interros holding, Vladimir Potanin, was selling 22 percent of the shares of Polyus Gold OJSC to Kerimov's structures. The amount of the transaction was not reported, but the newspaper provided data on the value of Polyus shares based on market quotes on the date of the transaction - 22 percent cost $1.42 billion. Analysts agreed that Kerimov acquired these assets “for a certain period for further resale.” In June, the leadership of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced that the purchase of a stake in Polyus Gold by Kerimov's company was approved by the government commission on foreign investment. In July 2009, when Polyus Gold revealed its ownership structure, it became known that Kerimov is the beneficiary of 36.88 percent of the company's shares: it was reported that he controls this stake through Wandle Holdings Limited. Despite the fact that 24.59 percent of the shares from this block were sold under a repo transaction (a type of loan, a transaction for the sale of securities with a mandatory subsequent repurchase of securities of the same issue in the same quantity after a certain period at a predetermined, higher price - editor's note), Kerimov retained the right to vote on it. It was not reported with whom the repurchase agreement was concluded and when the businessman has the right to return these shares. In February 2010, Polyus Gold, which Kerimov actually owned together with Mikhail Prokhorov, acquired 11.4 percent of the shares of RBC Information Systems OJSC, the parent company of the RBC media holding.

Subsequently, Kerimov continued to buy up Russian development companies. Thus, in April 2009, one of the country's largest developers - the PIK group of companies - officially admitted that Nafta-Moscow had received 25 percent of its shares and submitted a petition to the FAS to purchase another 20 percent of PIK. In May of the same year, a source from the Vedomosti newspaper reported that Nafta Co. Kerimova became a co-owner of the Moscow Voentorg, and several of its representatives joined the board of directors of CJSC Trading House TSVUM, which owns Voentorg. In August, the financial director of Nafta Co. confirmed the information that Nafta Co. owns almost 100 percent of CJSC Trading House TSVUM (Voentorg). He added that the deal was closed in the fall of 2008. Amount it was not named, but Vedomosti's source reported that the department store cost Kerimov's company approximately $300 million - with the condition that it would enter the project only after the reconstruction of Voentorg was completed.

Suleiman Kerimov is the youngest child in the family. He has a brother, a doctor by profession, and a sister, a teacher of Russian language and literature. Kerimov's parents and other relatives live in Moscow. The entrepreneur's wife Firuza Kerimova is the daughter of a CPSU functionary; According to some reports, it was to his marriage with her that Kerimov owed much of his early career. According to various sources, Suleiman and Firuza have two or three children. Pop singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, who, according to some sources, has a daughter from him, was also mistakenly indicated as Kerimov’s wife. In 2008, it was reported that another passion of Kerimov, designer Katya Gomiashvili, was expecting a daughter from him.