Usmanov Alisher Burkhanovich

Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (September 9, 1953, Chust, Namangan Region, UzSSR, USSR) - Russian entrepreneur, billionaire, co-owner of the largest metallurgical enterprises - Mikhailovsky and Lebedinsky mining and processing plants, Ural Steel, Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant - brought to the Metalloinvest holding. According to Forbes for 2019, it is the ninth in the list of the richest people in Russia, the fortune is estimated at $12.6 billion.

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Usmanov is an investor with a wide range of interests. Its structures have successfully invested in the American IT companies, but also, for example, Indian in the startup Ola, which is a competitor. Uber

"Now we have invested money, and now we can say that we have received almost the largest package in a company that creates glass for autonomous driving, that is, leaders," the businessman noted in 2016, without disclosing the name of the company and the volume of investments.

According to him, now the project is at the stage of preparation for implementation in the automotive industry "at the highest level."

In 2006, the businessman bought the publishing houses Kommersant and Secret of the Firm, the latter along with a news site Gazeta.ru. In 2008, he began to actively invest in the Internet, becoming a co-owner of SUP Fabrik and the DST fund . He acted as an investor in the first DST funds. An attempt to buy 10% of Yandex failed. In 2009, Usmanov financed the purchase by the DST fund of shares in Facebook, the gaming company Zynga and the discount service Groupon. After the division of DST into Mail.ru Group (Russian assets) and DST Global (foreign assets), Usmanov left 45.4% of voting shares in the first company. In December 2018, the businessman told Forbes he was no longer investing through DST funds.^[1]

Biography

Alisher Usmanov was born on September 9, 1953 in the city of Chust, Namangan region of the Uzbek SSR. Alisher was the oldest son in a family of four. By nationality, Uzbek. Alisher Usmanov's father - Burkhan Usmanov - was a prosecutor in Tashkent.

As a child, after reading The Three Musketeers, he became interested in swords and musketeer fights, and his parents gave his son to the fencing section. After two years of training, he entered the youth fencing team of the republic, and after a while he became a master of sports and was already a member of the Union national team. At this time, he first saw his future wife Irina Wiener, who was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics at the same Sports Palace.

In 1971 he entered, and in 1976 he graduated from MGIMO with a degree in international law. His "classmate" was Sergei Yastrzhembsky.

He worked as a researcher at the USSR Academy of Sciences, senior referent of the Central Committee of the Komsomol of Uzbekistan, general director of the Foreign Economic Association of the Soviet Peace Protection Committee.

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In 1980, Usmanov, together with his friend Nasymov, an operative of the special department of the KGB, the son of the deputy chairman of the KGB of the Uzbek SSR, were sentenced to 8 years in prison under three articles of the Criminal Code. From the conclusion, Alisher sent Irina Viner a handkerchief, which, according to Uzbek custom, means offering a hand and. hearts Usmanov was released on parole in 1986 "due to sincere remorse" and "for exemplary behavior." Subsequently, he stated that he was a victim of political repression. In July 2000, the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan completely rehabilitated Usmanov, calling the criminal case against him fabricated. Usmanov himself categorically denied that he was charged with rape. In 2007, a company associated with the management of the London Arsenal Football Club hired a private detective to investigate Usmanov's past. The investigation took six months, during which the detective visited Tashkent, after which the detective told customers that she had not received results, saying that the Uzbek authorities were "confusing" the investigation. After his release from the colony, Alisher Usmanov organized a hunt for wealthy foreigners in the Pamir Mountains in Uzbekistan. After, with the help of university friends, he moved to Russia. Usmanov's first businesses in Russia were a workshop for the production of plastic bags on the basis of the Ramensky Plastic Plant in the Moscow Region, as well as the supply of tobacco - - >

1987: The First Millions

Alisher Usmanov earned his first money by translating texts from Arabic. He received 46 of the then rubles for 16 pages. But the career of the translator of the graduate MGIMO absolutely did not attract.

With the help of his former teacher Radomir Bogdanov, Usmanov gets a job at the Soviet Committee for the Defense of Peace. He often has to travel to Moscow for work. On one of the trips, he breaks his leg, and lays down for days in a hotel room. Out of boredom, he reads his neighbor's book on polymer recycling. Usmanov quickly calculated a potential project in the context of a total shortage of plastic bags in the USSR. A few days later, he started work, forever ending his career in the civil service.

Usmanov, like many cooperatives of those years, rented premises from an existing plant. His choice fell on the polymer plant near Moscow in Ramenskoye. Under the terms of the contract, his new company, Agroplast, produced packages at the plant's facilities at night, when the equipment was free.

The plastic bags produced by Usmanov diverged instantly. For two years, the business went to multimillion-dollar profits. Alisher Burkhanovich recalled that he laughed at the first Soviet millionaire Artem Tarasov - he declared 3 million Soviet rubles per year, and Agroplast - in a month.

Forbes was visiting Usmanov and wrote that Alisher Burkhanovich is still proud of his products and keeps several packages from his factory at his dacha. "Look, you still haven't turned yellow, such a quality," the entrepreneur told the publication's correspondent in 2012.

In 1989, at the peak of success, intuition prompted Usmanov to go out of business.

From 1990 to 1993, he was engaged in the import of cigarettes into the USSR and, later, into Russia, bought American Magna at $0.3 per pack, sold more expensive.

In 1990-1998 - First Deputy General Director of Intercross CJSC.

1980: The first meeting between Usmanov and Wiener

According to StarHit on May 19, 2022, for the first time Usmanov and Viner met in their youth at the Sports Palace in Tashkent: he went to fencing training, and she was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics. Young Alisher immediately drew attention to a stately and beautiful girl, but did not dare to meet. Then he left for Moscow, entered MGIMO, years later they accidentally collided on the street in the capital - Irina remembered a young man who looked at her and was glad to meet.

The couple married much earlier - in 1992. But the couple never got children together. Alisher Usmanov raised as his own son Irina Wiener from his first marriage - Anton Wiener, paid for his studies abroad, helped in business.

1992: Wedding to Irina Wiener

In 1992, Alisher Usmanov married Irina Wiener.

In 1993, the First Russian Independent Bank, in which Alisher Usmanov was a member of the board of directors, acted as co-founder of MAPO Bank.

In 1994-1995 - Advisor to the General Director of the Moscow Aviation Production Association (MAPO).

In 1995-1997 - First Deputy Chairman of the Board of MAPO Bank.

In 1994-1998 - General Director of the Interbank Investment and Financial Company Interfin (MIFK Interfin CJSC).

1997: Graduated from the Finance Academy with a degree in banking

In 1997 he graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation with a degree in banking.

In 1997 to 2001 - Member of the Board of Directors of OJSC Arkhangelskgeodobycha (AGD).

From November 1998 to February 2000 - First Deputy General Director of Gazprom Vestholding LLC.

2000: Advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprom

From November 2000 to July 2001, he served as advisor to the chairman of the board of Gazprom.

From February 2000 to October 2014, he served as general director of Gazprom Vestholding LLC (a subsidiary of Gazprom, is engaged in the return of its receivables). At this post, Usmanov managed to return under the control of Gazprom 100% of the shares of Severneftegazprom, which owns the largest South Russian field, controlling stakes in Zapsibgazprom and Sibur, as well as more than 50% of Stroytransgaz shares.

2006: Purchase of Kommersant Publishing House

In August 2006, Alisher Usmanov, as a private person, acquired from partner Boris Berezovsky and Badri Patarkatsishvili a 100% stake in the publishing house Kommersant"" and "Secret of the Company," the latter together with the news site. Gazeta.ru

At the end of 2006, it became known that Alisher Usmanov was negotiating the purchase of a 50% stake in the Russian sports TV channel 7TV. The channel was soon acquired and entered the multimedia holding, the basis of which was Kommersant.

2007

Purchase for $100 million of the collection of Rostropovich and Vishnevskaya and transfer it to the Russian government

On September 17, 2007, the entrepreneur the day before the start of the Sotheby's auction, for $72 million, acquired the collection of art by Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya, consisting of 450 lots, for sale. Taking into account tax and other payments, the transaction amount amounted to $100 million. It is noteworthy that according to preliminary estimates, the cost of the collection was $26-40 million.

After the purchase, Usmanov donated the collection to the Russian government, at the moment it is being exhibited in the Konstantinovsky Palace (St. Petersburg).

Redemption of rights to the best Soviet cartoons and their transfer to the Bibigon channel

In September 2007, Usmanov bought from Oleg Vidov all the rights to the collection of the best Soviet cartoons and transferred it to the Bibigon children's channel.

Buying 23% at British football club Arsenal

At the end of August 2007, it became known that Red and White Holding, co-owned by Alisher Usmanov (50%), acquired a 14.58% stake in Arsenal Holdings, the owner (100%) of the London football club Arsenal, for £75 million (about $150 million). By September 2007, he brought his stake in the football club to 21%. Later in September, this company acquired another 2% stake in Arsenal Holdings, concentrating 23% of the shares. Between Usmanov and American sports tycoon Stan Krenke, a kind of competition continued for a long time in building up their shares in the London club. The ultimate goal of both businessmen was the majority ownership of Arsenal.

2008

Rumors about the purchase of Megafon

In May 2008, information appeared that Alisher Usmanov had agreed to purchase shares in the Russian mobile operator MegaFon from Danish lawyer Jeffrey Galmond, and at the end of the transaction, Usmanov would gain control over 39.3% of the shares of the mobile operator. The estimated amount of the transaction is at least $5 billion.

Buying a house in London from the Emir of Qatar

In 2008, Usmanov bought a six-bedroom mansion in north London in the Hampstead area from the Emir of Qatar, which is included in the list of protected historical and architectural heritage.

Acquaintance with Yuri Milner and the start of international investment in the Internet

In 2008, through mutual acquaintances with Alisher Usmanov, Yuri Milner met, and in August Usmanov became a shareholder of DST.

President of the International Fencing Federation

Since December 6, 2008 - President of the International Fencing Federation. According to the results of the vote, he overtook the current FIE president, Frenchman Rene Rock, with an advantage of five votes - 66:61.

2009: Member of the Presidential Council for Preparations for the Sochi Olympics

Since April 28, 2009 - Member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of physical culture and sports, sports of the highest achievements, preparation and holding of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi, XXVII World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan.

2010

State of $7.2 billion - No. 100 in the world and No. 14 in Russia

Forbes magazine in 2010 estimated the fortune of Alisher Usmanov at $7.2 billion (No. 100 in the world and No. 14 in Russia).

In April 2010, the British newspaper The Sunday Times included Usmanov in the top ten richest people in the UK. It is in sixth position in the ranking with a fortune of 4.7 billion pounds (an increase of 213 percent compared to 2009).

Getting full control of Mail.Ru

In November 2010, the Digital Sky Technologies Foundation, co-owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, received full control over the Internet holding Mail.Ru Group.

2011

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In the spring of 2011, Usmanov is already second in the list of the richest people in Britain with a fortune of 12.4 billion pounds (more than $20 billion). Neighbours' outrage at plans for big renovation at London home On June 1, 2011, it became known that residents of houses adjacent to the mansion of Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov in London express indignation over the entrepreneur's plans to arrange underground premises and take out tons of land, writes the London evening newspaper Evening Standard. The businessman received permission for an underground redevelopment, which will cost him £48m and allow him to expand the area of ​ ​ the house by a third. There are plans to make a swimming pool and spa underground in the style of Roman baths. However, other residents of Hampstead began to express their dissatisfaction and concerns about noise tainted for months of scenery, as well as ground rainfall. "Such redevelopments spoil buildings and these people need to understand that owning houses like this is a privilege. He will have to dig through his entire garden and it will spoil the view for many more months. I am afraid that this will damage neighboring houses, because you cannot take out tons of land and expect that there will be no consequences, "one of Usmanov's neighbors told the publication. Another Hampstead Lane resident, Judith Hill, who has lived here for 40 years, described as "disgrace" the businessman's plans to build an "iceberg house" - "which will go further underground rather than towering above it." 'This has already been done by our other neighbours. They demolished the house, built an ugly building in its place with several underground premises. Since then, our soil has settled, "Hill.--- >

Home renovation in London

In June 2011, Alisher Usmanov received permission from the London authorities to redevelop his Hampstead home underground. As a result of the work, the area of ​ ​ the house grew by a third, and a swimming pool and Roman baths were built underground.

Refusal to Prokhorov to sell Kommersant Publishing House

On December 15, 2011, Alisher Usmanov and the shareholders of the Kommersant publishing house decided to make an offer to billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov to buy the RBC media holding.

Earlier it became known that Mikhail Prokhorov became interested in buying the Kommersant publishing house after the layoffs that occurred in it. On December 14, the businessman sent an official offer to buy the holding to Alisher Usmanov. However, at a press conference on December 15, Prokhorov said that although the Kommersant newspaper would be interesting for him from an investment point of view, he personally does not deal with this issue anymore. "Now I am not a businessman, but a politician," Interfax quotes Prokhorov as saying.

Alisher Usmanov initially stated that he perceived Prokhorov's offer to buy Comersant only as a joke, and later added that "he had no plans to implement the media asset and was not expected." At the same time, he said that he was ready to consider the possibility of joint activities with Prokhorov's media companies.

2012: Net worth $18.1 billion - No. 1 in Russia

Forbes magazine in 2012 estimated his fortune at $18.1 billion (No. 1 in Russia).

2016: Alibaba stock sale

In 2016, funds investing Alisher Usmanov's funds sold shares of the company, bought in Alibaba 2011 in the amount of $1.6 billion. Part of Alibaba shares was sold back in 2015. At Apple^[2] same time, Usmanov, who got rid of the shares in 2014, confessed that Usmanov still left a small stake^[3]

JD.com, where Usmanov retains his position, and Alibaba Group are competitors. Alibaba has its own similar internet platform Tmall.com.

Usmanov acquired a stake in Alibaba in 2011, investing $1.6 billion in the Chinese company. This was done through a consortium, which included the DST Global fund, which was managed by Yuri Milner and invests mainly by Usmanov, as well as Silver Lake and the Chinese fund Yunfeng Capital. The deal had the form of buying shares in an offer from Alibaba employees and co-owners. At that time, the value of Alibaba was estimated at $32 billion, that is, the share bought by the Usmanov consortium was less than 5%. At the end of 2015, Usmanov announced that he had already sold part of Alibaba's shares. He indicated the profitability of investments at the level of 500-600%.

2018:30% sale at British football club Arsenal

Alisher Usmanov became a co-owner of Arsenal in 2007. He then acquired a 14.65 per cent stake in the club from former Gunners vice-president David Dean for £75m ($97.8m).

Initially, the club's management was against Usmanov's entry into business. In 2007, a company associated with the management of the Arsenal London Football Club hired a private detective to investigate Usmanov's past. The investigation took six months, during which the detective visited Tashkent, after which the detective told customers that she had not received results.

In February 2016, Alisher Usmanov became the second largest shareholder of the English club Arsenal, having bought from business partner Farhad Moshiri a stake in Red & White, which they owned on a parity basis. This was reported on February 26 by the British The Daily Mail and confirmed by the representative of Usmanov. According to him, now Usmanov owns 100% of the capital of Red & White, which owns 18,695 shares, or 30.04% of the capital, of the Arsenal club.

According to British media estimates, Moshiri raised 200 million pounds ($277 million) for his stake in Red & White.

"I am committed to

Arsenal and will continue to own a package that I see as a long-term investment. I wish Arsenal all the best and am ready to do everything necessary to ensure the success of the club, "his^[4] conveyed Usmanov's words^[4]%.

Arsenal's largest shareholder remained American entrepreneur Stan Kronke, who owns a 67.02% stake in the capital. Kronke, married to Walmart empire heiress Ann Walton, owns several prominent sports clubs.

Red & White's relationship with Kronke was never straightforward. In 2012, it came to a conflict: the company sent an open letter to the board of directors of Arsenal. The reason was the statements of the general director of the club Ivan Gazidis that the intention of Red & White to get representation on the board of directors of Arsenal could destabilize the management of it. Since Kronke does not want his share to be diluted by attracting external shareholders, the club constantly increases the debt burden, increases ticket prices and sells the best players, claimed Red & White.

In 2014-15, Arsenal, according to his own data, earned 28.9 million pounds ($40 million) from the sale of players. Its capitalization is 974.9 million pounds, for the first half of the financial year ended November 30, 2015, revenue amounted to 160.2 million pounds, net loss - 3.4 million pounds.

The further, the more the struggle between Usmanov and Kronke for control of the football club flared up. Rivals had different views on business management and its future. Alisher Burkhanovich was worried that with his 30% stake, he could not influence key decisions in any way.

Due to the conflict, problems began in the club: Kronke did not invest in the team. Usmanov paid attention to this more than once and even offered to invest his personal finances in players, but without the approval of the Kronke-controlled Board of Directors he could not do anything. Arsenal, meanwhile, was starting to lose in the transfer market to its rivals.

Usmanov decided to go all in. In 2017, he offers Kronke to sell his stake in the club to him for £1.5bn. The American does not accept this more than a generous offer, and sends a counter - to buy Usmanov's shares for 525 million pounds. The Russian businessman also refuses.

The denouement of history happened in the spring of 2018, when Arsenal management kicked out Arsene Wenger as head coach. Usmanov, who always admired the master, was extremely dissatisfied with the personnel reshuffle. A few months later, he decided to leave the club, selling his package to Kronke.

In the last year, Alisher Usmanov drew attention to the Russian the clubs. In particular, in 2018, he donated 600 million rubles to Tula to Arsenal.

2020: Sardinia €0.5 million donation to fight COVID-19

At the end of October 2020, it became known that Alisher Usmanov donated €0.5 million to Sardinia to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus. A Russian businessman often lives on this island for a long time.

I am grateful to you and all the people of Sardinia for the warm welcome I have received on this beautiful island for about 30 years. My humble contribution is the least I can do for those affected by the pandemic and those who selflessly fight it in Sardinia. I wholeheartedly give another €500 thousand to help the Sardinian government in this noble cause, - says the letter that Usmanov sent to the head of the Sardinian administration Christian Solinas.

According to the local edition of L'Unione Sarda, the billionaire asked to send this money to the program for the development and implementation of measures to protect the health of local residents. The newspaper in the administration of the island confirmed that the funds have already arrived at the treasury of the region. Usmanov's representative also confirmed the donation, but refrained from making any comments.

According to L'Unione Sarda, Alisher Usmanov has already donated funds to the region to combat COVID-19 in the first wave of the pandemic. The size of the donation is not specified. Usmanov is an honorary citizen of the Sardinian municipality of Artsaken. There he is called an "Uzbek tycoon."

Forbes magazine called Usmanov the leader in the volume of personal donations to fight the pandemic in the world among Russians. Earlier in 2020, the oligarch allocated 2 billion rubles for the needs of the operational headquarters to prevent the import and spread of a new coronavirus infection in Russia. According to the estimates of the English newspaper Times, the amount of funds allocated by Usmanov and his business partners to counter COVID-19 in Russia and Uzbekistan exceeded $168.2 million.^[5][6]

2022

EU sanctions

At the end of February 2022, the European Union (EU) included Alisher Usmanov, Mikhail Fridman and Alexei Mordashov in the sanctions lists . Their accounts and assets in the European Union will be frozen, and entrepreneurs will also be prohibited from entering the EU or transit through its territory.

As a justification for such measures, the document published in the official journal of the European Union (refers to it RBC) indicates "active support financially or financially and obtaining benefits" from the leaders who are responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the "destabilization of Ukraine." It also mentions "the participation of Mikhail Fridman in the Kremlin's attempts to lift sanctions," USA which were introduced to counter the "aggressive policy" Moscow against Kyiv.

In addition to Fridman, 25 more Russians were on the updated sanctions list, including Fridman's partner Pyotr Aven. Two billionaires intend to challenge the EU decision on sanctions, Reuters reports citing businessmen. According to Friedman, he is unlikely to be able to sell Russian assets, because "at the moment there are no buyers."

Answering the question about the introduction of EU sanctions against me, I want to emphasize that I am far from politics and have been creating economic value for the companies in which I worked in Russia and abroad all my life. I have absolutely nothing to do with the emergence of current geopolitical tensions. I don't understand why sanctions have been imposed on me, "Alexey Mordashov, the main owner and chairman of the board of directors of Severstal, told RBC.

Earlier, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, promised to impose sanctions against a number of Russian businessmen and "oligarchs," which, according to him, should have a "serious economic effect."^[7]

US releases companies with Usmanov's participation from sanctions

Alisher Usmanov in March 2022 was included by the American authorities in the list for the application of "complete blocking sanctions" due to events in Ukraine, along with six more large entrepreneurs and press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

The US Treasury Department issued a general license on March 03, 2022, which actually exempts the company from sanctions with the participation of Alisher Usmanov.

Even those companies where he owns more than 50% will not be sanctioned, Their accounts are available, and transactions are allowed.

Joining the list of the largest IT billionaires in Russia

In August 2022, TAdviser compiled the first list of the largest IT billionaires in Russia. Alisher Usmanov took eighth place in it (more).

Searches of objects in Germany

On September 21, 2022, it became known that German police searched several properties owned by Alisher Usmanov, including a villa on Lake Tegernsee in the federal state of Bavaria, on suspicion of money laundering and violation of EU sanctions.

Searches took place on the morning of September 21, 2022 in four federal lands at 24 facilities, during which 250 people participated, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said. According to the investigation, Usmanov could violate the sanctions by paying for the preservation of his property of the security company after being included in the sanctions list.

In addition to the villa in Bavaria, searches were carried out in the federal states of Baden-Württemberg and Schleswig-Holstein, as well as in the city of Hamburg and northern Germany.

Шаблон:Quote "Any accusations of Mr. Usmanov in tax evasion are unfounded, false and damage his honor, dignity and reputation, which Mr. Usmanov will protect by all available legal means," Usmanov's press service said in a statement. Usmanov's press service also said that he does not own any real estate in Germany. The corresponding real estate is located in family trusts, the beneficiary of which Usmanov is not.

As part of a separate investigation, the Munich prosecutor suspects Usmanov of having directed a security company to oversee financially related properties in Upper Bavaria even after he was placed on the European Union's sanctions list. It is assumed that the amount of transactions amounted to a multi-valued amount of millions of euros, the prosecutor general said in a statement.

According to the prosecutor, Munich his payment for the services of a security company is supposed to have violated the ban on the use of frozen funds. Security guards and executives at the security company, which has not been named by authorities, are also under investigation.^[8]

Investing in a developer at Quanergy Systems

On October 25, 2022, it became known that Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov invested in the startup Quanergy Systems, based in Silicon Valley. This young company designs various lidar-based systems, as well as sensors for smart buildings and smart megacities. Read more here.

Searches in the offices of UBS Group in the case of Alisher Usmanov

On November 8, 2022, the offices of UBS Group AG in Frankfurt and Munich are searched by German prosecutors as part of a broader investigation related to Alisher Usmanov, who came under sanctions amid the conflict in Ukraine, sources said.

UBS said it was cooperating fully with authorities, while declining to comment on the reasons for the search.

Der Spiegel, which reported the searches earlier, said German investigators were specifically looking into a number of bank transactions from 2018 to 2020 worth just €2m.

1st place in the CNews list of the richest signalmen in Russia

Alisher Usmanov became the leader in the ranking of the richest operators Russia in 2022 according to the version. CNews

Usmanov has been at the forefront of the CNews ranking of the richest signalmen for many years. For example, in 2015 he was in third place. Usmanov's assets are concentrated in the USM holding, the main of which is the Metalloinvest holding.

He joined the telecommunications business in 2008, acquiring the mobile operator Megafon. At the same time, USM became a major shareholder of the Internet holding DST, which was successively renamed the Mail.ru Group and VK. In 2016, Megafon acquired control over the Mail.ru Group, but at the end of 2021 the Internet holding was sold to Gazprom structures.

With the beginning of the SVO, Usmanov and his sisters were on the sanctions lists of the EU, Great Britain and the United States. After that, real estate attributed to him in Europe, a yacht and business jets were frozen in these jurisdictions. However, the United States withdrew Usmanov's companies from sanctions. The billionaire himself considers the sanctions unfair and unreasonable, challenging them in the court of the European Union. In September, the EU removed one of Usmanov's sisters, Saodat Narzieva, from^[9] sanctions list^[9] of^[9].

5th place in the list of richest Russians with a fortune of $17.9 billion

2023

Retirement

On January 23, 2023, it became known about the decision of Alisher Usmanov to retire. The entrepreneur wrote about this in his statement about the termination of membership in the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP).

Telegram channel BRIEF published a photo (see below) of Usmanov's statement to the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin, in which the businessman asks to be released from membership in the bureau of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs "in connection with retirement and retirement from active activity." The authenticity of the document was confirmed by the source of RBC. According to another source of the publication in the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, it plans to consider the statement of a businessman by the bureau of the union on January 25, 2023.

In September 2023, Usmanov will turn 70 years old. In 2018, the businessman told Forbes that "by status and age" he was already a pensioner.

We can say that I join the business only as needed, which is experienced by the management of certain companies of the group. This can be help in GR or PR or a desire to use my experience, knowledge, - Usmanov reported.

According to the Telegram channel BRIEF, after retiring and ending his membership in the bureau of the board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alisher Usmanov "will deal with Uzbekistan." No details are given in this regard.

Where he was born, there he came in handy. Uzbekistan is waiting, - political analyst Marat Bashirov commented on the news in his Telegram channel.

In Tashkent, by January 2023, a large-scale construction of the Center for Islamic Civilization is underway, which is financed by Usmanov. The cost of work is estimated at $161.8 million.

Uzbekistan Now there is great economic growth, the country is not under sanctions. There is already a tendency to transport business there. If Usmanov moves there only partially, he will not lose his influence in. Russia All the same, he will continue to receive the main profit here, which means that ties will remain, "said political scientist, public figure, candidate of political sciences, director of the Institute for Political Studies, member Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Sergei Markov.[10]

Searches of property and yacht attributed to billionaire found illegal by German court

In May 2023, Alisher Usmanov won a court in Germany. By the decision of the Land Court of Frankfurt am Main, searches of real estate and yachts attributed to the billionaire were declared illegal. Searches were carried out in the fall of 2022 on suspicion of money laundering. The court found that the prosecutor's office could not substantiate the suspicion of Usmanov and did not provide any evidence of improper business practice except for several videos on YouTube.

2024

EU court confirms "legality" of sanctions against Usmanov

In February 2024, it became known that Usmanov lost his appeal in an EU court. Usmanov is one of dozens of Russians who have appealed against EU sanctions.

Receipt of 87 billion rubles of dividends

Payment of 4 million euros to settle the investigation of the prosecutor's office in Germany

In October 2024, it was announced that Alisher Usmanov would pay €4 million ($4.4 million) to settle an investigation by the German prosecutor's office into money laundering.

The criminal investigation will be terminated after Usmanov pays €2.5 million to the government and €1.5 million to charities, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. According to them, the alleged actions did not cause financial damage to anyone in Germany and occurred a long time ago.

State

2020: Dividend revenues and asset sales - $1.43 billion

On September 22, 2021, Forbes magazine presented an updated rating of Russian billionaires, in which it assessed the "real, real money" received for the sale of assets or in the form of dividends at the end of 2020, and not the value of assets owned by entrepreneurs. Alisher Usmanov, according to analysts of the publication, earned $1.43 billion in 2020 and took third place in the ranking of billionaires. Read more here.

2022: Yacht confiscation

On April 14, 2022, authorities in the city of Hamburg reported that they had confiscated the Dilbar superyacht of Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov after it was revealed that it was in the legal possession of his sister, who is also under Western sanctions due to Russia's special operation in Ukraine. Read more here.

Family

Wife - head coach of the Russian national rhythmic gymnastics team Irina Viner.

Stepson - Anton Wiener - the son of Irina Wiener from his first marriage. Anton Viner is the owner of the Sun and City chain of elite solariums and the founder of the Khivinskaya Chaykhana Uryuk-Cafe chain.

Among the close relatives of Alisher Usmanov is the nephew - Babur Usmanov, who in May 2009 married Diera, the niece of Uz­bekistana Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

Sister - Gulbakhor Ismailova.

2022: The beginning and cancellation of a divorce from his wife

On May 19, 2022, it became known that Alisher Usmanov filed for divorce from rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova after 30 years of marriage. The fact that the corresponding statement has been registered is reported on the portal of the Unified Information Space of Magistrates of the city of Moscow.

According to the court case file, the application was filed on May 4, 2022. Two weeks later, on May 19, the representative of the parties held a conversation, after which the spouses were given more than two weeks to make a final decision. The hearing is scheduled for June 7, 2022. It is clarified that Usmanov is the plaintiff in this case, and Wiener is the defendant.

Irina Viner-Usmanova is a legendary rhythmic gymnastics coach. She brought up more than one generation of Olympic champions, including Alina Kabaeva, Margarita Mamun and Evgenia Kanaeva. He holds the post of president of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics.

By May 2022, Usmanov ranks seventh in the ranking of the richest people in Russia with a fortune of $11.5 billion. He is the president of the international fencing federation, an indispensable assistant to Russian sports.^[11]

In early July 2022, it became known that Alisher Usmanov withdrew the divorce lawsuit with Irina Viner.

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