Alisher Usmanov

Investor, Organization leader

1953 –

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Who is Alisher Usmanov?

Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate. According to March 2014 Forbes website data, the oligarch Usmanov is Russia's richest man, with a fortune estimated at $18.6 billion, and the world's 34th richest person. According to the December 2013 Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he has an estimated net worth of $19.6 billion, making him the 37th richest person in the world. In May 2014, The Sunday Times listed him as the second richest person in the UK with an estimated fortune of £10.65bn.

He built his wealth through metal and mining operations, and investments, and is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which consolidated in 2006 JSC METALLOINVEST’s assets with those of Gazmetall JSC.

He owns the Kommersant Publishing Houses. He is a co‑owner of Russia's second-largest mobile telephone operator, MegaFon, and co-owner of Mail.ru, the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world, which owns stakes in popular web portals like Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte and others.

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Born
Sep 9, 1953
Chust, Uzbekistan
Also known as
  • Алішер Бурханович Усманов
  • Усманов, Алишер Бурханович
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Uzbeks
Nationality
  • Russia
  • Uzbekistan
Profession
Education
  • Moscow State University
    (1976 - )
  • Academy of Finance
    Banking
    (1997 - )
  • Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Employment
  • Founder, Metalloinvest Management Company LLC
    (2006 - )
  • Owner, Gallagher Holdings
Lived in
  • Moscow
  • Russia
  • Europe

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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