It is impossible to list all the achievements of Suleiman Kerimov in business in one line. Suffice it to say that for the last twenty years he has not left the top ten millionaires from the Russian Forbes list. In addition to successful investments, Kerimov has a government position, is engaged in charity work and often gets into the chronicle of secular news.
Financial flair
Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov was born on March 12, 1966 in Derbent. Suleiman's extraordinary abilities manifested themselves already in childhood. Suffice it to say that Kerimov graduated from school with honors, won a large number of mathematical Olympiads and even has the first grade in chess. Studying did not prevent Kerimov from playing sports: he was fond of judo and strength training.
After school, Kerimov became a student at the Dagestan "Polytechnic", where he studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering. After graduation, he immediately went to the army, and later received another higher education at the Faculty of Economics of the Dagestan State University (Dagestan State University).
After graduation, Kerimov began working as an economist at the Eltav plant, where his father-in-law helped him get a job - Suleiman married his classmate. And in six years, Kerimov made a career from an economist to an assistant general director. During this period, Kerimov's affairs mainly became associated with investments. Kerimov succeeds in predicting the development of a particular company, investing money successfully or buying and selling a business on time. He buys shares in oil and gas companies. In 1999, the businessman acquires shares in Nafta-Moscow, with which he has been cooperating for 10 years before its liquidation.
Kerimov's interests are everywhere where there is a successful financial project. He was the owner and shareholder of gold mining holdings, construction companies (PIK, "Razvitie"), large construction projects (hotel "Moscow"), giants in the field of fertilizer production ("Uralkali", "Silvinit"), a telecommunications company.
Kerimov not only successfully buys up shares and companies, but is also engaged in public service. He was elected to the State Duma from the LDPR faction. Moreover, he was elected twice. In his native Dagestan, in 2016, Suleiman Abusaidovich was elected a senator. For the period of government work, all rights to manage the assets owned were transferred to the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation.
Besides business
Kerimov is actively involved in charity work. The Suleyman Kerimov Foundation, founded in 2007, supports young people, provides assistance in areas such as medicine, sports, and culture. For five years, Kerimov was the owner of the Anji football club. During this period, huge monetary influences were made in the club, foreign players were bought, the Anji-Arena stadium was built.
The billionaire's personal life is no less intense. Despite his wife and three children, Kerimov was credited with novels with the most famous women. Among his passions were Natalya Vetlitskaya, and Anastasia Volochkova, and Tina Kandelaki. It was with Kandelaki that Kerimov got into a resonant accident in Nice, after which he was recovering for a long time. Now Suleiman Kerimov is more focused on his family and business, which has undergone some changes due to the crisis and sanctions.
