Ališer Usmanov – Wikipedia

Ališer Burchanovic Usmanov ( in Russian: Alisher BURKhanovich Usmanov ^? ; Chust, September 9, 1953) is an entrepreneur and sports manager Uzbeko naturalized Russian, owner of the newspaper Kommersant , co -owner of the second Russian mobile telephony operator, Megafon, and the Mail.ru group, ^[first] The largest internet company in the Russian world world, ^[2] Metalloinvest majority shareholder, a Russian industrial conglomerate ^[3] and former general manager of Gazprom Invest , Gazprom’s holding. According to Forbes, in 2022 he has an estimated net heritage of 14 billion dollars ^[4] .

Since 2008 he has been president of the International Fencing Federation. ^[5] In February 2008 his metalinvest also became sponsors of Dinamo Moscow, the football team of the Russian capital. ^{[6] [7] [8]} After being also one of the main shareholders of the English football club Arsenal from 2007 to 2018, since July 2019 his USM Holding group is the sponsor of the Averton Football Club.

Of Uzbeka and Muslim religion origin, he was born in 1953 in Chust, in today’s Uzbekistan, and spent most of the childhood in Taškent where his father worked as a state prosecutor.

In 1976, with the idea of ​​wanting to be a diplomat, Ališer Burchanovič Usmanov obtained his degree in international law from the state institution of the international reports of Moscow (Mgimo Mid Uss) ^[9] . Then he returned to Tashkent where he became director of the Foreign Economic Association of the Soviet Peace Committee ^[ten] And he graduated in 1997 at the Academy of Finance of the Government of the Russian Federation in Bank Sciences. It has an excellent mastery of the English, French, Russian, Uzbeka and Arab languages.

In August 1980 he was arrested and sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of fraud and “socialist property theft” in the Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan and imprisoned for six years. ^{[11] [twelfth] [13]} In July 2000, eleven after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was rehabilitated by the Uzbekistan Supreme Court which established as “the original convictions were unjust, no crime was ever committed and those accusations were manufactured”. ^{[twelfth] [14]}

After the fall of the USSR in 1989, Usmanov was part of the management of non -governmental organizations and companies that play an important role in the development of the economy of Russia. From 1990 to 1994, he was deputy general manager of the CJSC Intercross.
In the years 1994-1998 Ališer Usmanov headed the interbank company of “interfin” investment management (zao “mifk interfin”). From 1995 to 1997 he was the first deputy of the President of the Board of Directors of the Mapo-Banca and from 1994 to 1995 also councilor of the General Manager of the Moscow Aviation Production Association (Mapo).

From February 2000 to October 2014 he covered the position of general manager of the “Gazprom Invest Holdings” ^[15] , after being a councilor of the President of the Board of Directors of the “Gazprom” and the first deputy of the general manager of the “Gazprom Invest Holdings”.

Usmanov is the founder of the USM, a diversified international company. In the group’s activities there are the Metalloinvest company, the main supplier of Ferriferi products and hot brickened iron in the global market, the LLC Baikal Mining Company (“Udokan Copate”) company, owner of the license for copper extraction from the most important mine in Russia. In addition to having founded Megafon, the second Russian mobile telephony operator, was a pioneer in the field of 4G/LTE technology and the web market leader in the Russian segment with “Mail.ru Group”.

Since 2006 he has been a member of the board of directors of the Russian Union of industrialists and entrepreneurs (RSPP). In September 2008, the President of the Russian Federation assigned to Usmanov the diploma of honor for the results achieved in the development of the national industry and entrepreneurship. It has important share quotas in technology companies (including Facebook and Apple).

Usmanov is considered one of the largest philanthropists in Russia, and is a member of the Board of Directors of a series of public, educational and cultural organizations, including the Russian geographical society and the state institution of international Moscow relations. In 2015 and 2017 Usmanov was awarded the title of patrons of the year, established by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

In 2018, Usmanov said he would leave half of his fortune to his relatives and half of the USM management. ^[16]

On September 19, 2018 the town of Arzachena, a small Gallurese center in the North East of Sardinia, conferred honorary citizenship. The Russian tycoon owns several properties in Costa Smeralda and during the summer its dilbar 2 , the largest megayacht in the world, ^{[ without source ]} It is used to stay in the randa overlooking the Gulf of the PEvero. Usmanov also owns the former villa Merloni in Romazzino ^[17] .

In 2020 Alisher Usmanov donated half a million euros to the Sardinia Region to fight the Coronavirus. ^[18]

In May 2020, Usmanov was at the top of the list of contributors to the fight against Covid-19 among the participants of the Sunday Times Rich List with a donation of £ 117.7 million. ^[19]

In 2021 the Sunday Times appointed Usmanov the most generous philanthropist; He has donated more than £ 4.2 billion in charity, personally and through his companies in the 20 years of history of the Sunday Times Giving List. ^[20]

On February 28, 2022, in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union inserted Usmanov into the black list, imposing a ban on travel throughout the EU and freezing all his assets. On March 3, the United States imposed on him similar sanctions, with some exceptions for his companies.

Following the sanctions against him, on 1 March 2022 he announced his resignation from the office of President of the Fie. Among the penalties, the seizure of its 600 million dollar yacht.

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Usmanov pays particular attention to the development of sport in Russia and internationally. Since 2008 he has been head of the International Fencing Federation, after being president from 2001 to 2009 of the Russian Federation and the European Fencing Confederation from 2005 to 2008. He is still president of the Foundation Council of the Russian Fencing Federation and Member of the Council of the Foundation of support for Russian Olympic athletes.

In 2014 he was a member of the organizing committee of the XXII Olympic winter games of Soči.
Since 2015 Usmanov has been a member of the Commission of the International Olympic Committee for the development of Olympic television. He is also a member of the Independent Public Commission Public Anti -Doping, established in 2016 on the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

From 2007 to 2018 Usmanov was one of the main shareholders of the English football club Arsenal. Since July 2019 his “USM Holding” group becomes the sponsor of the Averton Football Club ^[21] On March 1, 2022 he resigned as president of the International Fencing Federation.

In 2013 to A.B. Usmanov has been conferred on the “merit for the homeland” order of IV Class for exceptional services provided to the state and public and charity activities, received the order of Aleksandr Nevskij and the order of honor for its working results And many years of conscientious work, the distinctive sign of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia “for the contribution to international cooperation” and the order of friendship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In 2016 A.B. Usmanov for his contribution to the charitable and social activities was rewarded with the sign of distinction “for charity”, as well as with the highest recognition of the Council of Mufti of Russia – order “al -Fakhr” of I grade – for the commitment in strengthening mutual understanding between different nationalities.

In 2017 A.B. Usmanov received the honor of Commendatore of the “Order of Merit of the Italian Republic” for restoration projects of architectural monuments. The prize was awarded by Italian President Sergio Mattarella. ^[22]

In 2016, the charity foundation “Art, Science and Sport” of Usmanov received the highest recognition of the “Golden Mask” award in the nomination “for the support of the Russian theater arts”.
In 2017, the Foundation received thanks from the President of the Russian Federation for actively participating in the realization of significant projects, social activities and charity, in particular, in the execution of the first operation in Russia to insert retinal plants to a blind patient.

In 2018 Usmanov received the order “El Yurt Hizmati” (“recognition and compared to national level”) for its great contribution to the strengthening of economic, social, cultural and humanitarian ties between Uzbekistan and the Russian Federation.

In November 2018 he received the highest prize of the FICTS (International Federation of Sports Television) “Gloria chain 2018” (Excellence Guirlande d’onneur).

Usmanov, Islamic believer, married in 1992 with the former Jewish gymnast Irina Aleksandrovna Viner. ^{[23] [24]} Since 1992 Viner has been the leader of the Russian national team of rhythmic gymnastics, president of the Russian Federation of rhythmic gymnastics, also a former vice president of the International Gymnastics Federation. The couple, who divorced in May 2022, has no biological children but Usmanov has a stepson who has become a real estate investor. ^[25]

Usmanov owns the Villa Tudor Sutton Place of 120 hectares (300 acres) in Surrey, purchased for 10 million pounds in 2004. In 2012, the businessman Boris Berezovsky said that Usmanov received Sutton Place as part of an agreement Commercial, a statement that Usmanov has still denied. In 2008, Usmanov purchased Beechwood House, a property of 4.5 hectares (11 acres) of land in the London suburb of Highgate from the Qatari Qatari Hamad Bin Khalifa to Thani for 48 million pounds. Usmanov also has a property of 12 hectares in Moscow and a villa on the Italian island of Sardinia.

Usmanov owned two luxury yachts named Dilbar. In 2008 he received the first dilbar (now at Raya) from Lürssen at a declared cost of 250 million dollars. In December 2019 it is the 38th largest motor yacht for length, measures 110 meters. In 2015 Usmanov commissioned the second dilbar, a larger Superyacht in the world for gross tonnage (15,917 GT) and the larger 6th with a length of 156 meters for 24 meters in width. It is said to have cost 800 million dollars, it takes 84 full -time crew members and contains the largest covered pool installed on a superyacht. After taking over the second dilbar, Usmanov renamed the original and in 2018 he sold it to a Middle Eastern buyer. At the inauguration of the yacht, which took place in 2016, Usmanov organized, according to what reported by the newspapers, a party aboard the boat with international guests (including Andrea Bocelli, Carla Bruni and the Russian vice premier Igor ‘Šuvalov) ^[26] .

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