The path in business and family life of billionaire Suleiman Kerimov

People who communicate with Suleiman Abusaidovich claim that it is difficult to talk to the oligarch. This person predicts the answer in advance. A mathematical mindset, Eastern wisdom and a subtle sense of profit brought billions to the owner of a large Russian financial and industrial group. Suleiman Kerimov's biography has ups and downs, but as a true chess player, he always quickly analyzed mistakes and played a new combination. As a rule, it’s a win-win.

early years

The future oligarch spent the early years of his biography in Derbent, the oil capital of sunny Dagestan. Suleiman was born in 1966, on March 12. He became the third child in the family of a criminal investigation officer. Abusaid Kerimovich, the boy’s father had a higher legal education. Mother was involved in accounting in one of the local branches of Sberbank. At the time of his birth, Suleiman had a brother, who now works as a doctor, and a sister, who teaches Russian language and literature.

From an early age, Suleiman became addicted to sports. His main hobbies were judo and kettlebells. The boy excelled at chess and subsequently received 1st category. While studying at school No. 18 in Derbent, he delighted his teachers with his mathematical abilities. However, he mastered other subjects without difficulty. The future billionaire graduated from the first educational institution with honors, which gave him the right to enter a prestigious university.

Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov

Romances on the side

Despite his long-term marriage and the presence of three children, Suleiman Kerimov had several high-profile affairs on the side. For several years he had a romantic relationship with Anastasia Volochkova. The billionaire supported her financially and showered her with gifts.

Kerimov had an affair with the popular singer Natalya Vetlitskaya. When they started dating, there was a crisis in Natalia’s work. She did not sing new songs and performed very little. Suleiman helped her record several successful videos and invested a lot of money in her career. After breaking up, he gave Natalya luxury real estate. Vetlitskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ulyana, during her meetings with Kerimov, so the press wrote that this girl was the illegitimate child of a businessman.

Firuza Kerimova has never spoken out about her husband’s affairs on the side. She basically does not comment on this matter. But people close to this family admitted in an interview that for Kerimov’s official wife, the news of her husband’s relationship with TV presenter Tina Kandelaki was a big blow. Suleiman was involved in a serious accident while in France. What was surprising was that at the time of the disaster, Tina was next to him.

Kerimov also had a long-term relationship with Katya Gomiashvili and a fleeting affair with Olesya Sudzilovskaya. Despite the large number of women in his life, he still has not divorced his only official wife. Firuza, like many Eastern women, accepts this state of affairs and considers polygamy acceptable for a man.

When difficult times came in Suleiman’s life, associated with his arrest in France and the loss of a significant part of his assets, his wife continued to support and help. This is the best proof of her sincere and deep feelings.

Education

After graduating from school in 1983, the young man successfully passed the exams at the Dagestan Polytechnic, where he studied at the Faculty of Construction for a year. In 1984, the educational process was interrupted due to conscription into the army. Until 1986, Kerimov repaid his debt to his homeland by servicing strategic missiles. The years spent in the army hardened the young man and revealed the leadership trait in him.

He returned from service with the rank of senior sergeant. Suleiman continued his higher education at Dagestan State University. He chose economics as his future specialty.

The student combined brilliant academic performance with active social work, and by the end of DSU, he was listed as deputy chairman of the local trade union committee.

Full biography of Suleiman Kerimov

In 1983 he graduated from high school, receiving a gold medal for his academic performance. Then he entered the construction department of the Dagestan Polytechnic Institute. After finishing my first year, I went to serve in the army. In 1984-86 he served in the strategic missile forces, receiving the rank of senior sergeant. He did a lot of sports, thanks to which he became the champion of the kettlebell lifting division.

After finishing his military service, Kerimov transferred to study at the Dagestan State University at the Faculty of Economics. During his studies, he served as deputy chairman of the university trade union committee. After graduating from university in 1989 with a diploma in “Accounting and Analysis of Economic Activities”, he began working for the Ministry of Electronics Industry. He worked at the plant until 1995, from an ordinary economist becoming an assistant to the general director for economic issues.

In 1995, using the help of familiar officials and businessmen, he received the position of Deputy General Director. This company worked in the primary industries, the domestic aviation business and the banking sector.

Two years later he becomes a researcher at the International Institute of Corporations, and after some time he is appointed vice-president of this non-profit organization.

According to media reports, Kerimov began earning his initial capital in the 90s. In October 1998, invest acquired 55% of the shares (spending about $50 million on this). Within a year, he increased his share to one hundred percent, becoming the full owner of the company.

In December 1999, he resigned due to his election to the State Duma of the third convocation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

Despite the fact that Kerimov became a deputy, he, according to his friends, did not retire and continued to work on his company. Kerimov's main source of income was the purchase of assets. According to media reports, at that time a rather “soft” (that is, without affiliated structures) business alliance developed between Roman Abramovich and Kerimov himself. Subsequently, business relations began to develop with the owner of Basic Element, Oleg Deripaska.

In 2000, Nafta-Moscow acquired, and in 2001, Kerimov acquired a stake in Andrei Andreev’s business, which consisted of several (currently Rossiya), Avtobank (in 2006, which became part of the Uralsib corporation), Ingosstrakh -Soyuz (currently Soyuz), Ingosstrakh, Nosta and many others. At the same time, Kerimov’s company, which was once one of the largest oil traders in Russia, gradually moved away from its core activities, practically ceasing to be involved in oil trading in 2002.

On December 7, 2003, Kerimov was once again elected to the State Duma, coming to the Duma of the fourth convocation on the federal list from the Liberal Democratic Party. Kerimov was included in the Security Committee and was also appointed Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Physical Culture and Sports.

Career and business of Suleiman Kerimov

Suleiman Kerimov Having received a diploma in economics, in 1989 Suleiman Kerimov began working. His first place of work in his biography was Makhachkala. Obtaining a position at a prestigious enterprise was not without the participation of Nazim Khanbalaev, who headed the Dagestan Council of Trade Unions and by that time was Suleiman’s father-in-law. Thanks to his hard work and abilities, as well as connections, within 5 years the young specialist made a dizzying career and rose from an ordinary economist to deputy general director of the plant. In the middle of this five-year plan, the management of the enterprise created a bank registered in Moscow. Representing the management of the plant, Kerimov managed to take control of the shares of this organization. Fedprombank provided loans to industrial enterprises in crisis. Since that time, the entrepreneur has settled in the capital of Russia.

Since 1995, the businessman has headed the trade and financial department, and 2 years later he became a researcher at the Moscow International Institute of Corporations.

Suleiman Kerimov's mistress is pregnant

The oil king abandoned the daughter of actor Archil Gomiashvili

Subscribe and read Express Newspaper in:

Their romance lasted four years. One of the richest people in Russia, the owner of Nafta-Moscow Suleiman KERIMOV, generously presented 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 unsurpassed 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 KANDELAKA and pop diva Zhanna FRISKE.

Elena ARONOVA

Billionaire Suleiman Kerimov

became famous after being 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. Tina Kandelaki
, sitting next to her, 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 - 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

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 make a career as a fashion designer. 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,” says Vyacheslav Zaitsev

, having learned that Gomiashvili was opening a boutique in London with his lover’s money.
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, a giant banner was placed on which the American film actress Chloë Sevigny

showed off in 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 wrote under the nickname blue eyes, “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

* The loudest affair was 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.

* Vetlitskaya was replaced by ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. The predecessor, not wanting to put up with the loss, threatened her rival that she would settle accounts with her by resorting to the help of bandits. Kerimov hired security for his new passion. But she soon did not suit the wealthy patron in some way, and they parted. After their breakup, Nastya started having troubles in the theater.

* Having forgotten the ballerina, Kerimov became interested in actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya, and then had a long relationship with designer Katya Gomiashvili.

* The oligarch was also credited with close relationships with Ksyusha Sobchak and Tina Kandelaki.

State of Suleiman Kerimov

The current political activity has distracted Suleiman Kerimov from business. Having handed over the reins of control of the companies he owned and got rid of foreign assets, the oligarch remains a prominent person in financial circles; his photos and videos are often found in the media. Including in connection with the senator’s participation in the affairs of his native Dagestan.

Kerimov helps the republic a lot, not only as a representative of the region in the upper house of parliament, but also as an investor and philanthropist. In particular, on his initiative, large-scale transformations began in Suleiman Kerimov’s hometown - Derbent.

The task is to make this oldest city in Russia the center of a tourist cluster, in which, while preserving the unique architecture and historical appearance, ultra-modern functionality would appear. At the beginning of August 2021, the finalists of the Open International Competition for the development of a master plan for Derbent were determined, including the largest experts in their field from all over the world.

It was also announced that the branch of the Russian Federation Commission for UNESCO will resume work in Dagestan. It will be headed by the mayor of Derbent, Khizri Abakarov, who is considered a person close to the senator and capable of bringing to life Kerimov’s ideas for transforming the city. In addition, in 2021, a member of the Federation Council from Dagestan announced his family’s decision to register a business in Derbent - this way the local budget will receive additional funds for development, which means billions of rubles of additional income in the form of tax deductions. The senator had previously helped the republic a lot, taking an active part in all development projects.

Suleiman Kerimov and Natalya Vetlitskaya were in a relationship

Having earned initial capital in the 90s, Kerimov formally retired, becoming a State Duma deputy from the LDPR (1999). Later he will represent Dagestan in the Federation Council. The connections he made in government agencies helped solve problems in the companies he acquired.

It was during these years that a series of novels began called “Suleiman Kerimov and his women.” A photo of the first beauty, singer Natalya Vetlitskaya, can be seen in the article. The peak of her career also occurred in the 90s. The ascent to Olympus began with a career as a dancer and then as a backing vocalist. At the age of 24, she joined the Mirage group thanks to producer Andrei Razin.

A few years later, the singer left the group. Before meeting with Kerimov, the woman had three official marriages and civil relationships with Vlad Stashevsky, Mikhail Topalov, Dmitry Malikov. Vetlitskaya brought to the stage the image of a socialite, which the temperamental Lezgin simply could not resist.

The pop diva’s success on stage is associated with businessman Pavel Vashchekin. After breaking up with him, the singer began to experience real creative stagnation. The oligarch returned the star to the pop Olympus, investing money in her promotion. Suleiman Kerimov and his women always appeared together at social events; fortunately, his wife preferred the comfort of home to public life. The two-year union with Vetlitskaya was no exception, creating the impression that the couple was married. On his girlfriend’s 38th birthday, the billionaire threw a grand party in a 19th-century estate with the invitation of world pop stars. A pendant worth 10 thousand dollars was presented as a gift.

In 2004, Vetlitskaya gave birth to a daughter, Ulyana. Her real father is unknown. The intrigue is reinforced by the fact that the girl’s appearance is a copy of her mother. The dizzying romance ended in a break, but as a parting gift, Kerimov left his former passion an apartment in New Riga and a plane. Today the woman lives as a recluse in Spain, does not keep in touch with colleagues in show business and does not give interviews. But the press managed to find out that Vetlitskaya’s affairs are still being handled by the Swiss lawyer Kerimova.

Wife

It is known for certain about his personal life from the biography of Suleiman Abusaidovich that he found his soul mate while still a student. His chosen one was fellow student Firuza Nazimovna Khanbalaeva. It was thanks to her father that the current oligarch began his successful career. The wife gave the businessman three children.

In 1990, the eldest daughter was born, to whom her parents gave the name Gulnara. Five years later, the family was replenished with a son, Abusaid, and in 2003, the businessman became a father for the third time. His youngest daughter's name is Aminat.

Charity

The charitable activities of Suleiman Kerimov are marked by the transfer of €1 million to a children's burn hospital. The reason for this was a car accident in which the oligarch got into in 2006. After which he underwent a long rehabilitation course. The billionaire's concern for children was also evident in his work on projects to provide targeted assistance to orphans and sick children.

Since 2013, an international charitable foundation created by Kerimov has been operating. It was here that the Dagestan senator donated the lion's share of his assets.

Thanks to the funds of Suleiman Abusaidovich, Makhachkala acquired a modern Anzhi Arena stadium. Under the guardianship of the billionaire is the Russian Wrestling Federation and the Sochi Center for Gifted Children “Sirius”.

Kompromat.Ru ®

I shook myself off and went

Brand faker Kerimov abandoned the pregnant daughter of actor Archil Gomiashvili

***

Definition: “Brand fakers are oligarchs who have affairs exclusively with stars” Bozena Rynska, SIM, April 2007

***

© Express Newspaper, 07/28/2007, Suleiman Kerimov’s mistress is pregnant. The oil king abandoned the daughter of actor Archil Gomiashvili

Elena Aronova

Their romance lasted four years. One of the richest people in Russia, the owner of Nafta-Moscow Suleiman Kerimov, generously gave gifts to 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 unsurpassed 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. Tina Kandelaki, sitting next to her, 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 - 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

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 make a career as a fashion designer. 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 wrote under the nickname blue eyes, “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

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.

***

***

Vetlitskaya was replaced by ballerina Anastasia Volochkova. The predecessor, not wanting to put up with the loss, threatened her rival that she would settle accounts with her by resorting to the help of bandits. Kerimov hired security for his new passion. But she soon did not suit the wealthy patron in some way, and they parted. After their breakup, Nastya started having troubles in the theater.

Having forgotten the ballerina, Kerimov became interested in actress Olesya Sudzilovskaya, and then had a long relationship with designer Katya Gomiashvili.

The oligarch was also credited with close relationships with Ksyusha Sobchak and Tina Kandelaki.

***