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Alisher Usmanov
Sign in to saveAlso known as Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov, Alisher B. Usmanov
Russian billionaire
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1953-09-09 ) 9 September 1953 (age 72) , Chust , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union
- Citizenship
- Russia, Uzbekistan
- Alma mater
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
- Occupations
- Businessman, investor
- Years active
- 1980s–present
- Known for
- Primary shareholder of USM Holdings (49%) President of the International Fencing Federation (2008–2022, 2024) Former shareholder of Arsenal Early investor in Facebook , Alibaba , Twitter
- Criminal charges
- Fraud, embezzlement (1980, vacated 2000)
- Criminal penalty
- 8 years imprisonment (served 6, 1980–1986)
- Spouse
- Irina Viner ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1992 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2022 )
- Awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (4th and 3rd Class) Order of Alexander Nevsky Order of Honour Order "Dostyk" (Kazakhstan) Order of El-Yurt Hurmati (Uzbekistan) Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- Preceded by
- René Roch
- Succeeded by
- Himself (2024)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uzbekistan
- Place of birth
- Chust
- Spouse
- Irina Viner-Usmanova
- Occupation
- patron of the arts
- Position held
- chairperson
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Uzbek
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Alisher Usmanov podium 2013 Fencing WCH SMS-IN t204812.jpg
- Residence
- Tegernsee
- Significant event
- Paradise Papers
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- Commons category
- Alisher Usmanov
- date of birth
- 1953-09-09
- name in native language
- Alisher Burxonovich Usmonov
- sports discipline competed in
- fencing
- ethnic group
- Uzbeks
- net worth
- 12600000000
- social media followers
- 14400
- P10632
- Alisher Usmanov
- affiliation string
- USM Holdings
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Encyclopedic overview
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Uzbek: Alisher Burxonovich Usmonov, Russian: Алишер Бурханович Усманов; born 9 September 1953) is a Russian-Uzbek billionaire. Usmanov is the 149th richest person in the world according to Forbes, with a net worth of $16.8 billion, largely due to his stake in USM Holdings, in which Usmanov holds less than 50%.
Usmanov was a successful entrepreneur in the Soviet Union in the 1980s but made substantial wealth after the collapse of the Soviet Union primarily through investments in metal and mining operations as well as large early investments in technology companies such as Facebook, Twitter, VK, and Alibaba Group.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alisher Usmanov” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.