Alisher Usmanov is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which consolidated in 2006 JSC Metalloinvest's assets with those of Gazmetall JSC.
38 Facts About Alisher Usmanov
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Alisher Usmanov was the president of the Federation Internationale d'Escrime, the international governing body of the sport of fencing, from 2008 until 2022.
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On 28 February 2022, in reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union blacklisted Alisher Usmanov, imposing an EU-wide travel ban on him and freezing all his assets.
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Alisher Usmanov spent six years in a Soviet prison in the 1980s on charges of fraud and embezzlement, but his conviction was later overturned.
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Alisher Usmanov was arrested and convicted on charges of fraud, corruption, and theft of state property, which charges included shaking down an Army officer, in Uzbek SSR in August 1980.
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Alisher Usmanov, who is Muslim, married Jewish rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Viner in 1992.
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On May 4,2022, Alisher Usmanov filed divorce from Irina Viner.
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Alisher Usmanov worked as the Deputy General Director of Intercross JSC from 1990 to 1994, and from 1994 to 1998, he headed Interfin Interbank Investment and Finance Company.
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Alisher Usmanov acted as an Adviser to the General Director of Moscow Aviation Industrial Enterprise from 1994 to 1995, and served as the First Deputy Chairman of MAPO-Bank from 1995 to 1997.
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Unlike Russia's tycoons who won control of empires through loans-for-share privatization schemes of the 1990s, Alisher Usmanov built up Metalloinvest through a series of acquisitions.
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Alisher Usmanov is the second largest shareholder, after Dr Mohammed Al Bawani, in Toronto-listed Nautilus Minerals, which planned to extract undersea gold and copper deposits off Papua New Guinea in 2019.
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In 2008 Alisher Usmanov bought the Udokan licence, which was discovered in Soviet times and proved to be one of the world's largest copper deposit.
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On 2 December 2021, Alisher Usmanov's holding shares were sold to Russian insurance company Sogaz.
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Alisher Usmanov made his first investment to Facebook in 2009 by Mail.
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Facebook's IPO in 2012 valued it several times greater and in selling his stake Alisher Usmanov won around $1 billion on it.
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Alisher Usmanov subsequently disposed of his shares in early 2014.
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Alisher Usmanov sold his TV assets to his business-partner Ivan Tavrin in 2017.
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Alisher Usmanov was a shareholder of the English football team Arsenal from 2007 to 2018.
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Alisher Usmanov then purchased shares held by Scottish football club Rangers in February 2012.
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Alisher Usmanov criticized Arsenal's lack of ambition and financial model in an open letter sent to the board on 5 July 2012.
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In January 2017, Alisher Usmanov's holding company, USM, entered a five-year, $15 million+ deal with Everton FC for the naming rights of the club's training ground, Finch Farm.
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Alisher Usmanov was president of the Russian Fencing Federation from 2001 to 2009.
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Alisher Usmanov was concurrently president of the European Fencing Confederation from 2005 to 2009.
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Alisher Usmanov was elected president of the International Fencing Federation in 2008 with 66 votes to 61 for incumbent president Rene Roch.
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In 2021, Alisher Usmanov was re-elected by acclamation to a fourth term, for which he was congratulated by Vladimir Putin.
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On 28 February 2022, in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union blacklisted Alisher Usmanov, imposing an EU-wide travel ban on him and freezing all of his assets.
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Alisher Usmanov was a member of the Councils of the 2014 Sochi XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games.
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On 28 February 2022, in reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union blacklisted Alisher Usmanov, imposing an EU-wide travel ban on him and freezing all his assets.
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In December 2022, a Ukraine Court ordered the seizure of UAH 2 billion worth of Alisher Usmanov's assets, comprising 160,000 tonnes of Ukrainian iron ore.
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In 2012, it was claimed by businessman Boris Berezovsky that Alisher Usmanov was given Sutton Place as part of a business deal, a claim that Alisher Usmanov denied.
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Alisher Usmanov later repeated that process when the second Dilbar was renamed Ona and was sold to a middle-eastern buyer in 2018.
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On 2 March 2022, German authorities seized Dilbar in Hamburg as part of sanctions against Alisher Usmanov stemming from the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
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In 2006 Alisher Usmanov founded "Art, Science and Sport" Charity Fund.
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In February 2020, it was revealed Alisher Usmanov purchased Pierre de Coubertin's original 1892 Olympic Manifesto for $8.8 million.
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In 2011, Alisher Usmanov received the Order of Friendship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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In 2014, Alisher Usmanov received the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his community and charitable activities.
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In 2018 Alisher Usmanov received the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd class.
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On 4 December 2014, Alisher Usmanov paid $4.8m for Dr James Watson's Nobel Prize Medal in Physiology or Medicine, which was auctioned at Christie's in New York City.