PROFILE
Finance & Investments
#124 Suleiman Kerimov & family
$14.7B
$371 M | 2.46%

REAL TIME NET WORTH

as of 12/9/21
Reflects change since 5 PM ET of prior trading day
Photo by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
  • Suleiman Kerimov gets most of his fortune from his 76% stake in Russia's biggest gold producer, Polyus.
  • A trained economist, Kerimov made a career investing in distressed companies in Russia.
  • He cashed out and heavily invested in investment banks such as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs before the 2008 financial meltdown. He lost billions.
  • Kerimov recovered by betting on Polyus.
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Personal Stats
Age55
Source of Wealthinvestments, Self Made
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
CitizenshipRussia
Marital StatusMarried
Children3
EducationBachelor of Arts/Science, Dagestan State University
Did you know
A native of Dagestan, Kerimov represents the republic in Russia's Federation Council.
To get around a law barring politicians from holding financial assets abroad, he pledged his assets to a Swiss charity and gave shares in Polyus to his son Said; Forbes assumes Kerimov is the true owner.
Net worth over time
$6.5B
Billionaires
March 2012
$7.1B
Billionaires
March 2013
$6.9B
Billionaires
March 2014
$3.4B
Billionaires
March 2015
$1.6B
Billionaires
March 2016
$6.3B
Billionaires
March 2017
$6.4B
Billionaires
March 2018
$6.3B
Billionaires
March 2019
$10B
Billionaires
April 2020
$15.8B
Billionaires
April 2021
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