| Name: | Alisher Usmanov |
| Net Worth: | $17 billion |
| Source of Wealth: | Metallo Invest |
| Born: | September 9, 1953 |
| Age: | |
| Country: | Russia |
| Wife: | Irina Viner-Usmanova |
| Children: | Anton Viner |
| Residence: | Beechwood House, Highgate, London, UK |
| Private Jet: | Airbus A340 (M-IABU), Dassault Falcon 7X (LX-USM) |
| Yacht | Dilbar |
Alisher Usmanov is an Uzbek born Russian billionaire and founder of Metallo Invest. He was born in 1953.
Usmanov was married to Irina Viner-
He is a graduate of Moscow State Institute of International Relations. His wealth comes from mining and investments.
APRIL 2025: Please note the update by Mr. Usmanov’s Press Service at the end of this paragraph!
He is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest. Metalloinvest is a leading global iron ore and HBI producer and supplier.
He is also a co-
Besides this, he personally owns the Kommersant and Sekret Firmy Publishing Houses. He is a co-
Mail.Ru Group is Russia’s number one Internet company. Mail.RU reaches 85% of Russian users every month. It is the world’s fourth-
Mail.Ru operates two leading Russian social networks. My World and Odnoklassniki.ru. It also owns a 40% stake in VKontakte, Russia’s number one social networking site.
He is the largest investor in Digital Sky Technologies. DST was an early investor in Facebook.
Through DST and Mail.Ru Group investments, Mr. Usmanov holds stakes in some of the world’s leading and most valuable internet assets. Investments include Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, Spotify, Zocdoc, Airbnb, Alibaba, and 360buy.
He was a major shareholder in London’s Arsenal Football Club active in the premier league. In 2017 he was offered GBP 575 million for the club. Stan Kroenke offered to buy his stake in Arsenal FC.
The Arsenal shareholder is a close friend of Roman Abramovich.
In 2012 the company USM Holdings was formed to bring the assets of Usmanov together under one transparent holding company.
The main shareholders of USM Holdings are Usmanov with Vladimir Skoch and Farhad Moshiri. Vladimir Skoch is the father of Andrei Skoch). Their economic interests are divided 60%, 30%, and 10% respectively. Usmanov is the largest shareholder and holds 100% of the voting rights of USM Holdings.
His business partner Farhad Moshiri is the owner of FC Everton. The training ground of Everton is named USM Finch Farm.
How wealthy is Usmanov? He has a net worth of $17 billion. He is one of Russia’s richest men. And he is the world’s 73rd richest person. His assets include the superyacht Dibar, an Airbus A340 private jet, a Gulfstream G650 and a large real estate portfolio.
The business magnate owns one of the largest private jets. An Airbus A340 with registration M-
He also owned a Dassault Falcon 7X with registration LX-
His wife Irina Viner also owned a Dassault Falcon 7X, with registration LX-ZXP. (now sold and flying as N473K).
Usmanov was sanctioned by the USA, following the invasion of Russia in Ukraine. But according to Busines Insider, the US Treasury later made exemptions to sanctions on Alisher Usmanov. US officials feared that blocking the hundreds of businesses believed to be connected to Usmanov could wreak havoc on the global economy and supply chain.
We received the following message from Mr. Usmanov’s Press Service:
Neither Alisher Usmanov nor Gulbakhor Ismailova are the owners or controlling persons of the yacht Dilbar (and the associated with it Airbus H175 helicopter – , Airbus A340 ‘Bourkhan’ , property in the UK, including Beechwood House in Highgate North London and Sutton Place in Guildford. The yacht “Alaia” (or “Lady Gulya”) was never owned by Mr Usmanov. Those assets are owned and controlled (or was owned and controlled in case of “Alaia”) by the independent trustee of an irrevocable discretionary trust settled many years ago by Mr. Usmanov for estate planning purposes.
Mr. Usmanov has not been a beneficiary of the trust for a long time. Even when he was a beneficiary, he had no rights in respect of the assets in the trust. Moreover, Gulbakhor Ismailova has never been the owner or the controlling person of the Dilbar yacht. In February 2024, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) deleted its posts from social media where it had mistakenly named Ms. Ismailova as the legal owner of the Dilbar yacht.
Furthermore, on 14 March 2025, the EU Council removed Ms. Ismailova from the sanctions list. The EU decision to lift sanctions off Ms. Ismailova demonstrates that there are no grounds to justify sanctions against her and that the previous reasoning used for these purposes was vitiated with errors.
Please also note that the Dilbar yacht was not “seized” by German authorities. It was raided by German authorities in searches, some of which were later declared unlawful.
· As is publicly known, Mr. Usmanov owns less than 50% of USM Holdings. Furthermore, he has long since stepped away from running the business and does not make any management decisions in the company.
· Mr. Usmanov is an indirect shareholder of Metalloinvest and MegaFon, holding the stakes through USM Holdings, in which he owns less than 50%.
· Mr Usmanov sold his shares in UTH in 2018.
· Mr. Usmanov was an indirect shareholder of Mail.ru Group (further renamed VK), holding the stake through USM Holdings. Furthermore, in December 2021, USM Holdings sold its stakes in VK, thereby fully exiting its shareholding in VK.
· Mr Usmanov doesn’t own or control Dassault Falcon 7X with registration LX-USM.
· Mr. Usmanov and Irina Viner are no longer married, they divorced in 2022.
· Mr. Usmanov does not own ‘Klaret Group’ or Klaret Holdings Limited.
· Mr. Usmanov no longer invests in Digital Sky Technologies. Neither Mr. Usmanov nor any companies in which Mr. Usmanov has a direct or indirect interest currently hold stakes in such companies as Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, Spotify, Zocdoc, Airbnb, Alibaba, and 360buy. Investments in some of these companies have been made in the past, but all shares have since been sold.
And last but not least, it is incorrect to refer to Mr. Usmanov as an “oligarch”. By definition, this term refers to individuals who gained wealth through connections with the Russian state in the 1990s, and profited from privatization and the so-called “loans-for-shares” auctions.
This does not apply to Mr. Usmanov, who built his fortune independently through successful entrepreneurial activity. The EU Council has stopped using this label in relation to Mr. Usmanov and replaced it with “businessperson” in his updated sanctions reasoning. In that regard, we ask that you likewise refrain from using this term in reference to his name.
Please note that since 2022, more than 150 media outlets have had to correct their materials in which such inaccuracies were made, following both out-of-court and litigation proceedings. These include GQ, Forbes, NDR, WDR, Stern,Deutsche Welle, ZDF, RTL, Blick, Tagesspiegel and others.
We kindly request that you remove or correct the publications outlined above in English and all other languages for the benefit of your readers and for the sake of balanced reporting. Should you have any questions, we would be happy to assist.
Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter.
Respectfully yours,
Press Service of Alisher Usmanov
Many assets of Usmanov are legally owned by a ‘Klaret’ company.
The top holding is named Klaret Holdings Limited. According to official documents Alisher Usmanov is controlling shareholding in the Klaret Group.
His previous yacht Dilbar was registered to a company named Klaret Pacific Limited. And his Sutton Place residence in the UK is managed through a company named Klaret Limited.
Text in the Annual Accounts (a few years ago):
“6 Parent and ultimate parent undertaking
The company’s immediate parent is Klaret Holdings Limited, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.
The ultimate controlling party is considered by the directors to be Mr. A. Usmanov by virtue of his controlling shareholding in Klaret Holdings Limited.
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We also found:
Klaret Shipping Limited, Klaret Marine Limited, Klaret Tender Limited
Klaret Yachts Limited, Klaret Marine Support Limited, Klaret Helicopter Limited
Klaret Ocean Limited, Klaret (Antibes) Limited
Klaret Sky Leasing (owner of the helicopter G-
Klaret Sky Limited, Klaret Continental Limited
Klaret Continental Leasing Limited (owner of the current Dilbar)
En some info here: https://www.opensanctions.org/entities/NK-Q4PLzPQvQ9GXp8fvizK9G2/
In February 2020 Usmanov donated a US$ 9 million Manuscript to the Olympic Games Museum. The 14-
The document is advocating the resurrection of the ancient Greek Games. It is the most expensive piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at auction. Usmanov heads the international fencing federation
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He owns many houses around the world. But his main residence is Beechwood House in London. We were told he also owns a property in the United States. But we have not been able to identify the address.
His main house is Beechwood House in Highgate North London. Beechwood House has been owned by King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. And by Khalifa bin Hamad al Thani the Emir of Qatar.
In 2008 it was purchased by Usmanov for GBP 48 million.
He also owns Sutton Place in Guildford. This is a Grade I listed Tudor manor house built in 1525. The house was once owned by John Paul Getty. In 2007 Usmanov ordered a full restoration of the house. And he added a ‘pool wing’ with a 25-
He is the owner of the Lurssen yacht Dilbar, which is one of the largest yachts in the world. For a few years, he also owned the yacht Lady Gulya, named after his sister Gulbakhor Burkhanova. He sold Lady Gulya to Lakshmi Mittal, she is now named Alaiya.
Dilbar”, one of the world’s largest yachts, is owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov and was delivered to him in 2016.
The yacht was built by Lurssen, a renowned German shipbuilding company, and its exterior was designed by Espen Oeino, who is well-known in the yachting industry.
The interior design was created by Winch Design, and it features luxury amenities including a swimming pool and a helicopter pad.
“Dilbar” has a length of 156 meters and can accommodate 24 guests in 12 cabins, along with a crew of 96.
The yacht boasts an impressive cruising speed of 22.5 knots and a maximum speed of 26 knots.
The yacht’s name “Dilbar” was chosen in honor of Usmanov’s mother.
Usmanov’s net worth is approximately $18.4 billion, which allows him to cover the running costs of the yacht, estimated at around $60 million per year.
The initial cost of “Dilbar” was reported to be around $600 million, making it one of the most expensive yachts ever built.
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