{"id":89272,"date":"2021-07-13T17:13:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/georgian-billionaires\/"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:29:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T15:29:47","slug":"georgian-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/en\/georgian-billionaires\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgian Billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At various times, the Forbes list of global billionaires has included four Georgians, two of whom have made this year\u2019s ranking. Mikheil Lomtadze is new on the list. However, Georgians account only for $10 billion of the list members\u2019 total net worth of $13.1 trillion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Forbes list of billionaires now includes two citizens of Georgia. Mikheil Lomtadze is a new addition to the list of the world\u2019s wealthiest people. Through his business activities with the Kazakh fintech firm KASPI, Mr. Lomtadze amassed an estimated fortune of $3.8 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along with Mikheil Lomtadze, Georgia is represented on the billionaires list by former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until 2020, the billionaires list also included the Russian-based businessman Alexander Japaridze, whose net worth was $1.2 billion. However, he is no longer listed as a billionaire, and is ranked 125th in the index of richest business people in Russia with a net worth of $950 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Businessman David Yakobashvili was on the list of global billionaires in 2014. At that time, Forbes estimated his fortune to be worth $1.2 billion. According to Forbes Russia, he is currently worth $700 million and is the 173rd richest business person in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The combined wealth of Georgians who made the Forbes list is $10.25 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Bidzina Ivanishvili<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Net worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $4.8 billion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Position in the global index:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 589<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Age: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">65<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Source of wealth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Investments<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Citizenship:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Georgian<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Place of residence:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tbilisi<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Marital status: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Married<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Children: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83555\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-1536x1077.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-370x259.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-550x385.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-770x540.jpg 770w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-110x78.jpg 110w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-216x152.jpg 216w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-1-600x421.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1540px) 100vw, 1540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgia\u2019s wealthiest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, amassed his fortune in Russia during the 1990s. He co-founded one of Russia\u2019s first commercial banks, Rossiyskiy Kredit. He was also involved in Russian real estate, metallurgy and the pharmaceutical industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Ivanishvili managed his investments in the Russian Federation through the Unicor fund. After announcing his entry into Georgian politics, he gradually sold his Russian assets. Shares in his metallurgical plants were purchased by billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Vasily Anisimov. In 2012, Mr. Ivanishvili also sold his shares in Rossiyskiy Kredit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bidzina Ivanishvili started his business activities in Georgia in 1996 by founding Cartu Bank. The Cartu Group and the Cartu Charity Fund soon followed. In late 2020, the charity fund acquired the assets of the Tourism Development Fund, which included the Paragraph Hotel in Shekvetili and the Panorama project in central Tbilisi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bidzina Ivanishvili also owns the assets of the Co-Investment Fund, which invests in manufacturing, agriculture, real estate, and energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wealth over the Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84511\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1420\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina.jpg 1420w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina-1024x472.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina-768x354.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina-1170x540.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina-370x171.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Bidzina-600x277.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1420px) 100vw, 1420px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><b>Mikheil Lomtadze<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Net worth: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3.8 billion<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Position in the global index:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 832<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Age: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Source of wealth: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fintech and investments<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Citizenship: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Georgian <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Place of residence: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almaty<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Marital status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Single<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Education: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harvard MBA<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83557\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-1536x1077.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-370x259.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-550x385.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-770x540.jpg 770w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-110x78.jpg 110w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-216x152.jpg 216w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-2-600x421.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1540px) 100vw, 1540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mikheil Lomtadze has been CEO of Kaspi Bank in Kazakhstan since 2007. Digital transformation has allowed Kaspi to become the country\u2019s largest fintech company. The company\u2019s initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange in October 2020 ensured that Mr. Lomtadze and the Chairman of the Board of Supervision at Kaspi, Vyacheslav Kim, made the Forbes list of billionaires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mikheil Lomtadze was born on 17th October 1975 in Batumi. He obtained his bachelor\u2019s degree from the European School of Management in Tbilisi, before continuing his studies at Harvard Business School, graduating with an MBA degree in 2002.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Lomtadze started his business activities in Georgia, founding the auditing firm GCG Audit in 1995. The company became part of the Ernst &amp; Young Group several years later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2002, Mikheil Lomtadze has held the position of Investment Manager at the Baring Vostok Capital Partners investment fund, becoming a partner in 2004. The investment fund later became one of the leading shareholders and investors in Kaspi Bank. Mr. Lomtadze assumed the position of CEO of Kaspi Bank in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Alexander Japaridze<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Net worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $950 million<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Position in Forbes Russia index: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">125<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Age: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">65<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Source of wealth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Oil production and investments<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Citizenship: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russian<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Place of residence: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moscow<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Education: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moscow Oil Institute<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Marital status: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Married<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Children: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83556\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-1536x1077.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-370x259.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-550x385.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-770x540.jpg 770w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-110x78.jpg 110w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-216x152.jpg 216w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-4-600x421.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1540px) 100vw, 1540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Forbes Russia, businessman Alexander Japaridze\u2019s fortune is currently worth $950 million. He was part of the Forbes Billionaires List in 2012. At that time, the international publication estimated his net worth to be $1.2 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexander Japaridze made his fortune in the oil exploration and production sector. He founded Petro Alliance in 1995, selling the company several years later. In 2004, he purchased a Lukoil subsidiary firm for $130 million and established the Eurasia Drilling Company on its base. The organization currently employs 18,000 people. It earnt$1.6 billion in revenues in 2019, $1.65 billion in 2018, and $2 billion in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2015, Schlumberger announced that it was purchasing 50% of shares in Eurasia Drilling Company. However, the deal collapsed due to the deteriorating relationship between Russia and the West.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wealth over the Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84510\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1468\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze.jpg 1468w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze-1024x452.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze-370x163.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Japaridze-600x265.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1468px) 100vw, 1468px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><b>David Yakobashvili<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>Net worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $700 million<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Position in the Forbes Russia index:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 173<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Age:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 64<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Source of wealth: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Investments<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Citizenship:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Russian<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Education:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tbilisi Technical University (did not graduate)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Marital status:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Married<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Children:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83554\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1540\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3.jpg 1540w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-1536x1077.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-370x259.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-550x385.jpg 550w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-770x540.jpg 770w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-110x78.jpg 110w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-216x152.jpg 216w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/miliardelebi-3-600x421.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1540px) 100vw, 1540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forbes Russia estimates businessman David Yakobashvili to be worth $700 million. According to Forbes, his net worth reached a high of $1.2 billion in 2014. At that time, he was on the list of global billionaires. He is currently the 173rdrichest person in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Yakobashvili is the co-founder of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, one of Europe\u2019s largest manufacturers of dairy products and fruit juices. The company was purchased by PepsiCo in 2010, as a result of which, Mr. Yakobashvili received $600 million for his 10.5% stake. Apart from the food industry, he is also involved in the oil business. In 2011, he founded Petrocas Energy, which owns the entire network of Gulf petrol stations and an oil terminal. The Russian energy giant Rosneft purchased a 49% stake in the group in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2019, David Yakobashvili opened the Sobranie museum in Moscow, which displays classical art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wealth over the Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-84509\" src=\"https:\/\/forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1480\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili.jpg 1480w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili-1024x484.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili-768x363.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili-370x175.jpg 370w, https:\/\/dev.forbes.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Iakobishvili-600x284.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At various times, the Forbes list of global billionaires has included four Georgians, two of whom have made this year\u2019s ranking. Mikheil Lomtadze is new on the list. However, Georgians account only for $10 billion of the list members\u2019 total net worth of $13.1 trillion. 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