Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Uzbek: Alisher Usmonov, Алишер Бурханович Усмонов) (born 9 September 1953) is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate. According to March 2014 Forbes website data, the oligarch Usmanov is Russia's richest man, with a fortune estimated at $18.6 billion, and the world's 34th richest person. According to the December 2013 Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he has an estimated net worth of $19.6 billion, making him the 37th richest person in the world. In April 2013, the Sunday Times listed him as the richest person in the UK, ousting Lakshmi Mittal for the number one spot, coming in with a net worth of $22.5 billion according to theguardian.com.He built his wealth through metal and mining operations, and investments, and is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which consolidated in 2006 JSC METALLOINVEST’s assets (the Mikhailovsky GOK and the Ural Steel) with those of Gazmetall JSC (the Lebedinsky GOK and the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant).He owns the Kommersant Publishing Houses. He is a co‑owner of Russia's second-largest mobile telephone operator, MegaFon, and co-owner of Mail.ru, the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world, which owns stakes in popular web portals like Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte and others.Usmanov is the largest investor of Digital Sky Technologies (“DST”) funds, and holds shares in a number of international technology companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, AirBnB, ZocDoc, Alibaba and 360buy.In 2013, Usmanov was said to have invested $100 million in Apple.Usmanov is the president of the FIE, the international governing body of fencing, and he has invested in fencing programs and fencing development around the globe. He is also a major shareholder in Arsenal Football Club.In February 2008, his Metalloinvest also became sponsor of Dinamo Moscow, the Russian capital's football team. His Metalloinvest group's name replaced the Xerox Corporation's on its players' shirts as part of the $7 million deal. While he has repeatedly been accused of various crimes or using or giving political favors (including a 1980 fraud conviction which was subsequently vacated), he has vigorously denied all accusations.. }
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- Alisher_Usmanov abstract "Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (Uzbek: Alisher Usmonov, Алишер Бурханович Усмонов) (born 9 September 1953) is an Uzbek-born Russian business magnate. According to March 2014 Forbes website data, the oligarch Usmanov is Russia's richest man, with a fortune estimated at $18.6 billion, and the world's 34th richest person. According to the December 2013 Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he has an estimated net worth of $19.6 billion, making him the 37th richest person in the world. In April 2013, the Sunday Times listed him as the richest person in the UK, ousting Lakshmi Mittal for the number one spot, coming in with a net worth of $22.5 billion according to theguardian.com.He built his wealth through metal and mining operations, and investments, and is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which consolidated in 2006 JSC METALLOINVEST’s assets (the Mikhailovsky GOK and the Ural Steel) with those of Gazmetall JSC (the Lebedinsky GOK and the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant).He owns the Kommersant Publishing Houses. He is a co‑owner of Russia's second-largest mobile telephone operator, MegaFon, and co-owner of Mail.ru, the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world, which owns stakes in popular web portals like Odnoklassniki, Vkontakte and others.Usmanov is the largest investor of Digital Sky Technologies (“DST”) funds, and holds shares in a number of international technology companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Groupon, Zynga, AirBnB, ZocDoc, Alibaba and 360buy.In 2013, Usmanov was said to have invested $100 million in Apple.Usmanov is the president of the FIE, the international governing body of fencing, and he has invested in fencing programs and fencing development around the globe. He is also a major shareholder in Arsenal Football Club.In February 2008, his Metalloinvest also became sponsor of Dinamo Moscow, the Russian capital's football team. His Metalloinvest group's name replaced the Xerox Corporation's on its players' shirts as part of the $7 million deal. While he has repeatedly been accused of various crimes or using or giving political favors (including a 1980 fraud conviction which was subsequently vacated), he has vigorously denied all accusations.".