Portrait of God Nisanov

Rank #827

God Nisanov

Net worth $5.1B

Real estate · Russia

Born
Apr 24, 1972
Age
54
Source
Real estate
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education
Diploma, Baku Institute of Law

Net worth over time

Biography

  • God Nisanov and his partner Zarakh Iliev, who came to Moscow from Azerbaijan, own roughly 14 million of square feet of real estate in Moscow.
  • The partners developed a 225-acre wholesale distribution center, Food City, in Moscow and also several shopping centers on Moscow's outskirts.
  • In 2022 a real estate mogul Nisanov was hit with U.S. and U.K. sanctions in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  • Nisanov knows six foreign languages, including Arabic, Turkish and Farsi.
  • Vladimir Putin's classmate Ilgam Ragimov, who was a minority shareholder in several projects, transferred his shares to his son-in-law Araz Mekhdiev.