Rank #2946
Igor Yakovlev
Net worth $1.3B
home appliance stores · Russia
- Born
- Aug 14, 1965
- Age
- 60
- Source
- home appliance stores
- Residence
- Moscow
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Master of Science in Engineering, Dagestan Polytechnic Institute
Net worth over time
Biography
- Igor Yakovlev is the founder of Kari, a Russian retailer of shoes, accessories and household products, which he founded in 2012.
- Kari boasts 1,200 locations across Russia, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Yekaterinburg, among other cities.
- He also has stake in Sulpak, a large consumer electronics retailer in Kazakhstan; the company makes up a small part of his fortune.
- In 2008 Yakovlev bought a 50% stake in FC Anzhi Makhachkala, a professional soccer club in Russia. Three years later he sold it to fellow Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.