Portrait of Iskander Makhmudov

Rank #352

Iskander Makhmudov

Net worth $9.7B

Mining, metals, machinery · Russia

Born
Dec 05, 1963
Age
62
Source
Mining, metals, machinery
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education
Master of Arts/Science, Tashkent State University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • The Uzbekistan-born Makhmudov was the main owner of copper producer Ural Mining Metallurgical Company (UMMC), which has controlling stakes in more than 40 plants in 11 regions of Russia.
  • In 2022 UMMC press office reported that Makhmudov was no longer the controlling beneficiary of the company and left the board of directors. Forbes still counts the shares as his.
  • Makhmudov is also a non-controlling shareholder in Transmashholding, Russia's largest maker of locomotives and rail equipment.
  • UMMC spent $100 million building the Shayba ice arena for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, which it gave to the Russian government after the games.
  • His business partner Andrei Bokarev, who holds stakes in several of the same companies as Makhmudov, is also a billionaire.
  • From 1984 to 1988, he worked as an interpreter for a group of Soviet military advisers in Libya and Iraq.
  • His son Dzhakhangir, who previously worked for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, is UMMC's Chief Transformation Officer.

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