Vagit Alekperov
Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov (, ; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian–Azerbaijani businessman. He was the President of the oil company Lukoil from 1993 until 2022. As of 16 April 2021, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index by Bloomberg L.P., Alekperov has an estimated net worth of , making him the ninety-fourth wealthiest person in the world and the fifth in Russia. Alekperov previously owned a 36.8% stake in football club Spartak Moscow. Fellow former Spartak owner Leonid Fedun is Akelperov's close associate. Alekperov also owns superyacht builder Heesen Yachts. As part of the international governmental responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia have imposed sanctions against Alekperov. Biography Alekperov was born on September 1, 1950, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, one of the earliest centers of the international petroleum industry. His father, who died when Vagit was a boy, worked in the oilfields all his life and inspired Alekperov to follow in his footsteps. Alekperov's father was an Azerbaijani Muslim and his mother, Russian Orthodox. Alekperov is religious, but does not define himself as either Muslim or Orthodox. In 1974, Alekperov graduated from the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute. Western Siberia Alekperov moved to Western