Patokh Chodiev

Patokh Chodiev
Born15 April 1953 (1953-04-15) (age 71)
Djizak (Uzbekistan)
NationalityBelgian
EducationMoscow State Institute of International Relations
Occupation(s)Entrepreneur and philanthropist
AwardsOrder of Kurmet and Order of Friendship

Patokh Chodiev (Russian: Фа́ттох Каюмович Шо́диев; Fáttoh Kayúmovich Shódiev; born 15 April 1953)[1] is a Belgian-Uzbek oligarch and philanthropist.

He enriched himself in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, as he, Alexander Mashkevich and Alijan Ibragimov, obtained mineral and gas operations when they were privatized in Kazakhstan.[2] They founded the company Eurasian Natural Resources Corp.[3]

Chodiev was on the Forbes list of billionaires, before dropping off in 2020.[4] The Pandora Papers leaks revealed at least 25 offshore companies linked to Chodiev.[5] He received several decorations from Russia and Japan for his philanthropic actions and patronage of education, intercultural relations and the arts.

  1. ^ "Loi accordant les naturalisations: Chodiev, Patokh, né à Jizak (Ouzbékistan) (Russie) le 15 avril 1953". Belgian Official Journal (in French). Ministère de la Justice. 25 June 1997. Archived from the original on 4 November 2010.
  2. ^ Özcan, G. (30 April 2016). Building States and Markets: Enterprise Development in Central Asia. Springer. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-230-29695-4.
  3. ^ Werdigier, Julia (24 April 2013). "More Turnover at Kazakh Miner Listed in London". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Patokh Chodiev". Forbes. 4 March 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. ^ Times, The Brussels. "Panama Papers – Fortune of Belgian billionaire Chodiev concealed in Anguilla". www.brusselstimes.com. Retrieved 6 March 2022.