Alexander Klyachin

Alexander Klyachin
Born
Александр Ильич Клячин

(1967-05-18) May 18, 1967 (age 57)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
NationalityRussian
Alma materOregon State University
Moscow State University
Occupation(s)entrepreneur, investor
Years active1993-

Alexander Klyachin (Russian: Александр Ильич Клячин) is a Russian entrepreneur and investor. According to Forbes, as of April 2021, his fortune is estimated at $1,600 million in 2020, making him the 60th richest businessperson in Russia.[1] He is the Head of the investment company Gleden Invest. Also, he founded the international hotel chain Azimut Hotels and owns the fashionable Metropol Hotel near the Moscow Kremlin. Alexander is a large commercial real estate developer and owns KR Properties and the Karat cheese factory in Moscow.[2] Mass media allege him of being a major corporate raider, getting hold of plots of land by using complicated juridical schemes within land-use conflicts.[3] Novye Izvestia newspaper 2021 published a report disclosing schemes involving land where the Russian business centre of the Swedish Ikea company has resided for decades.[4]

  1. ^ "Клячин Александр Ильич". Forbes.ru (in Russian). April 15, 2014.
  2. ^ "Выпускники 57 — директория". dir.alumni57.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ "В погоне за рейдером". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  4. ^ "Everything around belongs to the state farm... The story of how Alexander Klyachin became a landlord". en.newizv.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-23.