A person who for many years has been held in the hundreds of rich people according to Forbes does not like to be in the spotlight of the press, practically does not give an interview. At the same time, he speaks openly about his family, career and business. In this article we will tell all the known information about businessman Gavriil Yushvaev - a native of Dagestan, one of the rich people in Russia, who is also called the “global investor and philanthropist”.
Happy life of Yushvaev
He calls himself a happy family man: his beautiful wife is a former fashion model; the head of the family is Gavriil Yushvaev; children who inherit his business. This is his quiet haven. He himself grew up in a large and poor Jewish family. Did not get a full education. But applying great perseverance, diligence and talent to see possible ways to change his life, he managed to become the owner of a fortune of 1.2 billion US dollars. I must say that his financial condition has been kept at the same level for more than one year. The businessman managed to survive more than one crisis.
Fateful meeting
The fateful acquaintance with the Georgian Jew David Yakobashvili played a large role in his life . Today, these people are connected by long-term friendship and business affairs. A new friend introduced Gavriil Yushvaev to the intricacies of entrepreneurial activity, which at the time of their acquaintance had already been involved in more than one year. The first steps were so successful that it was just a career take-off. Yushvaev was able to prove among business people that productivity is important. The victory turned out to be the main one for Gavriil Yushvaev, and the biography with a “spot” is an insignificant fee for this.
Today on track record:
- Membership of the board of directors of one of the leading Wimm-Bill-Dann companies;
- President of the World Congress of Mountain Jews;
- management of RusAgroProject CJSC;
- subordinate to Agrocomplex Gorki-2 CJSC;
- Cattle Farm Naroosanovsky OJSC and Eisk Port Elevator OJSC have been added to the list in recent years;
- Interested in his high-tech and mining;
- real estate investments made.
What does people value?
Despite his achievements, Gavriil Yushvaev is notable for easy communication, appreciates male friendship, pride remains a human vice for him. He is not a burden to cook barbecue and treat them to working builders on the site. Fascinated by national dances. His athletic figure, direct evidence of friendship with sports.
Gavril Yushvaev (Mountain Jew by nationality), 61 years old, was born in a large family, July 23, 1957. The future billionaire left the house at eighteen. In search of happiness, he went to Moscow.
Acquaintance with the capital
In the capital, Gavril Yushvaev’s paths intersected with people, as they say, of "notoriety." In 1980, he was arrested for robbery, sentenced to 9 years. So the name Garik Makhachkala appeared. He never used this name in freedom. I have never hidden information about this page of my life. Although this piece of his biography pops up on the Internet, photos of those years are printed. Years passed when it was possible to graduate from college. There was another school of life. Since 1989, having been released, he began another page of life.
A meeting presented by fate
Gavriil Yushvaev sat during the reign of Brezhnev, and received freedom during the heyday of perestroika. Here the assertiveness of the Caucasian came in handy. But the biggest success in his life was his acquaintance with a future partner who did not look at his past and believed in him - David Yakobashvili. Today, both business partners are on the lists of Russian oligarchs and their rating position is slightly different. The first brainchild of entrepreneurs during perestroika was the Trinity car show. They were selling slightly maintained, but well-maintained cars from America. There were times when they themselves got behind the wheel and drove cars. Later, interests crossed in the gambling business: they acquired the Metelitsa casino (located on the Arbat).
These two people complement each other. Those who have encountered them in their activities say that Gavriil Abramovich Yushvaev is a “bear man” who is able to solve business problems, and Yakobashvili is “the brain of this business”. Yushvaev does not want to go public, at the same time Yakobashvili is his exact opposite. Over time, Gavriil Yushvaev, the Yakobashvili family also became related by a kinship line.
The times of prosperity of the car dealership were far from calm, and we also had to defend our brainchild ourselves. A security organization was created.
Photos of Garik Makhachkala’s past life are still surfacing on the Internet. Do not leave him alone because of a showdown in Moscow between Chechens and Dagestanis. Gavriil Yushvaev, a native of Dagestan, decided to protect a businessman who was familiar to him from work. Chechen collectors stumbled upon the intercession for a businessman. Yushvaev’s guards, who were professionals and leading athletes in mixed martial arts, fought back. The Chechens did not expect such behavior, since in recent years they obeyed meekly. The resistance of the two forces lasted more than one year. But the court put an end to it, sentencing Chechens to imprisonment and calling them guilty of conflict. The law-abidingness of Gabriel Yushvaev has been proven.
Large investment
The first major purchase was made by partners in 1993. Lianozovsky Dairy Plant almost fell into decay . At the beginning of its activity, the plant produced fruit and berry juices, which allowed to increase production. Years later, partners returned to dairy production. Today, dairy products of the plant make up 12% of all sales in this segment in Russia.
For ten years of work in this direction, the Wimm-Bill-Dann holding was created, which combined twenty-four enterprises in Russia.
In 2011, partners decided to sell WBD due to a decline in holding positions. The buyer was the American PepsiCo. The deal was concluded in the amount of 5.4 billion dollars, of which 1.1 billion US dollars - the share of businessman Yushvaev.
Projects of today
WBD partners continue to invest today in the development of small and medium businesses. They are interested in projects with a turnover of not more than a hundred million dollars.
Here are the projects that Gavriil Abramovich Yushvaev invested in, although initially they did not seem promising at all:
- Gold Investments - A 19.28% stake in Polyus Gold was purchased in February 2013. Later they were sold by Yushvaev to Said Karimov. The deal was not entirely profitable.
- In the complex "Eye", becoming a co-owner of business centers on the south side of the capital. Their cost is estimated at three billion rubles. The Eye Tower is eighty-five floors and 354 meters long.
- Investments in the Gorki-2 agricultural complex made him a landlord in this direction.
- In 2012, money was invested in service - ordering food from Delivery Hero restaurants. Yushvaev called friends investor. He gave money and forgot. For him, the restaurant business is just for the soul.
- In 2015, finances from the sale of WBD and Polyus Gold were allocated to the development of a drug by Humacyte Inc. Such a step brought the businessman’s activities to the international level. The medicine should help patients with kidney failure.
- Investments in recent years - Lyft taxi reservation service in America, $ 100 million invested in the business.
From 2015 to 2017, Gavriil Yushvaev invested about 500 million US dollars in companies with a focus on high technology.
The main brainchild of a businessman
Wimm-Bill-Dann was once the focus of his care and attention. The company is engaged in the production of various products: from food for babies to dairy products, soft drinks for adults. A network of retail outlets that sell goods manufactured by the company has been developed. It covers more than twenty cities of the country and the CIS countries. The quality of our products comes first. The Wimm-Bill-Dann company is known abroad today.
Today, businessman Yushvaev does not fully disclose all of his investment projects. Prefers to wait for the results. But all monetary investments are made on their own behalf, for this the businessman pays taxes in Russia. They exceeded the amount of $ 250 million.
In 2017, according to the rating of the Russian Forbes, Yushvaev was 82nd among Russian rich people.