- Category:
- Richest Business › Richest Billionaires
- Net Worth:
- $1.7 Billion
- Birthdate:
- 1957 (67 years old)
- Birthplace:
- Makhachkala
- Nationality:
- Russia
What is Gavril Yushvaev's Net Worth?
Gavril Yushvaev is a Russian businessman who has a net worth of $1.7 billion. Now one of the major shareholders in the milk and juice company Wimm-Bill-Dann, Gavril Yushvaev has earned his net worth through various investments. Literally, he has put his money in everything from car dealerships and casinos to dairy and juice businesses. Born Gavril Abramovich Yushvaev on July 23, 1957 in Makhachkala, Russia, he was very young when he moved to Moscow. There he ended up being imprisoned in 1980 for robbery. After he got released in 1989, he immediately started to deal with business.
In the early 1990s, he set up Trinity, which owned one of Moscow's first casinos, car dealerships and Metelitsa, a popular dance club in Moscow. Later on, he acquired a stake in Wimm-Bill-Dann and he sold his 19.6% share to Pepsico for $1.1 billion. In 2013, he teamed up with billionaire Zelimkhan Mutsoev to buy 38% stake in gold producer Polyus Gold for $3.6 billion. Also, he partnered with Vladislav Doronin, an ex-boyfriend of supermodel Naomi Campbell, and the two invested $300 million in a 4.3-million-square-foot Moscow real estate development. Reportedly, the vast real estate property will include an 85-story tower with a boutique hotel, offices, a multiplex and parking for 3,900 cars.
