Radik Shaimiev
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Refinery, chemicals
- Industry
- Energy
- Residence
- Kazan
- Education
- Kazan Institute of Civil Engineering (Master of Science in Engineering)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Assets
- Tatneft12,320,000 shares @ --TATN-RU
Biography
Radik Shaimiev made his fortune as a co-owner of the TAIF Group, a large regional holding company with assets in the Republic of Tatarstan.
He and his cofounders bought up most of TAIF's assets during Russia's privatization era in the mid 1990s.
In 2021, TAIF merged with petrochemical company Sibur. He and other TAIF shareholders got 15% of Sibur in exchange.
His father, Mintimer Shaimiev, was Tatarstan's first president and his brother, Airat Shaimiev, is a fellow billionaire.
About
TAIF was a sponsor of football club Rubin Kazan, which won the Russian Football Premier League In 2008 and 2009.
An avid race car driver, he won a European competition called Autocross in 2003.