Deni Bazhaev is one of the youngest rich bachelors in the country. According to Forbes magazine for 2018, he ranks 163rd in the ranking of the richest people in Russia with a capital of $600 million. Currently, Denis, together with his uncle, successfully manages the business inherited after the death of his father.
Biography of Denis Bazhaev
A young man was born in Moscow on January 7, 1996 in the family of businessman Ziya Bazhaev, founder of the Alliance Group, and Madina Bazhaeva. In 2000, when the boy was 4 years old, his father died in a plane crash. The Yak-40 plane, on which they were flying with Artem Borovik, president of the Sovershenno Sekretno media holding, crashed.
Dani took an IQ test at the age of twelve and got a score of 148 (for an adult, the average is from 100 to 115). In the list of 20,000 smartest people in Russia, he took 2462nd place. Denis Bazhaev is not only a rich heir, but also a child prodigy.
In 2012, the young man graduated from MES (Moscow Economic School), in 2016year - MGIMO. Then he continued his studies at the London School of Economics (LSE) by correspondence.
Family business
The founder of the business of the Chechen Bazhaev family was Deni's father, Ziya. He managed the representative office of the oil trader Lia Oil (Switzerland) in Moscow.
In 1998, together with his brothers (the elder Mavlit and the younger Musa), he created the Alliance Group. The oil company Alliance Oil has become the main asset of this holding company.
After the death of his father, Bazhaev Deni Ziyaudinovich inherited the company in equal shares with his uncle Musa Bazhaev, who took over the reins of government. They owned 30% of the shares. 25% was received by the elder brother Mavlit, 2.5% each went to the wives of Zia and Musa. The remaining 10% was shared between 2 group managers.
In 2014, Alliance Group sold its main asset to Independent Oil and Gas Company. Former oilmen are now engaged in precious metals: platinum and gold.
Today, Musa and Deni Bazhaev own equal shares of the Russian Platinum company (they each have 40% of the shares). Mavlit's older brother does not have a share in this project, but after the sale of the oil company, he participated with his nephew and brother in the purchase of a resort in Sardinia for 180 million euros.
The Russian Platinum company is building the Platinum Arena sports complex in Krasnoyarsk with its own money. In 2019, it will host figure skating competitions and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Universiade.
Private life
Deni Bazhaev avoids publicity. It has no pagessocial networks, he does not post his photos on the Internet. Sisters and brothers, of which Dany has many, ignore any questions about him on their Internet pages.
Deni Bazhaev likes to play football and chess in his free time (he is the champion of Moscow). He is also a candidate master of sports in sambo.
He prefers to spend his winter holidays with his brothers at ski resorts, where he rides a snowboard. In the summer they vacation in Turkey or Spain.
Deni Bazhaev likes to spend his evening leisure also in the company of his brothers in expensive Moscow restaurants incognito.
There is no information about the young man's personal life. It is only known that he is not married. According to family traditions, only a purebred Chechen woman can become the wife of a rich heir.
