The well-known Chechen businessman and statesman is famous throughout the country for his extravagant deeds and novels attributed to him with Russian and world celebrities. The biography of ex-senator Umar Dzhabrailov is filled with such stories. Photos of the businessman have graced the pages of many glossy magazines and yellow press.
Early years
Umar Dzhabrailov's biography began in Grozny, where his parents, who had previously been deported to Kazakhstan, returned. Therefore, he was born already in the capital of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on June 28, 1958. He was brought up in a large Chechen family, Umar has two sisters and three brothers. His father Ali (Alvi) Israpilovich Dzhabrailov worked as a secretary of the district committee of the Komsomol, then moved to work in the oil industry. In his spare time he liked to write poetry. Rumi Sarakaeva's mother was engaged in housekeeping and raising children.
In 1973, Dzhabrailov graduated from high school in Grozny and moved to the country's capital. Here he isstudied at the fur technical school, owned by Rospotrebsoyuz. From 1977 to 1979 he served in the strategic missile units in Korosten, Zhytomyr region of the Ukrainian SSR. In the army, he joined the Communist Party, which he ceased membership in 1989.
Study and first job
After demobilization in the biography of Umar Dzhabrailov, the Moscow period continued, he came to the capital to take exams at MGIMO. He was a little unlucky - he did not get just the score necessary for admission to the country's most prestigious university. Umar remained to study at the preparatory department, like all those who served in the army, he had such a right. After a year of preparatory studies, he became a student at the Faculty of Economics at MGIMO, graduating with honors in 1985 with a degree in International Economic Relations.
Umar received a free distribution and got a job at the department at his native institute, where he worked as a laboratory assistant from 1986 to 1988. In the perestroika years that began, he got a job in one of the first cooperative galleries as an art inspector. In 1989, he represented the interests of several foreign companies in the country, since he speaks English, German and Italian and understands and expresses himself a little more.
First experiences in business
In 1989, Umar Dzhabrailov's entrepreneurial biography began, he established his first company, Danako, which was engaged in the sale of petroleum products. worked in itCEO until 1994, the company owned a network of gas stations in Moscow and the Moscow region and supplied oil products to state-owned enterprises. In 1993, Umar and his partner opened a French fashion store at the Slavyanskaya Hotel.
During these years, the Chechen businessman met the American Paul Tatum. They organized a joint venture, where Dzhabrailov became the first deputy general director. He managed to save the Slavyanskaya hotel for the company, which the Moscow Property Committee intended to take. In 1996, in the biography of Umar Alievich Dzhabrailov, the first big scandal took place, which made him famous throughout the country. The American partner publicly accused Umar of intending to kill him. In November 1996, Teitum, along with the guards, was shot dead near the Kyiv railway station. The connection of the Chechen businessman with the murder was not established, but he was banned from entering the United States.
Business success
In 1997, Umar Dzhabrailov began his career as the head of the Plaza group of companies. He continued to work in the Radisson-Slavyanskaya hotel complex, transferring to the position of adviser to the general director. The Group provided property management services in the capital. Also during these years, he worked as Deputy Director for Marketing and Leasing at Manezhnaya Ploshchad.
One of the companies of the Millennium group, engaged in show business, building and operatingnight club "VI:RUS". Another of the Plaza business structures specialized in outdoor advertising, it owned about 20% of outdoor advertising surfaces in Moscow. In the early 2000s, the biography of businessman Umar Dzhabrailov continued in the banking sector. First, he joined the board of directors of the bank, and in 2001 became chairman of the board of directors of the commercial bank First OVK.
In public service
In 2000, Dzhabrailov ran for the presidency of Russia, as he himself said - by his act he wanted to show that there is no discrimination against Chechens in the country. The businessman declared an annual income of 8.66 million rubles, an apartment and a BMW 850 car.
In 2004 he was appointed a member of the Federation Council from the Chechen Republic, where he worked as deputy chairman of the committee on international affairs. In 2006, he suggested that the president of Chechnya leave his post ahead of schedule, who followed his advice, and Ramzan Kadyrov was elected to this place. In 2009, he left of his own accord. From 2009 to 2013, he served as Advisor to the Assistant to the Head of State.
Private life
In the biography of Dzhabrailov Umar Alievich there were two marriages, from his second wife he has two daughters Danata and Alvina, who live with their mother in Monte Carlo.
He is a frequenter of star parties, often appearing at them together with famous beauties. Photos of the businessman along with Zhanna Friske, Alexa and even the famous black panther Naomi Campbell adorned the pages of manytabloids.
In 2017, the Chechen businessman again appeared on the front pages of almost all Russian media resources. Dzhabrailov was detained for shooting at the ceiling with a Yarygin award pistol at the Four Seasons Hotel. He himself called it an unfortunate accident.
