Experts are sure that Radik Shaimiev would become successful and rich, not even the name of the support of the influential father - the first president of Tatarstan. Passion for the exact sciences, an innate industriousness, the habit of fulfilling the promised and planned, became the guarantors of his success in the business world.
According to the Forbes analytical publication, it’s him, Radik Shaimiev, a world-class master of sports in autocross, the main shareholder of the largest Russian holding TAIF, a dollar billionaire. What nuances of his biography are unknown to a wide audience? How was his career? Did Radik Mintimerovich help his influential father?
Biography
Radik Shaimiev was born in mid-November 1964. Data on the place of his birth in different sources vary. Some of them indicate that the future businessman was born in the regional village of Tatarstan under the name Menzelinsk, in some, the capital of the republic of Kazan is indicated as the birthplace. At the time of the birth of the second son, parents still did not have a high status, but they were not representatives of the middle class. The boy's father headed an agricultural enterprise, and his mother was a planning economist in the field of trade.
Radik differed from his peers in that he was unusually curious, from an early age showing interest in the exact sciences, but the boy did not refuse simple children's joys, he could pour it out, for which he was often punished. Parents chose a school for him in accordance with his interests - the future oligarch received secondary education at the Physics and Mathematics School of Kazan, which he graduated with honors. This allowed him to easily enter the Civil Engineering Institute.
The only thing that overshadowed Radik Mintimerovich’s childhood is the deviations in the cardiovascular system, because of which physical education was contraindicated to him. But the boy began to play sports on his own, to the school graduation was able to get rid of health problems.
While studying at the Kazan Civil Engineering Institute, the young man received a summons to the army. Despite the protests of his father, who could help him avoid military service, the guy decided to pass this test. He got into the Marine Corps, served for two years in a unit near Vladivostok, and then returned to the university.
Career
KISI (Kazan Institute of Civil Engineering) Radik Shaimiev graduated with honors from a planning and architecture engineer. After graduation, he tried to work by profession, then a year held a leadership position at the Vneshtorg Kazan enterprise, but private business attracted him more, and he decided to develop in this direction.
In 1992, together with partners, Radik Mintimerovich reorganized Kazan into an investment company TAIF (Tatar-American Investments and Finances). Having "caught the wave" of privatization, the new company began to actively buy up the largest enterprises of the republic. Media representatives clung literally to every step of the novice businessman and his partners, they were accused of taking assets abroad, but there was no direct evidence for this. But Shaimiev made profit from these scandals - he repeatedly sued various publications and won the courts.
From 1996 to the present, Radik Mintimerovich is a member of the board of directors of TAFI, but this is not his only enterprise. He owns the Kazan hotel Mirage (5 stars), FC Rubin, has a controlling stake in Avers Bank, a petrochemical plant called Kazanorgsintez, and TGK-16. The area of his interests is not limited to, but Radik does not like publicity, rarely shares his personal and career successes with representatives of the media.
Status and hobbies
Shaimiev Jr. is fond of sports, and even managed to monetize his hobby to some extent. After the acquisition of the Kazan football club, he somewhat moved away from the hotel business, but did not abandon other profitable enterprises.
Another hobby of a businessman is motorsport. He did not part with him from his youth and by 2003 had achieved significant success in this area - he became the winner of the European championship in autocross. The achievement was not a reason for the decline in activity, Shaimiev continues to take part in races. He proved himself in Estonia, Latvia, Finland, often becomes a participant in Russian competitions, and often their winner.
Radik Mintimerovich’s fortune exceeded one billion dollars back in 2013. It was then that he got on the list of 100 richest businessmen in Russia, and did not leave him anymore. There is a place in his life and charity - he was the main patron of the largest cultural and entertainment center in Tatarstan, for which he even received a government-level award.
