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Алише́р Бурха́нович Усма́нов (р. 9 сентября 1953, Чуст Наманганской области Узбекской ССР) — крупный российский предприниматель, важнейшая фигура концерна «Газпром», миллиардер, совладелец крупнейших металлургических предприятий — Михайловского и Лебединского горно-обогатительных комбинатов, «Уральской стали», Оскольского электрометаллургического комбината — сведённых в холдинг «Металлоинвест». Журнал Forbes в 2010 оценил его состояние в $7,2 млрд (№ 100 в мире и № 14 в России).
В апреле 2010 года британская газета The Sunday Times включила Усманова в десятку богатейших людей Великобритании. Он расположился на шестой позиции в рейтинге с состоянием в размере 4,7 миллиарда фунтов (рост по сравнению с прошлым годом на 213 процентов)
Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (born 9 September 1953, Namangan Province, Uzbek SSR, USSR) is a Russian based businessman of Uzbek origin. According to the 2010 edition of Forbes magazine, the oligarch is one of Russia’s richest men, with a fortune estimated at US$7.2 billion, and the world’s 100th richest person.Usmanov is married and is a graduate of Moscow’s elite state university.He has accrued his wealth from mining, lumber and investment. He is the majority shareholder of Metalloinvest, a Russian industrial conglomerate, which he founded to manage Gazprom’s metals interests.He is known in business circles as «the hard man of Russia». He was wrongly imprisoned for six years during the 1980s, but was later pardoned and the original conviction was squashed.
Usmanov is a major shareholder in London’s Arsenal Football Club, following in the footsteps of fellow Russians Roman Abramovich, owner of rival Chelsea, and Alexandre Gaydamak, former owner of Portsmouth.In February 2008, his Metalloinvest also became sponsor of Dinamo Moscow, the Russian capital’s football team. His Metalloinvest group’s name replaced the Xerox Corporation’s on its players’ shirts as part of the $7 million deal. «For me, Dinamo is a first love,» said Usmanov, the club’s website reported Usmanov as saying. The ballet fan had sidestepped a conflict of interest with Arsenal, London’s The Sun reported, ‘as Usmanov does not have any shares in the Moscow club. But he is on the board.’