page_title: Suleyman Kerimov
section_title: Philanthropy
hierarchical_section_title: Suleyman Kerimov / Philanthropy
caption_attribution_description: Русский: На открытии Московской соборной мечети после реконструкции. Слева направо: мэр Москвы Сергей Собянин, член Совета Федерации России от Дагестана Сулейман Керимов, Президент Турции Реджеп Тайип Эрдоган, Владимир Путин, председатель Совета муфтиев России Равиль Гайнутдин и председатель Палестинской Автономии Махмуд Аббас.
context_page_description: Suleyman Abusaidovich Kerimov is a Lezgin billionaire businessman, philanthropist and politician. In 2007, Kerimov established the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation as a vehicle to focus his philanthropic efforts. Since 2008, Kerimov has represented the Republic of Dagestan in the Federation Council of Russia. In April 2018, he was placed under sanctions by the United States Department of Treasury. As of July 26, 2020, American business magazine, Forbes reported that Suleyman has an estimated net worth of USD $21.3 billion ranking him the 56th richest person in the world.
context_section_description: Kerimov established the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation in 2007, with a vision to enhance the lives of young people in Russia and throughout the world, by investing in initiatives that strengthen communities and help those in need. Unlike most charities in Russia, the foundation work closely with the government, meaning their projects have much better long-term prospects.
  Suleyman Kerimov Foundation collaborates with the Russian Wrestling Federation ,as well as other sports programs, on supporting gym construction and equipment provision, for several hundred Russian athletes and coaches across the country. Since the inception of the Suleyman Kerimov Foundation in 2007 close to 300 grants totaling over 300 million CHF have been awarded. Funding has been given in accordance with the Foundation's identified ten core funding areas, with special emphasis in the areas of education, religion, social aspects, medicine and sport.
  The Suleyman Kerimov Foundation partners closely with the Russian charity Podari Zhizn.
  In 2007 Kerimov became a sponsor of the Kennedy Kennedy Center Honors in Washington: annual awards for a lifetime achievement in the arts.
  Suleyman Kerimov is head of the supervisory board of the Russian Wrestling Federation, and is a member of the Gorchakov Foundation's supervisory board.
  On 17 December 2010, the press reported that Kerimov will spend $100 million on the reconstruction of the Zarechenskaya secondary school, an advanced comprehensive school west of Moscow "for educating children from different social groups." The school will include a modern sports complex with a swimming pool, a skating-rink, a giant dance floor, as well as a residential area for gifted children from the provinces. Reconstruction was completed in 2015.
  The Kerimov Foundation also donated to mosque and church constructions and sent thousands of pilgrims to Mecca on Hajj annually. Kerimov spent $100 million on the construction of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque.
  Suleyman Kerimov became a sponsor of the Sirius educational centre for gifted children, located in Sochi and Dagestan.
caption: Kerimov, Mahmoud Abbas, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan opened Moscow's Cathedral Mosque, 23 September 2015.
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