Alexander Klyachin

Alexander Klyachin (Russian: Александр Ильич Клячин) is a Russian entrepreneur and investor. According to Forbes, as of April 2021, his fortune is estimated at $1,600 million in 2020, making him the 60th richest businessperson in Russia. He is the Head of the investment company Gleden Invest. Also, he founded the international hotel chain Azimut Hotels and owns the fashionable Metropol Hotel near the Moscow Kremlin. Alexander is a large commercial real estate developer and owns KR Properties and the Karat cheese factory in Moscow. Mass media allege him of being a major corporate raider, getting hold of plots of land by using complicated juridical schemes within land-use conflicts. Novye Izvestia newspaper 2021 published a report disclosing schemes involving land where the Russian business centre of the Swedish Ikea company has resided for decades.