Editing Vagit Alekperov (section)

{{Short description|Azerbaijani businessman (born 1950)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Yusufovich|Alekperov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Vagit Alekperov
| image              = Вагит Алекперов.jpg
| caption            = Alekperov in 2013
| native_name        = {{nobold|Vahid Ələkbərov}}
| native_name_lang   = az
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1950|9|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Baku]], Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
| occupation         = Chairman of the supervisory board of Basic Element Company
| nationality        = Azerbaijani
| citizenship        = Russia
| alma_mater         = [[Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University]] ,
[[Master of Engineering]]
| spouse             = Larisa Victorovna Alekperova
| children           = 1
| website            = 
| awards             = {{plainlist |
* [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] (2nd class)
* [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] (3rd class)
* [[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]] (4th class)
* [[Order of Friendship]]
* [[Order of the Badge of Honour]]
* [[:ru:Орден «Мадарский всадник»|Order Of The Madar Horseman]] (1st class)
* [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]] (Commander)
* [[Shohrat Order]]
* [[Order of Friendship (Kazakhstan)|Order of Friendship]] (2nd class)
}}
}}
'''Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov''' ({{langx|az|Vahid Yusifoviç Ələkbərov}}, {{langx|ru|Вагит Юсуфович Алекперов}}; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin and an [[Russian oligarchs|oligarch]]. He was the President of the oil company [[Lukoil]] from 1993 until 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vagit Yu. Alekperov, President of OAO LUKOIL|url=http://www.lukoil.com/back/gallery__image__list_6_5did_243_.html|access-date=28 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906145212/http://www.lukoil.com/back/gallery__image__list_6_5did_243_.html|archive-date=6 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="resigns">{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/21/russias-lukoil-says-longtime-ceo-alekperov-resigns-a77442|title=Russia's Lukoil Says Longtime CEO Alekperov Resigns|website=The Moscow Times|date=21 April 2022}}</ref> 

As of March 2025, according to <!-- [[Forbes billionaires list]] by --> the [[Forbes magazine|''Forbes'' magazine]], Alekperov has an estimated net worth of {{US$|28.7 billion|link=yes}}, making him the wealthiest person in Russia and the sixty-third in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vagit Alekperov |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/vagit-alekperov/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Forbes |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.ru/profile/vagit-alekperov |title=Vagit Alekperov |publisher=Forbes Russia |access-date=2025-03-14}}</ref> Alekperov previously owned a 36.8% stake in football club [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/26/could-sanctions-leave-oligarchs-super-yachts-high-and-dry-in-spain |title=Could sanctions leave oligarchs' super yachts high and dry in Spain? |last=Burgen |first=Stephen |work=[[The Observer]] |date=26 February 2022}}</ref> Fellow former Spartak owner [[Leonid Fedun]] is Alekperov's close associate. Alekperov also owned superyacht builder [[Heesen Yachts]] until 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heesen Yachts is weer 100% Nederlands na verkoop aandelen |url=https://www.schuttevaer.nl/nieuws/actueel/2022/05/19/heesen-yachts-is-weer-100-nederlands-na-verkoop-aandelen/ |website=schuttevaer.nl (in Dutch) |date=19 May 2022 |access-date=31 January 2024}}</ref> 

As part of the [[Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|international governmental responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine]], the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have imposed sanctions against Alekperov.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Australia goes further than others with personal sanctions, adds Nabiullina, Lisin and Alekperov to list |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/78016/ |access-date=18 April 2022 |website=interfax.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=13 April 2022 |title=U.K. Hits More Russian Billionaires in Latest Sanctions Salvo |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-13/u-k-hits-more-russian-billionaires-in-latest-sanctions-salvo |access-date=18 April 2022}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=9 May 2022 |title=Canada blacklists 40 Russian individuals - PM's press service |work=TASS |url=https://tass.com/world/1448565 |access-date=13 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Zealand sanctions 75 individuals and 2 Russian companies |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/83726/}}</ref>