Tamaz Somkhishvili
Tamaz Somkhishvili | |
|---|---|
თამაზ სომხიშვილი | |
| Born | June 22, 1957 |
| Citizenship |  Georgia[1] United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | businessman, sport executive |
Tamaz Valeryanovich Somkhishvili (Georgian: თამაზ სომხიშვილი; born 22 June 1957, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) is a Georgian-born British businessman and sport executive.[2]
Somkhishvili is the founder of the TS Holding business group, which unites more than a dozen Georgian companies. Also, he is the founder and CFO of a number of Lukoil subsidiaries.[3] From 2017 to 2022, he was president of the Georgian National Sport Shooting Federation.[4]
Tamaz Somkhishvili was granted British citizenship in 2007, in connection with which, since 2008, he suspended, and since 2010 completely stopped business in Russia, where he was engaged in energy resources. He was a co-founder of several companies for the production and trade of oil and oil products. He was one of the richest people in Georgia in 2013.[5][6]
Early years and education
Tamaz Somkhishvili was born on June 22, 1957, in Georgia. In 1984, he graduated from the Tobolsk Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and in 1994 from Tyumen State University, Faculty of Finance and Credit.[7][3]
In 2002, he defended his PhD thesis on “Conditions and sources of financing for investment in the development of the oil industry” at the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.[8]
Career
In 1992–1993, he was the founder and CEO of Lukoil (Tyumen, Russian Federation).[9][10]
In 1993–1999, he was the founder and commercial director of Lukoil Markets.
From 1995 to 2008, together with Lukoil and Rosneft, he was the founder-partner and general director of OJSC Rosneftexport. Founder-partner since 1995 (co-founders of Lukoil and Rosneft).[10]
In 2001–2005, he was the founder and head of the representative office in Moscow of Danao Engineering, specializing in the extraction and processing of both raw materials and waste.
From 2002 to 2004, he was a shareholder of OAO Tomskaya Neft, a pipeline construction and field management company. In 2002–2008, he was a member of the board of Agroco, LLC Agricultural Investment Company.[11]
In 2007, he received British citizenship.
In 2015, Tamaz Somkhishvili founded the Education, Science and Technology Foundation for Tomorrow's Success in Georgia, now TS Holding.[12]
In 2017 he succeeded Kakhaberi Sikharulidze as President of the Georgian National Sport Shooting Federation. He was unanimously elected president in an early election and reporting conference held at the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi.[13][14] He was attracted by the fact that shooting sport, along with martial arts, was one of the main sources of Olympic medals for Georgia.[15][16]
In 2018, Tamaz Somkhishvili managed to build a state-of-the-art international level sports complex with a large capacity. It also trained junior and amateur athletes. Many countries are interested in the Georgian shooting club. The only problem that has not been solved yet is the lack of professional referees.[15] In 2021 he resigned at his own request and was succeeded by Mamuka Merkviladze.[4]
On November 18, 2021, Tamaz Somkhishvili sent a notice of the dispute to the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and a proposal to amicably resolve the investment dispute for damages in accordance with the Agreement between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the promotion and mutual protection of investments.[17] As the owner of Kyiv-Terminal, Somkhishvili asked the President to protect his rights as an investor in a dispute with the Kyiv municipality over the complete reconstruction and rehabilitation of Kharkivska Square in Kyiv. The issue stems from an investment agreement signed on May 18, 2007, in which Somkhishvili’s company Kyivterminal paid 13.5 million dollars to the municipality as a debtor after winning the tender. The project was supposed to include the construction of 125,000 sq/m, with an option for the investor to build an additional 180,000 sq/m, making it one of the largest infrastructure projects in the capital, with a potential capitalization of 200 million dollars. [3]
Patronage activities
Tamaz Somkhishvili is an active participant and patron of the Georgian diaspora in European countries, in particular in the United Kingdom. As a parishioner of the Georgian Orthodox Church, he became the founder of the parish of the church in London, bought for her the building of the temple, which became one of the few Georgian churches in Western Europe.[18] For this, Somkhishvili received a personal commendation from Georgian Prime Minister George Kvirikashvili.[19][20]
In Georgia, Tamaz Somkhishvili is one of the largest patrons of the Saint Andrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchate of Georgia.[3]
Airline in Georgia
TAM Management specializes in the repair and maintenance of aircraft. TAM Management was founded in 2015 and and rents the location from the Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing.[21]
TAM Management has no ownership and management relationship with the Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing.
Personal life
He is married to Nino Somkhishvili. Their daughter Lia Somkhishvili died in March 2021 and was buried in London's Cathedral of the Nativity of the Saviour.[22]
His ex-wife is Elena Viktorovna Vasilets, born in Armyansk, Ukrainian SSR, poet, writer, member of the Union of Writers of Russia.[23]
His son is Giorgi Tamazovich Somkhishvili.
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