Alisher Usmanov is a Russian billionaire investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder and majority shareholder of USM Holdings, a diversified international investment holding company with investments in metals and mining, telecommunications, technology, media, and finance. Usmanov is also the majority shareholder of Arsenal Football Club, a Premier League club based in London.

Usmanov was born in Uzbekistan in 1953 and studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He began his career in the