Zarakh Iliev

Russian businessman, co-owner of Kievskaya Ploshchad Group of Companies, an industry leader in the dynamic Russian commercial real estate market. Kievskaya Ploshchad is ranked 74^th on the Forbes list of the largest private companies in Russia.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ploshchad Evropy LLC, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vysotka LLC (owns the Radisson Collection Hotel, Moscow).

Many iconic landmarks in Moscow were built and modernized with the help of Iliev.

According to Forbes, Zarakh Iliev and his longtime partner God Nisanov have been the largest commercial real estate owners in Russia since 2012.

Biography

Zarakh Iliev was born on September 8, 1966 in the village of Krasnaya Sloboda, Azerbaijan, to the large family of Binsion and Sibo Iliev. He gained his first entrepreneur experience at home by producing and trading soft goods.

In 90s Zarakh Iliev moved to Moscow, where he started a trade business with his fellow countryman and friend, God Nisanov. In 1992 they established Kievskaya Ploshchad Group of Companies that nowadays encompasses a broad range of projects such as hospitality and retail as well as sports venues and mixed-use developments