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Bidzina Ivanishvili

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Bidzina Ivanishvili (Georgian: ბიძინა ივანიშვილი; born 18 February 1956), also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili, is a French-Georgian businessman, politician and billionaire oligarch. He is founder and the leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party and has ruled Georgia de jure and de facto since 2012, after Georgian Dream secured victory in the 2012 Georgian parliamentary election. Since 2024, he has been sanctioned by the United States and several European Union countries "for undermining Georgian democracy and advancing the interests of the Russian Federation". Ivanishvili is the richest man in Georgia, with his wealth estimated at $7.6 billion in 2024, a figure equivalent to 24.8% of Georgia's 2023 GDP. Ivanishvili made his wealth in Russia in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bidzina Ivanishvili is the 3,382nd most popular politician (up from 5,642nd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Georgia (up from 48th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Georgian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bidzina Ivanishvili ranks 3,382 out of 19,576. Before him are Saloninus, Mike Johnson, Andreas Papandreou, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Vologases V, and William IV, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Ptolemy X Alexander I, Samsu-iluna, Issey Miyake, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Casimir I the Restorer, and Eutropius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Bidzina Ivanishvili ranks 32. Before him are Linda Hamilton, Judith Butler, Giuseppe Tornatore, Geena Davis, Ingemar Stenmark, and Min Aung Hlaing. After him are Khaled Mashal, William Fichtner, Steve Harris, William J. Burns, Leslie Cheung, and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili ranks 26 out of 406. Before him are Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Sergei Witte (1849), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), Keke Geladze (1858), Giya Kancheli (1935), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326). After him are Bagrat III of Georgia (960), Herbert Backe (1896), Nakşidil Sultan (1768), Besarion Jughashvili (1850), Ilia Chavchavadze (1837), and Nicholas Marr (1864).

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Among POLITICIANS In Georgia

Among politicians born in Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili ranks 14. Before him are Mikheil Saakashvili (1967), Rusudan of Georgia (1194), David IV of Georgia (1073), Sergei Witte (1849), Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1886), and Pharnavaz I of Iberia (-326). After him are Bagrat III of Georgia (960), Herbert Backe (1896), Nakşidil Sultan (1768), George III of Georgia (1200), Mirian III of Iberia (265), and Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia (1866).

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