KERIMOV Suleiman Abdusaidovich (b. 1966 in Derbent) is a Russian billionaire businessman and politician of Lezgin origin. Karimov graduated from the Dagestan State University in 1989 with a degree in Accounting and Business Analysis, and began working at the Eltav plant of the Ministry of Electronics, where he worked until 1995, advancing from an entry-level economist to assistant general director for economic matters. According to reports from the media, Karimov acquired his initial wealth in the early 1990s.