Emin Agalarov is a famous singer, businessman, and organizer of music festivals. With the help of his talent, perseverance and hard work, he managed to conquer the heights not only in commerce, but also to win recognition from the capricious and fickle show business. Not everything in his career and personal life went smoothly, but he was used to achieving everything on his own, going through a sea of failures in order to achieve oceans of success.
Biography of Emin Agalarov
Emin Aras Ogly Agalarov was born in Azerbaijan, in the city of Baku. His parents knew each other since school. After school, my father entered the Polytechnic Institute, and my mother entered the Pedagogical Institute. Having received higher education, the couple decided to get married. In December 1979, they had their first child, Emin, then the family was replenished with a daughter, Sheila.
Emin in childhood
Joint photos with Muslim Magomayev
In 1983, the Agalarov family decided to move to Moscow. They settled not in the quietest area of the capital - Chertanovo. At some time, Emin’s dad noticed that the boy had gotten involved with bad company. To protect his son from wrong acquaintances, Aras Agalarov decided to send him to a Swiss boarding school. Educational establishments of this kind are known for their strict rules, they teach independence early, provide excellent knowledge and develop a strong character.
Until the age of 15, the guy was in conditions close to those in the army. But, despite the harshness of the situation, Emin managed to spend time with his classmates card games with real money bets. Business skills already began to emerge in the young businessman. The money received from the “illegal casino” in an elite boarding house was used for the student’s pocket expenses.
Emin in his youth, with his mother and sister
After 15 years, Emin continues his studies in America. He enters the prestigious American college "Marymount Manhattan College", which is located in one of the richest areas of New York - Manhattan. The young man decided to master all the intricacies of modern business and chose a specialty financial manager. Here he also combines his studies with attempts to start his own business and secure a stable income. For this purpose, he opened his website, in which the main products were souvenir nesting dolls and electronic watches.
Emin Agalarov's first steps in big business
An entrepreneurial spirit manifested itself in Emin’s character from the very beginning. youth. From the age of 13, he constantly strived for financial independence. The future big businessman received his first money working as a consultant in shoe and electronics stores and selling souvenirs from his own online store. Emin claims that the skills acquired in those years became valuable experience, which was useful for the development of his more serious business. It was then that he learned the value of money.
After graduating from American college young man interested in my father's business. Since 2012, Emin is a certified specialist and a person with practical experience entrepreneurial activity, becomes part of the management of the large holding Crocus Group. It was founded by Emin's father back in 1989. Crocus Group builds and leases retail and exhibition real estate. To this day, Emin Agalarov holds the position of first vice president of this largest Russian company.
Father and son Agalarovs are leaders of the largest holding company
Creativity and musical talent of Emin Agalarov
Emin combines seemingly two incompatible natures. One is a practical businessman, the other is a lyrical soul of a musician. They coexist remarkably well in his character and are expressed in the excellent vocal creativity and business qualities of a sharp businessman. Emin’s grandmother instilled a love for music. She performed touching and tender romances on which she was brought up a little boy. Growing up, he also showed good taste in music - he liked the rock and roll compositions of Elvis Presley.
Emin with grandmother
For the first time, the aspiring musician tried to perform a song on the well-known show “Open Mic Night” in America. Then he was only 18 years old, and he felt how exciting it was to go on stage and how much adrenaline was released into the blood when the aspiring singer met the audience.
The first album, 'Still', was released in 2006. Other collections of songs followed. Now their names are known to all fans of the artist’s work - “Incredible”, “Obsession”, “Devotion”, “Wonder”. The musician began to appear more and more often on the most prestigious stages of the world. He chose a pseudonym for his work that is completely in tune with his name - Emin.
Singer Emin's performance at Eurovision in 2012
Another achievement of that time was the release of the album “After the Thunder”, after which the organizers of the Jennifer Lopez tour invited Emin to perform at her concert in Baku.
Next, the artist, already popular in many countries, decided to release two Russian-language albums. Collections of songs entitled “On the Edge” and “Frankly” were released in 2013 and 2014. The last of them included several duet songs. Sang with Amin famous artists domestic pop artists such as Ani Lorak and Grigory Leps.
Emin and Ani Lorak - “I Can’t Tell”, “Call Me”.
One of the recent collaborations is the song “If You’re Near” by Emin and A-Studio, the video for which was released in 2017.
IN musical creativity Emin’s business acumen also came in handy. In 2016 and 2017, he became the organizer of the “Heat” festival, which was held in the city of Baku. Most likely, this event will become an annual celebration of Russian music.
Emin is actively preparing for the Heat festival
Personal life: wife and children of Emin Agalarov. Marriage to Leyla Aliyeva and affair with Alena Gavrilova
Emin's first wife is Leyla Aliyeva, the daughter of the President of Azerbaijan. He began to court the first Azerbaijani beauty according to all the canons required by customs. He first asked permission from the girl's father, who allowed him to care for his daughter. Some time later, in 2006, the couple decided to formalize their relationship.
In 2008, their family welcomed two twin sons - Mikail and Ali. It seemed that such family happiness could last forever, beautiful and famous couple radiated happiness.
But there was discord in the family and at some point the couple decided to live separately. Emin left for Moscow, and Leila took the children with her and went to London. The family was reunited only on weekends. It is unknown how many years such a life apart could have lasted. But the couple decided to dot all the i's. In May 2015, they officially announced their separation. At the same time, both Emin and his ex-wife Leila emphasized that they remained friends. Now Emin takes care of his own sons with love and tenderness adopted daughter Layla.
Emin Agalarov is a singer, author and composer, known to fans as Emin, heir to one of the richest people in Russia Araz Agalarov, co-owner of the mega-concern Crocus Group, a talented entrepreneur and father of two sons.We can say with confidence that this man was able to competently manage the benefits provided to him. However, his life path is not at all replete with beaten paths: through thorns to the stars - these are the words that can be used to describe his story.
early years
The love story of Araz Agalarov and Irina Grill can easily be called a classic - they were classmates at school, and after graduating from university (he was a polytechnic, she was a pedagogical university) they tied the knot. In the city of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, on December 12, 1979, their first-born son, Emin Aras-oglu, was born. A little later, a daughter, Sheila, appeared in the family. 
The Agalarov couple lived quite modestly, but always tried to provide their children with everything they needed - from parental warmth and ending material benefits. Emin himself has strictly adhered to this position since he had children.
In 1983, the Agalarov family moved to another capital - Moscow, choosing to live in a not very quiet area - Chertanovo. Here Amin began going to the district secondary school, where he ended up in a dysfunctional company. Sensing something was wrong in time, the father, based on his life experience, decided to protect his son from bad influence and sent him to study in Switzerland.
Emin – Forget you (2015)
A closed private boarding school with its strictest discipline presupposed the development of strength of character. Until his 15th birthday, the boy grew up according to army regulations. But even in this environment, his innate businessman streak did not allow him to sleep peacefully. He organized card tournaments for money with his classmates, thus earning money for small personal needs.
Business and Crocus Group
The period of the “dashing 90s” found Emin in the USA. Here he began to be frantically drawn to business. In parallel with his studies in college, majoring in “Business Management in the Financial Industry,” he tried himself in various areas of trade: an online store with watches and nesting dolls, consulting customers in an electronics store, selling shoes. Later, being already wealthy and successful person, Emin noted that this experience gave him the opportunity to realize the true value of money and became the impetus for his business career. 
While developing his personality through the work of an ordinary salesman, Emin became more and more involved in his father’s business and in 2012, upon returning to Moscow, the Agalarov tandem of father and son began working at full capacity.
Now their development company Crocus Group, founded in 1989, specializes in the construction and operation of exhibition and exhibition facilities. trading plan under the rule of first vice-president Emin Agalarov and owner Araz Agalarov. The Agalarov holding company owns several residential complexes, the grandiose trade and exhibition complex Crocus City, and even the Myakinino metro station.
Musical career of Emin Agalarov
Combining the features of a pragmatist and creative personality, Emin is also trying himself in the musical path. Just imagine how eclectic his musical taste is: from infancy, brought up on melodic romances performed by his grandmother, in a more conscious age he took Elvis Presley, the “king of rock and roll”, as his ideal star. 
One of Emin’s first performing “tests” took place at the age of 18 on the American show “Open Mic Night”. Then there were performances in bars, seemingly “for themselves.” However, even then, having felt a strong rush of adrenaline from going on stage, the one who in just a few years would gather a large horde of fans at solo concerts, decided that he was not going to retreat from what he loved.
Emin - On the edge
With a busy work schedule, it would seem that there is no time left for hobbies and relaxation. However, persistence and painstaking work Emin was marked in 2006 with the release of his first album entitled “Still”. Next, a whole series of discs will be released: “Incredible”, “Obsession”, “Devotion”.
2012 was a landmark year for the star, performing under the pseudonym Emin, with a nomination for “Discovery of the Year” at the international Grammy Awards and a performance at Eurovision as a guest star from his native country.
The same year - the release of the solo album “After The Thunder” with the feasible participation of producer Brian Rowling and collaboration on the same stage with pop diva Jennifer Lopez.
2013 – significant performance at the Miss Universe competition. This already productive period ended with a very important event for fans of his work - the release of the first Russian-language album “On the Edge” with 14 tracks in the track list.
2014 has just come into its own, and this worker has already presented his second album in Russian to the audience. “Frankly” included several duets with masters of the domestic pop scene: Grigory Leps, Stas Mikhailov, Soso Pavliashvili and Ani Lorak considered it an honor to record with a talent that was gaining popularity.
Emin and Ani Lorak – I can’t say
In the same year, the sensational hit “I Live Better than Everyone” won the Golden Gramophone. But Emin had no time to rest on his laurels - he went on tour around major cities Russia. In 2015, the result of the singer’s creative research was two more discs – “8 in the Fall” and “More Amor”.
European and Russian chat rooms quite often open their first steps to the hits of the singer Emin, and tickets for his concerts sell out in innumerable quantities. It’s hard not to notice such a bright star, stubbornly burning at any cost, in the firmament of show business. But at the beginning creative path critics did not favor Emin at all. “Just sing, sing for your own pleasure,” the artist seemed to justify himself then.
Personal life of Emin Agalarov
In his interviews, Emin has repeatedly confessed that he can like absolutely any girl, but this does not mean that it will be easy for her to get along with him. After all, by his own admission, he is not at all as sweet as he seems at first glance. A wealthy handsome man, a dream and ideal for many representatives of the fair half of humanity, and he chose a wife that corresponds to his status. Neither more nor less - the daughter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev."Sea of Revelations": exclusive interview Emina Agalarova
Leyla Aliyeva, an Azerbaijani beauty, captivated Emin so deeply that the plan to win her heart, in his opinion, had to strictly follow the traditions of her people. Emin asked her father's permission before simply starting to court the girl.
In 2006, after some time of the candy-bouquet period, the couple legalized their relationship. It was decided to celebrate this event with not one, but two magnificent weddings - in Baku and Moscow. Emin and Leila were congratulated on their marriage by many significant personalities, including Vladimir Putin and George Bush.
In two years happy couple I became at least twice as happy. After all, two charming twin babies were born at once - Mikail and Ali. After this event, some discord began in Emin’s family, and the reason for this was the coldness in the relationship with his wife, which was followed by travel: he to Moscow, she and the children to London.
Emin tried to spend every weekend with his family, but time took its toll. No longer wanting to imitate an outwardly prosperous family life, On May 30, 2015, Emin and Leila published a confession about their separation in three languages on their pages on social networks. “We remain friends” was the final verdict of this couple.
Nothing really changed in the lives of Emin’s sons after their parents’ separation. Just like Araz and Irina once did, Emin and Leila set the well-being of their children as the goal of their lives. Moreover, even after the breakup, Emin enjoys communicating with Leila’s adopted daughter, Amina Aliyeva.
Ani and Aras Iskenderovich
According to rumors, Emin’s father settled the singer, who had fallen out of favor in Ukraine, in his elite village near Moscow
Recently, rumors spread across the Internet about the pregnancy of 38-year-old Ukrainian singer Carolina KUYOK, better known by her stage name Ani LORAK. The reason for such conclusions was one of her photographs on Instagram, in which fans saw her rounded belly. The most interesting thing is that in this photo the singer was tenderly hugged not by her legal husband and father of her daughter Sofia - Turkish businessman Murat with the unpronounceable surname NALCHADZIOGLU, but by Azerbaijani billionaire Aras AGALAROV - the owner of the Moscow concert hall "Crocus City Hall" and the father of the singer Emin, her partner for the duets “Call Me” and “I Can’t Tell.”
thanks for beautiful evening, dear @agalarovaras! - Ani Lorak signed under the photo. - Again, happy birthday! Hello! Let your dreams come true!
“I think he has already come true,” one of the fans sarcastically commented, apparently hinting at the possible closeness of the oligarch with everyone’s favorite singer.
Imagine our surprise when, in a private conversation with us, one respected producer, whose name we, for obvious reasons, cannot name, mentioned that Agalarov Sr. and Karolina Kuyok really had a close relationship.
Since the new Ukrainian ow Parties don’t particularly like her, most of her creative activity V Lately happens in Russia,” our interlocutor explained. - My Turkish husband comes here only occasionally. And Aras Agalarov provides the necessary support to Carolina. He pays her to record songs and shoot videos with her son Emin. And he even provides her with housing in his elite village “Agalarov Estate” on Novorizhskoye Highway. It was there that Caroline celebrated her daughter's birthday this year. There she gave interviews and posed for photographers for fashion magazines. Rumor has it that she enjoys Agalarov’s favor for no reason. beautiful eyes and is almost his mistress.
To be honest, we couldn't believe our ears. Aras Iskenderovich lived for many years with his wife Irina, the mother of his son Emin and daughter Sheila, and was considered an exemplary family man. Maybe the gossipers went too far, attributing to him a relationship with the young singer?
Rumors about Ani Lorak's pregnancy are nonsense, nonsense and complete garbage! - PR Director Mikhail Uspensky assured her. - And as for the joint photograph with Agalarov... Well, what kind of relationship can they have?! It’s just that she performs with him every year at Crocus City Hall. And he invited her to his birthday. Philip Kirkorov, Stas Mikhailov, and many others were present there. And everyone took pictures one by one with Agalarov. Is it true that Ani Lorak lives in his village “Agalarov Estate”? - here the PR man suddenly hesitated. - In general, we do not tell anyone the place of residence of our artist. For everyone, she lives on stage. Sorry, I can't talk to you anymore. “We’re starting a concert,” and hastily ended the conversation.
Loved married men
Carolina Kuyok’s first man was producer Yuri Falyosa, who promoted her. At the time of meeting him, the future star was barely 13 years old. And her chosen one was already married and had two children. But this did not bother the girl who was rushing to the stage.
Caroline never officially became my wife,” Yuri admitted in an interview with Express Gazeta. - We were so absorbed in work that we didn’t have time to sign. And there was no particular desire. Still, the age difference of 17 years is a lot. While we were touring for six months, my wife Olya also started dating someone else...
Carolina's long-term relationship with the producer was ruined overnight by meeting another married man- Dynamo Kyiv footballer Sergei Rebrov. He was only 4 years old older singer. And they began a whirlwind romance.
I don’t know what came over Carolina and this guy then, but they were completely blown away,” Thalesa said. “I couldn’t even imagine that she was able to cancel a concert in order to meet her beloved, that she could, without telling anyone, get on a plane and fly to him. Maybe I am big pig, but I was then dating my opponent’s wife and did everything possible to prevent the footballer’s family from breaking up...
Well, then Lorak, who had already become famous singer, during a vacation at the Belek resort I met current spouse Murat. This happened 10 years ago.
But the couple did not have time to give birth to their daughter Sofia and celebrate wooden wedding(5th anniversary of marriage), rumors spread that not everything was going smoothly in their relationship.
Ani Lorak begins to learn everything about male treachery, wrote in “ Komsomolskaya Pravda» back in 2011 known music journalist Otar Kushanashvili. - Her marriage with the Turk Murat is bursting at all the seams; the beautiful story that he was a businessman, a gigolo gigolo, a classic type did not stand the test; marriage on the road to disaster...
November 14, 2012, 01:37Isn't it interesting to learn about interethnic marriages among celebrities? How durable are they?! Of course, everything depends not on ethnic origin, but on feelings and mutual respect.... This idea arose by chance, I hope I won’t repeat it) Attention!The purpose of this post is not to incite ethnic differences, but simple curiosity! Ani Lorak is Ukrainian. Husband Murat Nalchadzhioglu is Turkish. They have a daughter, Sofia, and are expecting a second one. 
Alsou Safina is Tatar. Husband Yan Abramov is Jewish. There are daughters Safina and Mikella. 
Grigory Leps (Lepsveridze) is Georgian, his wife Anna Shaplykova is Russian. She gave birth to the singer two daughters, Eva and Nicole, and a son, Ivan. Grigory has a daughter, Inga, 27 years old, from his first marriage to Svetlana Dubinskaya. Zara (Zarifa Pashaevna Mgoyan) is of Yazidi origin. Yazidis are ethnic Kurds. She was married to the son of the St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matvienko. In this marriage she converted to Orthodoxy. Current husband Sergei Ivanov is also Russian. They got married in 2008 and have children together, Daniil and Maxim. 
Nadya Mikhalkova is Russian. Rkzo Giginishvili's husband is Georgian. There is a daughter, Nini. Rezo was married to Nastya Kochetkovay, and she also has a daughter. Singer Sogdiana (Oksana Vladimirovna Nechitailo), according to some sources, is Ukrainian. Born in Uzbekistan. Husband Bashir Kushtov is Ingush. He is 17 years older than Sogdina, and she gave birth to his 10th child. Sogdin has a son, Arjun, from his first husband, whom she divorced with scandal, the Hindu Ram. 
Anastasia Prikhodko is a Ukrainian singer. Nuri Kuhilava's husband is Abkhazian. She bore him a daughter, Nana. The couple separated in 2011 and got back together in 2012. Abraham Russo, born Abraham Zhanovich Ipdzhiyan - born in Syria Armenian origin. He is married to an American, Morela Russo (Fredman). They have a six-year-old daughter, Emanuella Russo. Murat Nasyrov, tragically deceased singer. Born in Kazakhstan. Uighur by nationality. Lived in civil marriage with his Russian wife Natalya Boyko. They were going to get married. Survived by daughter Leah and son Akim. 
Anna Kournikova is a Russian tennis player, now a US citizen. Since 2003, she has been dating singer Inrique Iglesias. Not married yet, but have been dating for quite some time) 
Timur Bekmambetov is a film director, screenwriter, music video director. He was born into the family of a Kazakh Nurbakhyt Bekmambetov and a Jewish woman Mira Bogoslovskaya. Varvara Avdyushko's wife is Russian. They both have one behind them bad marriage, both have daughters. Their union smoothly grew into family business– the spouses began to work together. 
Araz Iskanderoglu Agalarov is an entrepreneur, president and owner of the Crocus Group of companies. In 2012 he took 61st place in Forbes ranking. Azerbaijani by origin. His wife Irina Agalarova is a Mountain Jew. They have a son, Emin, and a daughter, Sheila. By the way, the son of singer Emin Agalarov is married to the daughter of Azerbaijan, Leila. They have twin sons. 
Vagit Alekperov - entrepreneur and manager; With a personal fortune of $13.9 billion, in 2011 he took 8th place in the list of 200 richest businessmen Russia (according to Forbes magazine). His father is Yusuf Kerbalaevich Alekperov, an Azerbaijani by nationality, and his mother Tatyana Fedorovna Bocharova is Russian. Vagit Alekperov is married, his wife is Larisa Viktorovna Alekperova. In 1990, his son Yusuf was born. The wife is on the right. Rinat Akhmetov - Donetsk entrepreneur, industrialist, billionaire, the richest man in Ukraine, president football club"Miner". Tatar. His wife Liliya Nikolaevna is Russian. there are sons Damir and Almir. Rinat Akhmetov in the campaign of his wife and mother.
The owner of Crocus City and the father of singer Emin is building a business with thieves in law.
A native of Azerbaijan, Aras Agalarov is known for his incredible ability to find funds for his projects. The more ambitious and large-scale the project, the faster the money for it is available - it can come from America, from the Moscow government, or even “out of thin air.” It was this suspicious “air” money that allowed Agalarov to become one of richest people Russia: in Forbes magazine's 2016 list, he ranks 55th with a personal net worth of $1.2 billion. And, of course, as Rucriminal.com believes, it could not have happened without the help of the mafia, or rather a number of thieves in law.
Not a bad result for a former trade union worker who only moved to Moscow from Baku in the late 80s. Agalarov started modestly - he organized the Shafran cooperative, which was engaged in the export of Russian souvenirs and the import of then fashionable computer equipment. The scale was not very large, but it is unknown where the capital for “importing computers” came from. In 1989, trade unionist Agalarov unexpectedly created the Russian-American joint venture Crocus International. And again, the sources of funding remained somewhere in the shadows.
It is known that free money in huge quantities accumulate in the “shadow sector”, in other words - in criminal structures. Crime bosses always face the problem of money laundering. Usually, “laundering” of money occurs through its investment in profitable enterprises; criminal funds become liquid assets under the control of “their” people - criminals do not trust outsiders. At the same time, criminal bosses become secret or overt co-founders of companies, which allows them to make profits relatively legally and increase “white” capital, fueled by “black” schemes.
The real impetus in Aras Agalarov’s career was his share participation in the operation of the Cherkizovsky market, the criminalization of which exceeded all reasonable limits. Cherkizon gave the country more billionaires than the Bolshoi Theater gave ballerinas. A person who successfully completed the harsh school of this flea market acquired such criminal connections that he forever became “respected” in the criminal world. Cherkizovsky market became an excellent platform for Agalarov in terms of the initial accumulation of illegal tax-free capital and the acquisition of connections.
Already in 1997, Aras Agalarov, who had been selling nesting dolls eight years earlier, built the elite complex “Agalarov House”, located in one of the most fashionable areas of Moscow - the intersection of Bolshaya Gruzinskaya and Klimashkina streets. In 2005, Agalarov became the owner of the Grand furniture center, together with businessmen God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev. According to rumors, Agalarov was helped to gain control over the largest furniture store in the capital former chairman State Customs Committee Mikhail Vanin - his close friend. Thanks to his acquaintance with the “head of customs,” the Azerbaijani businessman significantly expanded his business.
It must be said that it was not only acquaintances with officials that helped Aras Agalarov build his empire. According to Rucriminal.com, he has been friends for many years with thief in law Vagif Suleymanov, who was once an associate of the oldest Russian “authority” Ded Khasan (Aslan Usoyan). In 2013, Ded Khasan was killed by a sniper, and his place was taken by Shakro Molodoy (Zakhary Kalashov), who brought Suleymanov closer to him. Therefore, when God Nisanov and Zarakh Iliev created the Food City agrocluster and they had a problem with wholesalers, they turned to Agalarov. By the way, this largest agricultural market was presented in 2014 with the participation of the mayor of the capital Sergei Sobyanin.
The problem was that the trading mafia (mainly Azerbaijanis) was dispersed across different markets in Moscow and the Moscow region, the traders worked under different “roofs” and had no intention of moving to Food City. It turned out that huge areas would be idle and not bring profit. Nisanov and Iliev, through Agalarov, turned to Vagif Suleymanov for help, and he shared the problem with Shakro Molodoy. Since the Food City project promised to bring constant huge profits to the two thieves in law, Shakro gave the go-ahead and the wholesalers moved to Food City in an “organized” manner. All problems with Azerbaijani “authorities” were resolved peacefully.
But criminal showdowns did not always end in “peace” - in April 2006, one of the Azerbaijani criminal leaders, the famous thief in law Ikmet Mukhtarov, was killed in Moscow. According to investigators, the murder occurred due to the redistribution of control over income from several large markets and shopping complexes in Moscow. This war has allegedly been waged for a long time by several Chechen and Azerbaijani criminal clans. During the investigation, it was established that, according to documents, the Mercedes car in which Mukhtarov was killed belonged to one of the co-founders of the Crocus International holding, Rail Zeynalov. This holding includes hypermarkets "Your Home", shopping complex"Crocus City Mall", exhibition complex, boutiques fashionable clothes and luxury shoes "Crocus Moscow" - the entire empire of Aras Agalarov. It turns out that the murdered thief was driving around in the car of the founder of Crocus International.
Such “accidents” clearly demonstrate the connections between business and the criminal world, when personal acquaintances are reinforced cash flows and financial obligations. Behind many representatives of legal businesses are “shadow” patrons and secret sources of criminal financing.
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