Vagit Alekperov

Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov (Azerbaijani: Vahid Yusuf oğlu Ələkbərov, Russian: Вагит Юсуфович Алекперов; born 1 September 1950) is an Azerbaijani businessman, and the president of the leading Russian oil company LUKOIL. Previously he worked as the First Deputy Minister of the Oil and Gas Industry of the USSR (1991-1992). He has an academic degree of a doctor of economics. Alekperov owns 36.8% stake in Spartak Football Club (Moscow). Business partner of Vagit Alekperov is Leonid Fedun.