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Nasib Piriyev
Nasib Piriyev (born June 2, 1981) is an Azerbaijani entrepreneur and philanthropist. Nasib is the CEO of PNN Group, an international holding company, he founded with his father Nizami Piriyev in 1994. Through PNN, Nasib has ownership in various international companies including AzMeCo and Buta Kitchen among others. Since May 2022, Nasib also serves as the Managing Partner at Woodford Finance, a London-based financing firm. Nasib is the founder of Buta Arts Centre, a non-profit organization that aims to develop Azerbaijani arts and culture. Nasib is known for various social activities including organizing Buta Festivals in London in 2009-2010 and 2014-2015. Nasib’s career has not been without controversy; he has faced scrutiny over legal disputes, including a reported Interpol red notice in 2015. Biography Nasib was born on 2 June 1981, grew up in Baku, Azerbaijan until 1992 when the family moved to Moscow in Russia. In 1998, Nasib attended his undergraduate studies at Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital cities by elevation, lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, on the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into #Administrative divisions, twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, as well as the industrial settlement of Neft Daşları built on oil rigs away from Baku city in the Caspian Sea. The Old City (Baku), Old City, conta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalal-Abad
Jalal-Abad (; ) is the administrative and economic centre of Jalal-Abad Region in southwestern Kyrgyzstan. Its area is , and its resident population was 123,239 in 2021. It is situated at the north-eastern end of the Fergana valley along the Kögart river valley, in the foothills of the Babash Ata mountains, very close to the Uzbekistan border. Overview Jalal-Abad is known for its mineral springs in its surroundings, and the water from the nearby Azreti-Ayup-Paygambar spa was long believed to cure lepers. Several Soviet Union, Soviet era Sanatorium, sanatoriums offer mineral water treatment programs for people with various chronic diseases. Bottled mineral water from the region is sold around the country and abroad. History One of Kyrgyzstan's main branches of the Silk Road passed through Jalalabat and the region has played host to travelers for thousands of years, although few archaeological remains are visible today – except in some of the more remote parts of the region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Rossi
Sergio Rossi is an Italian fashion brand that focuses on footwear. The company was founded in 1951 by Sergio Rossi. History Founded in 1951 in San Mauro Pascoli, the brand takes its name from founder Sergio Rossi, who inherited the tools and traditions of shoemaking from his father. Rossi was initially making sandals that he would sell on the beaches of Rimini and in boutiques in Bologna. The first official collection of Sergio Rossi brand shoes was produced in 1968. According to ''Vogue'', during the 1960s, the company "rapidly became synonymous with Italian quality and classic feminine designs." The brand collaborated with Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, and Azzedine Alaïa in the 1970s. In 1980, the expansion process started with the opening of the first single-brand boutiques in Ancona, Italy, and then later in Turin, Florence, Rome, Brussels, New York, Los Angeles, and London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Ricci (brand)
Nina Ricci is a fashion design, fashion house founded by Nina Ricci (designer), Maria "Nina" Ricci and her son Robert in Paris in 1932, and owned by the Spanish beauty and fashion group Puig (company), Puig since 1998. History and Operations The haute couture house was founded in 1932. Nina Ricci (designer), Nina Ricci designed gowns while her son Robert Ricci business manager, managed the business and finances. She worked with the fabrics directly on the mannequin to ensure they had shape once they were finished. Nina Ricci designs soon became known for the refined, romantic, always femininity, feminine feeling Maria adds to all of her collections. In 1941, Robert Ricci created an in-house perfume division. In 1945, with the war over, designers were casting about for a way to revive the infatuation women had formerly had with haute couture, while raising money for war relief. Robert Ricci had an idea which Lucien Lelong, President of the Chambre, put into action. Over 150 mann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santoni (brand)
Santoni S.p.A. is an Italian fashion brand of luxury shoes founded in 1975 by Andrea Santoni. Santoni is headquartered in Corridonia, in the Marche region, an area known for shoemaking along the Adriatic Sea coast. In the 1990's, under the leadership of Giuseppe Santoni, the company expanded internationally, entering various foreign markets. The brand is carried at directly owned retail stores and Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman. Santoni has collaborated with IWC Schaffhausen in creating leather watch straps. Santoni participates in the Italian luxury brand collective Altagamma, which promotes Italian brands in design, fashion, food, jewelry, and other industries. See also *Zegna *Ferragamo *Tod's *Bottega Veneta Bottega Veneta S.r.l () is an Italian luxury fashion house based in Milan, Italy. Its product lines include ready-to-wear, handbags, shoes, accessories, jewellery and fragrances. Bottega Veneta is headquartered in Milan, Italy, with its main at ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunello Cucinelli (brand)
Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A. () is an Italian luxury fashion brand which sells menswear, women's wear and accessories in Europe, North and South America and East Asia. The company was founded by Brunello Cucinelli in 1978. History Brunello Cucinelli started his couture house in 1978 with a specialty for Mongolian cashmere garments for women. In June 2014, owner Brunello Cucinelli, transferred the ownership of Fedone S.r.l. (which owned 61.56% of the fashion brand) to a new trust, Esperia Trust Company S.r.l., in a move to benefit his daughters and pursue his philanthropic work. In 2017, Brunello Cucinelli recorded 500 million euro in sales, 35% of which in North America. The company owns 94 of its 124 branded stores worldwide. In January 2017, the company launched an ecommerce website. In January 2018, the founder, Brunello Cucinelli, sold 4 million shares of his company (owned through his holding Fedone S.r.l.), and brought his participation down to 51% of the company's capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Dunhill Limited
Alfred Dunhill Limited (known and stylised as dunhill) is a British luxury goods brand, specialising in ready-to-wear, custom and bespoke menswear, leather goods, and accessories. The company is headquartered in Westminster, City of Westminster, London. It also owns and operates a leather and smoking pipe workshop in Walthamstow. Dunhill is currently owned by Richemont Holdings (UK) Limited (formerly Vendôme Luxury Group plc) and managed by CEO ad interim Andrew Holmes. History Early history Alfred Dunhill Limited was developed by Alfred Dunhill (1872–1959) after he inherited his father's saddlery business on London's Euston Road at the age of 21 in 1893. Alfred Dunhill developed a line of automobile accessories called "Dunhill's Motorities". This first collection included car horns and lamps, leather overcoats, goggles, picnic sets and timepieces, which provided the company with the strap line of "Everything But The Motor". Within a few years, the business moved towar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neftchilar Avenue
Neftchiler Avenue (; literally Oil Worker's Avenue) is an arterial road in Baku, Azerbaijan. It begins at the west end of the Bayil district of Baku and continues east until terminating at Javanshir Bridge (formerly Gagarin Bridge) intersecting Uzeyir Hajibeyov Street. It is used as part of the Baku City Circuit, including the Start-Finish straight located next to Government House Previous names of Neftchilar Avenue were Alexander II Quay, Gubanov Quay, and Stalin Avenue. The street was named Neftchilar Avenue in 1961 in honour of workers of oil industry in Azerbaijan. The larger section of the avenue runs along Baku Boulevard. Notable buildings and monuments * Оffice of State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan * State Maritime Administration of Azerbaijan Republic * International Mugam Center of Azerbaijan * Maiden Tower * Baku Puppet Theatre * Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum * Government House * Baku port * National Flag Square Gallery House of Hajinsky. 1918-1920.jp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHSmith
WH Smith plc, trading as WHSmith (also written WH Smith and formerly as W. H. Smith & Son), is a British retailer, with headquarters in Swindon, England, which operates a chain of railway station, airport, port, hospital and motorway service station shops selling books, stationery, magazines, newspapers, entertainment products and confectionery. The company was formed by Henry Walton Smith and his wife Anna in 1792 as a news vendor in London. It remained under the ownership of the Smith family for many years and saw large-scale expansion during the 1970s as the company began to diversify into other markets. Following a rejected private equity takeover in 2004, the company began to focus on its core retail business. It was responsible for the creation of the ISBN book identifier. The company reached an agreement in 2025 to sell its high street store business to Modella Capital. Upon completion of the sale, that business will be renamed TGJones. WHSmith is listed on the Lond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sberbank
The Public JSC Sberbank (, initially a contraction of ) is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow. As the Russian successor entity of the State Labor Savings Banks System of the USSR, it was called Sberbank of Russia until 2015, and in 2020 further shortened its brand to Sber. Following the termination of its operations in the European Union in the immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, its international footprint is primarily in the Commonwealth of Independent States. By 2022, the bank accounted for about a third of all bank assets in Russia. The bank's rise since 1990s is in part due to its close connections to the Russian government. Sberbank has 86 branches and 1 representative office in 79 regions of Russia and 1 foreign country. it was the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe, and the third largest in Europe, ranked 60th in the world and first in central and Eastern Europe in ''The Banker''s Top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VTB Bank
VTB Bank (; formerly known as ''Vneshtorgbank'', , lit. 'International Trade Bank') is a Russian majority state-owned bank headquartered in various federal districts of Russia; its legal address is registered as St. Petersburg. As of 2022, over 90% of the company's capital stock was owned by three Russian agencies. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form VTB Group – a leading Russian financial group uniting VTB banks located in different countries and offering a wide range of corporate banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the US. As of April 2025, VTB had a Chinese subsidiary which operated a branch in Shanghai. VTB was ranked 446th on the FT Global 500 in 2011. The ''Financial Times''’ annual snapshot of the world's largest companies. It climbed to 210th in the ranking of the 500 largest companies in Europe, the FT Europe 500 2014, and to 127th in the FT Emerging 500 2014, the list of the 500 largest companies in the world's emerging mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party (UK), Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He was Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997 and held various shadow cabinet posts from 1987 to 1994. Blair was Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield (UK Parliament constituency), Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007, and was special envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East from 2007 to 2015. He is the second-List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure, longest-serving prime minister in post-war British history after Margaret Thatcher, the longest-serving Labour Party (UK), Labour politician to have held the office, and the first and only person to date to lead the party to three consecutive general election victories. Blair attended the independent s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
