David Yakobashvili, a businessman and collector

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Iakobachvili David Mikhailovich – co-founder of the company «Wimm-bill-Dann” (VBD). A member of many charitable and cultural institutions. The head of RSPP. In this article, we describe a brief biography of businessman.

David Yakobashvili

The School

1957-y – this is the year when was born Iakobachvili David Mikhailovich. The boy's family has Georgian and Jewish roots. Parents sent David to school with a medical bias. Although he Yakobashvili dreamed of becoming a diplomat. He later abandoned this idea because of his name. After graduating from high school, he entered the Polytechnic Institute (Tbilisi) in the specialty «Civil and industrial construction”. Soon, the family faced financial difficulties. The young man had to leave school and go to work.

Growing pigs

The Day David Yakobashvili worked in the Metallurgical laboratory of the University, and at night – a laborer in Metrostroy. Subsequently, he began recording and repair audio equipment. Then David got a job in the private security and installed in homes alarm. In 1982, for police officers, there is one program. Its essence was that they were allowed to take on the rearing of pigs, and then return them to the state and receive money for the difference in weight. Yakobashvili was excited. Together with a friend he built outside the city a small farm and brought 200 pigs. After a year, the future head of the «Wimm-bill-Dann” surrendered animals and made a profit.

Iakobachvili David Mikhailovich

First business

In the 1980s Iakobachvili David Mikhailovich decided to leave Georgia. He lived in Sweden, Finland and Germany, where worked as a driver and a janitor. In 1988, a young man came to Moscow. Friends the Finns asked for David's help in finding a company that manufactures components for pallets. Yakobashvili quickly found the right factory and earned their first big money – 22.5 thousand marks. After that, he just bought a "Mercedes".

In 1988, David, along with friends he opened in the capital's first floating hotel on the Moscow river. Then I created a Trinity. At the same time acquired a stake in the health cabin "Ginseng" on Pokrovka. This institution became the first Soviet co-operative. The major activity of the company "Trinity" was selling used American cars. Together with our partners, Iakobashvili traveled to the United States for "Chevrolet" and "Cadillac". Also David was driving the Hauler from Finland. In 1991, the hero of this article in Russia opened a dealership ‘GM’. In addition, Yakobashvili was engaged neon signs, furnishings of the hotel “Metropol”, and put on the machine for the first anti-theft radio beacons.

“Vimm-bill-Dann”

The company appeared in Russia in 1992. Sergey Plastinin David Yakobashvili, Mikhail Dubinin and other partners rented in the Lianozovo dairy plant line for bottling of juices. And they took out a loan of $50 thousand in start-up capital. Initially, the juices had the name of the company, in tune with the English "Wimbledon". And in 1994, the founders came up with the J7 brand (Seven Juices). After 12 months VBD bought shares of Lianozovsky plant.

David Yakobashvili biography

IPO

In 2002, “Vimm-bill-Dann” spent primary placing of securities on the new York stock exchange. Thus, it became the first food company in Russia, conducted an IPO. The location of the IAP is estimated at $830 million. Most of the shares acquired French “Danone”. Before IPO “Vimm-bill-Dann” the most reliably and fully revealed about himself in the the prospectus all the necessary information. It was stated even then, that one of the shareholders of the company (Gabriel Yushvaev) had in the past a criminal record.

Hobbies

David Yakobashvili loves go-karting, deep-sea diving and riding a motorcycle. A lot of people, a businessman known as a collector of musical instruments and Antiques. The Russian press wrote a lot about it. Extensive collection of businessman has no analogues in the world.

Iakobachvili David Mikhailovich family

History collection

In the 1980's, David Yakobashvili, whose biography is presented above, traveled to Sweden to work. First the young man cared for the sick, and then began to haul the cars out to RF. In Sweden, David became friends with bill Lidvall – a collector of machine tools and Director of the construction company. In 2000, he decided to give Yakobashvili samoigrayuschy his collection of vintage tools. Bill was very ill and feared that childrenwill sell a valuable collection after his death. And the hero of this article, he really trusted.

David Yakobashvili continued Lidval. Now in his collection you can find many unique tools. For example, two small mechanical organ from France. At the time, were owned by Louis XVII and Louis XVIII (the monarchs). It's rare instruments, existing in a single copy. Also David is a Symphony, owned by Adolf Hitler. And in the collection Yakobashvili is rare hurdy-gurdy Italian masters Baci Galupo. The first of them dates from the beginning of the eighteenth century.


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