Mubariz Mansimov ( az, Mübariz Mənsimov, legally Mubariz Gurbanoghlu; born March 22, 1968) is an Azerbaijani businessperson who is the founder of Palmali Group of Companies, a shipping company, as well of the Azerbaijani football club

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

.Mübariz Mənsimovdan şəxsi həyatı ilə bağlı şok açıqlamalar – qol.az
He became a naturalized Turkish citizen in 2006. He has invested heavily in Turkey and once owned Yalikavak Marina, previously named Palmarina Yalikavak. As of 15 March 2020, he has been arrested in Turkey on allegations based around having a link to

Gülen movement The Gülen movement ( tr, Gülen hareketi), referred to by its participants as Hizmet ("service") or Cemaat ("community") and since 2016 by the Government of Turkey as FETÖ ("Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation" or, more commonly, "Fethullah T ...

Early life

Mansimov was born in

Masallı Masallı () is a city in and the capital of the Masally District of Azerbaijan. History Masally city was established in 1960. The name of the city comes from the name of a tribe – “Masal” that lived in the territory of Masally in ancient ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

in 1968, to a working-class family. He graduated from the Naval Academy in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

. He was also a former sailor and he still owns some antique weapons consisting of more than 400 pieces, which are displayed in his offices in Istanbul.

Business career

Mansimov's Palmali Group of Companies comprises television channel "Palhaber" and radio "PAL FM" & ''PAL STATION''. He also owns the nationally successful Azerbaijani football club

, which has made an important contribution to the local region. Also he has a milk company named PALSUD.

Trivia

* He is also known to be a fan of

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and Şişli, on the west by Kağıthane and Şişli, on the south by Beyoğlu, and ...

References

External links

Palmali Group of Companies Official Site

Khazar Lankaran Official Site
1968 births Living people Businesspeople from Baku Azerbaijani billionaires Azerbaijani investors {{Europe-business-bio-stub