Gulnara Karimova net worth
Gulnara Karimova Net Worth: Gulnara Karimova is the eldest daughter of Uzbekistan President Islam Karimov and has a net worth of $700 million. In addition to being the daughter of the most powerful man in the country, she was a distinguished diplomat, professor and businessman. Born on July 8, 1972 in Gulnara Islomovna Karimova, Fergana, Uzbekistan, she studied at the Youth Mathematics Academy, graduating in 1988.
Next, Gulnara received a bachelor’s degree in International Economics from Tashkent State University. Still looking for her true career, she continued her jewelry design course at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, which she completed in 1992. But that’s not all, as she studied at the Uzbekistan Institute of Economics for a master’s degree in Science from 1994 to 1996. She also attended Harvard University from 1998 to 2000, where she received a master’s degree in area studies. At the same time, Karimova successfully entered the University of World Economics and Diplomacy (UWED) with a PhD in Political Science. In 2006, she added a Bachelor of Arts degree in Telecommunications to her extensive resume. Two years later, she began to serve as the Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations in Geneva, a position she held until 2011. Sometime in 2010, she was given the position of Spain’s ambassador to the kingdom, another term that ends in 2011. Finally, she founded the Uzbekistan Culture and Arts Forum, the board of directors of the foundation and some NGOs, of which she still chairs. The main purpose of the establishment of the Forum is to work towards improving all cultural and social aspects of life in Uzbekistan. Speaking of her personal life, she married Mansur Maqsudi in 1991 and filed for divorce about 10 years later. The now divorced couple has two children, Islam and Iman.
Karimova has had her ups and downs at work and in life, and is now interested in telecoms, healthcare and media. That’s what makes her one of the 10 richest women in Uzbekistan.
