Through joint ventures together with Frank Varner and Stein Erik Hagen, he opened numerous shopping centres as well as real estate and commercial properties in Latvia.

Through his joint ventures, he has opened and developed Rimi Baltic, Narvesen, Cubus, Bik Bok, Dressmann store chains; major shopping malls in Riga – Galerija Centrs, Mols, Dole, Alfa, Minsk, Origo and Olympia; hotels Radisson Blu Ridzene and Radisson Blu Latvija, as well as large real estate developments – Saules Akmens and Saliena.

The development will include 8,000 apartments, numerous hotels and offices, retail, public spaces and the new Ropax Terminal for ferries and passengers.

With total investments exceeding 5,8 billion Euros, the project will offer convenient connections to the Baltic Capitals and to Western Europe.

Šlesers took part in the Riga City Council elections in 2009 and received a majority of votes together with the Harmony Party and their leader Nils Ušakovs.

If he wins, he has promised a more business led approach for the city, with a focus on attracting foreign investments, tourism and international partnerships.

He is a prominent Donald Trump supporter and is very vocal about further developing closer pragmatic relationships with the US, China and India based on trade foreign investments.