Ural Murtazovich Rakhimov (Russian: Урал Муртазович Рахимов; Bashkir: Рәхимов Урал Мортаза улы, Räximov Ural Mortaza ulı; born 13 December 1961) is a Russian businessman of Bashkir ethnicity.
Rakhimov is the 191st richest man in Russia with a net worth of US$500 million as of 2011.
Throughout most of Rakhimov's life, he maintained a deep interest in science, eventually studying at Ufa State Petroleum Technological University and graduating in 1984.
[3] He then studied at the French Petroleum Institute, receiving a Master's of Science, and then he studied in the United States for another Master's degree.
During 2009 till early 2010, he was the owner of Salavat Yulaev Ufa.