- Iliya Pavlov
Infobox Person
name=Iliya Pavlov
caption=
birth_date=August 6 ,1960
birth_place=Bulgaria
death_date=March 7 ,2003
death_place=Sofia ,Bulgaria Iliya Pavlov Naydenov ( _bg. Илия Павлов Найденов) (
August 6 ,1960 -March 7 ,2003 ) was aBulgaria nbusinessman . He was the leader and founder of theMultigroup organization, as well as of G-13.Iliya Pavlov studied Journalism and Business Administration in the
United States .The prosperity of his organization is due to his first marriage to Toni Chergelanova, the daughter of General Chergelanov who was the chief of the Bulgarian Intelligence Service.
ports career
Pavlov was a former Bulgarian wrestling champion. He was a kid when he understood that sport was his vocation.
Assassination
An assault on the life of Iliya Pavlov was attempted on
June 17 ,1997 when a bomb wrecked two of the cars belonging to conglomerate Multigroup on the road between Sofia and Bistritsa. One of the cars was Iliya Pavlov's armoured BMW, but he was not in the car.Iliya Pavlov was assassinated on
March 7 2003 , at about 19:50. He was shot in the region of theheart while he was standing in front of his office. He was taken immediately to thePirogov Hospital , but he died on the way.Dr. Galev at the Pirogov Hospital explained that the usual attempts for restoration for life were unsuccessful. Only one bullet was found, and it was shot without a
silencer , and probably by asniper .Interesting facts
Pavlov was ranked the eighth richest man in Central and Eastern Europe by the Polish magazine "Wprost" in November, 2002. He was said to be worth $US1.5 billion
ee also
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Business
*List of Bulgarians
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/2832167.stm Bulgarian tycoon gunned down]
*Bulgarian Mafia
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