Inna Gudavadze
{{Short description|Georgian businesswoman and philanthropist}}
Inna Gudavadze ({{lang-ka|ინა გუდავაძე}}) is a Georgian-British businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the founder of a London-based family office overseeing her family assets with a focus on diversified portfolio of investments. She also is the founder of the Gudavadze-Patarkatsishvili Foundation which supports education initiatives in Georgia.[https://www.gpf.ge/#about Founders Letter, GPF Foundation, December 2018]
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Gudavadze graduated with honours from the Georgian State Institute of Foreign Languages. She married Badri Patarkatsishvili, Georgian businessman and philanthropist, in 1979 with whom she had two daughters, Liana and Iya. {{cite web |last=Andrews |first=Suzanna |title=Suzanna Andrews on the Widow and the Oligarchs |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2009/10/oligarchs200910 |publisher=}}{{cite web |last=Ведомости |first= |date=3 December 2012 |title="Пока идет суд, я узнаю все", - Инна Гудавадзе, вдова Бадри Патаркацишвили |url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2012/12/03/poka_idet_sud_ya_uznayu_vse_inna_gudavadze_vdova_badri |publisher=}} For 19 years she worked at the Tbilisi Scientific Research Institute of Electron-Ion Technology. She helped her husband during his life with numerous charitable and civic projects. The family moved to Moscow in 1993 and returned to Georgia in 2000. Since 2006 the family resides in the UK.
Following the untimely intestate death of her husband, Badri Patarkatsishvili, in 2008, Gudavadze and her family were thrust into a series of complex legal battles to reclaim assets across multiple jurisdictions, all of which have been successfully won or settled in favour of Gudavadze and her family. {{cite web |date=30 December 2012 |title=A Gilded Island, Swirling With Intrigue |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/realestate/fisher-island-a-gilded-island-swirling-with-intrigue.html |website=The New York Times}}{{Cite news |date=2009-03-11 |title=Georgians in feud over TV station |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7887044.stm |access-date=2024-05-20 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Luck |first=Adam |date=2024-05-20 |title=‘Wolves’ circled oligarch’s widow over £9bn estate |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/wolves-circled-widow-of-oligarch-badri-patarkatsishvili-over-9bn-estate-50j90nmw8 |access-date=2024-05-20 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}
Business interests
Inna, and her family office, have interests in several companies or projects:
- Fisher Island Holdings – A developer of luxury residential projects on Fisher Island, a private island close to Miami Beach, Florida.{{cite web |date=11 May 2016 |title=Jim Ferraro closes on Palazzo del Sol PH, sets Fisher Island record |url=https://therealdeal.com/miami/2016/05/11/jim-ferraro-closes-on-palazzo-del-sol-ph-sets-fisher-island-record/ |publisher=}} Its two condominium projects were awarded Best US residential development at the 2017 International Property Awards.{{Cite web |date=2018-02-14 |title=World's Best 2017-2018 by International Property Media - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/intprop/docs/wb-2017 |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Coolidge |first=Carrie |title=This Award-Winning Residential Development Is In America's Most Expensive Zip Code |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/carriecoolidge/2018/06/22/this-award-winning-residential-development-is-in-americas-most-expensive-zip-code/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
- IDS Borjomi – A significant minority stake in Borjomi, one of the world’s largest producers of bottled mineral water. It has eight production facilities selling more than 1.5bn bottles of water a year, as well as other beverages.{{Cite web |title=A Georgian Spring in Borjomi |url=https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/06/borjomi-water-strike-georgia-workers |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=tribunemag.co.uk |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2017-05-09 |title=INTERVIEW: Mamuka Khazaradze, chairman of Georgia's TBC Bank |url=https://www.intellinews.com/interview-mamuka-khazaradze-chairman-of-georgia-s-tbc-bank-121082/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.intellinews.com |language=en}}
- Mtatsminda Park – A popular amusement and landscape park overlooking Tbilisi.
- Portfolio Investments – A diversified portfolio of investments with significant allocation to the US and European private equity and venture capital. {{Cite web |title=Imedi Family Office |url=https://www.imedi.uk/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=www.imedi.uk}}
==Philanthropy==
In 2018, Inna launched The Gudavadze-Patarkatsishvili Foundation (გუდავაძე-პატარკაციშვილის ფონდი) (GPF) in her late husband's memory, focused on promoting education initiatives in Georgia.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-15 |title=Gudavadze-Patarkatsishvili Foundation |url=https://www.gpf.ge/ |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=GPF |language=en-GB}} The foundation is the main sponsor of the Georgian National Teacher Prize,[http://mes.gov.ge/content.php?id=7406&lang=eng Ministry of Education, National Teacher Prize Established, 08.06.2017] the Annual TVET Award for professional education[http://mes.gov.ge/content.php?id=7406&lang=eng ISWD, National TVET Awards Announced, 08.05.2018] and supports a scholarship program with the San Diego State University Georgia,[https://georgia.sdsu.edu/en/news/gudavadze-patarkatsishvili-foundation-to-offer-full-scholarships-for-10-successful-students-of-sdsu-georgias-upcoming-cohort/30 SDSU-G, Gudavadze-Patarkatsishvili Foundation to offer full scholarships for 10 successful students of SDSU Georgia’s upcoming cohort, 18.07.2018] as well as other initiatives in Georgian education.