7 domestic celebrities who failed in business

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Not always a talented person turns out to be talented in everything. Often, famous people try to find an additional source of income by investing in their own business. However, it often happens that the business projects of celebrities turn out to be a failure, and instead of income, the stars receive thousands of debts and a damaged reputation. Perhaps they just lack a commercial streak, and the main profession turns out to be much more exciting than developing a solid business plan and strictly following it.

Alla Pugacheva

The prima donna has been in business for a very long time, but not all of her projects are successful. It all started with the Alla Pugacheva Song Theater, opened back in the 1980s with her husband Yevgeny Boldin, which became an obvious competitor to the almighty State Concert. For several years the Theater brought a good income to its owners, but soon significant competition appeared on this market, the Theater ceased to exist almost simultaneously with the diva's family union.

After that, Alla Borisovna tried to produce perfumes and chips, publish a magazine and even teach children in her own studio of pop art "Recital". All these projects have failed, but there is also a business that has been developing quite successfully since 1996. We are talking about the production of footwear under the Alla Pugachova trademark. Recently, this line has been supplemented with accessories from Alla Borisovna.

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Leonid Yarmolnik

The actor really doesn't like being called a businessman, but he made attempts to create his own company. Back in 1997, together with Andrei Makarevich and Leonid Yakubovich, the actor opened a dental clinic. True, the prices in it were so high that, according to Stanislav Sadalsky, he would not have begun to treat his teeth there. Perhaps it was for this reason that the clinic soon had to be sold.

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Irina Ponarovskaya

The attempts of the famous singer Irina Ponarovskaya to do business were also unsuccessful. She created her own atelier, for which she herself drew sketches of original outfits. However, after just a few years, it became clear that doing business requires much more effort and time than it seemed at first, but it brings much less pleasure, like money. As a result, the singer was forced to close her atelier.

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Anne Veski

Failed to become a successful businesswoman and the Baltic star Anna Veski. The singer created a fur atelier together with her husband in the late 1990s, when there was no opportunity to tour. Fur for sewing fur coats from a celebrity was brought from Finland, and they were engaged in the development of models and sewing directly in Estonia. However, the expectations of clients to meet a celebrity in her atelier did not come true, and Anna Veski's employees did not always honestly fulfill their obligations. As a result, the singer went out of business and continued to do what she does best.

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Nikolay Fomenko

Passionate racing enthusiast Nikolai Fomenko was determined to create a new supercar and put it into mass production. I must say that his undertaking had some success. The company Marussia Motors, created together with partners, and the presented prototype of the first model of the supercar, interested the manufacturers, but then the efforts of the founders were directed in a completely different direction from production. Visiting car dealerships, holding PR campaigns, investing in a Formula 1 team, it all felt like one big show.

Nikolai Fomenko's loud bids that his company would sell at least 700 supercars a year were already like a soap bubble. After all, such a number of cars of this class can only be sold today by the renowned company Ferrari. In 2014, Marussia Motors practically ceased to exist, its employees were left without salaries, and the owners faced a long litigation with the bank that issued the company a loan in the amount of 64 million rubles.

Dmitry Nagiyev

The sought-after actor and showman invested in a Chinese restaurant called the Yellow River. The only problem was that Dmitry Nagiyev had absolutely no time to develop it. He acts in films and advertisements, hosts television shows, makes jokes on Russian Radio, and does charity work. It is clear that with such a load, occupations in the restaurant business fade into the background. As a result, the restaurant did not last long. However, this hardly affected the income of Dmitry Nagiyev, who today is one of the richest Russian actors.

Nikolay Baskov

The restaurant with the loud name "Baskov Club" existed for only six months. At the stage of creation, Nikolai Baskov assured that the restaurant would become a fashionable place for lovers of dance music and good parties, and that the cuisine would be represented by primordially Russian dishes. The famous singer later said that he gave the institution only his name. Business at the club initially did not go very well, and after the tragic death of its creative director Rahman Neimark-Coen, the restaurant was closed. This was not the first attempt by Nikolai Baskov to go into business. The company for the production of underwear created by him was never able to take its rightful place in the market.

Successful people know how volatile fortune can be. That is why many celebrities rely on more than just their own abilities, but try to find an alternative source of income, trying themselves in business. The most popular is the restaurant business, but celebrities are also interested in other areas.