Inna Gudavadze information

Inna Gudavadze (Georgian: ინა გუდავაძე) is a Georgian businesswoman and philanthropist and the widow of Badri Patarkatsishvili. In 2017 the Sunday Times estimated her wealth at £650m making her the 196th wealthiest person in the UK.^[1] She is the founder and President of the Gudavadze-Patarkatsishvili Foundation, that supports education initiatives in Georgia.^[2]

She has two daughters, Liana Zhmotova and Iya Patarkatsishvili. The death of her husband sparked one of the biggest estate battles ever that forced Inna and her family to fight for their interests in the courts against several of Badri's former business associates.^[3] Inna now has extensive business and property interests in Georgia and across the rest of the world.^[4]

Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Inna graduated with honours from the Georgian State Institute of Foreign Languages. She married Badri Patarkatsishvili in 1979 with whom she raised two daughters, Liana (1980) and Iya (1983). For 19 years she worked as a translator at the Tbilisi Scientific Research Institute of Electron-Ion Technology. The family moved to Moscow in 1993 and returned to Georgia in 2000. Inna helped her husband during his life with numerous charitable and civic projects both in Russia and in Georgia. Many of these related to landscape design which continues to be a hobby.^[4]