Joseph Prigogine showed a photo of his daughter and spoke about her appearance

Childhood and youth

Joseph Igorevich Prigozhin was born on April 2, 1969 in Makhachkala, in the family of Igor Matveevich and Dinara Yakubovna Prigozhin. The parents were descendants of Ashkenazi and Mountain Jews.

Joseph Prigogine

Joseph began working as a child; at the age of 12 he was already making a living as a hairdresser. But the boy did not see any serious opportunities to realize his ambitious plans in Makhachkala. And he had grandiose plans: to become a popular artist, although creative professions were not welcomed in the family. Therefore, in 1985, Prigozhin, having received a passport, immediately set off to conquer Moscow.

Since that turning point, the biography of Joseph Prigogine has flowed in a different direction.

Joseph Prigogine in childhood and now

At first, the 16-year-old boy from Makhachkala, who had neither acquaintances nor relatives in the capital, had a hard time. To get a place in a dormitory, he entered a vocational school to major in thermal and waterproofing. In 1986, Prigozhin simultaneously graduated from both a vocational school and a Moscow evening school on Izmailovsky Boulevard. But Joseph did not forget about the main goal. Along the way, he found time to study at the Gamma theater studio.

Even in his youth, Prigozhin dreamed of a brilliant career in show business. But the attempt to enter GITIS was unsuccessful. Without dwelling on failures, the purposeful guy moved forward: he met people around music business stars, attended their parties and even auditioned for films.

Joseph Prigogine in his youth

In the late 80s, Joseph Prigogine already worked as a tour manager for concert programs. He also sang on stage and even released an audio cassette with his songs. In the 90s, touring life began. Gradually, Joseph came to the realization that administrative activity was closer to him than the career of an artist.

Joseph Prigozhin became the administrator and organizer of the first fashion show of Valentin Yudashkin. This happened in 1989, and Joseph Igorevich’s debut as a producer took place in 1991, when the “Supershow-91” he organized was aired on the Ostankino TV channel.

Producing career

In 1994, on his second attempt, Joseph Prigogine entered GITIS named after Lunacharsky. And in 2000, without interruption from intensive administrative and creative activities, he received a higher education with a degree in producer.

Producer Iosif Prigozhin

The first singer to use the services of aspiring producer Joseph Prigozhin was Sona. Now few people remember this star. Soon Prigozhin became the producer of Vakhtang Kikabidze and Nikolai Noskov, the promoter of Kristina Orbakaite and Alexander Marshal.

In the late 90s, Prigozhin produced anniversary concerts dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Lyudmila Zykina’s creative activity and the 10th anniversary of the A-Studio group, organized the first solo concerts of Tatyana Bulanova, the Golden Gramophone campaign, and was the executive producer of a festive concert dedicated to the third anniversary ORT and a gala concert in honor of the celebration of March 8th.

Joseph Prigogine, Philip Kirkorov and Valeria

The biography of Joseph Prigogine is a series of great successes. At less than 30 years old, Prigozhin created ORT-Records, the largest audio company in Russia. From June 1997 to July 1999, he was its general producer, and from March 1998 to June 1999, he was also its general director. Detractors immediately linked his successes to Prigozhin’s nationality, peppering it with jokes and caustic comments.

Joseph Igorevich never denied that he was Jewish by origin, but more than once told the press that he was baptized at a conscious age and does not observe Jewish traditions.

Joseph Prigogine with and without hair

Prigogine easily promotes solo projects of little-known, famous and super-popular performers, brings new stars to the show business horizon and quickly brings back forgotten old ones. Within a few months of ORT-Records' work, albums were published by Joseph Kobzon, Vakhtang Kikabidze, Lev Leshchenko, Alexander Marshal, Kristina Orbakaite, Nikolai Noskov, Chris Kelmi, the groups "A-Studio", "Na-Na", "Splin", "Inveterate Scoundrels" and others.

Under the leadership of Joseph Igorevich, ORT-Records was awarded the Ovation National Music Award in the category “Best Recording Company” in 1998.

Joseph Prigogine and Nikolai Baskov

Since 1994, Prigozhin has been a member of the Association of Music Producers, Doctor of Arts of the Academy of Alternative Sciences. In 1998, he received the Ovation Award for Best Producer of the Year. In the same year, the Company magazine recognized Joseph Igorevich Prigozhin as the best businessman of the year in the field of show business.

Prigozhin also managed to unite producers, convincing them not to compete, but to cooperate. Thus, in 2000, his producer appeared. Over time, Prigozhin achieved that he became almost the most successful producer of Russian show business. The group occupies a leading position in the country's music market.

Valeria, Joseph Prigogine and Abraham Russo

The name of Prigozhin is associated with the scandal with the attempt on the life of Abraham Russo. The producer began promoting the singer in 2004, at the request of Moscow businessman Telman Ismailov. The artist’s creativity impressed the entrepreneur, and he decided to take Abraham to the international level. Joseph Prigogine managed to create a name for the musician that became known outside of Russia.

But after one concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, according to rumors, Abraham secretly took all the profits that were in the safe and emigrated to Cyprus. Ismailov, as a number of media outlets wrote, deceived Joseph Prigozhin into negotiating with the singer and returning him to Moscow. In Russia, Abraham Russo was in for trouble, for which the musician accused Prigozhin. The producer himself denied any guilt.

Danaya Prigogine: biography

Danae’s biography is known to Russian viewers primarily in connection with her popular father, producer Joseph Prigozhin. But Danaya Prigozhina herself has already managed to achieve recognition as a plus-size fashion model and even managed to take part in a beauty contest, and not without results.

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Danaya was born in Moscow in the first family of the famous music producer Joseph Prigozhin, who already in the mid-90s collaborated with stars Vakhtang Kikabidze, Nikolai Noskov, Alexander Marshal, Kristina Orbakaite. The girl’s mother, Elena Evgenievna, ran the household and was involved in raising children – Danae and older brother Dmitry.

Danaya Prigozhina

But Prigozhina was still young when her father left the family. Danae has a half-sister, Elizaveta, from Joseph’s marriage to manager Leila Fattakhova. Later, from the marriage of Joseph Prigozhin and singer Valeria, Danae and Dmitry had half-brothers and a sister - the children of the artist.

As a child, the future model dreamed of becoming an actress and was even preparing to enter a theater institute. But due to problems with excess weight, Danae allowed herself to be persuaded to change her dream. After 11th grade, the girl entered a prestigious college, where she found it uninteresting to study, so the girl dropped out of that educational institution after the first year.

Danae and Joseph Prigogine

Danaya Prigozhina is currently studying by correspondence at the International Institute of Economics and Law and will subsequently become a certified lawyer. At the same time, Danaya completed courses in makeup and stylistics and is already earning her living by applying the knowledge she has acquired. Among Prigozhina’s clients there are show business stars. For example, some time ago Danaya had her eyebrows corrected by TV presenter Dana Borisova, who was satisfied and wrote about it on her personal blog.

Personal life

Prigozhin first married in his youth, to Elena, a Muscovite, from a wealthy and intelligent family. Prigozhin's first wife was a housewife. In this marriage, 2 children were born - son Dmitry and daughter Danae.

Joseph Prigogine and his first wife Elena

The second wife of Joseph Prigozhin, Leila Fattakhova, worked as a manager for the selection of artists in. The man was immediately captivated by the dark-eyed beauty. At the time of meeting her, a crack had formed in Prigozhin’s marriage with Elena. A new romance broke out, and 4 years later the couple had a daughter, Lisa. And after another 3 years, Leila left her husband. Now the ex-wife of Joseph Prigozhin is independent, owns one of the best PR agencies in Moscow, and her clients include famous businessmen and restaurateurs.

Joseph Prigogine and his second wife Leila Fattakhova

In March 2003, a fateful meeting between Joseph Prigozhin and singer Valeria took place. This union brought a new marriage and a cooperation contract. It was signed already in April 2003. Valeria became the third wife of Joseph Prigogine and, as he himself claims, his first true love. The couple has no children together. But Joseph Prigogine’s personal life has now become full and happy. Spouses can often be seen on the covers of tabloids and at celebrity parties; Valeria has become a frequent heroine of Prigozhin’s Instagram.

Joseph Prigogine and Valeria

Shortly before their meeting, the producer, whose height is 172 cm and weighs 75 kg, acquired the nickname “Shrek”, as those around him found in Prigozhin a visual resemblance to this cartoon character. Joseph is well aware of this rumor, which he has demonstrated to the public more than once, and neither the producer himself nor his wife are offended by this comparison. As Valeria told the press, she sees no reason for discontent. When she watched the cartoon, she realized that this was a positive hero, comparison with whom was not at all offensive.

In 2014, while participating in the Exactly Exact project, Prigozhin took advantage of this similarity and came out in a Shrek costume during Nikita Presnyakov’s performance, which caused the delight of the audience.

Joseph Prigogine as Shrek

Valeria and Joseph Prigozhin are raising 3 children from the singer’s previous marriage - Anna, Artem and Arseny Shulgin. Joseph Prigozhin’s children from previous marriages and adopted children meet and communicate with each other.

As it turned out, this communication was not ideal at all. In 2020, a scandal broke out. Prigozhin's first wife Elena and her daughter reproached the producer for paying little attention to his former family. The culprit was named Valeria, who allegedly deliberately incites her husband against the children from his first marriage.

First wife of Joseph Prigogine

Joseph and Leila parted as friends, but the relationship with his first wife was radically different. But, as the man himself claims, this had no effect on the children. He became uninterested in the woman who spent all her time at home “doing nothing,” but Prigozhin left the children an apartment and supported them financially all their lives. The producer himself was even perplexed as to how there was such a scandal with his first wife, while complete mutual understanding was maintained with his second wife.

The man considered Elena’s claims to be far-fetched. The producer always invested most of the money he earned in the education of children, both from his first marriage, and from his second, and adopted ones. The children went on vacation with their star dad to different countries. A caring father even tried to arrange for his daughter Danaya to study abroad, but her mother was categorically against it.

Joseph Prigogine with children

Prigozhin told the press that the reason for the scandal was not the children. Elena wants him to provide for herself and uses the offspring as a source of income. And Joseph Igorevich does not at all want to finance the beautiful life and young lovers of a stranger who has never worked anywhere. He refused to pay her millions of debts.

But most of all, Prigozhin is worried about the children, who, as a result of the manipulations of their mother and her boyfriend, may be left homeless. The father was especially worried about Dana, who began to support all of Elena’s endeavors and was offended by helping other children.

Danaya Prigozhina

The girl reproached the producer for promoting Anna Shulgina, Valeria’s daughter, while refusing her. To this, Prigogine reminded the press that Anna has talent and specialized education, but Danae, alas, does not. When his daughter came to him with a request for promotion, Joseph simply asked who he could promote her as and received no answer.

In addition, Joseph hinted to the girl that in order to succeed in show business given her height, she needed to lose weight. He also asked his daughter to go to the gym, prohibiting liposuction, which he considered harmful, especially at such a young age. Then Danae wrote a number of angry comments on social networks about her father and came to the “House 2” project to prove that she herself could achieve success.

Joseph Prigozhin and Danaya Prigozhina on the “Live Broadcast” project

The rest of the children took the position of their father, giving Danae a rebuff in a public environment and supporting Joseph Prigozhin. The producer himself practically renounced his daughter, saying that he could no longer continue such communication.

Biography

Danaya was born in Moscow in the first family of the famous music producer Joseph Prigozhin, who already in the mid-90s collaborated with stars Vakhtang Kikabidze, Nikolai Noskov, Alexander Marshal, Kristina Orbakaite. The girl’s mother, Elena Evgenievna, ran the household and was involved in raising children – Danae and older brother Dmitry.

Danaya Prigogine photo

But Prigozhina was still young when her father left the family.
Danae has a half-sister, Elizaveta, from Joseph’s marriage to manager Leila Fattakhova. Later, from the marriage of Joseph Prigozhin and singer Valeria, Danae and Dmitry had half-brothers and a sister - the children of the artist. Advertising:
As a child, the future model dreamed of becoming an actress and even prepared to enter a theater institute. But due to problems with excess weight, Danae allowed herself to be persuaded to change her dream. After 11th grade, the girl entered a prestigious college, where she found it uninteresting to study, so the girl dropped out of that educational institution after the first year.

Danaya Prigogine photo

Danaya Prigozhina is currently studying by correspondence at the International Institute of Economics and Law and will subsequently become a certified lawyer. At the same time, Danaya completed courses in makeup and stylistics and is already earning her living by applying the knowledge she has acquired. Among Prigozhina’s clients there are show business stars. For example, some time ago Danaya had her eyebrows corrected by TV presenter Dana Borisova, who was satisfied and wrote about it on her personal blog.

Career

Danaya Prigogine photo

Danaya Prigozhina has been struggling with extra pounds since adolescence. Today, with a height of 164 centimeters, Danae’s weight is about 85 kg. But, surprisingly, her plump figure allowed the girl to make a breakthrough in the modeling business.

Prigozhin began advertising a line of stylish plus-size women's clothing from the famous brand. This work allowed Danae to loosen up somewhat and stop having complexes about her appearance. Photos of the girl began to appear in catalogs of branded clothing. Later, Danaya herself opened an online clothing store, which was called Danaya shop.

Danaya Prigogine photo

However, the girl still strives to lose some weight. To achieve this, Danaya participated in the television project “Lose Weight with StarHit,” and is also thinking about new quick weight loss methods. During the project, Danaya lost 10 kg, but the result did not last long: the arrow of the scale again rushed upward. The girl took drastic measures and went to the clinic for a liposuction procedure. But after talking with her father, the girl changed her mind.

Best of the day

In 2020, Danaya participated in the popular Miss Rus' beauty contest, where she managed to reach great heights. The young girl received the honorary title “First Vice-Miss”. At this competition, Prigozhina performed for the first time as a vocalist, performing her own original composition “Don’t be silent.”

Danaya Prigogine photo

The girl took a long time to prepare for this performance: in addition to vocal training and recording the song, Danaya took care of the outfit for the performance. Having received a knee injury two weeks before the performance due to a collision with a cyclist on the street, the girl found the strength to go on stage. The work of Danaya Prigozhina was appreciated by the audience and the jury of the competition, which included Natalia Gulkina, Andrei Kovalev, Sergei Glushko, Bogdan Titomir.

From a number of interviews that Danaya Prigozhina gave in the press and on television in the program “Let Them Talk” with Andrei Malakhov, it became known that the girl has partial hearing loss, so winning the vocal competition is also a personal achievement of Prigozhin’s daughter.

Personal life

Danae's relationship with her dad is not easy. The unresolved issue of fathers and children occupies an important place in a girl’s life. In 2015, a dispute arose between Joseph Prigozhin and his first wife Elena over the sale of apartments registered to Dmitry and Danaya. During the proceedings, Prigozhin’s daughter sided with her mother. The girl voiced her claims against her father in publications on her own Instagram and on the program “Let Them Talk.”

Intrafamily proceedings did not prevent Danae from starting a romantic relationship with a young man named Artem. The couple has been dating for several years, but has already gone through a period of disagreement.

In 2020, Danaya publicly announced that she had allegedly broken up with her lover and was going to the top-rated television set “Dom-2” to build love with one of the guests of the project. But in the end, Prigozhina stayed on the perimeter for only a few hours. The girl realized that she was not ready to reveal her own soul in front of the cameras, returned home and made peace with Artem.

Needless to say, producer Joseph Prigogine was delighted with this turn of events, who openly admitted that he was outraged by the appearance of his daughter in the scandalous TV show. Sharp attacks on her daughter’s actions again drew a line between the relatives: having barely made peace with her dad over a conflict over real estate, Danaya again experienced a feeling of resentment, which she reported to Instagram subscribers.

Danaya Prigogina now

The conflict between daughter and father did not end until 2020. In December, the producer and Danaya participated in the release of the Channel One program “Actually,” which was called “The Unpretentious Daughter of Joseph Prigozhin.” Under the guidance of TV presenter Dmitry Shepelev, the girl and her father passed a lie detector test. The polygraph showed Danae’s hostility towards Valeria’s children, which the girl herself denied.

Prigozhina also stated that she gained an extra 20 kg in 2020 due to an unresolved conflict with her parent. The girl struggled with weight with the help of Chinese pills, but completely undermined her metabolism, after which the weight began to grow rapidly. In turn, Joseph confirmed that he always defended only the interests of the children, not wanting his son and daughter from his first marriage to be deprived of their acquired property. At the end of the program, reconciliation took place between the producer and the eldest daughter.

Projects

“We’re losing weight with StarHit”

"Miss Rus'"

"Let them talk"

"House 2"

"In fact"

Best weeks

Joseph Prigogine now

At the beginning of 2020, rumors spread online that Prigozhin and Valeria had become parents. Joint photos of each of them appeared on Instagram, in which the spouses appeared together with two charming twins. At one time, the singer and producer kept the intrigue. Among subscribers, a version arose about the surrogate birth of children, about the appearance of grandchildren for a married couple. But soon Joseph explained that the babies were born into a family of relatives who often visit the Prigogine couple.

Joseph Prigogine with twins

According to Prigozhin, he is not against the appearance of new heirs in his family. The producer again wants to experience the happiness of fatherhood. The early birth of his first children led Joseph to moral devastation at that period of his life. But now everything has changed.

In the fall, Joseph Prigozhin and Valeria became guests of the “When Everyone is Home” program. The producer said that for the first time after marriage, he experienced a strong fear of losing the happiness that he had found. Panic attacks led to health problems. Seeing how her husband was suffering, the singer invited him to accompany her on every tour. Thus this problem was solved.

Joseph Prigogine with Danae in 2020

Today, relations between Joseph Prigozhin and his daughter Danae have normalized. On the birthday of the girl, who turned 21 in 2020, the producer posted a touching congratulation on his Instagram account. Reconciliation between relatives occurred after participation in the “Actually” program, aired at the beginning of the year.