love & success sTory
HoW to build lifeTime relationships and achieve financial freeDom together
Muse of Abundance
Our story started
9 years ago
in Paris...
9 years ago
in Paris...
I just came to France as a first year student at Paris Dauphine University, and he was already on his third year. We were the only two Russian people in the whole campus, this is probably the reason why we felt that bond since the beginning.
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I would never imagine getting engaged at 19 years old, and this is exactly what happened a couple of months later. He proposed to me on boat-restaurant on Seine River, under the Eiffel Tower. He actually asked my hand to my father, and all of our parents were present. Ever since I met him I felt like I was living some kind of fairytale with a perfect man.
At that time we had nothing. Two poor students who lived in a 12m2 service room in the upper storey of some old fancy Parisian building.
After my third year we started to work in banks in parallel to our studies, to acquire professional experience and pay for our studies, since our Master degrees were expensive. At the end of my studies I had 3 years of work in finance as a real "she-wolf of Wall Street" - I was a trader and brought
3 000 000€ of benefit to my bank in one year. We always worked together with Viktor in the same investment banks, and we even worked on the same trading floor.
3 000 000€ of benefit to my bank in one year. We always worked together with Viktor in the same investment banks, and we even worked on the same trading floor.
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By the time I finished my studies, he had already started his career in Paris, while I got a chance to go to London to work for the largest and most prestigious bank in the world (they even say this bank rules are he world), being selected from 18000 candidates. I spend my summer there as a pre-employed intern, and was invited to join 3 teams for prestigious positions.
At that moment I had to decide - whether I return to Paris to be with him, refusing the offer of my life; or I stay and pursue my career in the best possible way, trying to make him come with me. And this was the most difficult decision I had to take in my whole life.
At that time he worked for a small company in Paris, that had only 7 employees. He wanted to build a new business from scratch and he waited to acquire French nationality. And I got invited to the most prestigious positions a graduate could ever imagine. In London. Everyone told me I would be crazy if I refuse that offer, and I would never get that chance again...
And you know what? I just believed in my man. I refused the job in London, returned to Paris to be with him and to support him, and I never regretted my decision.
We had the most beautiful wedding that we dreamed so much about. And we made a baby. At the moment we rented
a studio of 30m2 in Paris.
a studio of 30m2 in Paris.
So I believed in my husband and supported him. And my husband started to succeed. Before we gave birth to David we already bought our first 90m2 appartement in one of the richest neighborhoods of Paris, near Versailles. Viktor received his French nationality, so all our babies have both
Russian and French one.
Russian and French one.
Then we moved to Dubai. Now we have everything. We live in a mansion, we drive a brand new convertible Ferrari, we invest in the most luxurious properties and other assets, building a fortune for our kids, supporting our whole family. But that is not that important. The most important thing is that I can proudly say, that we are happy in our marriage. Family has been the most important asset for us through all times, and this is what makes our success meaningful.
I never wanted to marry an already successful man, and now you know that I worked all my life to succeed. Instead, I chose a Russian student, I fell in love with him, I saw how much effort it costed him to make his path and supported him all the way through, being his muse and his business partner. I just believed in him when we had nothing, and he succeeded. So now we can build our family and enjoy our life without ever being worried about money. I enjoy being a mom, happily married, with two beautiful boys, and even the most extraordinary career could not replace that for me. I have recently won the Mrs Universe UAE Business Woman title, which combines my two best qualities: feminity and business. This is our story, and I am proud of us!
The point is not to find a ready-to-marry successful man, but it is not to become a crazy careerist either..
Because everything we do, we do it for our family. If I accepted that offer, I would be wealthy and self-sufficient, but I wouldn't have my family. So what would be the point in this? I saw a lot of women in finance, who made the wrong choice and followed their path, leaving all the people they loved behind, thinking that career could replace everything for them.
And believe me, the result is not
very pleasant to see.
I also saw a lot of underestimated and talented men, and on the contrary, successful men who ruined their families as soon as they started to earn money.
Both of us certainly didn't want to end up like this, even for satisfying our greatest ambitions.
In order to build lifelong relationships, you will need to take risks and do sacrifices to support you loved one, raise his self-confidence and guide him in his career path, so he can succeed and make you proud. This is a true hard work, but such relationships usually pay off to be the strongest ones!
So the point is - just do everything you need
in order for you both to become really happy.
And believe me, the result is not
very pleasant to see.
I also saw a lot of underestimated and talented men, and on the contrary, successful men who ruined their families as soon as they started to earn money.
Both of us certainly didn't want to end up like this, even for satisfying our greatest ambitions.
In order to build lifelong relationships, you will need to take risks and do sacrifices to support you loved one, raise his self-confidence and guide him in his career path, so he can succeed and make you proud. This is a true hard work, but such relationships usually pay off to be the strongest ones!
So the point is - just do everything you need
in order for you both to become really happy.
Yours, @anastasiia_dubai
