Tevfik Arif - theguardian.com

Sater primary came directly into Trump’s orbit when he teamed up with one of his neighbours, another Soviet-born striver, Tevfik Arif, a good Kazakh developer who also setup the Bayrock property firm in 2001 with offices in Trump Tower. Sater rose to become managing director, and Bayrock gone into partnership with Trump to build the Trump Soho hotel. Trump, Arif and Sater were masters of ceremonies in the state opening in Manhattan in September 2007, and photographs of the function show them basking together in the glow of the publicity.

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