Grisha Ganchev

Biography

Ganchev attended sports high school "Asen Draganov" in Lovech, specializing in wrestling. He subsequently graduated from the UNWE, earning a degree in accounting and control. Ganchev also completed management studies in St. Louis in 1990, making use of the distance learning option.
He is the founder of the Litex Commerce AD company that specializes in various petrol products. Ganchev also owns the Litex Motors company, a subsidiary and a representative of the Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors.
Ganchev has sponsored numerous sports, including football, wrestling, boxing, sambo, volleyball and motor sports. 
Since April 2007, he has been a member of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee and since February 2009 of the Bulgarian Football Union.
A former Litex Lovech owner since 1996, on June 24, 2015, after the Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia faced insolvency, the entrepreneur moved the club from Lovech to Sofia, and renamed it to CSKA-Sofia, which later was recognized by UEFA as the successor of CSKA Sofia.
Ganchev is married to Temenuzhka and they have a daughter and a son. He is a horse enthusiast.