If you thought soccer players just had brains in their feet, think again.

AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze, who already owns a famous restaurant in the Italian city, is now launching a number of commercial initiatives in his native Georgia.

His holding company Kala Capital plans to start up a bank, build a new town outside the capital Tbilisi and look into hydro and wind power as well as oil exploration.

Such is Kaladze's fame in Georgia, he has even recruited former prime minister Zurab Nogaideli to serve as Kala Capital's president.

"I am very proud to have such a man as president," Kaladze, 30, told a news conference in a swanky hotel in Milan's fashion district on Monday.

Photographs: Getty Images | Text: Reuters

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