Hello everyone, Vyacheslav Bulenkov is with you and in this issue, I will share the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. On March 2, the American Forbes unveiled the traditional, 29th in a row, world ranking of billionaires. This time, the list included 88 businessmen from Russia, 33 fewer than a year earlier, and for the first time Vladimir Potanin was the leader - he removed Alisher Usmanov from the first "national" line. The Russian participants in the rating have noticeably "poorer" over the year - this is due to the crisis in the country's economy and Western sanctions due to the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine and the war in Donbass. In terms of the number of dollar billionaires, Russia is now behind not only the United States and China, but also Germany and India. 10. Mikhail Prokhorov Status: $ 9.9 billion Change over the year: - $ 1 billion Position in the world ranking: 125 Athlete, banker, metallurgist, playboy, investor, media mogul, politician and NBA club owner - all this is Mikhail Prokhorov. In 2012, he shocked the whole of Russia with an unexpected nomination for the presidency of the country - and collected a decent 8% of the vote in the elections. But since then, the businessman's political career has faded. His most notable American project is building a new arena for the Nets. In December 2013, it acquired a 27% stake in Uralkali, the world's largest producer of potash fertilizers. 9. Gennady Timchenko Status: $ 10.7 billion Change over the year: - $ 4.6 billion Position in the world ranking: 118 Gennady Timchenko owns stakes in many companies in the gas, transport and construction industries. Among its assets are the largest gas producer Novatek, the petrochemical holding Sibur, the railway carrier Transoil and Insurance Company Sogaz. As one of the country's most powerful people, the billionaire, considered a close friend of Vladimir Putin, fell under US sanctions in 2014. Among the non-business workload of Timchenko is the supervision of Russian hockey: he chairs the board of directors of the KHL and holds the presidency of the St. Petersburg club SKA. 8. Vladimir Lisin Status: $ 11.6 billion Change over the year: - $ 5 billion Position in the world ranking: 107 Vladimir Lisin made a fortune in metallurgy, rail transportation and logistics. Previously, he became a partner in the Trans-World Group, which over the years has grown into a leading Russian exporter of aluminum and steel. By that time, Lisin had accumulated rich experience in managing metallurgical production, so that when the assets were divided in 2000, he naturally acquired the giant of the industry - the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant. The billionaire also controls the logistics holding UCL, which owns Freight One. 7. Leonid Mikhelson Condition: $ 11.7 billion Change over the year: - $ 3.9 billion Position in the world rating: 105 Leonid Mikhelson is the main owner of Novatek gas producer, Sibur chemical group and First United Bank. In July 2014, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions against Novatek, putting pressure on business partner Timchenko, who is considered a close friend of Putin in the West. The company remains the controlling shareholder of the Yamal LNG project, which is developing despite the pressure from the sanctions. To support him, Novatek requested $ 2.3 billion in support from the National Wealth Fund. The total cost of the project is estimated at $ 27 billion; Chinese investors are ready to invest $ 10 billion. 6. Vagit Alekperov Status: $ 12.2 billion Change over the year: - $ 1.4 billion Position in the world ranking: 96 Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil - the largest oil company Russia, which, in particular, is developing the West Qurna 2 field in Iraq, which has one of the richest deposits on the planet. The billionaire does not have a reputation as a businessman from the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, which did not save Lukoil from US sanctions in September 2014. Having passed all the career stages in the oil industry, at the end of the USSR, the future billionaire even managed to work as an industry minister. In 1991 he privatized three large fields and founded Lukoil. Alekperov is the author of the book Oil of Russia: Past, Present and Future. 5. Alexey Mordashov Status: $ 13 billion Change over the year: + $ 2.5 billion Position in the world rating: 89 In mid-January 2015, Putin received Mordashov and took from the metallurgical tycoon a promise not to allow unreasonable investments. Against the backdrop of a bad market environment for Russia, the billionaire got rid of all American assets - his company, Severstal, is now focusing on the national market. At the end of 2013, the businessman, together with an entrepreneur close to Putin, Yuri Kovalchuk, bought 50% of the shares of the fourth largest Russian mobile operator Tele2 Russia. Also, together with Kovalchuk, Mordashov is a shareholder of Bank Rossiya, which is under US and EU sanctions due to the “pro-presidential” reputation of its main shareholder. In 2011, the owner of Severstal increased its stake in the Power Machines holding by purchasing 25% from Siemens. 4. Viktor Vekselberg Condition: $ 14.2 billion Change over the year: - $ 3 billion Position in the world ranking: 73 Russian authorities Viktor Vekselberg was chosen to be the curator of the project of the national analogue of Silicon Valley - the Skolkovo innovation city - in 2010. Since then, three billionaire companies have appeared among the project residents who received grants from the state. In 2013, the businessman, together with Mikhail Fridman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold a 50% stake in the TNK-BP oil company to the state-owned Rosneft for $ 28 billion. Vekselberg earned his first million from the sale of scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the SUAL holding company. In 2007, SUAL merged its assets with the Rusal group and the mining company Glencore, thus creating the world's largest aluminum producer UC Rusal. In addition, Vekselberg has stakes in petrochemical, consumer and telecommunications companies. 3. Alisher Usmanov Status: $ 14.4 billion Change over the year: - $ 4.2 billion Position in the world ranking: 71 Alisher Usmanov lost the status of the richest man in Russia after three years of leadership, but continues to be a key figure in several major sectors of the national economy ... Among its assets are the metallurgical giant Metalloinvest, the country's second largest mobile operator Megafon, the Internet holding Mail.ru Group and the publishing house Kommersant. The billionaire's most successful investments internationally are in the tech industry: he became an early investor in Facebook, but sold all of the social network shares in 2013 to invest in the growing Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and the Chinese budget smartphone maker Xiaomi. Usmanov also remains a shareholder of the London football club Arsenal. 2. Mikhail Fridman Status: $ 14.6 billion Change over the year: - $ 3 billion Position in the world ranking: 68 Together with his fellow students, Mikhail Fridman controls Alfa Group, the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. In 2011, Alfa-controlled mobile operator VimpelCom acquired the telecommunications holding of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris and became the sixth largest player in the global market. Fridman and partners also own the second largest retail chain in Russia - X5 Retail Group. 1. Vladimir Potanin Status: $ 15.4 billion Change over the year: + $ 2.8 billion Position in the world ranking: 60 Vladimir Potanin, a former employee of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, in 1991 met his future partner Mikhail Prokhorov. In 1993, the partners created Oneximbank, which attracted IBEC to serve its clients. Oneximbank has become a platform for the construction of the Interros holding. With the support of the state, the billionaire became the largest private investor in the Winter Olympics in Sochi - he built the Rosa Khutor ski resort. And so, it was the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. Subscribe to the channel to receive new inspirational and useful episodes, write your opinion in the comments, and if you liked the episode, like it and share this video with your friends. This will be the biggest support for me. And Vyacheslav Bulenkov was with you and see you soon!
The number of billionaires in the world continues to grow. As noted by Forbes magazine, the combined wealth of the richest people in the world now stands at 6.5 trillion dollars - this is 30% of the total GDP of the United States, which still occupies a leading position in terms of the volume of the economy.
By the way, despite the fact that in last years not only the number of billionaires has grown, but also the geography of their origin has grown, the basis of the list of the rich are also people from the United States and some European countries, to which have now been added several billionaires from Asia who have amassed their fortune like Bill Gates.
15.Li Kashin, worth $ 33.5 billion
The 86-year-old billionaire is one of the richest people in all of Asia, who has maintained the position of the richest man in Hong Kong for 17 years. He became famous for his numerous investments in the Internet. In his own words: "A person who invests in the development of technology feels younger." Despite the fact that Li Kashin has been involved in real estate for a long time (his companies have built every seventh apartment in Hong Kong) and cargo transportation, in 2007, without hesitation, he invested $ 120 million in Facebook, receiving in return a share of 0.8%. Prior to that, in 2005, his company Horizons invested in unprofitable at that time Skype, which bought eBay for $ 2.5 billion the following year, and in 2009 Lee invested $ 7.5 million in Siri, which was also bought by Apple the following year.
14. Jeff Bezos, worth $ 34.4 billion
Online giant Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a fortune selling goods online. In just five years, he built a billion-dollar factory of virtual hopes. Bezos owes his success to ingenuity and speed - Amazon began full-fledged work in 1995, just at the moment when crowds flooded the Internet, and competitors had not yet had time to create full-fledged sites, so speed was more important here than design or technical innovations. And then the company continued to actively develop, based on two things: Bezos's perfectionism and the company's focus on the end user. As the founder of Amazon liked to say, "I like to take ordinary things and improve them to the point where people think, wow, this is completely different." Jeff Bezos' assets now include the aerospace company Blue Origin and the publishing house The Washington Post.
13. Arnaud Bernard, worth $ 36.8 billion
He is the richest Frenchman in the world and is the head of Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), a world leader in the manufacture and sale of luxury goods since 1989. Under the leadership of his company are such famous brands as Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, Givenchy, Hennessy, Guerlain, Chaumet, Moët & Chandon, TAG Heuer. Now the businessman is actively investing in Internet enterprises, despite the fact that these investments are not yet very profitable for him. He says: “The internet economy has a great future. Although I can guarantee that in a hundred years, people will be drinking Dom Perignon champagne. But what kind of Internet they will use - I don’t know. ” Arnault began to build his empire on the idea of concentration of various brands, united by belonging to the "luxury" class. In an increasingly globalized economy, it takes a lot of money to promote and maintain one particular brand; the presence of a whole portfolio of brands in the hands of one company helps to significantly reduce costs. The tight-fisted Arno, even selling luxury goods, wanted to save money.
There are not many politicians in the world who can also boast of the status of a dollar billionaire. One such person is Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York. After Bloomberg was fired from large company, he decided to start his own business and in 1981 Innovative Market Systems was born, which in the future will be renamed Bloomberg LP. Wherein start-up capital company totaled $ 10 million. The idea was to provide various business information to companies, including financial information. But doing this is not like other companies at that time - chaotic, but structured, highlighting current trends. As Bloomberg himself put it: "I would make a terrible venture capitalist; the value of any company would be considered overpriced by me. I never doubted that it was much cheaper to create my own."
11. Samuel Robson Walton, worth $ 39.1 billion
What began as a family business of several shops in the 1960s has grown into a global empire of 6,500 supermarkets. Sam Walton, who started this business, died in 1992, leaving his part of the company to his wife and four children. S. Robson Walton - on this moment chairman of the board of directors. In general, the heirs of Sam Walton own about forty percent of the shares in Wal-Mart (as the company is now called). Wal-Mart is the world's largest retail chain with about 6,782 stores in 14 countries. These are hypermarkets, supermarkets selling food and industrial goods. Wal-Mart's strategy includes such terms as maximum assortment and minimum, aiming for wholesale, prices.
10. Alice Walton, worth $ 39.6 billion
The widow and daughter of Sam Walton, the founder of the Wal-Mart network, is one of the heirs of the corporation. The Walton family has ancient roots and is one of the most powerful families in the United States of America. She has many brothers: Rob Walton, John Walton, Jim Walton. The entire Walton family is in business and has a huge influence in the world. However, the only daughter of Sam Walton did not want to be involved in the family business for a long time, so for some time she was engaged in brokerage. She is now a renowned art collector and also one of the largest sponsors of contemporary artists. As Alice herself believes: "Each of us builds and destroys our existence in its own rhythm. We age not because time passes, but depending on the energy we consume and partially renewable."
9.Liliane Bettencourt, worth $ 40.2 billion
As the daughter of the founder of L "Oreal, the world's largest cosmetics company, Liliane Bettencourt inherited a huge fortune. shared ownership: 27.5% went to Liliane Bettencourt, 26.4% to Nestlé, and 46.1% are put up for a public auction, which can be purchased by anyone. Liliane Bettencourt is second on the list richest people in France after Bernard Arnault. Of the outstanding merits of Lilian, one can name the creation of a fund to support the education and development of science and culture of the country, as well as financing of conservative politicians, including Nicolas Sarkozy. The favorite phrase of the queen of the empire of beauty is the expression "Money still smells like".
8. Jim Walton, worth $ 40.6 billion
Jim is the youngest son of the Walton family. He started his career in one of his father's shops. At first, he arranged goods on shelves and racks, then more and more important tasks were entrusted to him. Having gained experience, he could already lead quite well. And after the death of his father in 1992, Jim began to manage his company with his brothers, which he inherited. In 2005, after the death of his older brother John, Jim Walton took over at the helm of the company. As a man, Jim Walton, according to friends, is quiet, balanced and modest. In life, he is content with the necessary and is not wasted on luxury. As Jim himself says: "It really takes dedication to achieve great results."
7. Christy Walton, worth $ 41.7 billion
Unlike other heads of Walmart, Christie entered the Walton family as the wife and now widow of John Walton. While her wealth comes primarily from Walmart (with more than $ 400 billion in sales annually), she also gets a significant chunk of the money from her investments in First Solar. Christie's husband, John Walton, died in a plane crash in 2005. Since then, Christie has spared no money for charity, assists the national workers' association, makes donations to the donor association. Christie believes that "family values are above all else."
6. Charles and David Koch, worth $ 42.1 billion
The Koch brothers inherited the Koch Industries company from their father Fred, the founder of the company. Now it is one of the largest firms in the United States. According to the data, in 2013 the company's turnover was $ 115 billion. The brothers managed to make enemies in the States, many people called them "pigs", for example, Chris Matthews, the popular host of the MSNBC channel), and protesters during the election race walked with posters of Koch Kills ... Unsurprisingly, despite the massive investment in the last Republican nomination, the brothers lost. However, they are not going to give up and will try their hand at the next elections. As Charles Koch said: "The main power of power is the ability to coerce. My brother and I do not have such a power."
5. Larry Ellison, worth $ 54.3 billion
Larry Ellison is the founder and director general the huge software company Oracle. He is known for his impulsive behavior and extravagant entertainment, for example, Allison loves speed, and therefore bought himself the Italian Marchetti fighter. In the early 1970s, Allison worked for a small firm, Amtex. When he got there, he already knew how to design powerful databases that take into account different kinds payments and almost all banking operations... It is with his developments in Amtex that the history of the Oracle company begins - it is under this name that during his work at Amtex he created an incredibly convenient, multifunctional and almost perfect database. Business, according to Larry, is "first of all, reaching the first step on the Victory Pedestal, and in this case the end always justifies the means."
4. Amancio Ortega, worth $ 63.2 billion
Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Spain, fashion designer, founder and president of Industria de Diseno Textil Sociedad Anonima. Inditex Corporation is the largest retail chain in the world, it owns brands such as Zara, Pull & Bear, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, Stradivarius, Oysho, Zara Home and Uterqüe, with about 4,907 stores in 77 countries. The Western press calls Amancio Ortega the Spanish Sphinx. There are other epithets that are also readily replicated: the man of legend, the man of mystery, the uncrowned king of design. And they are all true - none of them should be considered an exaggeration. Not only because the formula of success invented by Ortega, which raised him to the world business Olympus, not only can be realized, but even completely unraveled by no one. The capture of world markets by Spanish brands has even spawned the adage: "Soon we will all look a little Spanish."
3. Carlos Slim Elu, worth $ 69.5 billion
Carlos Slim Elu is a billionaire, otherwise known as the "Mexican Rockefeller", the owner of the largest holding in Latin America, America Mobil telephone company. In addition to telecommunications, Elu also invested in retail trade, Media and the latest technology... Among his most recent major acquisitions is the acquisition of a majority stake in Telekom Austria, through which he hopes to expand his influence in Central and Eastern Europe. One of Al's most famous quotes was: "In business, you need to be flexible. Many people want to change the world for the better for their children. I am trying to change my children for the better so that they serve the world."
2. Warren Buffett, worth $ 73.5 billion
Having invested in 11 years, Buffett rose to fame as a major investor and financial expert. As Buffett said, "Never invest in a business you don't understand." Most of the wealth came from his presidency of Berkshire Hathaway. One of his most recent big purchases was Hainz, which he acquired in 2013 for $ 28 billion. Over his career, Buffett has acquired nicknames such as The Seer, The Wizard of Omaha, The Oracle of Omaha and The Largest Philanthropist in History humanity ". He made the bulk of his donations through the Bill Gates Charitable Foundation.
1. Bill Gates, worth $ 79.3 billion
The founder of Microsoft has once again ranked first in the ranking of the richest people in the world. Everyone knows that Gates' billions were amassed during the technology boom, when he was involved in programming and developing computers. He also became famous as an investor and charity worker - together with his wife Melinda, they created a large fund, where they have already invested more than $ 28 billion. He believes that the future belongs to technologically advanced companies: “In the future, there will be two types of companies on the market: those who are on the Internet and those who have gone out of business. "
Every year, Forbes analysts rank the world's billionaires. This year, this list includes 88 Russians. We decided to take a closer look at the top ten, bringing to your attention the Top 10, which included the richest people in Russia in 2015.
Naturally, the crisis, sanctions and the fall in the ruble exchange rate influenced the size of the fortunes of the Russian oligarchs. For the first time in recent years, Russia has yielded to India and Germany in terms of the number of billionaires.
Prokhorov's fortune is $ 9.9 billion. The businessman owns controlling stake basketball club "Nets", and for 6 years was the president of the Russian Biathlon Union. In the assets of Prokhorov and shares of commodity companies and media assets - RBC and the publishing group "Live!"
Timchenko is a co-owner of such companies as Novatek, Sibur holding, Transoil, as well as Sogaz insurance company. The businessman is a fan of hockey, he even chairs the KHL board of directors. Timchenko's fortune is $ 10.7 billion.
Lisin's fortune over the year "thinned" by almost a third, having decreased by $ 5 billion and amounted to $ 11.6 billion. Among the oligarch's assets are the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant and the UCL logistics holding.
Mikhelson owns the Novatek gas company, the Sibur chemical group, and the First United Bank. The businessman's fortune is estimated at $ 11.7 billion. The oligarch is known for his love of art and often organizes exhibitions.
The head of Lukoil has a fortune of $ 12.2 billion. The businessman actively supports social entrepreneurship through the Our Future fund for regional programs he founded.
The owner of Severstal owns a fortune of about $ 13 billion. In addition to the main asset, the metallurgical tycoon has a stake in Tele2 Russia, Bank Rossiya, and Power Machines holding.
The Skolkovo project curator owns a private museum, where he exhibits his collection of art objects. In addition, Vekselberg is actively involved in patronage. So, the businessman presented a three-room apartment to the 2014 Olympic champions - Maxim Trankov and Tatyana Volosozhar. The oligarch's fortune is estimated at $ 14.2 billion.
Last year, it was this 71-year-old oligarch who topped a similar Forbes rating. Over the year, the fourth-degree holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland lost $ 4.2 billion, and his fortune is now estimated at $ 14.4 billion.
The co-owner of Alfa Group lost $ 3 billion in a year, his fortune today Forbes experts valued at $ 14.6 billion. Among Fridman's assets are mobile operator VimpelCom and a stake in X5 Retail Group.
Topping the rating, which includes only the richest people in Russia, is the head of Interros. Over the year, Potanin's fortune grew by $ 2.8 billion, amounting to $ 15.4 billion. personal life oligarch - Potanin divorced and has already entered into a second marriage with a colleague, in which he had a child.
The Forbes editors have compiled a list of the most influential and successful entrepreneurs of the year. The rating is based on income growth. Read to the end, and you will find out who became the main rich man in 2015.
No. 5. Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg is the largest provider of information for financial markets... Its founder is Michael Bloomberg (launched in 1981). The company received a good financial support from Merrill Lynch, and has become one of the most demanded providers financial information... In 2015, 73-year-old Bloomberg increased his capital by $ 5.5 billion, thus winning the fifth place in the Forbes ranking.
Source: seekingalpha.com
No. 4. Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin is one of the co-founders of the global search engine Google. Brin and Page's ideas were tested on the university search engine google.stanford.edu. The google.com domain was registered on September 14, 1997 - a year before the official registration of an unknown company. Troubled 2015 brought Sergei Brin almost $ 8.9 billion and 4th place in the list, respectively.
Source: brw.com.au
No. 3. Larry Page
Larry Page is the developer and co-founder of the Google search engine. On April 4, 2011, he became Chief Executive Officer of the company, replacing Eric Schmidt in this position. In 2015, Larry Page multiplied his fortune by $ 9.2 billion in annual income, thanks to which he took 3rd place in the Forbes ranking.
Source: people.am
# 2. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg, as an ordinary student at Harvard University, created the largest social network Facebook. The project was created in 2004, and this year brought its owner $ 11.2 billion.This achievement allowed Zuckerberg to take the second position in the Forbes list and increase his capital to $ 45.6 billion.
The American magazine Forbes on Monday, March 2, published the annual ranking of the richest billionaires in the world. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates kept the first place in the list. Forbes estimated his fortune at $ 79.2 billion.
The second place, as in 2014, is occupied by the Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim. His fortune is estimated at $ 77.1 billion. The third place was taken by investor Warren Buffett with a fortune estimated at $ 72.7 billion.
The main owner of Inditex (brands Zara, Massimo Dutti, etc.) Amancio Ortega moved from third to fourth place. Forbes estimated the fortune of the Spaniard at $ 64.5 billion. Oracle founder Larry Ellison closes the list of the five richest people in the world with a fortune estimated at $ 54.3 billion.
In total, the list of American Forbes in 2015 includes 1826 people. Their combined fortune is $ 7.05 trillion, $ 600 billion more than a year earlier. The average state of a participant in the 2015 ranking is $ 3.86 billion, $ 60 million less than in 2014.
There are 197 women in the ranking. Among women in the ranking, Wal-Mart co-owner Christy Walton is in the lead. She is ranked eighth overall with a net worth of $ 41.7 billion, followed by L'Oreal owner Liliane Bettencourt (# 10, $ 40.1 billion) and Christy Walton's husband's sister Alice Walton (# 11, $ 39.4 billion).
The youngest member of the ranking is 24-year-old co-founder of the Snapchat messenger Evan Spiegel (# 1250, $ 1.5 billion). The oldest member of the list is 99 years old. This is David Rockefeller Sr., ranked 603 with a fortune estimated at $ 3 billion.
The 2015 Forbes list included a record 290 newcomers (71 of them from China). Newcomers include Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes (# 365, $ 4.5 billion), Airbnb co-founder Brian Chesky (# 1006, $ 1.9 billion), Snapchat founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy (collectively # 1250, $ 1.5 billion) , basketball player Michael Jordan (# 1741, $ 1 billion).
The ranking of the richest people in the world, published on March 2 by the American magazine Forbes, included 88 Russian billionaires - 33 fewer than in 2014. The richest of them, according to Forbes, is Vladimir Potanin, President of the Interros holding. His fortune is estimated at $ 15.4 billion, and he ranks 60th in the ranking of the richest people in the world. In 2014, according to Forbes, Potanin ranked eighth in the ranking of 200 richest Russians, and his fortune was estimated at $ 12.6 billion.
The second place in the list of the richest Russians, by a small margin from the leader, was taken by the head of the supervisory board of Alfa Group, Mikhail Fridman. Forbes estimated Friedman's fortune at $ 14.6 billion and put him in 68th place in the global ranking of billionaires. Friedman has held the second place in the ranking of the richest Russians since 2013.
In third place in the list of the richest Russians is Alisher Usmanov, the main shareholder of USM Holdings. Usmanov topped the list of the richest Russians according to Forbes from 2011 to 2014. Now Forbes has estimated the fortune of the billionaire at $ 14.4 billion. In the global Forbes ranking, he ranks 71st.
The fortune of the co-owner of the Renova group, Viktor Vekselberg, was estimated by Forbes at $ 14.2 billion. The billionaire ranks fourth in the Russian list and 73 in the global one. Severstal CEO Alexei Mordashov became fifth in the list of the richest Russians and 89th in the global ranking. His fortune is estimated at $ 13 billion.
They are followed by the president of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov (fortune - $ 12.2 billion), co-owner of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson ($ 11.7 billion), owner of NLMK Vladimir Lisin ($ 11.6 billion), the main shareholder of Volga Resources Group Gennady Timchenko ($ 10.7 billion) and owner of the Onexim group Mikhail Prokhorov ($ 9.9 billion). According to Forbes, the top twenty richest Russians also include Alfa Group co-owner German Khan ($ 9.5 billion), Evraz co-owner Roman Abramovich ($ 9.1 billion), EuroChem owner Andrei Melnichenko ($ 9.1 billion), ex- Uralkali owner Dmitry Rybolovlev ($ 8.5 billion), Magnit founder Sergei Galitsky ($ 8.3 billion), Alfa Group shareholder Alexei Kuzmichev ($ 7.3 billion), Rusal president Oleg Deripaska ($ 6, 2 billion), State Duma deputy Andrei Skoch ($ 5.7 billion), vice president of Lukoil Leonid Fedun ($ 5.3 billion) and head of the board of directors of Alfa Bank Petr Aven ($ 5.1 billion).
The only woman on the list of Russian billionaires is the wife of the ex-mayor of Moscow, Elena Baturina. Forbes estimated her fortune at $ 1 billion (# 1741).
