It will probably be difficult even for Forbes employees to calculate how many oligarchs there are in Russia: the country is large and the number of dollar millionaires in it is only increasing every year. However, in the TOP of the richest people in the Russian Federation, the same people fight for the first place from year to year. So who are they - Russian billionaires?
Oligarchs of Russia: photo, biography of Vladimir Potanin
In 2015, Potanin made his way to the oligarchs of Russia back in 2006: then the businessman became the sixth person in the country in terms of wealth. In 2007, the president of the Interros holding moved up to 4th place. Then for several years he lost his position in the top five richest people in the country, until in 2015 he reached the first place in the Forbes ranking.
Potanin once studied at MGIMO at the Faculty of International Economic Relations. In Soviet times, the future businessman was a member of the Komsomol and worked in the field of foreign trade of the USSR.
In the 90s, like many enterprising people, Potanin went into private business and founded one of the largest investment companies in Russia - Interros. A little later, Vladimir Olegovich received the post of vice president of MFK bank and president of ONEXIM Bank. Thanks to loans-for-shares auctions in 1995, ONEXIM Bank became the owner of 51 percent of the shares of Norilsk Nickel. To date, Potanin has only a 30.3% stake in MMC, but this was enough to turn into the richest oligarch in Russia by 2015.
Mikhail Fridman
Mikhail Fridman, the owner of the Alfa Group consortium, has consistently been on the list of Russian oligarchs for many years. In 2015, Fridman took second place in the Forbes ranking as the richest businessman in Russia.
And it all started with the fact that in the 1980s, Mr. Fridman resold scarce tickets to large ones and also organized discos. Then he decided to increase his income and created the Courier cooperative, which was engaged in washing windows. In 1989, Friedman switched to selling photographic materials and computer equipment, and then turned to exporting oil. This is how the Alfa Group company appeared, which to this day feeds its creator.
But Friedman did not stop there and eventually joined the board of directors of Alfa-Bank, invested in the mobile operator Life, Belmarket and BelEvroset. Friedman also managed to visit the board of directors of the ORT association and the SIDANCO Oil Company.
The personal capital of Mikhail Fridman in 2015 amounted to $14.6 billion.
Alisher Usmanov
Russian oligarchs often do charity work. In this regard, he is widely known for supporting the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team for many years, redeeming and returning historical values to Russia and even returning Nobel medals to their owners (the case of Jason Watson). In 2013, Usmanov even became the No. 1 philanthropist among Russian businessmen according to Forbes.
For three years (from 2012 to 2014) Usmanov held the title of the richest businessman in Russia. But in 2015, he changed first place to third: his personal fortune decreased from $18 billion to $14.4.
Alisher Burkhanovich began his career with the production of plastic bags. Today, the businessman is fed shares in companies such as USM Holdings, Megafon, Mail.ru Group and DST Global, as well as YuTV Holding. Since 2014, Alisher Usmanov has had full control over the famous social network VKontakte.
Victor Vekselberg
Russian oligarchs are included not only in domestic ratings of influential people, but also in foreign lists. Viktor Vekselberg, for example, was in 113th place in the TOP of the most influential and richest people in the world as of 2010. In 2015, in Russia, the businessman took 4th place in terms of wealth: Vekselberg's personal assets amount to $14.2 billion.
A huge fortune was made possible for Viktor Feliksovich by the Renova company he founded. Over time, the company has grown into a large business group that owns shares in UC Rusal, Integrated Energy Systems, Russian Utility Systems and many others. Vekselberg also owns shares in some Swiss companies, such as Oerlikon and Sulzer.
Vekselberg likes to repeat in interviews that money is not only difficult to earn, but also difficult to use it properly. Given the stability of the entrepreneur's income, he knows how to properly distribute his funds.
Alexey Mordashov
Alexey Mordashov, who is considered the actual owner of OAO Severstal, in 2011 was in second place among the richest entrepreneurs in the country. However, the Russian oligarchs pushed the businessman on the list, and in 2015 he ranks only fifth with his personal capital of $13 billion.
Mordashov began his career at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant. After some time, the businessman had already bought up all the shares of ChMK and put all the profits from the sale of metals to the West in his pocket. To date, the entrepreneur has a 79% stake in Severstal, 88% in Nord Gold and 100% in Power Machines.
Vagit Alekperov
Vagit Alekperov in 2006 had a personal capital of 12.7 billion rubles and ranked second in the Forbes ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia. Since then, little has changed: Alekperov still has the same capital, but has dropped to sixth position on the list.
Vagit Yusufovich began his career in business in the 1980s, taking the post of General Director of Kogalymneftegaz. The entrepreneur did not leave the oil industry after the collapse of the Soviet Union and founded the LangepasUrayKogalymneft concern. To date, Vagit Alekperov has a 22.7% stake in Lukoil and, so to speak, does not live in poverty.
Billionaires not only get rich, but sometimes go bankrupt. Every year, the list called "former oligarchs of Russia" is replenished with new faces. Among them are such persons as banker Sergei Pugachev. Some bankrupt billionaires are wanted for embezzlement and misappropriation of property. They immigrate abroad, file lawsuits in European courts and try to defend their name in the press, claiming that the Russian authorities are to blame for all their troubles.
Business and politics have always been interconnected, in these areas there is always a hidden and obvious confrontation. Everyone protects their interests in every possible way. Therefore, no one will probably know the real truth.
Published on 16.04.15 10:02Forbes has compiled the twelfth rating of the richest entrepreneurs in Russia. International economic sanctions against the largest banks and companies, the catastrophic fall in oil prices, the devaluation of the ruble hit Russian business hard and shook up the Forbes list. During the year, the ruble fell twice against the dollar, and the dollar indicator of the stock market - the RTS index - lost more than 30%.
The combined wealth of Russia's 200 richest entrepreneurs fell in 2015 to $408 billion from $481 billion in 2014, and intkbbee the number of dollar billionaires fell to 88 from 111.
The crisis, however, did not knock everyone down - among the 200 participants in the list, there were 37 people who managed to increase their fortune, another 27 retained last year's result. Against the backdrop of the crisis, metallurgists and owners of commercial real estate look better than others, especially if they have managed to conclude lease agreements in foreign currency and do not revise their terms.
There are 11 new names on the 2015 list, among the newcomers there is a woman - Olga Belyavtseva 183, co-owner of the Progress plant, which produces FrutoNyanya baby food and Lipetsky Buvet mineral water.
Of the 88 billionaires, 19 people became richer in a year. Of these, only two are in the top twenty: the main owner of Severstal Alexei Mordashov 5 (No. 5, his fortune increased by $ 2.5 billion to $ 13 billion) and the leader of the Forbes list - 2015 Vladimir Potanin 1, who added $ 2.8 billion to his fortune Now he has $15.4 billion.
Potanin, a member of all 12 Forbes lists, became Russia's richest entrepreneur for the first time. His main asset is a block of shares in Norilsk Nickel, and the dollar capitalization of the company grew by 15% over the year, in addition, Potanin received generous dividends for his package - almost $ 1 billion. At the same time, Interros' ruble debt to VEB (55 billion rubles ) doubled in dollar terms. VEB financed Potanin's holding for the construction of the Rosa Khutor complex in Olympic Sochi.
Potanin became the seventh businessman to reach the top of the Forbes rating. In the last three years, the main owner of Metalloinvest and MegaFon, Alisher Usmanov3, has settled there. The first rating in 2004 was headed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
One of the seven who has ever been “billionaire No. 1” is Potanin’s former partner Mikhail Prokhorov. place. Dividing the assets equally in 2008, the businessmen treated them differently - Prokhorov sold his stake in Norilsk Nickel to Rusal before the market collapsed, while Potanin was left with shares that had fallen in price greatly.
In 2015, the year of a new crisis, the situation turned around - Potanin with Norilsk Nickel was the first, and Prokhorov, with a fortune of $ 9.9 billion, was in 10th place.
The average fortune of former partners in Interros for all the years of compiling the rating is approximately the same - $11.8 billion for Potanin and $11.9 billion for Prokhorov.
The second place among Russian billionaires was taken by the head of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group, Mikhail Fridman, with a fortune of $14.6 billion.
But the Russian industrialist and philanthropist Alisher Usmanov, who a year ago was the wealthiest person in Russia, was on the third line of the rating - the fortune of the co-owner of Metalloinvest, Megafon, Mail.ru and Odnoklassniki is currently estimated at $ 14.4 billion
The fourth place was taken by the co-owner of the Renova group, Viktor Vekselberg, with $14.2 billion.
Also in the top ten richest domestic entrepreneurs are Severstal CEO Alexei Mordashov ($13 billion), LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov ($12.2 billion), Novatek co-owner Leonil Mikhelson ($11.7 billion), NLMK owner Vladimir Lisin ($11. 6 billion), the main shareholder of VolgaGroup Gennady Timchenko ($10.7) and the owner of the ONEXIM group Mikhail Prokhorov ($9.9 billion).
Top 200 leaders: Vladimir Potanin ($15.4 billion), Mikhail Fridman ($14.6 billion), Alisher Usmanov ($14.4 billion)
The original of this material© "Russian Forbes", 04/15/2015, Billionaires and the crisis: how the Forbes list has changed over the year, Illustration: "Russian Forbes"
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The combined wealth of Russia's 200 richest entrepreneurs dropped in 2015 to $408 billion from $481 billion in 2014, while the number of dollar billionaires dropped to 88 from 111.
The crisis, however, did not knock everyone down - among the 200 participants in the list, there were 37 people who managed to increase their fortunes, another 27 retained last year's result. Against the backdrop of the crisis, metallurgists and owners of commercial real estate look better than others, especially if they have managed to conclude lease agreements in foreign currency and do not revise their terms. There are 11 new names on the 2015 list, among the newcomers there is a woman - Olga Belyavtseva, co-owner of the Progress plant, which produces FrutoNyanya baby food and Lipetsky Byuvet mineral water.
One of the seven who was ever "billionaire number 1" - a former partner of Potanin Mikhail Prokhorov. In the crisis year of 2009, he became the champion with a fortune of $9.5 billion, while Potanin, with his $2.1 billion, took only 19th place. Dividing the assets equally in 2008, businessmen treated them differently - Prokhorov sold his stake in Norilsk Nickel to Rusal before the market collapsed, and Potanin was left with shares that had fallen in price greatly.
In 2015, the year of a new crisis, the situation turned upside down - Potanin with Norilsk Nickel was the first, and Prokhorov, with a fortune of $ 9.9 billion, was in 10th place.
The average fortune of former partners in Interros for all the years of compiling the rating is approximately the same - $11.8 billion for Potanin and $11.9 billion for Prokhorov.
Before the division of assets between Prokhorov and Potanin, Interros was inferior in size only to the Alfa Group consortium Mikhail Fridman and partners. In 2008, the assets of Interros were estimated at $45 billion, and Alfa Group at $54 billion. This year, the combined fortune of Potanin and Prokhorov is $25.3 billion, and again this is the second result after Alfa Group, but the Potanin-Prokhorov group is no more. The original of this material
© "Russian Forbes", 04/16/2015
200 richest businessmen of Russia - 2015
| Location | Change per year | Name | Status, $ billion | Change over the year, $ billion | Age | Number of children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Vladimir Potanin Norilsk Nickel | 15,4 | +2,8 | 54 | 3 |
| 2 | = | Mikhail Fridman | 14,6 | -3 | 50 | 2 |
| 3 | -2 | Alisher Usmanov Metalloinvest, Mail.ru Group, Megafon, DST Global, YuTV Holding | 14,4 | -4,2 | 61 | |
| 4 | -1 | Victor Vekselberg IES, Oerlikon, Sulzer, Akado, Rusal | 14,2 | -3 | 58 | 2 |
| 5 | 7 | Alexey Mordashov Severstal, TUI AG, Power Machines, Utkonos | 13 | +2,5 | 49 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | Vagit Alekperov Lukoil | 12,2 | -1,4 | 64 | 1 |
| 7 | -2 | Leonid Mikhelson Novatek, Sibur | 11,7 | -3,9 | 59 | 1 |
| 8 | -4 | Vladimir Lisin NLMK, UCL Holding | 11,6 | -5 | 58 | 3 |
| 9 | -3 | Gennady Timchenko Novatek, Bank Russia, Transoil, Sibur | 10,7 | -4,6 | 62 | 3 |
| 10 | 1 | Mikhail Prokhorov Rusal, Intergeo, IFC Bank, Brooklyn Nets | 9,9 | -1 | 49 | |
| 11 | -1 | German Khan Alfa Bank, RWE Dea, Vimpelcom, X5 Retail Group | 9,5 | -1,8 | 53 | 4 |
| 12 | 2 | Roman Abramovich Evraz Plc, Chelsea F.C. | 9,1 | 0 | 48 | 7 |
| 13 | -4 | Andrey Melnichenko Eurochem, SUEK | 9,1 | -2,3 | 43 | 1 |
| 14 | 3 | Dmitry Rybolovlev Investments | 8,5 | -0,3 | 48 | 2 |
| 15 | -2 | Sergei Galitsky Magnet | 8,3 | -2 | 47 | 1 |
| 16 | = | Alexey Kuzmichev Alfa Bank, RWE Dea, Vimpelcom, X5 Retail Group | 7,3 | -1,5 | 52 | 1 |
| 17 | 3 | Oleg Deripaska Rusal, Eurosibenergo, Ingosstrakh, Glavstroy | 6,2 | -0,3 | 47 | 2 |
| 18 | = | Andrey Skoch Metalloinvest | 5,7 | -2,5 | 49 | 9 |
| 19 | 2 | Leonid Fedun Lukoil, IFD Capital, FC Spartak | 5,3 | -1,2 | 59 | 2 |
| 20 | 2 | Petr Aven | 5,1 | -1 | 60 | 2 |
| 21 | 4 | Sergey Popov MDM Bank | 4,6 | -0,8 | 43 | 2 |
| 22 | 6 | Alexander Abramov Evraz Plc | 4,5 | +0,7 | 56 | 3 |
| 23 | 1 | Filaret Galchev Eurocement Group | 4,4 | -1,6 | 51 | 2 |
| 24 | 6 | Zarakh Iliev Kyiv area | 4,3 | +0,7 | 48 | 2 |
| 25 | 6 | God Nisanov Kyiv area | 4,3 | +0,7 | 42 | 3 |
| 26 | = | Samvel Karapetyan Tashir Group | 4 | -0,3 | 49 | 3 |
| 27 | 43 | Dmitry Kamenshchik Domodedovo airport | 3,8 | +2,4 | 46 | |
| 28 | 4 | Andrey Guryev Phosagro | 3,5 | +0,1 | 55 | 2 |
| 29 | -6 | Iskander Makhmudov UMMC, Transmashholding, Kuzbassrazrezugol, Transgroup | 3,5 | -2,6 | 51 | 1 |
| 30 | 7 | Victor Rashnikov MMK | 3,5 | +0,7 | 66 | 2 |
| 31 | -12 | Suleiman Kerimov Polyus Gold | 3,4 | -3,5 | 49 | 3 |
| 32 | 25 | Yuri Milner DST Global | 3,2 | +1,4 | 53 | 2 |
| 33 | 1 | Alexander Svetakov Absolute group | 3,1 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| 34 | -5 | Igor Kesaev Mercury Group, Dixy Group | 3 | -0,7 | 48 | 3 |
| 35 | -20 | Vladimir Evtushenkov AFK Sistema | 2,8 | -6,2 | 66 | 2 |
| 36 | 6 | Alexander Mamut Polymetal, PIK Group | 2,5 | +0,2 | 55 | 3 |
| 37 | -2 | Alexander Nesis Polymetal, Opening, Opap, United Carriage Company | 3 | +0,5 | 52 | 4 |
| 38 | -5 | Mikhail Gutseriev Russneft, Russian coal | 2,4 | -0,9 | 57 | 2 |
| 39 | 4 | Alexander Ponomarenko Investments | 2,4 | +0,1 | 50 | 2 |
| 40 | 4 | Alexander Skorobogatko TPS Real Estate Holding | 2,4 | +0,1 | 47 | 3 |
| 41 | 8 | Vyacheslav Kantor Akron | 2,3 | +0,3 | 61 | 5 |
| 42 | 4 | Igor Makarov MGK "Itera" | 2,1 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
| 43 | -5 | Vasily Anisimov Coalco | 2 | -0,6 | 63 | 4 |
| 44 | -5 | Vladimir Bogdanov Surgutneftegaz | 2 | -0,6 | 63 | 1 |
| 45 | 10 | Andrey Kozitsyn UMMC | 2 | +0,1 | 54 | 1 |
| 46 | 10 | Aras Agalarov Crocus Group | 1,9 | +0,1 | 59 | 2 |
| 47 | 34 | Vadim Moshkovich Rusagro, Augur Estate | 1,9 | +0,6 | 48 | 3 |
| 48 | 18 | Alexander Frolov Evraz Plc | 1,8 | +0,3 | 50 | 1 |
| 49 | 105 | Yuri Shefler SPI group | 1,75 | +1,05 | 47 | 4 |
| 50 | 2 | Mikhail Balakin SU-155 | 1,7 | -0,2 | 53 | 1 |
| 51 | = | Nikolai Buinov | 1,7 | +1,7 | 47 | |
| 52 | 7 | Igor Altushkin Russian copper company | 1,6 | -0,1 | 44 | 6 |
| 53 | 55 | Boris Mintz O1 Group | 1,6 | +0,6 | 56 | 4 |
| 54 | -14 | Danil Khachaturov Rosgosstrakh, RGS Bank | 1,6 | -1 | 43 | 2 |
| 55 | 8 | Gavril Yushvaev Polyus Gold | 1,6 | -0,1 | 57 | 6 |
| 56 | -11 | Alexander Japaridze Eurasia Drilling Company | 1,5 | -0,6 | 59 | 5 |
| 57 | 12 | Farhad Ahmedov | 1,4 | 0 | 59 | 3 |
| 58 | 14 | Petr Kondrashev Investments | 1,4 | 0 | 65 | 2 |
| 59 | 14 | Anatoly Lomakin Investments | 1,4 | 0 | 62 | 2 |
| 60 | -33 | Arkady Rotenberg SGM Group, Mostotrest, SMP Bank | 1,4 | -2,6 | 63 | 5 |
| 61 | 17 | Oleg Boyko Finstar, Ritzio International, 4finance | 1,3 | -0,05 | 50 | |
| 62 | -1 | Andrey Kosogov Alfa Bank, RWE Dea, Vimpelcom | 1,3 | -0,4 | 54 | 2 |
| 63 | 11 | Dmitry Mazepin Uralchem | 1,3 | -0,1 | 46 | 2 |
| 64 | -17 | Alexey Ananiev | 1,25 | -0,75 | 50 | 3 |
| 65 | -17 | Dmitry Ananiev Promsvyazbank, Technoserv, Promsvyaznedvizhimost | 1,25 | -0,75 | 46 | 4 |
| 66 | -8 | Nikolay Tsvetkov FC Uralsib, Lukoil | 1,25 | -0,55 | 54 | 2 |
| 67 | 46 | Valentin Gapontsev IPG Photonics | 1,2 | +0,25 | 76 | 1 |
| 68 | 11 | Vladimir Gruzdev fashion continent | 1,2 | -0,1 | 48 | 3 |
| 69 | -2 | Sergey Katsiev GC "Mercury" | 1,2 | -0,25 | 57 | 2 |
| 70 | -17 | Lev Kvetnoy Novoroscement Bank National Standard | 1,2 | -0,7 | 49 | 2 |
| 71 | 5 | Gleb Fetisov Investments | 1,2 | -0,2 | 48 | 3 |
| 72 | 30 | Airat Shaimiev TAIF | 1,15 | +0,05 | 53 | |
| 73 | -5 | Roman Avdeev Moscow Credit Bank, Veropharm, Pharmacy Chain 36.6 | 1,1 | -0,3 | 47 | 23 |
| 74 | 18 | Alexey Bogachev Bank System, Magnit | 1,1 | -0,05 | 44 | 2 |
| 75 | 8 | Konstantin Grigorishin Energy standard | 1,1 | -0,15 | 49 | 3 |
| 76 | -12 | Yuri Gushchin Groups "Guta" | 1,1 | -0,5 | 70 | 1 |
| 77 | 80 | Alexander Lutsenko commonwealth | 1,1 | +0,45 | 53 | 2 |
| 78 | 7 | Nikolay Maksimov Investments | 1,1 | -0,1 | 57 | 3 |
| 79 | -43 | Ziyad Manasir Stroygazconsulting | 1,1 | -1,7 | 49 | 5 |
| 80 | 17 | Andrey Rappoport Investments | 1,1 | 0 | 51 | 2 |
| 81 | 20 | Rustem Sulteev TAIF | 1,1 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
| 82 | -31 | Rustam Tariko Russian standard | 1,1 | -0,9 | 53 | 3 |
| 83 | 20 | Radik Shaimiev TAIF | 1,1 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
| 84 | 20 | Albert Shigabutdinov TAIF | 1,05 | -0,05 | 62 | 2 |
| 85 | 21 | Elena Baturina Investments | 1 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
| 86 | 32 | Eugene Kaspersky Kaspersky Lab | 1 | +0,1 | 49 | 4 |
| 87 | -5 | Zelimkhan Mutsoev | 1 | -0,3 | 55 | 5 |
| 88 | 1 | Leonid Simanovsky Novatek, First United Bank | 1 | -0,2 | 65 | 1 |
| 89 | 34 | Dmitry Bosov Alltec Group | 0,95 | +0,1 | 47 | 4 |
| 90 | 22 | Vyacheslav Bresht Investments | 0,95 | 0 | 61 | 1 |
| 91 | 93 | Oleg Burlakov Burneftegaz, Stroylesbank | 0,95 | +0,45 | 65 | |
| 92 | 32 | Ruben Vardanyan Investments | 0,95 | +0,1 | 46 | 4 |
| 93 | -39 | Andrey Klyamko Smart holding | 0,95 | -0,95 | 53 | 1 |
| 94 | 44 | Alexander Klyachin Investments | 0,95 | +0,2 | 47 | |
| 95 | 34 | Vladimir Kogan Oil and gas industry | 0,95 | +0,15 | 51 | 4 |
| 96 | 19 | Vyacheslav Mirilashvili Investments | 0,95 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| 97 | 12 | Sergey Petrov Rolf Group | 0,95 | -0,05 | 60 | 2 |
| 98 | -4 | Megdet Rakhimkulov Investments | 0,95 | -0,2 | 69 | 3 |
| 99 | -37 | Boris Rotenberg SETP, SMP Bank, Gazprom drilling | 0,95 | -0,75 | 58 | 4 |
| 100 | 19 | Anatoly Skurov Investments | 0,95 | +0,05 | 62 | 2 |
| 101 | = | Viktor Kharitonin Pharmstandard | 0,95 | +0,95 | 42 | 2 |
| 102 | -11 | David Yakobashvili Investments | 0,95 | -0,25 | 58 | 1 |
| 103 | 13 | Ruslan Baysarov Investments | 0,9 | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| 104 | -39 | Andrey Bokarev Kuzbassrazrezugol, Transgroup, Transmashholding, UMMC | 0,9 | -0,6 | 48 | 1 |
| 105 | -7 | Nikolai Sarkisov RESO-Garantia | 0,9 | -0,2 | 46 | 6 |
| 106 | -7 | Sergei Sarkisov RESO-Garantia | 0,9 | -0,2 | 55 | 5 |
| 107 | 14 | Roman Trotsenko AEON Corporation | 0,9 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
| 108 | 6 | Georgy Gens Lanit, Russian Credit”, Inventive Retail Group | 0,85 | -0,1 | 60 | 2 |
| 109 | -13 | Sergey Kislov South of Rus', Novoshakhtinsky Oil Plant | 0,85 | -0,25 | 54 | 3 |
| 110 | -24 | Nikita Mishin Globaltrans, Global Ports | 0,85 | -0,35 | 43 | 3 |
| 111 | -24 | Konstantin Nikolaev Globaltrans, Global Ports | 0,85 | -0,35 | 44 | 5 |
| 112 | -22 | Andrey Filatov Globaltrans, Global Ports | 0,85 | -0,35 | 43 | 3 |
| 113 | 14 | Andrey Borodin Investments | 0,8 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| 114 | -54 | Arkady Volozh Yandex | 0,8 | -0,9 | 51 | 3 |
| 115 | -22 | Andrey Kuzyaev Oilserviceholding, ER-Telecom | 0,8 | -0,35 | 49 | 3 |
| 116 | -32 | Ziyaudin Magomedov Group Amount | 0,8 | -0,4 | 46 | 3 |
| 117 | -37 | Andrey Molchanov LSR Group | 0,8 | -0,5 | 43 | 5 |
| 118 | -23 | Alexey Semin ASG | 0,8 | -0,35 | 47 | |
| 119 | 6 | Igor Yakovlev Sulpak, Kari | 0,8 | -0,05 | 49 | 1 |
| 120 | 13 | Albert Avdolyan Investments | 0,75 | 0 | 44 | 4 |
| 121 | 13 | Sergei Adoniev Investments | 0,75 | 0 | 54 | 5 |
| 122 | 40 | Leonid Boguslavsky ru-Net | 0,75 | +0,15 | 63 | 2 |
| 123 | = | Dmitry Kostygin | 0,75 | +0,75 | 42 | |
| 124 | 7 | Vladimir Makhlai Togliattiazot | 0,75 | -0,05 | 77 | 2 |
| 125 | 16 | Nikolai Olshansky Investments | 0,75 | 0 | 75 | |
| 126 | -38 | Alexander Putilov Eurasia Drilling Company | 0,75 | -0,45 | 62 | 2 |
| 127 | 26 | Zakhar Smushkin Ilim Group, Start Development | 0,75 | +0,05 | 53 | 1 |
| 128 | -23 | Mikhail Abyzov Group Ru-Com | 0,7 | -0,3 | 42 | 3 |
| 129 | 3 | Andrey Rogachev Investments | 0,7 | -0,1 | 51 | 2 |
| 130 | 19 | David Davidovich Investments | 0,65 | -0,05 | 52 | 2 |
| 131 | 19 | Ilya Zubarev | 0,65 | -0,05 | 40 | |
| 132 | -61 | Yuri Kovalchuk Bank of Russia, Sogaz, National Media Group, STS Media, Tele2 Russia | 0,65 | -0,75 | 63 | 1 |
| 133 | -26 | Dmitry Korzhev Group OK | 0,65 | -0,35 | 51 | |
| 134 | -4 | Vitaly Malkin Investments | 0,65 | -0,15 | 62 | 3 |
| 135 | = | Vitaly Mashitsky | 0,65 | +0,65 | 61 | |
| 136 | -86 | Dmitry Pumpyansky Pipe Metallurgical Company, Sinara | 0,65 | -1,35 | 51 | 1 |
| 137 | -27 | Dmitry Troitsky Group O'Key | 0,65 | -0,35 | 50 | |
| 138 | -27 | Sergey Tsikalyuk VSK | 0,65 | -0,35 | 56 | 2 |
| 139 | 16 | Mikail Shishkhanov Binbank, Inteko | 0,65 | -0,05 | 42 | 4 |
| 140 | 6 | Grigory Berezkin ESN Group | 0,6 | -0,1 | 48 | 4 |
| 141 | -13 | Vladimir Gordeychuk Magnint | 0,6 | -0,2 | 53 | |
| 142 | 6 | Sait-Salam Gutseriev Real estate | 0,6 | -0,1 | 55 | 5 |
| 143 | 32 | Boris Zingarevich Ilim Group, Ilim Timber | 0,6 | +0,05 | 55 | 2 |
| 144 | -7 | Telman Ismailov AST Group | 0,6 | -0,15 | 58 | 2 |
| 145 | 21 | Oleg Leonov Investments | 0,6 | 0 | 45 | |
| 146 | 5 | Vladimir Leshchikov 0,6 | -0,1 | |||
| 147 | = | Vladimir Melnikov 0,6 | +0,6 | 67 | ||
| 148 | 20 | Mikhail Slipenchuk Metropol Group | 0,6 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
| 149 | 14 | Nikolai Bortsov Investments | 0,55 | -0,05 | 69 | |
| 150 | 41 | Alexander Vagin Raspadskaya | 0,55 | +0,1 | 56 | 2 |
| 151 | 5 | Alexander Girda Investments | 0,55 | -0,1 | 54 | |
| 152 | = | Sergey Gordeev KG "PIK" | 0,55 | +0,55 | ||
| 153 | 21 | Andrey Dobrov Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 52 | 3 |
| 154 | 22 | Arsen Kanokov Sindica | 0,55 | 0 | 58 | 3 |
| 155 | 40 | Gennady Kozovoy Raspadskaya | 0,55 | +0,1 | 64 | 2 |
| 156 | 21 | Petr Kolbin Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 63 | |
| 157 | 21 | Mikhail Nikolaev Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 56 | 4 |
| 158 | -32 | Andrey Andreev Badoo | 0,5 | -0,3 | 41 | |
| 159 | 21 | Deni Bazhaev | 0,5 | 0 | 19 | |
| 160 | 21 | Musa Bazhaev Alliance Oil Company, Russian Platinum, Amur Gold | 0,5 | 0 | 48 | 4 |
| 161 | 29 | Vadim Belyaev FK Otkritie (24.9%) | 0,5 | +0,05 | 48 | |
| 162 | -45 | Vladimir Gridin Siberian Business Union | 0,5 | -0,4 | 59 | 4 |
| 163 | -23 | Mikhail Kusnirovich Bosco di Ciliegi | 0,5 | -0,25 | 48 | 2 |
| 164 | 3 | Alexander Rakshin Maria-Ra | 0,5 | -0,1 | 63 | 2 |
| 165 | -5 | Victor Remsha | 0,5 | -0,15 | 44 | |
| 166 | = | Igor Rotenberg | 0,5 | +0,5 | 41 | |
| 167 | 2 | Alexander Smuzikov Investments | 0,5 | -0,1 | 43 | 3 |
| 168 | -48 | Konstantin Strukov Yuzhuralzoloto | 0,5 | -0,4 | 56 | 2 |
| 169 | -94 | Oleg Tinkov Tinkoff Credit Systems | 0,5 | -0,9 | 47 | 3 |
| 170 | -48 | Alexander Tynkovan M Video | 0,5 | -0,4 | 47 | 2 |
| 171 | -94 | Vladimir Shcherbakov Avtotor | 0,5 | -0,9 | 65 | 1 |
| 172 | 10 | Andrey Beskhmelnitsky Danone Unimilk | 0,45 | -0,05 | 48 | 3 |
| 173 | 10 | Andrey Bloch Danone Unimilk | 0,45 | -0,05 | 51 | 3 |
| 174 | = | Valentin Bukhtoyarov Sibuglemet | 0,45 | +0,45 | 60 | 2 |
| 175 | = | Sergei Kolesnikov TechnoNIKOL | 0,45 | +0,45 | 43 | 4 |
| 176 | = | Vladimir Melnichenko Sibuglemet | 0,45 | +0,45 | 64 | 3 |
| 177 | = | Igor Rybakov TechnoNIKOL | 0,45 | +0,45 | 43 | 4 |
| 178 | = | Nikolai Skorokhodov | 0,45 | +0,45 | ||
| 179 | = | Dmitry Strezhnev | 0,45 | -0,1 | 47 | 2 |
| 180 | = | Sergey Studennikov 0,45 | +0,45 | 48 | ||
| 181 | 18 | Grigory Finger Mail.ru Group | 0,45 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| 182 | -37 | Grigory Anikeev ABI Group | 0,4 | -0,3 | 43 | |
| 183 | = | Olga Belyavtseva Producer of baby food and mineral water OAO Progress (35%), proceeds from the sale of shares of OAO Lebedyansky | 0,4 | +0,4 | 45 | 3 |
| 184 | 8 | Sergey Generalov Investments | 0,4 | -0,05 | 51 | 1 |
| 185 | -21 | Alexey Isaikin | 0,4 | -0,2 | 62 | |
| 186 | = | Igor Kudryashkin UMMC | 0,4 | +0,4 | 53 | 1 |
| 187 | = | Egor Kulkov Pharmstandard | 0,4 | +0,4 | 43 | |
| 188 | -23 | Alexander Lebedev National Reserve Bank | 0,4 | -0,2 | 55 | 3 |
| 189 | 7 | Vladimir Litvinenko Phosagro | 0,4 | -0,05 | 59 | 1 |
| 190 | -32 | Sergei Nesterenko | 0,4 | -0,25 | ||
| 191 | -32 | Alexey Petrov | 0,4 | -0,25 | 43 | |
| 192 | -40 | Vladimir Polyakov Concern Energomera | 0,4 | -0,3 | 61 | 1 |
| 193 | -51 | Serik Rakhmetov Globalstroy-Engineering, Eurasia Drilling Company | 0,4 | -0,35 | 65 | |
| 194 | -94 | Anatoly Sedykh United Metallurgical Company | 0,4 | -0,7 | 50 | 2 |
| 195 | -34 | Oleg Smirnov | 0,4 | -0,25 | ||
| 196 | -8 | Sergey Solonin | 0,4 | -0,1 | 41 | |
| 197 | -27 | Ivan Tavrin YuTV Holding | 0,4 | -0,2 | 38 | |
| 198 | -55 | Mikhail Fedyaev Siberian Business Union | 0,4 | -0,35 | 52 | 2 |
| 199 | -27 | Igor Khudokormov Prodimex | 0,4 | -0,2 | 46 | 2 |
| 200 | = | Eduard Chukhlebov UMMC | 0,4 | +0,4 | 52 |
How we thought
Forbes has been evaluating the world's largest fortunes for decades. To do this, the journal uses a specially developed methodology, the basis of which is as follows:1. Our assessment of the state of an entrepreneur is the value of his assets: shares of companies, land, real estate, as well as personal property, etc.
2. All public companies are valued by market capitalization. Closed companies are valued on the basis of information on sales volumes, profits, equity; a comparison is made with companies of similar performance that are traded on the exchange or in the recent past were the object of purchase and sale. We try to be conservative and evaluate the property of entrepreneurs according to the principle “at least not cheaper”.
3. In this list, the price of companies is fixed as of February 13, 2015. The age of the participants in the list is as of April 15, 2015
4. Russian entrepreneurs often register the shares of their enterprises to their next of kin. Given this circumstance, Forbes attributes all the assets that a family of entrepreneurs manages to the head of the family - if the relatives do not take an active part in the management of the company they co-own.
5. The list includes only those citizens of Russia who earned the bulk of their capital privately, without being a civil servant.
6. The list includes only the 200 richest businessmen in Russia, the lower rating bar is $400 million. If you did not find any of the well-known entrepreneurs on the list, then Forbes estimates his fortune at more than $400 million.
The information given in the Forbes rating is an expert and journalistic assessment of the total amount of ownership of property by these persons. This information is not official and can only be used privately.
Just a hundred years ago, it was impossible to imagine a woman in a leadership position, and even achieved material success. Being rich was the prerogative of men. But times have changed. Now every fifth woman prefers a career to family and children. And some skillfully distribute their time, doing both. Be that as it may, in each of these categories there are successful representatives of the “weaker sex”. From this article, the reader will learn which richest women in Russia 2015 according to Forbes. The magazine compiled a list of 50 people, but only the first ten entered our top.
10. Nina Metlenko | Net Worth: $190 Million
Metlenko, who opens the top of the richest women in Russia, has come a long way to success, starting as an ordinary worker in the production of MPBK Ochakovo and ending with the vice president of this closed joint-stock company. Nina is in her position to this day. A woman has incredible intuition in financial matters. He will immediately tell which business is waiting for success, and which is doomed to failure. It will sort out all the components: profit, profitability, risks. She is very attentive to the smallest details when it comes to working with contracts and agreements.9. Kamilya Shaimieva | Net Worth: $190 Million
She is the granddaughter of the first president of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimir Shaimiev. In 2004, the girl entered the Faculty of Economics at the KFEI, but a year later she transferred to MGIMO, which she successfully completed. After graduation, she found a job at Sistema, owned by billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov. For five years in the company, the girl, who occupies the ninth place in the list of the richest women in Russia, has gone from an analyst to an investment director.
Until August 2014, she owned 2% of the shares of TAIF holding companies. Was on its board of directors.
8. Maria Sharapova | Net Worth: $240 Million
She was born in the city of Nyagan, where her parents moved from Belarus, namely the city of Gomel, fearing the consequences of the Chernobyl accident. In 1994, Maria's father moved her to the United States, where she entered the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. Andre Agassi and Anna Kournikova also studied there. At the age of 17, Sharapova won her first major tournament, Wimbledon. And a year later she became the first racket of the world. She went down in history as the tenth tennis player to win all four major tournaments (Grand Slam). Twice became the best in Roland Garros. Every year, Sharapova, who is one of the richest women in Russia, has at least one victory in an international major tournament.
7. Natalia Kasperskaya | Net Worth: $270 Million
Natalia met her future husband - Eugene - at the age of 20. Then they got married, and the girl became a housewife and mother of two sons for 6 years. It was Natalya who persuaded Evgeny to make the surname the brand of the newly founded company. The husband was engaged in technical "stuffing", and the wife promoted the company to international markets and sales of products. She later became the CEO of the company. The couple divorced in 1998. And 9 years later, Natalya resigned from the post of general. director. As moral compensation, she was offered a stake in InfoWatch, a subsidiary of Kaspersky. Now the girl, ranked 7th in the list of the richest women in Russia according to Forbes, is her sole owner.
6. Marina Sedykh | Net worth: $285 million
He has a higher education in the specialty "Jurisprudence". She worked as a legal adviser in the Primorsky Territory, then moved to the position of a lawyer at the Irkutsk Heavy Engineering Plant. (IZTM). The woman worked there for 8 years. In 2000, she got a job at the Irkutsk Oil Company and immediately became its CEO. Member of the United Russia party. The woman, ranked 6th in the top of the richest representatives of the fair sex, participates in charity, provides material assistance to children with disabilities. Supports young entrepreneurs.
5. Tatyana Bakalchuk | Net worth: $375 million
Tatyana founded the Wildberries online clothing store. At present, its revenue is just over 6 billion rubles. Until 2004, the woman worked as an English teacher. After the birth of her daughter, she decided to earn extra money by reselling German clothes. Then she could not imagine what this idea would result in. Her husband helped her run the business. The entrepreneur kept all the clothes in her apartment - she was something like a warehouse. And the woman who occupies the middle of the top of the richest representatives of the “weaker sex” of Russia took the incoming goods herself.
Wildberries today is a store that presents several dozen models of clothing from thousands of brands from around the world.
4. Olga Belyavtseva | Net Worth: $400 Million
In the 90s she worked as an economist at a factory specializing in drinks. Then she created her own company "Assol", which was engaged in the sale of products in the southern regions of the Russian Federation. She owned an 18% stake in Lebedyansky OJSC, which PepsiCo bought in 2008. A woman, according to Forbes, considered one of the richest women in Russia, received $330 million for her stake.
3. Guzelia Safina | Net Worth: $430 Million
The woman who took bronze in our ranking of the richest women in Russia graduated from the Kazan Financial and Economic Institute in 1976. Then, for 14 years, she worked as an accountant at several enterprises of the Republic of Tatarstan. In 1991 she became the chief accountant of the Kazan association. On the basis of the latter, the woman created the TAIF group, which currently owns many large enterprises in Tatarstan. Among them: Nizhnekamskneftekhim, TGC-16.
Now Guzel is the Deputy General Director of TAIF Group and its shareholder.
2. Natalia Lutsenko | Net Worth: $550 Million
Together with her husband Alexander, the woman founded a dog food business. Then the couple created the Sodruzhestvo Group of Companies and two plants for the production of vegetable oils. At the same time, the logistics business was developed. Sodruzhestvo owns a terminal for transshipment of tropical oils in the city of Kaliningrad. The Japanese company Mitsui & Co in 2012 bought 10% of the Sodruzhestvo Group of Companies, which enriched the woman who receives the silver rating of the country's richest women by $200 million.
12 1Every year, Forbes analysts rank the world's billionaires. This year the 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 depreciation of the ruble affected the fortunes of Russian oligarchs. For the first time in recent years, Russia has yielded to India and Germany in terms of the number of billionaires.
10 - Mikhail Prokhorov
Prokhorov's fortune is $9.9 billion. The businessman owns a controlling stake in the Nets basketball club, and for 6 years he was the president of the Russian Biathlon Union. Prokhorov's assets include shares in commodity companies and media assets - RBC and the Zhivi! publishing group.
9 - Gennady Timchenko Timchenko is a co-owner of companies such as Novatek, the Sibur holding, Transoil, and the Sogaz insurance company. The businessman is a fan of hockey, he even chairs the board of directors of the KHL. Timchenko's fortune is $10.7 billion.
8 - Vladimir Lisin Lisin's fortune for the year "thinned" by almost a third, decreasing by $5 billion and amounting to $11.6 billion. Among the assets of the oligarch are the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works and the logistics holding UCL.
7 - Leonid Mikhelson 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 commitment to art and often organizes exhibitions.
6 - Vagit Alekperov The head of Lukoil owns a fortune of $ 12.2 billion. The businessman actively supports social entrepreneurship through the fund of regional programs "Our Future" founded by him.
5 - Alexey Mordashov The owner of Severstal owns a fortune of about $ 13 billion. In addition to the main asset, the metallurgical magnate has a stake in Tele2 Russia, Rossiya Bank, and the Power Machines holding.
4 - Viktor Vekselberg The curator of the Skolkovo project owns a private museum where he exhibits his collection of art objects. In addition, Vekselberg is actively engaged in patronage. So, the businessman presented a three-room apartment to the 2014 Olympic champions - Maxim Trankov and Tatyana Volosozhar. The fortune of the oligarch is estimated at $14.2 billion.
3 - Alisher Usmanov Last year, it was this 71-year-old oligarch who headed a similar Forbes rating. During the year, the Knight of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, fourth degree, lost $4.2 billion, and his fortune is now estimated at $14.4 billion.
2 - Mikhail Fridman The co-owner of Alfa Group lost $3 billion over the year, Forbes experts estimated his fortune at $14.6 billion today. Among Fridman's assets are the mobile operator VimpelCom and a stake in X5 Retail Group.
1. - Vladimir Potanin The rating, which includes only the richest people in Russia, is headed by the head of Interros. Over the year, Potanin's fortune grew by $2.8 billion, amounting to $15.4 billion. The past year was a turning point in the oligarch's personal life - Potanin divorced and already entered into a second marriage with a colleague, in which he had a child.
