First on the Forbes list. The richest people in the world
Top three: Leonid Mikhelson ($14.4 billion), Mikhail Fridman ($13.3 billion), Alisher Usmanov ($12.5 billion)
Original of this material© "Russian Forbes", 04.14.2016, Leonid Mikhelson topped the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes, Illustration: "Russian Forbes"
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A notable newcomer to the ranking of Russian billionaires is a 34-year-old member of the board of directors of Sibur. Kirill Shamalov. The businessman is the youngest son of a longtime acquaintance of Russian President Vladimir Putin, co-owner of Rossiya Bank. Nikolai Shamalov. He also became the youngest billionaire in the ranking. In December 2015, Reuters reported on wedding of Kirill Shamalov and Katerina Tikhonova, which the agency and other media call daughter of President Putin.
[Forbes.ru, 04/14/2016, “Khodorkovsky and Lebedev returned to the Forbes list of 200 richest Russians”: Former top managers of the oil company YUKOS returned to the Forbes list of 200 richest businessmen in Russia in 2016 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev, Vladimir Dubov And Mikhail Brudno. [...]
Before his arrest in 2003, Forbes estimated Khodorkovsky's fortune at $15 billion. He topped the first ranking of the 200 richest Russian businessmen, published in 2004. Now the former head of Yukos ranks 170th on the list with a fortune of $500 million.
Khodorkovsky is currently a private investor in the Quadrum Global fund, whose assets under management are estimated at $2 billion. The beneficiaries of the fund, along with Khodorkovsky, are his former Yukos partners Platon Lebedev, Vladimir Dubov and Mikhail Brudno. They were ranked 164th, 159th and 157th in the Forbes ranking, respectively, with a fortune of $500 million each. - Insert K.ru]
In the time since the publication of the previous list, the number of dollar billionaires in Russia has decreased from 88 to 77. 19 of them managed to increase their wealth, despite the crisis. Over the course of a year, the combined wealth of the 200 richest entrepreneurs in Russia decreased from $408 billion to $360 billion. This is the worst result since 2011, when Forbes increased the number of participants in the ranking from 100 to 200.
Russian Forbes publishes a ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia for the 13th time. The assessment of wealth, which is given in it, consists of the value of the assets owned by the businessman: shares of companies, land plots, real estate, as well as other property. Public companies are valued based on market capitalization, while private companies are valued based on sales volumes, profits, and equity. In addition, a comparison is made with similar companies that trade on the stock exchange or have been the subject of purchase and sale in the recent past. In the 2016 rating, the price of companies is fixed as of February 12, the age of participants is as of April 13. Original of this material
© "Russian Forbes", 04/14/2016
200 richest businessmen in Russia - 2016
Place | Change per year | Name | Net worth, $ billion | Change over the year, $ billion | Age | Number of children |
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1 | +6 | Leonid Mikhelson Novatek, Sibur | 14,4 | +2,7 | 60 | 1 |
2 | = | Mikhail Fridman | 13,3 | -1,3 | 51 | 4 |
3 | = | Alisher Usmanov Metalloinvest, Mail.ru Group, Megafon, DST Global, YuTV Holding, STS Media | 12,5 | -1,9 | 62 | |
4 | -3 | Vladimir Potanin Norilsk Nickel | 12,1 | -3,3 | 55 | 5 |
5 | +4 | Gennady Timchenko Novatek, Bank Russia, Transoil, Sibur | 11,4 | +0,7 | 63 | 3 |
6 | -1 | Alexey Mordashov Severstal, TUI AG, Power Machines, Platypus | 10,9 | -2,1 | 50 | 6 |
7 | -3 | Victor Vekselberg Rusal, Sulzer, Oerlikon, T Plus, Akado | 10,5 | -3,7 | 59 | 2 |
8 | = | Vladimir Lisin NLMK, UCL Holding | 9,3 | -2,3 | 59 | 3 |
9 | -3 | Vagit Alekperov Lukoil | 8,9 | -3,3 | 65 | 1 |
10 | +1 | German Khan Alfa Bank, Dea, Vimpelcom, X5 Retail Group | 8,7 | -0,8 | 54 | 4 |
11 | +2 | Andrey Melnichenko Eurochem, SUEK | 8,2 | -0,9 | 44 | 1 |
12 | +2 | Dmitry Rybolovlev Investments | 7,7 | -0,8 | 49 | 2 |
13 | -1 | Roman Abramovich Evraz Plc, Chelsea FC, Channel One | 7,6 | -1,5 | 49 | 7 |
14 | -4 | Mikhail Prokhorov Rusal, Intergeo, MFK Bank, Brooklyn Nets, Uralkali | 7,6 | -2,3 | 50 | |
15 | +1 | Alexey Kuzmichev Alfa Bank, Dea, Vimpelcom, X5 Retail Group, Turkcell | 6,7 | -0,6 | 53 | 1 |
16 | +22 | Mikhail Gutseriev Russneft, Russian Coal, Neftisa, Bin-Bank | 5,9 | +3,5 | 58 | 2 |
17 | -2 | Sergey Galitsky Magnet | 5,7 | -2,6 | 48 | 1 |
18 | = | Andrey Skoch USM Holdings | 5,3 | -0,4 | 50 | 9 |
19 | +1 | Peter Aven Alfa Bank, Dea, Vimpelcom | 4,6 | -0,5 | 61 | 2 |
20 | +1 | Sergey Popov | 4,5 | -0,1 | 44 | 2 |
21 | +8 | Iskander Makhmudov UMMC, Transmashholding, Kuzbassrazrezugol, Transgroup, Kalashnikov Concern | 4 | +0,5 | 52 | 1 |
22 | -3 | Leonid Fedun Lukoil, IFD Capital, FC Spartak | 3,9 | -1,4 | 60 | 2 |
23 | +7 | Victor Rashnikov MMK | 3,8 | +0,3 | 67 | 2 |
24 | -2 | Alexander Abramov Evraz Plc | 3,6 | -0,9 | 57 | 3 |
25 | +3 | Andrey Guryev Phosagro | 3,6 | +0,1 | 56 | 2 |
26 | -2 | Zarakh Iliev Kyiv Square | 3,2 | -1,1 | 49 | 2 |
27 | -2 | Year of Nisanov Kyiv Square | 3,2 | -1,1 | 43 | 4 |
28 | -2 | Samvel Karapetyan Tashir Group | 3,1 | -0,9 | 50 | 3 |
29 | -2 | Dmitry Kamenshchik Domodedovo airport | 2,9 | -0,9 | 47 | 5 |
30 | +7 | Alexander Nesis Polymetal, Otkritie, O1 Properties, United Carriage Company | 2,9 | -0,1 | 53 | 4 |
31 | +2 | Alexander Svetakov Absolute Group | 2,9 | -0,2 | 48 | 4 |
32 | = | Yuri Milner DST Global | 2,8 | -0,4 | 54 | 2 |
33 | +8 | Vyacheslav Kantor Akron | 2,5 | +0,2 | 62 | 5 |
34 | +1 | Vladimir Evtushenkov AFK System | 2,4 | -0,4 | 67 | 2 |
35 | -1 | Igor Kesaev Mercury Group, Dixie Group | 2,4 | -0,6 | 49 | 3 |
36 | +9 | Andrey Kozitsyn UMMC | 2,4 | +0,4 | 55 | 1 |
37 | -1 | Alexander Mamut Polymetal, PIK Group | 2,4 | -0,1 | 56 | 5 |
38 | +9 | Vadim Moshkovich Rusagro, Augur Estate | 2,3 | +0,4 | 49 | 3 |
39 | = | Alexander Ponomarenko Investments | 2,3 | -0,1 | 51 | 2 |
40 | = | Alexander Skorobogatko TPS Real Estate Holding | 2,3 | -0,1 | 48 | 3 |
41 | -24 | Oleg Deripaska Rusal, Eurosibenergo, Ingosstrakh, Glavstroy | 2,1 | -4,1 | 48 | 2 |
42 | = | Igor Makarov GC "Areti" | 2,1 | 0 | 54 | 2 |
43 | +6 | Yuri Shefler SPI Group | 1,9 | +0,15 | 48 | 4 |
44 | = | Vladimir Bogdanov Surgutneftegaz | 1,7 | -0,3 | 64 | 1 |
45 | -14 | Suleiman Kerimov Polyus Gold | 1,6 | -1,8 | 50 | 3 |
46 | +93 | Mikail Shishkhanov Binbank, Inteko | 1,6 | +0,95 | 43 | 4 |
47 | -24 | Filaret Galchev Eurocement Group | 1,5 | -2,9 | 52 | 2 |
48 | +94 | Sait-Salam Gutseriev Real estate | 1,5 | +0,9 | 56 | 5 |
49 | -1 | Alexander Frolov Evraz Plc | 1,5 | -0,3 | 51 | 1 |
50 | +2 | Igor Altushkin Russian Copper Company | 1,4 | -0,2 | 45 | 6 |
51 | +6 | Farhad Akhmedov | 1,4 | 0 | 60 | 3 |
52 | +6 | Petr Kondrashev Investments | 1,4 | 0 | 66 | 2 |
53 | +6 | Anatoly Lomakin Investments | 1,4 | 0 | 63 | 2 |
54 | = | Danil Khachaturov Rosgosstrakh, RGS Bank | 1,4 | -0,2 | 44 | 5 |
55 | -9 | Aras Agalarov Crocus Group | 1,2 | -0,7 | 60 | 2 |
56 | -13 | Vasily Anisimov Coalco | 1,2 | -0,8 | 64 | 4 |
57 | +65 | Leonid Boguslavsky ru-Net | 1,2 | +0,45 | 64 | 3 |
58 | +3 | Oleg Boyko Finstar, Ritzio International, 4finance | 1,2 | -0,1 | 51 | |
59 | -3 | Alexander Japaridze Eurasia Drilling Company | 1,2 | -0,3 | 60 | 5 |
60 | +10 | Lev Kvetnoy Novoroscement, National Standard Bank | 1,2 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
61 | +1 | Andrey Kosogov Alfa Bank, RWE Dea, Vimpelcom | 1,2 | -0,1 | 55 | 2 |
62 | -9 | Boris Mints O1 Group | 1,2 | -0,4 | 57 | 4 |
63 | +8 | Gleb Fetisov Investments | 1,2 | 0 | 49 | 3 |
64 | = | Kirill Shamalov | 1,2 | +1,2 | ||
65 | +20 | Elena Baturina Investments | 1,1 | +0,1 | 53 | 2 |
66 | +20 | Evgeniy Kaspersky Kaspersky Lab | 1,1 | +0,1 | 50 | 4 |
67 | +13 | Andrey Rappoport Investments | 1,1 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
68 | -13 | Gavril Yushvaev Investments | 1,1 | -0,5 | 58 | 7 |
69 | +4 | Roman Avdeev Moscow Credit Bank, Veropharm, Pharmacy Chain 36.6 | 1 | -0,1 | 48 | 23 |
70 | -6 | Alexey Ananyev | 1 | -0,25 | 51 | 3 |
71 | -6 | Dmitry Ananyev Promsvyazbank, Technoserv, Promsvyazreal estate | 1 | -0,25 | 47 | 5 |
72 | -5 | Valentin Gapontsev IPG Photonics | 1 | -0,2 | 77 | 1 |
73 | +63 | Dmitry Pumpyansky Pipe Metallurgical Company, Sinara | 1 | +0,35 | 52 | 1 |
74 | +24 | Megdet Rakhimkulov Investments | 1 | +0,05 | 70 | 2 |
75 | -15 | Arkady Rotenberg SGM Group, Mostotrest, SMP Bank | 1 | -0,4 | 64 | 5 |
76 | +23 | Boris Rotenberg SETP, SMP Bank, Gazprom drilling | 1 | +0,05 | 59 | 4 |
77 | +24 | Victor Kharitonin Pharmstandard | 1 | +0,05 | 43 | 2 |
78 | -4 | Alexey Bogachev Bank System, Magnit | 0,95 | -0,15 | 45 | 2 |
79 | +25 | Andrey Bokarev Kuzbassrazrezugol, Transgroup, Transmashholding, UMMC | 0,95 | +0,05 | 49 | 1 |
80 | +10 | Vyacheslav Bresht Investments | 0,95 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
81 | +11 | Ruben Vardanyan Investments | 0,95 | 0 | 47 | 4 |
82 | -7 | Konstantin Grigorishin Energy standard | 0,95 | -0,15 | 50 | 3 |
83 | -14 | Sergey Katsiev GC "Mercury" | 0,95 | -0,25 | 58 | 2 |
84 | -6 | Nikolay Maksimov Investments | 0,95 | -0,15 | 58 | 3 |
85 | +11 | Vyacheslav Mirilashvili Investments | 0,95 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
86 | +1 | Zelimkhan Mutsoev | 0,95 | -0,05 | 56 | 5 |
87 | +1 | Leonid Simanovsky Novatek, First United Bank | 0,95 | -0,05 | 66 | 1 |
88 | +12 | Anatoly Skurov Investments | 0,95 | 0 | 63 | 2 |
89 | +14 | Ruslan Baysarov Investments | 0,9 | 0 | 47 | 5 |
90 | +62 | Sergey Gordeev PIK Group of Companies | 0,9 | +0,35 | 43 | |
91 | = | Anatoly Karachinsky | 0,9 | +0,9 | ||
92 | +54 | Vladimir Leshchikov | 0,9 | +0,3 | 59 | 6 |
93 | +23 | Ziyaudin Magomedov Group Amount | 0,9 | +0,1 | 47 | 3 |
94 | +74 | Konstantin Strukov Yuzhuralzoloto | 0,9 | +0,4 | 57 | 2 |
95 | = | Alexey Khotin | 0,9 | +0,9 | ||
96 | +6 | David Yakobashvili Investments | 0,9 | -0,05 | 59 | 1 |
97 | -46 | Nikolay Buinov | 0,85 | -0,85 | 48 | 2 |
98 | +17 | Andrey Kuzyaev Neftserviceholding, Er-Telecom | 0,85 | +0,05 | 50 | 3 |
99 | +11 | Nikita Mishin Globaltrans, Global Ports | 0,85 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
100 | +11 | Konstantin Nikolaev Globaltrans, Global Ports | 0,85 | 0 | 45 | 5 |
101 | +69 | Alexander Tynkovan M Video | 0,85 | +0,35 | 48 | 2 |
102 | +10 | Andrey Filatov Globaltrans, Global Ports | 0,85 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
103 | +10 | Andrey Borodin Investments | 0,8 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
104 | -28 | Yuri Gushchin Guta Groups | 0,8 | -0,3 | 71 | 1 |
105 | +15 | Albert Avdolyan Investments | 0,75 | 0 | 45 | 4 |
106 | +15 | Sergey Adoniev Investments | 0,75 | 0 | 55 | 5 |
107 | +36 | Boris Zingarevich Ilim Group, Ilim Timber | 0,75 | +0,15 | 56 | 2 |
108 | = | Leonid Lebedev | 0,75 | +0,75 | ||
109 | = | Alexander Linnik Miratorg | 0,75 | +0,75 | 48 | 1 |
110 | = | Victor Linnik Miratorg | 0,75 | +0,75 | 48 | 1 |
111 | +23 | Vitaly Malkin Investments | 0,75 | +0,1 | 63 | 3 |
112 | +13 | Nikolai Olshansky Investments | 0,75 | 0 | 76 | |
113 | -16 | Sergey Petrov Rolf Group | 0,75 | -0,2 | 61 | 2 |
114 | +13 | Zakhar Smushkin Ilim Group, Start Development | 0,75 | 0 | 54 | 1 |
115 | -8 | Roman Trotsenko Aeon Corporation | 0,75 | -0,15 | 45 | 2 |
116 | +3 | Igor Yakovlev Sulpak, Kari | 0,75 | -0,05 | 50 | 1 |
117 | +23 | Grigory Berezkin ESN Group, Komsomolskaya Pravda | 0,7 | +0,1 | 49 | 4 |
118 | -4 | Arkady Volozh Yandex | 0,7 | -0,1 | 52 | 3 |
119 | -11 | Georgy Gens Lanit, Inventive Retail Group | 0,7 | -0,15 | 61 | 2 |
120 | -26 | Alexander Klyachin Investments | 0,7 | -0,25 | 48 | 2 |
121 | +2 | Dmitry Kostygin Yulmart, Rive Gauche, investments | 0,7 | -0,05 | 43 | 4 |
122 | -5 | Andrey Molchanov LSR Group | 0,7 | -0,1 | 44 | 6 |
123 | +6 | Andrey Rogachev Investments | 0,7 | 0 | 52 | 2 |
124 | -19 | Nikolay Sarkisov RESO-Garantiya | 0,7 | -0,2 | 47 | 5 |
125 | -19 | Sergey Sarkisov RESO-Garantiya | 0,7 | -0,2 | 56 | 5 |
126 | -54 | Airat Shaimiev TAIF | 0,7 | -0,45 | 54 | 1 |
127 | -44 | Radik Shaimiev TAIF | 0,7 | -0,4 | 51 | 2 |
128 | -37 | Oleg Burlakov Stroylesbank | 0,65 | -0,3 | 66 | |
129 | +1 | David Davidovich Investments | 0,65 | 0 | 53 | 2 |
130 | -53 | Alexander Lutsenko Commonwealth | 0,65 | -0,45 | 54 | 2 |
131 | -50 | Rustem Sulteev TAIF | 0,65 | -0,45 | 62 | 2 |
132 | -48 | Albert Shigabutdinov TAIF | 0,65 | -0,4 | 63 | 2 |
133 | -5 | Mikhail Abyzov Ru-Com Group | 0,6 | -0,1 | 43 | 3 |
134 | = | Alexey Gudaitis Polymetal, FC Otkritie | 0,6 | +0,6 | 53 | 3 |
135 | = | Pavel Durov Telegram | 0,6 | +0,6 | 31 | 2 |
136 | -5 | Ilya Zubarev Rolsen, Parallels, Acronis, Acumatica | 0,6 | -0,05 | 43 | |
137 | -28 | Sergey Kislov South of Rus', Novoshakhtinsky Oil Products Plant | 0,6 | -0,25 | 55 | 3 |
138 | -43 | Vladimir Kogan Oil and gas industry, Uralsib | 0,6 | -0,35 | 52 | 4 |
139 | +6 | Oleg Leonov Investments | 0,6 | 0 | 46 | 2 |
140 | -61 | Ziyad Manasir Investments | 0,6 | -0,5 | 50 | 5 |
141 | +16 | Mikhail Nikolaev Investments | 0,6 | +0,05 | 57 | 4 |
142 | = | Elena Rybolovleva investments | 0,6 | +0,6 | 2 | |
143 | +24 | Alexander Smuzikov Investments | 0,6 | +0,1 | 44 | 3 |
144 | +5 | Nikolay Bortsov Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 70 | |
145 | -56 | Dmitry Bosov Alltek Group | 0,55 | -0,4 | 48 | 4 |
146 | +5 | Alexander Girda Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
147 | -79 | Vladimir Gruzdev Fashion continent | 0,55 | -0,65 | 49 | 4 |
148 | +5 | Andrey Dobrov Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 53 | 3 |
149 | +7 | Petr Kolbin Investments | 0,55 | 0 | 64 | |
150 | -17 | Dmitry Korzhev | 0,55 | -0,1 | 52 | 1 |
151 | = | Sergey Makhlai Togliattiazot | 0,55 | +0,55 | 2 | |
152 | -34 | Alexey Semin ASG | 0,55 | -0,25 | 48 | |
153 | -16 | Dmitry Troitsky O'key Group, Rich Metals Group | 0,55 | -0,1 | 51 | |
154 | +4 | Andrey Andreev Badoo | 0,5 | 0 | 42 | |
155 | +4 | Deni Bazhaev | 0,5 | 0 | 20 | |
156 | +4 | Musa Bazhaev Alliance Oil Company, Russian Platinum, Amur Gold | 0,5 | 0 | 49 | 4 |
157 | = | Mikhail Brudno Quadrum Global | 0,5 | +0,5 | 2 | |
158 | = | Nikolay Dobrinov Polymetal, FC Otkritie | 0,5 | +0,5 | 58 | 2 |
159 | = | Vladimir Dubov Amphora, investment | 0,5 | +0,5 | 58 | 2 |
160 | -6 | Arsen Kanokov Sindika, Radisson Blue Spa Hotel | 0,5 | -0,05 | 59 | 3 |
161 | -68 | Andrey Klyamko YaregaRuda, Metal group | 0,5 | -0,45 | 54 | 1 |
162 | -30 | Yuri Kovalchuk Bank Russia, Sogaz, National Media Group, STS Media, Tele2 Russia | 0,5 | -0,15 | 64 | 1 |
163 | +23 | Igor Kudryashkin UMMC, Kuzbassrazrezugol | 0,5 | +0,1 | 54 | 1 |
164 | = | Platon Lebedev Quadrum Global | 0,5 | +0,5 | 59 | 4 |
165 | -30 | Vitaly Maschitsky | 0,5 | -0,15 | 62 | 2 |
166 | -40 | Alexander Putilov Eurasia Drilling Company | 0,5 | -0,25 | 63 | 2 |
167 | +12 | Dmitry Strezhnev Eurochem | 0,5 | +0,05 | 48 | 2 |
168 | -86 | Rustam Tariko Russian standard, Roust | 0,5 | -0,6 | 54 | 3 |
169 | = | Oleg Tinkov Tinkoff Bank | 0,5 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
170 | = | Mikhail Khodorkovsky Quadrum Global | 0,5 | +0,5 | 52 | 4 |
171 | +29 | Eduard Chukhlebov UMMC | 0,5 | +0,1 | 53 | |
172 | = | Igor Babaev Cherkizovo Group | 0,45 | +0,45 | 66 | 2 |
173 | +1 | Valentin Bukhtoyarov Sibuglemet | 0,45 | 0 | 61 | 2 |
174 | +1 | Sergey Kolesnikov TechnoNIKOL | 0,45 | 0 | 44 | 4 |
175 | +12 | Egor Kulkov Pharmstandard | 0,45 | +0,05 | 44 | |
176 | -13 | Mikhail Kusnirovich Bosco di Ciliegi | 0,45 | -0,05 | 49 | 2 |
177 | +12 | Vladimir Litvinenko Phosagro | 0,45 | +0,05 | 60 | 1 |
178 | -31 | Vladimir Melnikov Gloria Jeans | 0,45 | -0,15 | 68 | 2 |
179 | -3 | Vladimir Melnichenko Sibuglemet | 0,45 | 0 | 65 | 3 |
180 | -15 | Victor Remsha Finam, Mamba, Badoo | 0,45 | -0,05 | 45 | 5 |
181 | -4 | Igor Rybakov TechnoNIKOL, Rybakov Foundation | 0,45 | 0 | 44 | 4 |
182 | -1 | Gregory Finger Investments | 0,45 | 0 | 50 | 1 |
183 | -45 | Sergei Tsikalyuk VSK | 0,45 | -0,2 | 57 | 2 |
184 | -1 | Olga Belyavtseva Progress | 0,4 | 0 | 46 | 3 |
185 | -24 | Vadim Belyaev FC Otkritie (24.9%) | 0,4 | -0,1 | 49 | 4 |
186 | -36 | Alexander Vagin Evraz | 0,4 | -0,15 | 57 | 2 |
187 | -3 | Sergey Generalov Investments | 0,4 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
188 | -47 | Vladimir Gordeychuk Magnet | 0,4 | -0,2 | 54 | 2 |
189 | -27 | Vladimir Gridin Siberian Business Union | 0,4 | -0,1 | 60 | 4 |
190 | = | Vladimir Zotov Agro-Belogorye | 0,4 | +0,4 | 62 | 1 |
191 | -36 | Gennady Kozovoy Evraz Plc | 0,4 | -0,15 | 65 | 2 |
192 | -26 | Igor Rotenberg FEC Mosenergo, Gazprom drilling, TPS Real Estate | 0,4 | -0,1 | 42 | 3 |
193 | -13 | Sergei Studennikov "Red & White" | 0,4 | -0,05 | 49 | |
194 | +3 | Ivan Tavrin YuTV Holding, USM Holdings | 0,4 | 0 | 39 | |
195 | = | Alexander Shchukin Polosukhinskaya Mine, Novokuznetsk Commercial Innovation Bank | 0,4 | +0,4 | 65 | 1 |
196 | = | Vitaly Yusufov Osnova Telecom | 0,4 | +0,4 | 36 | 2 |
197 | = | Andrey Zubitsky | 0,35 | +0,35 | 40 | 2 |
198 | = | Boris Zubitsky Industrial and metallurgical holding | 0,35 | +0,35 | 68 | 2 |
199 | = | Evgeny Zubitsky Industrial and metallurgical holding | 0,35 | +0,35 | 48 | 2 |
200 | = | Vadim Yakunin Protek | 0,35 | +0,35 | 53 | 3 |
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American Forbes on Tuesday, March 1, published its annual, 30th anniversary, ranking of the world's billionaires. The list included 77 representatives of Russia, 11 less than a year earlier: large businesses continue to suffer losses due to the economic crisis, the collapse of oil prices and the sanctions war with the West. The Russian part of the rating was headed - for the first time in history - by the co-owner of Novatek and Sibur, Leonid Mikhelson. Read more about the ten richest Russians and four newcomers from Russia on the list below.
1. Leonid Mikhelson
Net worth: $14.4 billion
Change for the year: + $2.7 billion
World ranking: 60
Leonid Mikhelson is the main shareholder of the largest independent gas producer in Russia Novatek and the petrochemical holding Sibur. He also owns a minority stake in Promsvyazbank. Mikhelson's partner at Novatek and Sibur is Gennady Timchenko. Another co-owner of the petrochemical holding is Kirill Shamalov, whom the media call the alleged husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter of Vladimir Putin. Shamalov acquired a stake in Sibur from Timchenko after American sanctions were imposed against a longtime acquaintance of the Russian president. At the end of 2015, the Chinese Sinopec bought 10% of Sibur for $1.3 billion. Mikhelson enthusiastically collects art and sponsors exhibitions in Russia and the USA. His father was the director of the Kuibyshevtruboprovodstroy construction trust, the largest in the system of the Ministry of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industry of the USSR.
2. Mikhail Fridman
Net worth: $13.3 billion
Change for the year: - $1.3 billion
World ranking: 63
Together with his long-time business partners from his student days, German Khan and Alexey Kuzmichev, he controls Alfa Group, Russia's largest financial and industrial investment group. In 2013, the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion bought from Mikhail Fridman, Viktor Vekselberg and Leonard Blavatnik 50% of the oil company TNK-BP, which the billionaires owned on a parity basis with the British BP. Friedman gained $5.1 billion from the deal. In 2013, this money was partially used to launch a new Alpha structure - LetterOne Holdings S.A. (L1), on whose balance sheet the foreign assets of the investment group appeared and who was entrusted with control over M&A transactions abroad. In particular, L1 acquired the German oil and gas company Dea RWE for $5.7 billion in 2015. Among Alpha’s largest projects are the second largest Russian retailer X5, shares in the telecommunications holdings VimpelCom and Turkcell. A native of Ukraine, Friedman moved to Moscow in his youth to attend university. In 1989, together with Khan and Kuzmichev, he founded the Alfa-Eco company, which marked the beginning of the construction of one of the main business empires in Russia. Two years later, the partners created Alfa Bank, now the largest private bank in the country.
3. Alisher Usmanov
Net worth: $12.5 billion
Change for the year: – $1.9 billion
World ranking: 73
Alisher Usmanov, who has topped the Russian Forbes list for several years in a row, runs one of the most extensive business empires in the country. Among his assets are the metallurgical holding Metalloinvest, the second largest mobile operator in Russia Megafon and the publishing house Kommersant. In 2014, the billionaire sold 12% of the USM Holdings management holding to his long-time junior business partners and key top managers. Usmanov is a member of a number of important lobbying organizations, including the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. In 2013, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. One of the early investors in Facebook, three years ago the businessman sold off all shares of the social network and focused on Chinese assets - he has a stake in the online retailer Alibaba, Usmanov invested $500 million in the smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. The billionaire is also a co-owner of the London football club Arsenal. In 2015, Usmanov made headlines more often in connection with his social initiatives: he lent 1 billion rubles to the Russian Football Union to help the organization pay off Italian coach Fabio Capello.
4. Vladimir Potanin
Net worth: $12.1 billion
Change for the year: – $3.3 billion
World ranking: 78
Last year's leader of the Russian Forbes list, Vladimir Potanin, a former employee of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, in 1991 met his future partner Mikhail Prokhorov, at that time the head of the department of the Soviet International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC). In 1993, the partners created Oneximbank, which lured IBES clients to serve them. Oneximbank became a platform for the construction of the Interros holding. At the loans-for-shares auctions, the tandem of billionaires gained control over the metallurgical giant MMC Norilsk Nickel and the oil company Sidanco. In 2007, Potanin and Prokhorov decided to divide the business. Potanin, a former deputy prime minister in the government of Viktor Chernomyrdin and a partner of George Soros in investing in Svyazinvest, concentrated his assets in Interros. 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. In May 2014, Potanin divorced his wife Natalia and married a subordinate named Ekaterina for the second time; the couple already had a child. Natalia filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband - she demands 50% of the billionaire's assets. In the fall of 2015, the Moscow City Court rejected the claim; Natalia challenged this decision on appeal. The litigation continues.
5. Gennady Timchenko
Net worth: $11.4 billion
Change for the year: + $0.7 billion
World ranking: 85
The co-founder of Gunvor Group, one of the world's largest commodity traders, Gennady Timchenko sold 43% of the company's shares to another of its founders, Torbjorn Tornqvist, in March 2014, the day before he was included in the American sanctions list - according to US authorities, the billionaire is included in the near Vladimir Putin's circle. Timchenko, in response to Washington’s actions, only stated that “you have to pay for everything in this life, including friendship with the president.” In 2015, he continued the sale of assets, including shares in the construction companies SK Most and ARKS and the insurance holding Sogaz. Timchenko's assets today are shares in the petrochemical holding Sibur, the railway operator Transoil and the construction group Stroytransgaz. The businessman also chairs the board of directors of the Kontinental Hockey League and serves as president of the St. Petersburg hockey club SKA, winner of the 2015 Gagarin Cup.
6. Alexey Mordashov
Net worth: $10.9 billion
Change for the year: – $2.1 billion
World ranking: 93
Alexey Mordashov, the main owner of the metallurgical giant Severstal, left his post as CEO of the company in 2015, having been at the helm for 19 years. He also guaranteed Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would abandon short-sighted investments (amid the sale of Severstal's North American assets). In addition to the steel industry, Mordashov’s business empire extends to tourism (operator TUI), gold mining (Nordgold), and heavy engineering (Power Machines). A hereditary metallurgist, he literally grew up at the enterprise, quickly built a career and became financial director, and then bought shares and himself became the main owner of Severstal. Mordashov is on the boards of trustees of the Bolshoi Theater, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Valaam Monastery and the National Chess Federation. He speaks fluent German and is interested in poetry, art and winter sports.
7. Viktor Vekselberg
Net worth: $10.5 billion
Change for the year: – $3.7 billion
World ranking: 98
The Russian authorities entrusted Viktor Vekselberg with one of the most ambitious projects - the Skolkovo innovation city: the billionaire heads the fund of the same name, which oversees the development of the national analogue of Silicon Valley. Since 2010, the fund has issued grants, including to Vekselberg’s structures, including $13 million for the innovative energy company Hevel. In 2013, the businessman, together with his billionaire partners Mikhail Fridman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold a 50% stake in TNK-BP to the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion and received $7 billion from the deal. He spent part of the funds on purchasing a 25% stake in the Swiss metallurgical company Schmolz +Bickenbach. In 2014, the entrepreneur also acquired Octo Telematics, an Italian manufacturer of software for insurers. Vekselberg has a 6.2 percent stake in Bank of Cyprus. Its industrial conglomerate Renova is a strategic investor in the Swiss market. Among the main assets are shares in the industrial groups Oerlikon and Sulzer. In 2015, Vekselberg spent almost $1 billion to double his stake in Sulzer, to 63%. A native of Ukraine, the future billionaire made his first money selling scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the holding company SUAL. In 2007, SUAL merged assets with the Rusal group and mining company Glencore - this is how the world's largest aluminum producer UC Rusal was born, where the billionaire retains a minority stake. In addition, Vekselberg has stakes in petrochemical, consumer goods and telecommunications businesses. He owns a large art collection, including nine Faberge Easter eggs, which the billionaire bought from the Forbes family for $100 million. In November 2013, Vekselberg opened a private museum in St. Petersburg, where he exhibited his treasures. In February 2014, the businessman donated a three-room apartment in the Azimut hotel in Sochi to Olympic figure skating champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov. Athletes will need their own housing in the capital of the 2014 Games to realize their dream of creating a children's school, the philanthropist reasoned. In 2015, Renova transferred Azimut to the All-Russian Children's Center.
8. Vladimir Lisin
Net worth: $9.3 billion
Change for the year: – $2.3 billion
World ranking: 116
Vladimir Lisin made his fortune in steel and shipping. He began his career as an electrical mechanic at the Yuzhkuzbassugol association. After graduating from the institute, he worked at metallurgical enterprises, rising from an assistant steelmaker to deputy general director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant. In 1991, together with his leader, who became the Minister of Metallurgy, the future billionaire moved to Moscow. He soon became a partner in the Trans-World Group, which within a few years had grown into a leading Russian exporter of aluminum and steel. By that time, Lisin had accumulated a wealth of experience in managing metallurgical production, so that during the division of assets in 2000, he naturally received ownership of the industry giant, the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works. The billionaire also controls the logistics holding UCL, which owns the First Freight Company. His most famous hobby outside of business is shooting: Lisin built the largest shooting complex in Europe, “Fox Hole,” in the Moscow region. In January 2016, the billionaire criticized the Russian defense complex for its incompetence in the production of sporting firearms.
9. Vagit Alekperov
Net worth: $8.9 billion
Change for the year: – $3.3 billion
World ranking: 124
Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil, Russia's largest independent oil producer, which is exploring the West Qurna-2 field in Iraq, one of the most promising in the world. In 2016, the company plans to invest $1.5 billion in the development of its projects. Alekperov is not considered a close associate of Vladimir Putin, but this did not save Lukoil from American sanctions - restrictions against the company were introduced in September 2014. The main owner of the company plans to inherit the share to his son Yusuf - on the condition that he does not sell the asset and the family remains the largest co-owner of the oil giant. Having gone through 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 created Lukoil. Alekperov is the author of the book “Russian Oil: Past, Present and Future” and the founder of the “Our Future” foundation for regional social programs, which actively supports social entrepreneurship.
10. German Khan
Net worth: $8.7 billion
Change for the year: + $0.8 billion
World ranking: 128
German Khan, together with Mikhail Fridman and Alexey Kuzmichev, owns Alfa Group, the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. He worked for a long time as the executive director of the oil company TNK-BP, which he left in March 2013, after the 50% share of Alfa and its partners was bought by the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion. Khan earned $3.3 billion from the deal. In 2013, together with other Alfa members, he used part of the funds to create the company LetterOne Holdings S.A. (L1), specializing in investments in foreign assets (for example, the German oil and gas company DEA was acquired for €5.1 billion). Khan joined the board of directors of L1. The company's head office is located in London, where the billionaire bought a mansion worth $91 million in 2010. A native of Kyiv, he moved to Moscow after enrolling in university. Together with Friedman and Kuzmichev, Khan founded the Alfa-Eco trader in 1989. Two years later, the partners created Alfa Bank, now the largest private bank in Russia. In the late 1990s, Alpha gained control of TNK and created a joint venture with British BP. Other assets of the group include mobile operator VimpelCom and retailer X5 Retail Group.
Newcomer: Mikail Shishkhanov
Net worth: $1.6 billion
World ranking: 1110
In 1992, while a student at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Mikail Shishkhanov began working for the BIN Group, founded by his uncle, billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev. Since 1994 he has been working at B&N Bank, and today he holds the status of its director. He also oversees the group's construction assets. Under Shishkhanov's leadership, BIN completed a series of transactions in the financial sector in 2015, including the purchase of MDM Bank from billionaire Sergei Popov and a non-state pension fund from Raiffeisenbank.
Newcomer: Sait-Salam Gutseriev
In 1999-2008, State Duma deputy, Sait-Salam Gutseriev, since 1993, has been working in leadership positions in the BIN Group, founded by his older brother Mikhail Gutseriev. He is the junior business partner in the group. Sait-Salam oversees BIN's development projects, in particular managing the National and Sheraton hotels in the center of Moscow. The group's rental income in 2015 was $430 million.
Newcomer: Leonid Boguslavsky
Net worth: $1.2 billion
Leonid Boguslavsky has been involved in business in the IT field since the mid-1980s. In the early 1990s, he managed to be a partner of Boris Berezovsky in the LogoVAZ company and a Russian representative of the Oracle software corporation. In 1992, the businessman exchanged his stake in LogoVAZ for a subsidiary of the company, system integrator LVS. Four years later, Boguslavsky sold LVS to the auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers for $10 million. The entrepreneur made the bulk of his fortune through successful venture investments, the most successful of which - in the Russian search giant Yandex - was made in the early 2000s. Boguslavsky invests through the ru-Net and RTP Ventures funds. Among his latest investments are the German Delivery Hero, the American DataDog, and the Indian SnapDeal and FreeCharge.
Newcomer: Kirill Shamalov
Net worth: $1.2 billion
World ranking: 1466
Kirill Shamalov is the youngest son of Nikolai Shamalov, a longtime acquaintance of Vladimir Putin, co-owner of Rossiya Bank. According to media reports, he is allegedly the husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter of the Russian President. Shamalov Jr. is a graduate of St. Petersburg State University. At the age of 26, he became vice president of the Sibur petrochemical holding. In 2014, the entrepreneur acquired 17% of Sibur from another longtime acquaintance of Putin, billionaire Gennady Timchenko. In total, today Kirill Shamalov owns 21.3% of the holding - he is the second co-owner of Sibur after Leonid Mikhelson. In December 2015, the Chinese state-owned company Sinopec acquired 10% of Sibur for $1.339 billion.
The influential American publication Forbes published a rating on March 1. In total, the list included 1,810 influential individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 billion.
10. Charles Koch | Net worth: $39.6 billion
One of the most influential people in the United States are the brothers Charles and David Koch. They took 9th and 10th place in the ranking of the richest people in the world according to Forbes. They own the family diversified holding company Koch Industries, whose revenue is $115 billion annually. Koch Industries provides pipeline construction, produces construction materials, oil refining and other activities. is the chairman of the holding and oversees the active growth of the business. The brothers are engaged in charitable activities and have already donated about a billion for the development of education. Charles Koch's fortune is 39.6 billion - exactly the same as his brother's.
9. David Koch | Net worth: $39.6 billion
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Charles's brother, as mentioned above, is a co-owner of the Koch Industries holding and its vice president. The businessman’s capital as of March 2016 amounted to $39.6 billion. The David Koch Charitable Foundation has donated over $1 billion to various causes. In 2014, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art named one of its plazas after the businessman, thereby showing its respect for one of the Kochs who donated money for its reconstruction. Compared to last year, the brothers suffered a loss in their personal wealth: each lost 3.3 billion US dollars.
8. Michael Bloomberg | Net worth: $40.5 billion
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The American businessman, with a fortune of $40.5 billion, is ranked eighth among the richest people in the world. The former mayor of New York is the founder and owner of Bloomberg. The oligarch is considered one of the largest philanthropists, who has donated about 4 billion to charitable causes. The increase in Bloomberg's capital this year amounted to about 4.5 billion. In 2014, the multimillionaire became an honorary Knight Commander and was awarded the Order of the British Empire.
7. Larry Ellison | Net worth: $43.6 billion
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An American with a capital of 43.6 billion US dollars ranks seventh among the world's largest oligarchs according to Forbes magazine. Currently, the businessman is a director of Oracle Corporation, a leading shareholder of NetSuite Inc and an initial investor in the American company Salesforce.com. Larry Ellison is the largest sponsor of specialized competitions in the United States. In addition, one of the richest people is actively involved in buying real estate. Compared to last year, the tycoon suffered impressive financial losses, which amounted to more than 10 billion.
6. Mark Zuckerberg | Net worth: $44.6 billion
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The American founder of the social network Facebook and its leader is ranked sixth among the richest people in the world. The young oligarch's fortune is currently estimated at $44.6 billion. Over the past 12 months, the increase in the American's capital amounted to more than 11 billion. The billionaire is going to donate 99% of Facebook shares to charity.
5. Jeff Bezos | Net worth: $45.2 billion
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With a net worth of $45.2 billion, the American ranks fifth among the world's wealthiest people today. The increase in the businessman’s assets this year amounted to more than 10 billion. He is the owner of the aerospace company Blue Origin, as well as the head of the online retailer Amazon. In addition, he owns the publishing house The Washington Post. A multimillionaire is one of the largest investors. Bezos prefers to invest in the development of Twitter, AirBNB, UBER, Rethink Robotics and other promising projects.
4. Carlos Slim Helu | Net worth 50 billion dollars
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The Mexican took fourth place this year among the richest people in the world. The oligarch's personal fortune is about $50 billion. This year has brought the oligarch significant losses, which amounted to 27 billion. This fact is associated with the fall in the shares of the operator America Movil, which are considered the main asset of the billionaire. Carlos Slim Helu is one of the leading shareholders of The New York Times publishing house. In addition, the conglomerate Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and the financial structure Ideal are under the control of the tycoon.
3. Warren Buffett | Net worth: $60.8 billion
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Opens the top three largest oligarchs in the world according to Forbes for 2016. The American investor has a capital of 60.8 billion US dollars. This year, the businessman suffered significant losses, estimated at almost 12 billion. The tycoon’s investment portfolio is quite extensive, but the most basic areas in which he operates are oil, metallurgy and food. Last year, the American acquired the metallurgical holding Precision Castparts. This is one of the best deals in his business. Buffett is also actively buying shares of oil companies and investing money in Burger King and Tim Hortons chains.
2. Omancio Ortega | Net worth: $67 billion
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The Spanish businessman, with a capital of $67 billion, currently ranks second in the Forbes ranking of the world's wealthiest people. He is the founder and owner of the Zara chain of stores, which are known for high-quality clothing at fairly low prices. It was this factor, according to experts, that helped the oligarch not only stay afloat, but also increase his income during the crisis. Today the company owns about 5 thousand stores in 77 countries around the world. Ortega is a major investor; he has invested most of his finances in real estate in London, Madrid, Barcelona, Florida, the gas industry, banks and tourism. In 2015, according to Forbes magazine, he was the richest person in the world with a fortune of $79 billion. Ortega is a recipient of the Order of Civil Merit.
1. Bill Gates | Net worth: $75 billion
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The American tops the ranking of the richest people in the world as of March 1, 2016. His personal net worth is estimated at $75 billion, which is slightly less than last year. Over the past 12 months, the billionaire suffered losses of about 4 billion. The founder of Microsoft is one of the largest investors. Shareholder income is growing not only due to the activities of Microsoft. The oligarch receives the lion's share of the profit through investments in mechanical engineering, railways, waste processing, etc. Gates is one of the largest philanthropists. Over the entire existence of his philanthropic foundation, about $31.5 billion has been allocated to charitable needs.
Annual list of the richest people on the planet. As in 2015, the first position was taken by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and Zara founder Amancio Ortega moved up to second place (from fourth place). Investor Warren Buffett retained third place.
Within the ranking of the top 15 richest people, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos rose the most (from 15th place to fifth place), while Wal-Mart co-owner Jim Walton fell back to 15th place from ninth. Of the 15 richest people in the world, 11 are US citizens, two are French, and one more businessman each comes from Spain and Mexico. Newcomers to the top 15 are the founders of Google and Facebook.
Together, the 15 richest people on the planet have a net worth of $679 billion.
1. Bill Gates
State: $75 billion
Age: 60 years
A country: USA
Status source: Microsoft
The founder of the IT giant Microsoft finds himself at the top of the Forbes world list for the second year in a row. Gates is known as a major philanthropist, the founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which works to improve health care in developing countries. The Gateses have already donated more than $31 billion to charitable purposes. In 2015, speaking in Paris at the UN climate change conference, Gates spoke about the formation of the so-called. Breakthrough Energy Coalition - an association of more than 20 billionaires who will invest in projects related to clean energy
2. Amancio Ortega
State: $67 billion
Age: 79 years old
A country: Spain
Status source: Zara
Amancio Ortega is the richest man in Europe and the wealthiest retailer in the world. Zara was founded by Ortega and his wife Rosalia Mera in 1975. Now there are about 2 thousand brand stores of this brand in the world. The Inditex company, which Ortega founded, now includes brands such as Pull&Bear, Bershka, Massimo Dutti.
The years of the global financial crisis were extremely successful for Inditex and Ortega: from 2009 to 2014, the businessman became $45 billion richer due to the rapid growth of the company’s shares
3. Warren Buffett
State: $60.8 billion
Age: 85 years old
A country: USA
Status source: Berkshire Hathaway
Warren Buffett is considered a legendary investor, he is called the “Oracle of Omaha” (the city where he lives). He gained control of Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, when the company was in the textile business. Now the company's capitalization is more than $202 billion, it combines a portfolio of financial investments, insurance business, includes the railway freight operator BNSF and a number of other businesses. Last week, Buffett delivered his 51st message to shareholders, admitting several of his mistakes in 2015 - in particular, buying entire companies. “I will make other mistakes, you can be sure of that,” he said. Despite his advanced age, Buffett has not yet announced who will replace him at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway
4. Carlos Slim
State:$50 billion
Age: 76 years old
A country: Mexico
Status source: Telefonos de Mexico, America Movil
The past year was not easy for Carlos Slim Helu - his fortune decreased by $27 billion, no one else lost in the new Forbes ranking. Shares of his mobile operator America Movil have collapsed due to Mexico's new antitrust laws in the telecommunications sector. Slim's business was adversely affected by the weakening of the Mexican peso and the crisis in Brazil. In addition to telecommunications assets, Slim owns shares in the industrial conglomerate Grupo Carso, The New York Times and the financial corporation Grupo Financiero Inbursa
5. Jeff Bezos
State: $45.2 billion
Age: 52
A country: USA
Status source: Amazon
In 2015, Blue Origin, owned by Bezos, launched a suborbital rocket, which was successfully landed and later used again. In 2015, Amazon earned a record $107 billion. But the reputation of Bezos and his company was somewhat damaged by an article published in The New York Times, which said that the billionaire’s management was putting pressure on employees and forcing them to work overtime. Moreover, this is not the first major complaint against Bezos in the field of labor protection: in 2014, the International Trade Union Confederation called him “the worst boss in the world”
6. Mark Zuckerberg
State: $44.6 billion
Age: 31 year
A country: USA
Status source: Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg became the most successful businessman of 2015 - the growth of Facebook shares over the past 12 months brought him $11.2 billion. At the end of January 2016, against the backdrop of record quarterly revenue (up to $5.84 billion), Zuckerberg's fortune immediately increased by more than $6 billion. In December, Zuckerberg became a father, after which he announced that he would donate 99% of the proceeds from Facebook shares to charity during his lifetime.
7. Larry Ellison
State: $43.6 billion
Age: 71 years old
A country: USA
Status source: Oracle
Ellison started out working as a programmer and developing databases for the CIA. In 1977, he founded Oracle, which eventually became the second-largest software company in terms of revenue after Microsoft. In 2014, Ellison left the post of CEO of Oracle, which he held for 38 years. However, he retained his position as chief technology officer and chairman of the board of directors. In June 2015, Ellison said that Oracle intends to compete with Amazon in the development of cloud technologies
State: $40 billion
Age: 74 years old
A country: USA
Status source: Bloomberg L.P.
The end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016 became the time for Michael Bloomberg to return to big politics - the former mayor of New York announced that he would fight for the presidency of the United States as an independent candidate. Bloomberg is ready to allocate $1 billion from his personal funds to the election campaign. Bloomberg has been on the list of billionaires since 1995. The Bloomberg agency he founded has 325 thousand subscribers.
9-10. Brothers Charles and David Koch
Net worth: $39.6 billion
Age: 80 years old (Charles), 75 (David)
A country: USA
Status source: Koch Industries
The Koch brothers head one of the largest American corporations - Koch Industries. It is a holding company consisting of dozens of industrial and financial companies. The older brother is the CEO, the younger is the executive vice president. Each of them holds 42% of the concern's shares, refusing to conduct an IPO. Among the largest industrialists in the United States, the Koch brothers are considered the most politically active clan. Back in 1980, David Koch was the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate, and since then the brothers have donated hundreds of millions to conservative and libertarian foundations. For example, over several years they donated $10 million each to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), a human rights organization that defends freedom of information and criticizes the Patriot Act.
11. Liliane Bettencourt
State: $36.1 billion
Age: 93 years old
A country: France
Status source: L'Oreal
The richest Frenchwoman and the richest woman in the world, Bettencourt, is the main shareholder of the L’Oreal perfume company. She owns 31% of the holding’s shares, as well as 3% in Nestle (which, in turn, is a co-owner of L’Oreal). Bettencourt has been the company's leading shareholder for almost 60 years. During this time, her name appeared in several political and financial scandals. For example, she became one of the victims of the swindler Bernard Madoff, losing $22 million. Yet she is better known as a philanthropist: the assets of the Bettencourt charitable foundation amount to more than €150 million
12. Larry Page
State: $35.2 billion
Age: 42 years
A country: USA
Status source: Google
Co-owner of Internet giant Google Larry Page now heads the Alphabet holding company, created in August 2015 to unite all Google assets. In early February, Alphabet, ahead of Apple Corporation, briefly became the most valuable company in the world with a capitalization of $568 billion. Now the figure has rolled back to $500 billion (while for Apple it is $547 billion). In addition, Page is interested in the latest technology projects, investing in renewable energy and the development of hybrid cars. Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk (94th place with $10.7 billion) is his close friend
13. Sergey Brin
State: $34.4 billion
Age: 42 years
A country: USA
Status source: Google
A classmate of Larry Page at Stanford University, at Google Corporation Brin is responsible more for technological development (while Page is involved in general management). For example, under the direct leadership of Brin there is a semi-secret Google X laboratory, which released Google Glass and is developing an unmanned vehicle and biomedical innovations. A native of Moscow, he lived in the USSR until the age of five, after which he emigrated with his family to the States. At Alphabet, Brin holds the position of President.
14. Bernard Arnault
State: $34 billion
Age: 66 years old
A country: France
Status source: LVMH
Forbes magazine calls the Frenchman Arnault “one of the world’s main tastemakers.” His LVMH holding unites leading brands of premium alcohol, perfumes and fashion houses. The businessman began his path in the luxury goods segment in the 1980s with the management of Christian Dior, after which he created a holding company to purchase other market players. Arnault also made non-core investments: for example, in 1999 he invested $30 million in the young Netflix service. A good friend of Nicolas Sarkozy, he was a witness at the politician's wedding to his second wife Cecile in 1996. On the contrary, Arnault is extremely dissatisfied with the policies of Socialist President Francois Hollande. If a tax on excess income is introduced in France, the billionaire promises to obtain Belgian citizenship
15. Jim Walton
Net worth: $33.6 billion
Age: 67 years old
A country: USA
Status source: Wal-Mart
Jim Walton is part of the family that owns the world's largest supermarket chain, Wal-Mart, and the richest (his sister Alice and brother Rob each own about $32 billion). Their older brother and Wal-Mart's major shareholder, John Walton, died in a plane crash in 2005, and Jim has since taken his brother's place on the company's board of directors. In total, the heirs of the company's founder, Sam Walton, own more than 50% of Wal-Mart shares. Jim is also involved in banking, which is why his wealth is slightly higher. According to Fortune, the company is the world's largest private employer with 2.2 million jobs and 11,500 retail locations.
Forbes magazine is a world-famous print publication specializing in the global economy. It was named after Bertie Charles Forbes, who founded it in 1917. Since 2004, a Russian version of the magazine, Forbes Russia, has been published in Russia. Probably the most anticipated news that Forbes announces every year is the ranking of billionaires around the world. What changes have occurred over the year? Who topped and generally entered the list of Russian billionaires? We will talk about this and much more in the article.
History of the Russian version of Forbes
Russia was the fifth country in the world to begin publishing a magazine on its territory. The first issue, as already mentioned, was published in 2004. JSC Axel Springer Russia took on the implementation of the project. Within 5 years, an electronic version of the Russian Forbes magazine was created.
The printed publication has seen many editors over the course of a decade. And less than a year ago, Axel Springer Russia CJSC sold publishing rights to ACMG, headed by businessman Alexander Fedotov. It must be said that this decision was forced due to changes in Russian legislation on the share of foreign managers of local media. In fact, this was a direct clash between the owners of Vedomosti and Forbes, because these publications touch upon serious political and economic topics and, moreover, have significant contributions from foreign owners. It is worth noting that Forbes magazine, from the date of its founding, adhered to its own views and was independent of other people’s opinions and influence.
Russia's first billionaires in Forbes
In 1997, the magazine for the first time included in its list of Russians who had good wealth at that time. These were the leaders:
- Lukoil company - Vagit Alekperov;
- ONEXIM Bank - Vladimir Potanin;
- YUKOS - Mikhail Khodorkovsky;
- Gazprom - Vyakhirev Rem;
- group "Most" - Gusinsky Vladimir;
- Berezovsky Boris (Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation).
The list has since been updated. However, one of the managers of the enterprise is still among the richest people on the planet. This is Vladimir Potanin, who topped the list of Russian billionaires in 2015.
Forbes magazine rating results in 2016
On March 1 of this year, the newest ranking of billionaires in Russia and around the world was published. The list included 77 citizens of the Russian Federation. The size of each of them has remained virtually unchanged over the past year. But it is known for certain that 20 oligarchs have become even richer. Newcomers have also appeared, which we will talk about a little later.
The economic situation in the world has not been stable recently. This has certainly affected the fortunes of billionaires. The total amount of funds available to Russian oligarchs in 2016 decreased by almost 54 billion conventional units compared to last year. The financial situation of most wealthy individuals has changed, and therefore the list has been updated. Forbes information on the status of the world's richest people for 2016 is reflected in the table:
Information about the oligarch | Place in the Forbes ranking | Wealth, billion US dollars | Country of Residence | Source of funds |
Bill Gates, 60 years old | 1 | 75 | USA | Microsoft |
Ortega Amancio, 79 years old | 2 | 67 | Spain | Zara |
Buffett Warren, 85 | 3 | 60.8 | USA | Berkshire Hathaway |
Carlos Slim Helu, 76 years old | 4 | 50 | Mexico | telecommunications |
Bezos Jeff, 52 years old | 5 | 45.2 | USA | Amazon |
Mark Zuckerberg, 31 years old | 6 | 44.6 | ||
Allison Larry, 71 | 7 | 43.6 | Oracle | |
Bloomberg Michael, 74 years old | 8 | 40 | Bloomberg L.P. | |
Charles Koch, 80 | 9 | 39.6 | Koch Industries | |
David Koch, 75 | 10 |
As you can see, mostly men of retirement age can boast of big money; there are, of course, young lucky ones. The largest number of billionaires, as in other years, are in the United States. The leader of the list during this period is Bill Gates, the world-famous creator of the Windows OS.
Where are ours?
As you can see, the oligarchs of Russia are still not rich enough to get into the top ten of Forbes. The country's richest man is only 60th on the overall list. His fortune is estimated at $14.4 billion. And this person, completely unexpected for many readers, is Leonid Mikhelson. “Why unexpected?” - you ask. Last year, the head of Novatek was not even among the top five billionaires according to the Russian version of Forbes magazine. In just a year, he was able to break through from 7th place to the leader.
The top ten people with enormous wealth by Russian standards also included:
Full name, age | Place on the Forbes Russia list | Place on the Forbes list | Net worth, billion dollars | Source of funds |
Mikhelson Leonid, 60 years old | 1 | 60 | 14.4 | OJSC Novatek |
Fridman Mikhail, 52 years old | 2 | 63 | 13.3 | "Alfa Group" |
Alisher Usmanov, 62 years old | 3 | 73 | 12.5 | USM Holdings |
Potanin Vladimir, 55 years old | 4 | 78 | 12.1 | "Interros" |
Timchenko Gennady, 63 years old | 5 | 85 | 11.4 | Rossiya Bank, Transoil, Sibur |
Mordashov Alexey, 50 years old | 6 | 93 | 10.9 | Severstal, Power Machines |
Vekselberg Viktor, 59 years old | 7 | 98 | 10.5 | "Rusal", Sulzer |
Vladimir Lisin, 60 years old | 8 | 116 | 9.3 | UCL Holding, NLMK |
Alekperov Vagit, 65 years old | 9 | 124 | 8.9 | "Lukoil" |
Khan German, 54 years old | 10 | 128 | 8.7 | Alfa-Bank, Retail Group |
In total, 77 Russians were included in the Forbes world list in 2016, which is 11 people less than last year.
The main “rises” of the capital of the year
This year the leader of the list of Russian billionaires has changed. It was Leonid Mikhelson, a “gas” and “oil” tycoon, a shareholder of the Novatek company. He was able to increase his fortune by 23%, which allowed him to make an unimaginable breakthrough: from 105th place in the world ranking to 60th! It is also worth noting that before this Mikhelson had never been included in the list of Russian billionaires.
But this successful businessman was surpassed in terms of capital growth in one year by Mikhail Gutseriev, the head of the board of directors of RussNeft. He was able to climb 577 steps higher and took 205th place in the world ranking. His fortune almost doubled. At the end of 2015, he was ranked 16th in the Forbes Russia rating. It would not be surprising if next year he becomes Russia's leader in net worth. With such rapid growth, we can expect great achievements from the billionaire.
From heaven to earth?
The ups were followed by downs. How many billionaires in Russia have lost their positions during an economically and politically difficult year? Despite the fact that Fridman and Usmanov retained their position in the ranking (2nd and 3rd place, respectively), their capital decreased slightly. M. Friedman lost almost 9% of his funds, and Usmanov - about 13%. Vladimir Potanin, an entrepreneur and politician who became the leader of the Forbes Russia ranking of the richest people in Russia in 2015, felt the changes more noticeably. Its losses amounted to about 22%, which in monetary terms equates to $3.3 billion. Due to the decrease in his capital, he lost ground in the 2016 list, moving to 4th place.
But Oleg Deripaska, the owner of the Basic Element holding, was most unlucky. The entrepreneur dropped 624 positions down in the Forbes world ranking of billionaires. More than four billion were irretrievably lost.
More about the leaders: Leonid Mikhelson
The sixty-year-old Russian entrepreneur increased his capital by $2.7 billion in 2015, which led him to leadership in the ranking of Russian billionaires. By the way, he is not far behind the 50 richest people in the world according to Forbes magazine, where he ranks 60th. The total amount of his fortune is equal to 14.4 billion dollars.
This is one of the main shareholders of OJSC Novatek and Sibur Holding, which specialize in the production of gas and petrochemical products. Part of the funds comes from a share in Promsvyazbank. Mikhelson is passionate about art, which he expresses by sponsoring exhibitions in Russia and the USA.
"Silver" oligarch Mikhail Fridman
Compared to 2015, Friedman maintained his position on the Forbes Russia list, although he lost some of his wealth ($1.3 billion). As of this year, he owns $13.3 billion. He is the head of the financial and industrial investment group Alfa Group.
Has been in stable condition since 2010. Owner of such brands as Pyaterochka, Beeline, Perekrestok. Mikhail Fridman, through Alfa-Bank, is engaged in charity work, helping children with severe cardiac diseases. Has dual citizenship (Russia, Israel).
Usmanov Alisher
Owner of a fortune estimated at $12.5 billion. Over the past year, he lost almost 2 billion, but retained his position on the Russian Forbes list. He has several business empires, which bring him good income. Among them: Metalloinvest, Megafon, Kommersant.
Invested in Facebook at the inception of the social network. Three years ago, Usmanov invested in Chinese assets: the online retailer Alibaba, the production of Xiaomi smartphones. In addition, the billionaire is a co-owner of the Arsenal football club (London).
Newly minted Russian oligarchs
Russian dollar billionaires join the Forbes list every year. In 2016, the magazine published four new names previously unknown to the public. Of course, in the overall ranking they are still significantly behind the leaders. But who knows, maybe next year one of them will become one of the 20 oligarchs of Russia.
Mikhail Shishkhanov took 1126th place. Quite a young entrepreneur, head of PJSC B&N Bank. At 43 years old, he already has a fortune estimated at $1.6 billion. Gutseriev Sait-Salam, one of the members of the directors of the RussNeft company, goes on an equal footing with him. Leonid Boguslavsky is a little behind his comrades. He ranks 1476th in the Forbes ranking and has a capital of $1.2 billion. Together with him, the public was introduced to Kirill Shamalov, very young by oligarch standards (33 years old), he has 1.2 billion dollars and shares 1476th place in the world ranking with Boguslavsky.
In addition to new faces, Forbes welcomed entrepreneurs temporarily absent from the 2015 list: Viktor Kharitonin (Pharmstandard), Dmitry Pumpyansky (Sinara), Boris Rotenberg (SMP Bank) and private investor Megdet Rakhimkulov. Each of them freely owns one billion dollars. Together, the “new” oligarchs took 1649th place in 2016.
Those who left the rating
The consequences of the economic crisis have affected everyone, and billionaires are no exception. Of course, few of them became impoverished to zero. But the losses were significant. For many entrepreneurs, this resulted in their removal from the list of the richest people in the world. In 2016, 19 Russians left the rating, including: Nikolay Tsvetkov (Uralsib), Mikhail Balakin (head of SU-155), Rustam Tariko (Russian Standard Bank). Their fortune is estimated at between 1.1 and 1.7 billion dollars. At the moment, they are back at the finish line and will now compete for the title of “more successful entrepreneur” with the “young” generation of Forbes.
Young billionaires of Russia
Business develops, despite any obstacles. The most dexterous, brainy and far-sighted quickly soar upward, flying over millions of their fortune. At some point, a new stage in their life and career begins: the first billion dollars. Of course, it is difficult to achieve such heights on your own without the help of an inheritance. The process of conquering the pinnacle of an oligarch's fame can take a long time.
According to Forbes standards, the average age of nominees is 45 years old. This is the period of a person’s maturity, when he already has significant life experience and a stable financial situation behind him. All those who have not yet turned forty are considered young. Are there many of these in the world? How many of them are Russians?
Forbes Russia celebrates 7 lucky people who, despite their young years, already have financial achievements:
- Shamalov Kirill (33 years old) - takes a seat on the board of directors of Sibur. In 2016, he took 64th position on the Forbes Russia list of rich people. His fortune is estimated at $1.2 billion.
- Vyacheslav Mirilashvili (32 years old) is almost a billionaire, in his hands funds amounting to $0.95 billion. He is the manager of the Vaizra fund. He ranks 85th in the ranking of Russian oligarchs.
- Pavel Durov (31 years old) is the founder of the social network VKontakte and the Telegram program, well-known among young people. As of 2016, he has a fortune of $600 million and occupies 136th position in the Forbes Russia ranking.
- Elena Rybolovleva (27 years old), the ex-wife of Dmitry Rybolovlev, received her fortune of $600 million thanks to a divorce settlement. Engaged in investments. In the Russian Forbes list it is in 142nd place.
- Denis Bazhaev (20 years old) is a young co-owner of the Alliance Group, owner of $500 million and 155th place in the ranking of Russian oligarchs.
- Ivan Tavrin (39 years old) – owner of $400 million, head of PJSC Megafon. He founded his own business on his own. At the end of 2015, it ranks 194th in the Forbes Russia ranking.
- Vitaly Yusufov (36 years old) – engaged in investments, owner of $400 million. It is located at position 196 on the Russian Forbes list.
Young oligarchs have every chance to conquer the first positions of Forbes. Many of them achieved results on their own, without the help of relatives and other people's finances.
Russian billionaires are famous figures, founders of large industrial and financial enterprises. Each of them has their own story of the path to success. Over the past year, there have been many victories and failures that have brought changes to the Forbes list. But troubles, like victories, build morale. Already next year it will be seen how they defended their cause with success and dignity and once again became one of the richest people in Russia.
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