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The richest family clans of Russia - 2015

Last year, Forbes compiled a ranking for the first time richest families Russia, assessing the value of the business they own using the methodology that is used in compiling the rating of billionaires. Most families were represented by the first generation of businessmen - brothers. There were practically no children among the clan representatives who owned significant shares in the family business.

Over the year, the situation has changed: many businessmen, for various reasons, began to transfer their assets to adult children. There are already five families on the new list in which a significant share of wealth comes from children.
In general, the combined wealth of the 10 richest families decreased by 32% over the year due to the crisis, to $18 billion. The Gutseriev clan took first place with a result of $3.85 billion. Almost 70% of the total amount goes to the founder of the BIN group, Mikhail Gutseriev. The other two richest members of the family are still his younger brother Sait-Salam Gutseriev and nephew Mikail Shishkhanov. But soon a new family member may appear in the ranking - at the end of 2014, Mikhail Gutseriev’s son Said returned to Russia from England. He previously worked for Glencore, and now heads the ForteInvest BIN group, which owns the Orsk Oil Refinery.

Said owns a large share of shares in the new family oil company Neftisa, to which Mikhail Gutseriev transferred part of the assets of Russneft. Said's share is greater than that of his uncle and cousin. Neftisa is controlled by the Cypriot Doneler Finance, its shareholders are Mikhail Gutseriev (50%), Said Gutseriev (20%), Sait-Salam Gutseriev (15%) and Mikail Shishkhanov (15%). Said, along with his uncle and cousin, is a shareholder of three BIN pension funds. The eldest in the family, Khamzat Gutseriev, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, formally has no shares in the assets. He heads the board of directors of Mospromstroy.

In second place is the Rotenberg family with general condition$2.95 billion. Over the year, the structure of assets of “Putin’s friends” has changed. The son of his older brother Arkady acquired shares in Mostotrest, Gazprom Bureniya and TPS Real Estate from his father and entered the Forbes ranking of the richest. Arkady, in turn, bought Stroygazmontazh from his brother Boris.

In third place is the Ananyev family ($2.7 billion). The oldest of their children is still studying. Until May 2014, the Shaimiev brothers (No. 4, $2.25 billion) had Radika Shaimiev’s daughter Kamilya as a junior partner (she owned 2% of TAIF). The Sarkisov brothers also have adult children. The eldest son Nikolai is not interested in the family business, but both adult sons younger brother graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and now work in the family insurance company RESO-Garantia. Eduard (26 years old) - in the expert department of property payment management, Vladimir (24 years old) - in the customer service center.

Newcomers to the ranking are the Rakshin (No. 9, $600 million) and Kochetov (No. 10, $510 million) families. The Rakshins’ shares in the Siberian supermarket chain “Maria-Ra” are divided equally between the head of the family Alexander, his wife Galina, their son and daughter. The founder of the Ochakovo brewing company, Alexey Kochetov, shares the business with his daughter - between them they own almost 72% of the shares.

1. Gutserievs

The Ingush Gutseriev family owns the financial and industrial group BIN, one of the largest in Russia. It owns oil companies and banks, shopping and office centers, hotels and construction companies. Among them are RussNeft and Binbank, Smolensky Passage and the National Hotel, Mospromstroy and Inteko. Today BIN is buying up assets that have fallen in price as a result of the crisis. Recently it was announced the upcoming purchases of MDM Bank from Sergei Popov and the construction company Augur Estate from Vadim Moshkovich. The BIN group was founded by the middle of the brothers, Mikhail Gutseriev, in 1992. He was helped by his younger brother Sait-Salam and nephew Mikail Shishkhanov. The elder brother Khamzat Gutseriev became the first deputy minister of internal affairs of Ingushetia in 1994. In 1999, he was appointed head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, and in 2002 he planned to become president of the republic, but his candidacy was withdrawn from the elections. After that he moved to Moscow and joined family business. His younger brothers also took turns in politics: Mikhail was elected to the State Duma in 1995 and 1999, Sait-Salam in 1999 and 2003. Today most of The group's assets belong to its founder Mikhail Gutseriev. Shishkhanov controls Binbank and the Inteko company, and Sait-Salam owns shares in most of the group’s development projects. Mikhail Gutseriev’s son Said now also has a share in the business, who at the end of 2014 returned to Russia from England and took over the Orsky Oil Refinery, which is part of the group. Said Gutseriev owns 20% of the shares of the Cyprus company Doneler Finance, which controls the oil company Neftisa, the remaining shares of Doneler Finance are shared by Mikhail Gutseriev (50%), Sait-Salam Gutseriev (15%) and Mikail Shishkhanov (15%).

2. Rotenbergs

Friends of Vladimir Putin's youth, Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, created the Stroygazmontazh (SGM) company in 2007, which in 2014 became the largest contractor in the Russian oil and gas market. The main customer of SGM is Gazprom. In March 2014, the US Treasury included the Rotenberg brothers on the sanctions list. They were banned from doing business with Americans and US companies, barred from entering the country, and their assets were frozen. Then the Rotenbergs’ businesses—SGM, SMP Bank and Investkapitalbank—came under sanctions. In the summer of 2014, Arkady Rotenberg found himself on the European sanctions list - he was banned from entering the EU, and his assets in Europe were frozen. In September, his property in Italy was arrested. His brother Boris, who has Finnish citizenship in addition to Russian, was not included in this list. In the fall of 2014, Arkady Rotenberg began transferring assets to his son Igor. He acquired from his father shares in Mostotrest, Gazprom Bureniya and TPS Real Estate. The transaction, according to representative Igor Rotenberg, was of a market nature and was partially paid for using loan funds. The eldest son of Boris Rotenberg, Roman Michael Oliver Rotenberg, vice-president of the St. Petersburg hockey club SKA, in the fall of 2014 bought a controlling stake in the Finnish Arena Events, which owns the Langvik hotel, and 49% of the shares of the Jokerit hockey club from his uncle Arkady, from his father and from Gennady Timchenko ( plays in the Kontinental Hockey League) and its home stadium Hartwall Arena. At the end of 2014, Arkady bought a share in SGM from his brother Boris and became the sole owner of the company.

3. Ananyevs

The Ananyev brothers own all assets on a parity basis. Through the Promsvyazkapital holding they control Promsvyazbank, Russia's largest system integrator Technoserv, the development company Promsvyaznedvizhimost, the real estate portal CIAN and the two largest printing houses in Moscow. In May 2015, the brothers' share in Promsvyazbank decreased to 68%. They sold 10% of their shares in the bank to the pension fund “Future” (part of the O1 group of Boris Mints) and another 10% to three pension funds of the BIN group of the Gutseriev family. As a result, the bank's capital increased by 14 billion rubles.

4. Shaimievs

Radik and Airat Shaimiev are the sons of the first president of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev. Since 1991, the TAIF Group, in which the brothers own 12% of shares, has become a shareholder of the largest enterprises in the region, including Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Kazanorgsintez and TGK-16. Airat Shaimiev has been running companies related to road construction in Tatarstan since 1996. Radik Shaimiev’s daughter Kamilya was a minority shareholder of TAIF until May 2014 and was a member of the company’s board of directors. Currently he holds the position of member of the board of directors of SG-Trans. Airat Shaimiev’s son Timur runs the small oil company of Tatarstan, MNKT LLC, owned by his father and uncle.

5. Sarkisovs

The Sarkisov brothers grew up in a family of Vneshtorg workers. Older brother Sergei Soviet time worked as head of the Ingosstrakh representative office in Cuba, and in 1991 headed the Russian-European Insurance Company company created by Avtobank. Younger brother Nikolai joined the company four years later. Over the course of several years, the brothers collected a majority stake in RESO. Sergei Sarkisov has a son, Nikolai, but he does not participate in the business of his father and uncle - he prefers to make films. His cousins ​​Eduard and Vladimir work at RESO-Garantiya.

6. Mutsoevs

Zelimkhan Mutsoev started the business in 1987 by sewing down jackets together with his brother Amirkhan Mori. In 1998, with partners, he acquired 94% of the shares of the Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant, which he sold in 2004 for $400 million to the owner of ChelPipe, Andrey Komarov. At the same time, together with Vladimir Yevtushenkov (AFK Sistema), Mutsoev created the development group Regions. Now this company, which owns business centers with an area of ​​496,000 sq. m and malls with an area of ​​143,000 sq. m, controlled by Mutsoev’s sons Alik and Amiran and brother Amirkhan Mori. State Duma deputy Mutsoev Sr. is not supposed to do business.

7. Bazhaevs

After the death of the founder of the Alliance Group, Ziya Bazhaev, in a plane crash, Zia’s younger brother Musa Bazhaev became the eldest in the business of this Chechen family. Today he owns 30% of the group's shares. Another 30% belongs to Zia Bazhaev’s son Denis, a third-year student at MGIMO. Elder brother Mavlit's share is 25%. Denis mother Madina Bazhaeva and Musa’s wife Elita Bazhaeva each have another 2.5% of shares. The remaining 10% is divided equally by two managers. In the fall of 2014, Alliance Group sold its main asset, the oil company Alliance Oil Company, to the Independent Oil and Gas Company (NOC) of the ex-president of Rosneft, Eduard Khudainatov. The family still has the Russian Platinum company, which is controlled by Musa and Denis, each owning 40% of the shares.

8. Magomedovs

The Magomedov brothers went into banking business in the 1990s. In 1995, they bought Diamant Bank, whose board of directors was headed by their elder brother Magomed. At the same time, they traded oil. In 2002, Magomed Magomedov became a senator, and since then all family assets were registered in the name of his younger brother Ziyaudin and were combined into the Summa group. Magomed worked in the Federation Council for 7 years, in 2009 he was on the list of candidates for the post of President of the Republic of Dagestan. Having failed in the elections, he returned to Moscow and gradually began to regain his shares in Summa companies. Today the brothers own equal shares in Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, engineering companies and Summa Telecom. YATEK and the United Grain Company remain with Ziyaudin for now.

9. Rakshins

Founder of the largest Western Siberia grocery retail chain "Maria-Ra" named its brainchild in honor of mother Maria Rakshina. He divided the company's shares equally between his wife, son and daughter. Children accept Active participation in company management: Alla deals with financial issues, Evgeniy deals with network development and construction of new stores. “Maria-Ra” has already opened 749 of them in 206 populated areas Siberia. They serve about 850,000 customers a day.

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10. Kochetovs

Alexey Kochetov has been heading the Moscow beer and non-alcoholic plant “Ochakovo” for 26 years. This is the last major domestic brewing company that has not been taken over by multinational corporations. Kochetov owns 51% of the shares, his daughter Inna - 20.8% of the shares. Inna’s husband Vyacheslav Merkulov works as deputy general director for alcoholic beverages at the Ochakovo MPBK. Ten years ago, during the consolidation of the beer market, the Kochetov family could have received up to $500 million for their shares, but did not make the deal. Kochetov then stated that he promised the team to leave Ochakovo as a Russian company and would not break this promise.
What we thought

Forbes has been ranking the world's largest fortunes for decades. To do this, the magazine uses a specially developed methodology, the basis of which is as follows.

1. Our assessment of the family’s wealth is the value of the assets it owns: company shares, land plots, real estate, as well as personal property, etc.

2. All public companies are valued by market capitalization. Closed companies are valued based on information about sales, profits, and equity; a comparison is made with similar companies that are traded on the stock exchange or have been the subject of purchase and sale in the recent past. We try to be conservative and evaluate the property of entrepreneurs on the principle of “at least not cheaper.”

3. In this list, the price of companies is fixed as of July 24, 2015. The ages of the list participants are also indicated as of July 24, 2015.

4. The list includes only those Russian families who earned the bulk of their capital privately, without being government employees.

5. The list includes only the 10 richest families in Russia, the bottom of the ranking is a fortune of $510 million. If you did not find any of the list famous families, which means Forbes estimates her net worth at less than $510 million.

The information provided in the Forbes rating is an expert and journalistic assessment of the total volume of property ownership by these persons. This information is not official and can only be used privately.

Elena Berezanskaya, Forbes editor
Forbes, August 24, 2015

Every year, Forbes analysts rank the world's billionaires. This year, 88 Russians were included in such a list. We decided to take a closer look at the top ten, bringing to your attention the Top 10, which included the richest people in Russia in 2015. Naturally, the crisis, sanctions and the fall of the ruble exchange rate affected the size of the fortunes of Russian oligarchs. For the first time in last years Russia is behind 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 of raw materials companies and media assets - RBC and the publishing group "Live!"

9 - Gennady Timchenko

Timchenko is a co-owner of such companies as Novatek, Sibur holding, Transoil, as well as the insurance company Sogaz. The businessman is a hockey fan; he even chairs the KHL board of directors. Timchenko's fortune is $10.7 billion.

8 - Vladimir Lisin

Over the year, Lisin’s fortune “thinned” by almost a third, decreasing by $5 billion and amounting to $11.6 billion. The oligarch’s assets include the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works and the logistics holding UCL.

7 - Leonid Mikhelson

Mikhelson owns the gas company Novatek, the chemical group Sibur, as well as 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 has a fortune of $12.2 billion. The businessman actively supports social entrepreneurship through the “Our Future” regional program fund he founded.

5 - Alexey Mordashov

The owner of Severstal has a fortune of about $13 billion. In addition to his main asset, the metallurgical magnate has a stake in Tele2 Russia, Rossiya Bank, and the holding company Power machines».

4 - Viktor Vekselberg

The curator of the Skolkovo project owns a private museum in which he exhibits his collection of art objects. In addition, Vekselberg is actively involved in philanthropy. So, a businessman donated a three-room apartment Olympic champions 2014 – Maxim Trankov and Tatyana Volosozhar. The oligarch's fortune is estimated at $14.2 billion.

3 - Alisher Usmanov

Last year, it was this 71-year-old oligarch who topped a similar Forbes rating. Over the course of the year, the holder 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 in a year; Forbes experts today estimated his fortune at $14.6 billion. Friedman’s assets include the mobile operator VimpelCom and a stake in X5 Retail Group.

1. - Vladimir Potanin

The ranking, which includes only the richest people in Russia, is headed by the head of Interros. Over the year, Potanin’s fortune increased by $2.8 billion, amounting to $15.4 billion. Last year became a turning point in the oligarch’s personal life - Potanin got divorced and already entered into a second marriage with a colleague, in which he had a child.

Just a hundred years ago it was impossible to imagine a woman in a leadership position, and even achieving 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 manage 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 what the richest women in Russia 2015 according to Forbes. The magazine compiled a list of 50 people, but only the first ten were included in 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 at the Ochakovo MPBK production and ending with the vice-president of this closed joint-stock company. Nina still holds her position to this day. The woman has incredible intuition in financial matters. He will immediately tell you which business will succeed 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 KFEI, but a year later she transferred to MGIMO, which she successfully graduated from. After graduating, she found a job at the Sistema company, owned by billionaire Vladimir Yevtushenkov. Over five years in the company, the girl, who ranks ninth on 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. She served 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 USA, 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 at an international major tournament.

7. Natalya Kasperskaya | Net worth: $270 million

Natalya met her future husband, Evgeniy, 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 Evgeniy to make his surname a brand of the newly founded company. The husband was engaged in technical “stuffing”, and the wife was promoting the company on international markets and product sales. She later became the company's CEO. In 1998, the couple divorced. And after 9 years, Natalya resigned from her post as general. director. As moral compensation, she was offered a stake in InfoWatch - subsidiary company Kaspersky. Now the girl, who ranks 7th on the list of the richest women in Russia according to Forbes, is its sole owner.

6. Marina Sedykh | Net worth: $285 million

It has higher education majoring in "Jurisprudence". She worked as a legal consultant in the Primorsky Territory, then moved to the position of 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 general director. Member of the party United Russia" The woman, who ranks 6th in the top richest representatives of the fair sex, participates in charity, provides financial assistance to children with disabilities. Supports young entrepreneurs.

5. Tatiana Bakalchuk | Net worth: $375 million

Tatyana founded the online clothing store Wildberries. Currently, its revenue is just over 6 billion rubles. Until 2004, the woman worked as a teacher. in English. 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 lead to. Her husband helped her with the business. The businesswoman kept all her clothes in her apartment - it was something like a warehouse. And the woman, who occupies the middle of the top of the richest representatives of the “fairer sex” in Russia, took the incoming goods herself.
Wildberries today is a store that features several dozen clothing models from thousands of brands from all over 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 sales of products in the southern regions of the Russian Federation. Owned 18% of the shares of Lebedyansky OJSC, which were bought by PepsiCo in 2008. The 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 in 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, TGK-16.
Now Guzel is a deputy general director TAIF Group and its shareholder.

2. Natalia Lutsenko | Net worth: $550 million

Together with her husband Alexander, the woman founded a business selling dog food. Then the couple created the Sodrugestvo Group of Companies and two factories for the production of vegetable oils. At the same time, we developed the logistics business. Sodrugestvo owns a terminal for transshipment of tropical oils in the city of Kaliningrad. The Japanese company Mitsui & Co bought 10% of the Sodrugestvo Group of Companies in 2012, which enriched the woman who received silver in the ranking of the richest women in the country by $200 million.

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Hello everyone, Vyacheslav Bulenkov is with you and in this issue, I will share the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. American Forbes On March 2, he unveiled the traditional, 29th, world ranking of billionaires. This time, the list included 88 businessmen from Russia, 33 less than a year earlier, and Vladimir Potanin became the leader for the first time - he displaced Alisher Usmanov from the first “national” line. Russian participants in the rating have become noticeably “impoverished” over the year - the reason for this is the crisis in the country’s economy and Western sanctions due to the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and the war in Donbass. In terms of the number of dollar billionaires, Russia is now inferior not only to the United States and China, but also to Germany and India. 10. Mikhail Prokhorov Net worth: $9.9 billion Change over the year: -$1 billion Position in the world ranking: 125 Athlete, banker, metallurgist, playboy, investor, media mogul, politician and owner of the NBA club - all this is Mikhail Prokhorov. In 2012, he shocked all of Russia with his unexpected candidacy for the post of president of the country - and according to the election results he collected a quite respectable 8% of the vote. But since then the businessman’s political career has faded. His most notable American project is the construction of a new arena for the Nets. In December 2013, he acquired 27% in Uralkali, the world's largest producer of potash fertilizers. 9. Gennady Timchenko Net worth: $10.7 billion Change for the year: -$4.6 billion Position in the world ranking: 118 Gennady Timchenko owns shares in many companies in the gas, transport and construction industries. Among its assets are the largest gas producer Novatek, the petrochemical holding Sibur, the railway carrier Transoil and the insurance company Sogaz. Being one of the most influential people in the country, the billionaire, who is considered a close friend of Vladimir Putin, came under US sanctions in 2014. Among Timchenko’s non-business workload is the supervision of Russian hockey: he chairs the KHL board of directors and holds the post of president of the St. Petersburg club SKA. 8. Vladimir Lisin Net worth: $11.6 billion Change over the year: -$5 billion Position in the world ranking: 107 Vladimir Lisin made his fortune in metallurgy, rail transportation and logistics. Previously, he became a partner in the Trans-World Group, which over several years has 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. 7. Leonid Mikhelson Net worth: $11.7 billion Change for the year: -$3.9 billion Position in the world ranking: 105 Leonid Mikhelson is the main owner of the gas producer Novatek, the chemical group Sibur and the First United Bank. In July 2014, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions against Novatek, putting pressure on Timchenko's business partner, who is considered a close friend of Putin in the West. The company remains the controlling shareholder of the Yamal LNG project, which is developing despite sanctions pressure. To support it, Novatek requested $2.3 billion in support from the National Welfare Fund. The total cost of the project is estimated at $27 billion, Chinese investors are ready to invest $10 billion. 6. Vagit Alekperov Net worth: $12.2 billion Change for the year: -$1.4 billion Position in the world ranking: 96 Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil, the largest oil company in Russia, which, in particular, is developing the West Qurna 2 field in Iraq, possessing some of the richest deposits on the planet. The billionaire does not have a reputation as a businessman from the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, which did not save Lukoil from US sanctions in September 2014. Having 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 deposits and founded Lukoil. Alekperov is the author of the book “Russian Oil: Past, Present and Future.” 5. Alexey Mordashov Net worth: $13 billion Change over the year: +$2.5 billion Position in the world ranking: 89 In mid-January 2015, Putin received Mordashov and made the metallurgical magnate promise not to allow unreasonable investments. Against the backdrop of bad market conditions for Russia, the billionaire got rid of all American assets - his company Severstal is now focusing on the national market. At the end of 2013, the businessman, together with entrepreneur Yuri Kovalchuk, close to Putin, bought a 50% stake in the fourth largest Russian mobile operator Tele2 Russia. Also, together with Kovalchuk, Mordashov is a shareholder of Rossiya Bank, which is under US and EU sanctions due to the “pro-presidential” reputation of its main shareholder. In 2011, the owner of Severstal increased his stake in the Power Machines holding company, purchasing 25% from Siemens. 4. Viktor Vekselberg Net worth: $14.2 billion Change over the year: -$3 billion Position in the world ranking: 73 Russian authorities chose Viktor Vekselberg to be the project supervisor for the national analogue of Silicon Valley - the Skolkovo innovation city - in 2010. Since then, three billionaire companies have already appeared among the project residents who received grants from the state. In 2013, the businessman, together with Mikhail Fridman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold a 50% stake in the oil company TNK-BP to the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion. Vekselberg earned his first million from selling scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the holding company SUAL. In 2007, SUAL merged assets with the Rusal group and the mining company Glencore - this is how the world's largest aluminum producer UC Rusal was born. In addition, Vekselberg has stakes in petrochemical, consumer goods and telecommunications businesses. 3. Alisher Usmanov Net worth: $14.4 billion Change for the year: -$4.2 billion Position in the world ranking: 71 Alisher Usmanov lost his status as the richest man in Russia after three years of leadership, but continues to remain a key figure in several major sectors of the national economy. . Among his assets are the metallurgical giant Metalloinvest, the country's second largest mobile operator Megafon, the Internet holding Mail.ru Group and the Kommersant publishing house. The billionaire's most successful investments internationally are in the tech industry: He was an early investor in Facebook, but sold all of his shares in the social network in 2013 to invest in rising Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Chinese budget smartphone maker Xiaomi. Usmanov also remains a shareholder of the London football club Arsenal. 2. Mikhail Fridman Net worth: $14.6 billion Change over the year: -$3 billion Position in the world ranking: 68 Together with his friends from study, Mikhail Fridman controls Alfa Group, the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. In 2011, the mobile operator VimpelCom, controlled by Alfa, acquired a telecommunications holding Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris and has become the sixth largest player in the global market. Fridman and partners also own the second largest chain of stores in Russia – X5 Retail Group. 1. Vladimir Potanin Net worth: $15.4 billion Change over the year: +$2.8 billion Position in the world ranking: 60 Vladimir Potanin, a former employee of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, met his future partner Mikhail Prokhorov in 1991. In 1993, the partners created Oneximbank, which lured IBES clients to serve them. Oneximbank became a platform for the construction of the Interros holding. With the support of the state, the billionaire became the largest private investor in the Winter Olympics in Sochi - he built the Rosa Khutor ski resort. And so, this was the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. Subscribe to the channel to receive new inspiring and useful episodes, write your opinion in the comments, and if you liked the episode, like and share this video with your friends. This will be the biggest support for me. And Vyacheslav Bulenkov was with you and see you again!

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.

Economic situation in the world in Lately was not stable. 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 status information richest people world for 2016 is reflected in the table:

Top ten billionaires on the planet

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		Facebook
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, it’s mostly men who can boast of big money. retirement age, there are, of course, young lucky ones. Larger number 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 in general 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:

List of Russian billionaires: top 10

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 equity. 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 political figure, who became the leader in the Forbes Russia ranking of the richest people in Russia in 2015. 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

Sexagenarian 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 in its infancy 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. On this moment they are back at the finish line and will now fight for the title of “over successful entrepreneur"with the "young" generation "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, average age nominees are 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:

1. 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.
2. Vyacheslav Mirilashvili (32 years old) is almost a billionaire, in his hands cash amounting to 0.95 billion dollars. He is the manager of the Vaizra fund. He ranks 85th in the ranking of Russian oligarchs.
3. 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.
4. Elena Rybolovleva (27 years old) – ex-wife Dmitry Rybolovlev, received her fortune of $600 million thanks to a settlement agreement in the divorce proceedings. Engaged in investments. In the Russian Forbes list it is in 142nd place.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Vitaly Yusufov (36 years old) – engaged in investments, owner of $400 million. Located at position 196 in the list Russian version Forbes.

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.