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2024

The state of the general director of the largest operator of mining data centers in the Russian Federation Bitriver reached $230 million

At the end of September 2024, the state of Igor Runts, general director of Russia's largest operator of mining data centers Bitriver, reached $230 million. Such data are given in the Bloomberg material, which TAdviser got acquainted with in early October 2024. Read more here.

The richest women in Russia named

As of August 2024, the richest woman in Russia is the founder and co-owner of the Wildberries marketplace Tatyana Bakalchuk - her fortune is estimated at $5.5 billion. In total, the list includes eight participants whose capital is $1 billion or more. For comparison, a year earlier there were seven of them, and before that for a long time in the Russian Federation there were only two women with a billionth fortune. This is stated in Forbes materials released on August 30, 2024.

Tatiana Bakalchuk

It is noted that the increase in the number of Russians with a fortune of $1 billion is associated with the formed geopolitical situation. Due to sanctions pressure on Russia, businessmen began to reduce their shares in assets and transfer them to relatives or hired managers. In second place in the Forbes ranking is Tatyana Litvinenko, the wife of the rector of St. Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko: in May 2022, she received from her husband a 20.6% stake in the mineral fertilizer producer Fosagro, and her fortune reached $2.45 billion. Closes the top three Varvara Skoch, daughter of State Duma deputy Andrei Skoch. She owns 30% of the USM holding company, and her fortune is estimated at $2.2 billion. In addition, the list includes:

4. Elena Baturina - President of Inteco Management - $1.3 billion;

5. Natalia Lutsenko - private investor - $1.25 billion;

6. Lyudmila Kogan - private investor - $1 billion;

7. Victoria Mikhelson - private investor - $1 billion;

8. Ekaterina Fedun - private investor - $1 billion;

9. Evgenia Guryeva - private investor - $900 million;

10. Marina Sedykh - CEO of INK-Capital - $850 million;

11. Lidia Mikhailova - private investor - $775 million;

12. Lidia Sulteeva - private investor - $775 million;

13. Olga Belyavtseva - private investor - $650 million;

14. Svetlana Demidova - Vice President of the Dominant Group of Companies - $625 million;

15. Tatyana Kovalchuk - private investor - $600 million;

16. Elena Rybolovleva - private investor - $600 million;

17. Maria Fileva - General Director of Collab World - $550 million;

18. Tatyana Fileva - private investor - $550 million;

19. Larisa Alekperova - private investor - $500 million;

20. Guzelia Safina - Chief Adviser to the Chairman of the Board of TAIF - $500 million^[1] in ^[2]

The richest Russians in terms of dividend income are named

Vagit Alekperov, co-owner of the oil company Lukoil"," again topped the rating of the richest Russians in terms of dividend income for 2023. His dividend income amounted to 177.4 billion, rubles which is higher than the result of 2022, when he received 155.7 billion rubles. Such a rating Forbes was announced at the end of June 2024.

In second place in the ranking is the shareholder of the gas company Novatek"" with an income Leonid Mikhelson of 105 billion rubles. The third place is taken Gennady Timchenko from "" with Sibur Holding a dividend income of 84.6 billion rubles. Both entrepreneurs rose to these positions from the fourth and fifth places, respectively, which occupied a year earlier.

Vagit Alekperov, co-owner of the Lukoil oil company

The fourth line is occupied by those Alisher Usmanov who received 79.9 billion rubles from their assets in the metallurgical holding "" and Metalloinvest the telecommunications operator Megaphone"." His business partner Andrey Skoch is in eighth place with an income of 48.9 billion rubles.

The fifth place went to the owner of pharmaceutical companies Viktor Kharitonin with an income of 77.6 billion rubles. Its holding, Ogment Investments Limited, which controls Pharmstandard, Otisipharm and Biocad, received almost 111 billion rubles in dividends from its assets. Kharitonin's junior partner Yegor Kulkov took 11th place with an income of 33.3 billion rubles.

The sixth place is taken by another shareholder of Lukoil Leonid Fedun with an income of 57.1 billion rubles. For the first time, his children were included in the rating - son Anton and daughter Catherine, who took 47th and 48th places with an income of 7.5 billion rubles each. In 2018, Fedun transferred them a 2% stake in Lukoil worth $1.2 billion.

Among the new participants in the list, it is worth noting Alexei Tycher, who took seventh place with an income of 51.5 billion rubles. His holding Transfin-M paid almost 49 billion rubles in dividends to its parent company TFM-Garant, which sent almost all the funds to pay off debts. At the beginning of 2024, Tycher sold TFM-Garant, having previously received 37 billion rubles in dividends.^[3]

The richest heirs of Russian billionaires have been named. Rating

Forbes magazine has compiled a rating of the richest heirs of Russian billionaires. As of March 2024, the wealthiest among them was Yusuf Alekperov, the only son of Vagit Alekperov, the largest shareholder of Lukoil. The potential inheritance of a young man, who will turn 34 in 2024, is estimated at $28.6 billion.

According to Forbes, in Russia by March 2024 there are 125 $ billionaires with a total fortune of $577 billion. The publication included representatives of 20 families in the rating of the "richest heirs," where each of 46 children accounts for at least $2.8 billion. At the same time, if we divide $577 billion equally between all 360 offspring of Russian strata, the average state of each of them would be $1.6 billion.

Yusup Alekperov

The second place in the latest Forbes ranking was taken by the children of co-owner Sibur and Novatek Leonid Mikhelson - Victoria Mikhelson (born 1992) and her half-brother (born 2015), who inherited $13.7 billion each. The third position is occupied by a daughter (born in 2012) and a son (born in 2017) of the founder of Eurochem and SUEK Andrei Melnichenko with $10.55 billion per child.

The list of participants has undergone changes compared to last year. For the first time, it included the heirs of Viktor Kharitonin from Pharmstandard and Dmitry Pumpyansky from the Sinar Group. Their places in the top were taken by representatives of the families of the former owners of UMMC and Alfa Group. It is worth noting that publicly available information about the children of Russian billionaires is very limited - the publication publishes only open data, such as names, age, places of study or work of heirs. When compiling the rating, Forbes relied solely on the official figures of the state of the participants and the number of their offspring.^[4]

The owner of the chain of stores "Traffic Light" has become a dollar billionaire

The owner of the Traffic Light chain of stores, Sergei Schneider, has become a dollar billionaire. Forbes magazine estimated the entrepreneur's fortune at $1.4 billion. The publication reported this in early April 2024. Read more here.

Gloria Jeans founder becomes dollar billionaire

In early April 2024, Vladimir Melnikov became a dollar billionaire. Forbes magazine estimated the fortune of the CEO and founder of the Gloria Jeans clothing chain at $1.7 billion. Read more here.

The number of Russian billionaires has grown to a record 125 people - Forbes data

The ranking of the richest people on the planet, which leads, in Forbes 2024 included a record number of Russian businessmen - 125. The former maximum dated 2021, when there were 121 people on the list. Russia The publication reported this on April 2, 2024.

According to Forbes, the total capital of the richest Russians by April 2024 reached $576.8 billion. At the same time, this indicator is below the record level of 2021 - then the total state of 123 Russian billionaires was measured at $606.2 billion.

The leader of the list among Russian entrepreneurs in 2024 is the founder of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov. It is reported that over the year his fortune for the year increased from $20.5 billion to $28.6 billion. The increase in fortune is associated with an increase in the value of Lukoil shares on the Moscow Exchange - over the year they rose in price from 4,000 to 7,500 rubles. In addition, the oil company paid more than 600 billion rubles in dividends to its shareholders.

The magazine recalls that the leaders among Russian businessmen in the annual Forbes ratings at one time were Vladimir Lisin (four times), Roman Abramovich, Alisher Usmanov and Leonid Mikhelson (three times), Vladimir Potanin (two times), Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, Alexey Mordashov and Andrey Melnichenko (once).

The 2024 ranking included 19 new billionaires, most of whom made their fortune in the consumer sector. Ten people who renounced Russian citizenship and representing other countries were excluded from the list. The newcomer with the largest fortune was Ivan Tavrin, whose fortune is estimated at $2.4 billion.

The second place in the Russian segment of the Forbes rating was taken by the head of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson ($27.4 billion), the third - the main shareholder of NLMK Vladimir Lisin ($26.6 billion).^[5]

Positive Technologies co-founder becomes dollar billionaire

In early April 2024, Yuri Maksimov became a new dollar billionaire with Russian citizenship. This happened after the rise in stock prices of Positive Technologies, which the businessman founded. Read more here.

Chairman of Astra Group Denis Frolov became a dollar billionaire

The chairman of the Astra Group of Companies Denis Frolov became a dollar billionaire after a sharp increase in the value of shares in the software developer. This became known at the end of March 2024. Read more here.

2023

Named the top 3 richest IT businessmen of the Rostov region

The richest IT businessman in the Rostov region is the owner of Fintek Systems LLC Roman Venediktov. In addition, Leon Tiratsuyan and Yuri Kashirin are among the top three. This is stated in materials published on September 12, 2024. Read more here.

381.7 thousand millionaires counted in Russia

In 2023, 381,726 $ millionaires lived in Russia. In the future, their number will increase and by 2028 is expected to reach 461,487 people. As a result, growth during the period under consideration may be approximately 21%. Such data are contained in a study by the Swiss bank UBS, the results of which were published on July 10, 2024. Read more here

The fortune of the richest businessmen of the Russian Federation for the year increased by $50 billion

The fortune of the richest Russians in 2023 increased by more than $50 billion. This is evidenced by the Bloomberg billionaires index, which is updated in real time. The five most wealthy Russian entrepreneurs in 2023 included:

• founder of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov - his fortune for the year increased by $9.29 billion (to $24.7 billion);
• co-founder of Eurochem and SUEKANDRAY Melnichenko - + $5.67 billion (up to $17.42 billion);
• founder of NLMKVladimir Lisin - + $4.08 billion (up to $23.9 billion);
• former vice president of Lukoil Leonid Fedun - + $3.91 billion (up to $9.78 billion);
• the head of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson - + $2.83 billion (total $27.5 billion).

The state fell the most from the main shareholder of Akron Vyacheslav Kantor - it decreased by $0.149 billion in 2023, to $6.21 billion.

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI) is calculated based on the share value of companies in which billionaires own shares. For some companies, the calculation is based on the ratio of their capitalization to EBITDA or share price to earnings per share. In total, the BBI rating includes the 500 richest people in the world, and it now includes 25 Russian citizens, their total fortune as of January 2 is $328.53 billion. The total fortune of the richest entrepreneurs from Russia increased in 2023 exceeded $93.75 billion.

The richest Russian businessman remains one of the main owners of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, who in 2023 increased his fortune by $2.49 billion to $31.1 billion. The second place was taken by Leonid Mikhelson, the third - Vagit Alekperov. The ten leaders are closed by the founder of Alfa-Group, Mikhail Fridman, whose fortune at the end of 2023 grew by a little more than $1 billion, to $12.3 billion.^[6]

The rating of the richest women in Russia has been released. Wildberries founder leads it

At the end of August 2023, Forbes magazine published a rating of the 20 richest women in Russia in 2023. It was headed for the second time by the general director and main owner of Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk with a capital estimate of $7 billion. Next are:

• Tatyana Litvinenko ($2.8 billion). She owns a 20.6% stake in Fosagro, which she received in May 2022 from her husband, rector of St. Petersburg Mining University Vladimir Litvinenko. It is reported that in 2009-2016 Litvinenko was a co-owner of the Service Center on Nalichnaya Street.
• Varvara Skoch ($2.5 billion) is the daughter of Andrei Skoch (No. 20 in the Forbes ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia). She owns 30% of the USM holding company.
• Marina Mordashova ($1.85 billion), who received 52% of Nordgold last year from her husband, billionaire Alexei Mordashov (No. 5 in the Forbes ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia).
• The former wife of the founder of the Cherkizovo group Igor Babaev Lidia Mikhailova ($1.55 billion). Together with her sons, she owns more than 80% of the shares of the Cherkizovo group.
• Elena Baturina is president of the construction company Inteco Management. The fortune of the widow of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov is estimated at $1.3 billion.
• The daughter of the founder of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson (fourth place in the ranking of the richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes) Victoria ($1.2 billion). According to the newspaper, his father transferred her the Optima company, which owns 2.3% of Novatek's shares and 100% of HPP-2 LLC.

The top ten also includes the wife of the founder of the Fosagro group Evgenia Guryeva ($875 million), the daughter of the co-owner of the oil company "" Lukoil Ekaterina Fedun ($800 million) and the widow of a businessman (Vladimir Kogan Lyudmila Kogan $725 million).

Forbes noted that four out of seven female billionaires were ranked for the first time. This is due to the fact that due to sanctions in 2022, Russian billionaires began to reduce their shares in assets, transferring them to relatives or hired managers.^[7]

104 dollar billionaires

35,200 people live in Moscow with a fortune of $1 million or more

The number of dollar millionaires living in Moscow has decreased by 44% over ten years, follows from the data of Henley & Partners. As always, for comparison, the most successful year in the economic history of the new Russia is chosen to demonstrate the most negative dynamics. The first place on the list by the number of millionaires is New York. In Moscow, according to Henley & Partners, 35,200 people live with a fortune of $1 million or more, in New York - 340,000 millionaires.

The founder of Eurochem Andrei Melnichenko for the first time became the richest businessman in Russia

The founder of Eurochem and the Siberian Coal Energy Company Andrei Melnichenko became the richest businessman in Russia according to Forbes. The magazine released an updated rating in early April 2023.

According to the newspaper, Melnichenko's fortune almost doubled over the year and reached $25.2 billion, which was largely facilitated by the increase in the cost of Eurochem, which is engaged in the production of fertilizers, which became especially popular after the start of the military special operation (SVO) of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.

It is clarified that Melnichenko topped this rating for the first time, in 2022 he was in 9th place. In 2022, the first place was occupied by the owner of NLMKVladimir Lisin, and in 2023 he took third place, his fortune for the year increased by $3.7 billion to $22.1 billion. In the world ranking, Melnichenko is in 58th place.

At the same time, the total fortune of the richest people in Russia in 2023 in comparison with 2022 increased from $353 billion to $505 billion. In 2021, this figure reached $606 billion. The growth in 2022 occurred due to the fact that in 2022 the rating was compiled during a period of severe panic in the markets caused by the start of SVO, and the quotes of Russian shares collapsed. As a result of the assessment of the states of Russians, they decreased significantly. In the new rating, quotes and the ruble exchange rate were recorded as of March 10, 2023, the ruble exchange rate on this day was 75.9 rubles per dollar, Forbes observers explain.

According to them, in order to get a real picture, it is better to compare the results of 2023 not with the past, but with 2021 - then the total fortune of Russian billionaires was estimated at $606 billion. In 2022-2023, many billionaires, under the threat of sanctions, transferred their assets to relatives, friends, partners, managers, former colleagues, trusts and charitable foundations. In such cases, when assessing conditions, we took into account the ownership structure as of February 23, 2022.^[8]

Named the richest heirs in Russia

At the end of May 2023, Forbes magazine published a rating of the richest heirs of Russian billionaires, whose total fortune is estimated at $244 billion. The list includes a total of 49 children from 20 families. Their fortunes are indicated as of March 10, 2023.

The rating was headed by the only son of the largest shareholder and founder of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov Yusuf. His inheritance is estimated at $20.5 billion.

In second place in the rating are the children of the founder of Eurochem Andrei Melnichenko. Tara and Adrian will inherit $12.6 billion from the fortune of their father, who was previously called the richest Russian billionaires. The third place in the list was taken by the children of the owner of Novatek and Sibur Leonid Mikhelson, the share in the inheritance of each will be about $10.8 billion.

• Dmitry, Yuri and Anastasia Lisina are the children of the chairman of the board of directors of NLMKVladimir Lisin (he himself is in third place), their shares are $7.35 billion each;
• Jakhangir Makhmudov - the son of the founder of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) Iskander Makhmudov (21st place), inherits $7.3 billion;
• Natalia Browning, Ksenia Frank, Ivan Timchenko - children of the chairman of the board of directors of the Continental Hockey League Gennady Timchenko (seventh place), the share of each is $6.2 billion;
• Alina and Mikhail Durov are the children of the founder of VKontakte and Telegram Pavel Durov (10th place), the share of each is $5.75 billion;
• Tatyana Rakhno and Olga Rashnikova - daughters of the owner of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant (MMK) Viktor Rashnikov (14th place), each share - $5.1 billion;
• Andrei Guryev and Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov are the children of the former general director of PhosAgro Andrei Guryev (15th place), the share of each is $4.85 billion;
• Maria Kozitsyna is the daughter of the former general director of UMMC Andrei Kozitsyn (30th place), her share is $4.3 billion^[9]

23 Russians are among the 500 richest people in the world

The 23 Russian billionaires on the world's 500 richest list had a combined net worth of $339 billion on February 23, 2022.

After a year of conflict in Ukraine, the richest people in Russia, despite the 14 thousand sanctions imposed against the country, lost only 67 billion dollars of their fortune. US billionaires have lost far more. The fortune of Elon Musk alone was reduced by more than $200 billion.

2022

There are 408 thousand millionaires in the country

Fees from wealthy Russians to the budget for the year exceeded 1 trillion rubles

In 2022, revenues to the consolidated budget from personal income tax collected at a rate of 15% (instead of the standard 13%) amounted to 1.013 trillion rubles. Vedomosti wrote about this at the end of June 2023 with reference to materials for the draft law on budget execution for 2022. Read more here.

The 10% of the richest Russians account for 30% of the money income of the population

The 10% of the wealthiest Russians account for 30% of the money income of the population, follows from the data of Rosstat in October 2022. In the hands of 10% of the poorest citizens, only 2% of total income was concentrated.

Reducing the number of billionaires to 88 people and their fortunes amid the conflict in Ukraine

The number of Russian billionaires in 2022 decreased by 35 people. According to Forbes, there are 88 people left.

6,238 ultra-rich

Ultra high-net-worth individuals, UHNWI are individuals with a net worth of at least USD 30 million in 2018 dollars.

The richest heirs in Russia are named

At the end of May 2022, Forbes magazine published a rating of the richest heirs of Russian billionaires. The list includes 20 families, where for each heir there are the largest amounts, at least $2.6 billion. These families have only 52 children, the total fortune of their parents is $268 billion. To compile the rating, experts took the billionaire's fortune and divided it into all recognized children (married shares were not taken into account).

• Vagit Alekperov's son Yusuf Alekperov (born in 1990) - $21.4 billion;
• children of Leonid Melnichenko Tara Melnichenko (2012) and Adrian Melnichenko (2017) - $11.35 billion (hereinafter referred to as per child);
• Leonid Mikhelson's daughter Victoria Mikhelson (1992) and his son (2015) - $11.35 billion;
• children of co-owner NLMKVladimir Lisin Dmitry Lisin (1981), Yuri Lisin (1984) and Anastasia Lisina (1998) - $8.3 billion;
• children of the founder of VKontakte and Telegram Pavel Durov Alina (2009) and Mikhail (2010) - $7.55 billion;
• children of co-owner of NOVATEK and SIBUR Gennady Timchenko Natalya Browning (1978), Ksenia Frank (1985) and Ivan Timchenko (1995) - $6.5 billion;
• the son of the main shareholder of UGMKIskander Makhmudov Jakhangir Makhmudov (1987) - $6.4 billion;
• children of the owner of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant Viktor Rashnikov Tatyana Rakhno (1970) and Olga Rashnikova (1977) - $5.75 billion;
• children of Senator from Dagestan Suleyman Kerimov Gulnara Kerimova (1990), Said Kerimov (1995) and Amin Kerimov (2003) - $5.2 billion;
• children of the deputy chairman of the board of directors of PhosAgro Andrei Guryev Andrei Guryev (1982) and Yulia Guryeva-Motlokhov (1985) - $4.8 billion.

According to Forbes, as of April 29, 2022, there were 113 billionaires in Russia with a total fortune of $522 billion. If this amount is divided equally by the total number of their children (340), they will all also be billionaires with an average result of $1.5 billion.^[10]

Vladimir Lisin became the richest Russian

By the beginning of April 2022, Vladimir Lisin became the richest citizen of Russia. The fortune of the co-owner of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK) was estimated by Forbes magazine at $18.4 billion, which is $7.8 billion less than in 2021, when the businessman ranked third. Read more here.

TAdviser: Russia's biggest IT billionaires

Since 2015, TAdviser has been comparing the largest IT companies operating in Russia in terms of their income. It is equally interesting to look at the people whose forces these companies were created. TAdviser first published a list of the largest IT billionaires in Russia as of the beginning of 2022. Read more here.

2021

The richest 1% of citizens account for 58.6% of the population's assets

Russian billionaires got rich by $100 billion

In 2021, the total fortune of the richest Russians increased by $101.39 billion. We are talking about 104 Russian participants in the Forbes global rating. The magazine released the data at the end of December 2021.

The strongest in 2021 was Pavel Durov - $13.81 billion. As a result, his fortune reached $17.24 billion thanks to the success of the Telegram messenger. In March 2021, the service first placed its own bonds and raised $1 billion on the market. The messenger has dramatically increased its user base after the outage of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in October 2021. Telegram has registered 70 million new users.

In second place in terms of the speed of wealth growth is the founder of Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk, whose fortune in 2021 increased by $11.92 billion (to $13.02 billion). Wildberries was boosted by a successful initial public offering (IPO) of Ozon, a major rival to Wildberries, according to Forbes.

The top three is closed by the main shareholder of Eurochem and SUEK Andrei Melnichenko, whose fortune growth for the year amounted to $10.60 billion. Melnichenko in 2021 significantly increased its fortune due to an increase in prices for raw materials and manufactured products mined by his companies: exchange prices for coal doubled over the year, the world price of nitrogen fertilizers quadrupled, phosphorus - doubled, potassium - tripled, the publication says.

In fourth place are the chairman of the board of directors of Severstal Alexei Mordashov and his family (+ $6.83 billion), whose fortune increased by $6.83 billion due to rising prices for ferrous metallurgy products, and the head of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov closed the top five, who got rich by $6.44 billion thanks to an increase in oil prices^[11]

Founders of Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk and Vladislav Bakalchuk are the richest family in Russia

Co-owners of Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk and Vladislav Bakalchuk became the richest family in Russia. This was reported by Forbes magazine with reference to its updated rating, which was published at the end of August 2021. Read more here.

The 500 richest Russians account for 40% of the state of the population

The 500 richest Russians account for 40% of the population's wealth. This is evidenced by the data of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) consulting company, released in June 2021.

According to experts, 500 "super-rich" citizens own $640 billion in financial assets. It is noted that the wealthiest Russians accumulate four times the share of funds than the world average.

As part of the study, Russians were divided   into several segments in terms of their wealth. The wealthiest, according to this estimate, are those whose financial assets exceed $100 million. The super-rich in this gradation are owners of a fortune over $1 million. Secured - from $250 thousand to $1 million. And, finally, the mass segment was made up of owners of a fortune of up to $250 thousand.

According to BCG estimates, the total volume of private welfare of Russians in 2020 is about $4.1 trillion (the figure in rubles is converted into dollars at the exchange rate at the end of 2020). Of these, $1.6 trillion falls on financial assets (cash, deposits, bonds, shares, pension plans, etc.), $2.8 trillion - on real assets (real estate, land, tangible assets) and minus $0.3 trillion - these are obligations (mainly debts). BCG predicts that by 2025 the total assets of Russians will grow to $5.4 trillion, including financial assets - to $2.1 trillion.

The report also said that the growth rate of the financial well-being of Russia, which was noted in 2019-2020, was ahead of the indicators of Eastern Europe, as well as the average in the world, despite the long-term impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

By June 2021, there are 57 thousand dollar millionaires in Russia. The majority of citizens (not richer than $250 thousand) account for 38% of financial assets in Russia.^[12]

An increase in the number of people with a fortune of more than $30 million

Alexey Mordashov is the richest man in Russia (fortune - $29.1 billion)

On April 6, 2021, Forbes magazine published an annual ranking of the richest people on the planet. In Russia, the first place was taken for the first time by the co-owner of Severstal Alexei Mordashov, whose fortune, taking into account the assets transferred to the sons, was estimated at $29.1 billion.

Mordashov's leadership in Forbes was primarily associated with the successes of Severstal, whose shares from April 6, 2020 to April 6, 2021 rose in price from 866 rubles to 1,513 rubles. On the one hand, investor interest in iron and steel companies is growing along with the global economy, on the other hand, high dividends help, the publication says.

According to observers, pandemics two other companies of Mordashov, the gold industry Nordgold and the retailer, also showed good results. " Tape Mordashov and his sons also own a tour operator TUI and "." In the Power machines global Forbes ranking, Alexey Mordashov took 51st place.

The three largest Russian billionaires, in addition to Mordashov, included the head and beneficiary of the mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel"" Vladimir Potanin with a fortune of $27 billion and the chairman of the board of directors and the main shareholder of the group, NLMK Vladimir Lisin whose fortune is estimated at $26.2 billion. The top five leaders were closed by the head of "" Lukoil(Vagit Alekperov $24.9 billion) and the chairman of the board of "" (Novatek Leonid Mikhelson $24.9 billion).

The founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov first entered the top ten richest billionaires from Russia according to Forbes - he took 8th place in the ranking. His fortune is estimated at $17.2 billion, which is $13.8 billion more than a year earlier. In the Forbes world ranking, Durov rose to 112th place. In 2020, he ranked 565th.

123 Russians became participants in the Forbes global rating. The final assessment of their condition is based on data for March 5.^[13]

2020

5th in the world in terms of the number of billionaires - 99

The richest billionaires in Russia

On September 22, 2021, Forbes magazine presented an updated rating of Russian billionaires, in which it assessed the "real, real money" received for the sale of assets or in the form of dividends at the end of 2020, and not the value of assets owned by entrepreneurs.

The first place in the list was taken by Alexey Mordashov, who in 2020 became rich by 25% thanks to dividends from Severstal, TUI and Nordgold, as well as the sale of Tele2 shares to Rostelecom. In total, the main owner of Severstal earned $1.7 billion over the year.

The main owner of NLMKVladimir Lisin in 2020 rose from fourth to second place in the ranking of "cache kings" with an income of $1.48 billion. The main sources of cash receipts are dividends and the sale of NLMK shares.

The head of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov also got into the top 3 rating with revenues of $1.43 billion. The five leaders were closed by the head of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov ($1.14 billion) and Senator Suleyman Kerimov and his family ($922 million).

Next in the list of billionaires with the highest incomes in 2020 is the head and beneficiary of the mining and metallurgical company Norilsk Nickel"," Vladimir Potanin whose revenues are estimated at $897 million, Andrey Skoch and the family ($875 million), (Victor Rashnikov $828 million) and (Gennady Timchenko $788 million).

Billionaire Roman Abramovich closes the top ten "kings of the cache." The sale of shares in Transcontainer and Highland Gold, as well as dividends from Evraz and Norilsk Nickel, provided him with an income of $645 million.

In their calculations, analysts estimated the income of businessmen before taxes, expenses for servicing loans and commissions. Transactions and transactions in rubles were converted into dollars at the exchange rate at the time of the transaction or transaction. Transactions for the sale of personal property were not taken into account. At the end of 2020, the income of the dozens of largest billionaires in Russia was estimated at $10.7 billion, which is almost 30% less than a year ago.^[14]

Reduction in the number of super-rich people in the Russian Federation by 11.1% - Knight Frank

By the end of 2020, there were 8,015 super-rich people in Russia - with a fortune of $30 million or more. This is 11.1% less than a year earlier, according to data from the consulting company Knight Frank. Read more here.

The number of people with financial assets more than $1 million increased from 37 to 41 thousand

About 41 thousand dollar millionaires place funds in banks. Over the year, this figure increased by 10.8% from 37 thousand people, according to Frank RG data.

At the same time, the estimate of the number of "target clients" (with a total fortune of more than $5 million and financial assets of $1 million) of private banking units in Russia is slightly higher - 44 thousand people. The number of people with a fortune of more than $1 million, taking into account non-financial assets in Russia, is much larger - according to Credit Suisse calculations, at the end of 2020 there were 297 thousand dollar millionaires in the country (plus 21% per year).

102 billionaires increased their fortune by 20% to $467.6 billion

The fortune of Russian billionaires between April and the end of July 2020 grew by 20% and reached $467.6 billion, a study by UBS and PwC showed.

The fortune of the richest people in Russia as of April 7, 2020 was $388.9 billion. "During the months from April to July 2020, their wealth grew by 20% to $467.6 billion," economists calculated.

Currently, according to their calculations, there are 102 $ billionaires in Russia.

Russia in 5 countries by the number of billionaires: 99

The 10 countries with the most billionaires are:

1. UNITED STATES: 614

2. China: 388

3. Germany: 107

4. India: 102

5. Russia: 99

6. Hong Kong: 67

7. Brazil: 45

8. Britain: 45

9. Canada: 44

France 10. : 39

Potanin became the richest Russian. Rating

On April 16, 2020, Forbes magazine published an updated rating of the richest businessmen in Russia. Vladimir Potanin, the largest shareholder of the Norilsk Nickel mining and metallurgical company, rose to the first place with a fortune of $19.7 billion.

In 2019, Potanin was in sixth position, then the chairman of the board of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson was in the lead. The latter in 2020 is located on the third line with an indicator of $17.1 billion.

In the ranking of the richest Russians in 2020, five women billionaires are represented - one more than a year earlier. Compared to 2019, the list of richest businessmen includes 15 new names, of which 12 are for the first time. In the updated ranking, 102 billionaires are two more than in 2019.

The list includes several entrepreneurs representing the technology industry:

• Evgeny Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab - 74th place, $1.3 billion;
• Arkady Volozh, Yandex - 76th place, $1.2 billion;
• Andrey Baronov, Veeam Software - 125th place, $750 million;
• Anatoly Karachinsky, IBS - 127th place, $750 million;.
• Philip Gens, LANIT - 147 place, $700 million;
• Ratmir Timashev - Veeam Software, 148th place, $700 million;
• David Yang, Abbyy - 166 place, $600 million;
• Dmitry Alekseev, DNS - 179th place, $500 million;
• Yuri Karptsov, DNS - 194 place, $450 million.

In general, the year has become difficult for Russian businessmen, Forbes notes. The total fortune of the 200 richest decreased by $40 billion, to $456 billion due to turbulence in financial markets amid falling oil prices and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

In addition, according to the authors of the rating, the threshold for entering it has decreased, which has not happened since 2016. In 2020, in order to get into the Russian Forbes list, it was enough to have a fortune of $400 million, and a year of "entrance ticket" to the list cost $500 million^[15]

2019

71 billionaires live in Moscow: third place in the world

In 2019, 71 dollar billionaires live in Moscow, and this is only according to official data processed by the British company Savills.

The capital of Russia took third place in the world ranking in this indicator. Only New York (85) and Hong Kong (79) went ahead. Behind them were London, Beijing, Shanghai, San Francisco and other global business centers.

In Russia, 3120 people with a net worth of more than $50 million

The Swiss financial conglomerate Credit Suisse has counted the number of people in the world with super-large - at least $50 million - net worth in 2019. This data is provided in the annual report of the financial giant. The top 10 countries included the United States, China and Russia.

Ultra-large net worth is the value of assets for investments minus real estate, personal aircraft, and other luxury goods. About 1% of the world's population has such a concentration of wealth.

2018

In Russia - 7 $ billionaires for 10 million people

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Credit Suisse: Russia has 110 billionaires

The financial assets of an adult Russian are on average $10,570 , non-financial - $19,530 . At the same time, household debt accounts for 9% of total assets.

According to Credit Suisse estimates, the 10% of the most affluent Russians own 83% of the total well-being of all Russian households, over the year this share increased by 1 percentage point. The number of billionaires in Russia has also grown from 74 to 110 people, economists at Credit Suisse found out. The share is significantly higher than in other large economies, the authors of the review compare. So, in the United States, the share of the richest people is 76% and in China - 60%.

On average, for every adult in the world in 2019, there are $70,849 . Over the year, this figure grew by 1.2%. But behind the averages lies a large disparity. Thus, almost half of the world's wealth (45%) accounts for only 1% of ultra-rich people, another 10% of the world's wealthiest people accumulate 82% of world wealth, and 10% of the poorest people account for only 1% of world wealth. In just a year, the number of people with a fortune of more than $1 million increased by 1.1 million to 46.8 million people.

2015: Top 100 Russians control 30% of national income

Half of Russia's population owns only 13.5%]]

See also

• Labor market in Russia
• The richest people of Ukraine
• China's richest people
• The richest people in the United States

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