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Russian billionaires on the Forbes magazine list. Forbes “Golden Hundred”: why Russian billionaires are getting rich again More about the leaders: Leonid Mikhelson

TASS DOSSIER. On March 1, 2016, Forbes magazine published a new list of the world's billionaires. In total, it included 1 thousand 810 people with a fortune of $1 billion or more. Of these, 540 are US citizens.

First place, as in 2015, was taken by the founder of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, whose fortune was estimated at $75 billion.

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Forbes first included Russian citizens in its list of billionaires in 1997. Then it included Vladimir Potanin (ONEXIMbank), Vagit Alekperov (Lukoil), Mikhail Khodorkovsky (YUKOS), Vladimir Gusinsky (Most group), Rem Vyakhirev (Gazprom) and Boris Berezovsky (at that time occupied post of Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation).

The most Russians were on the Forbes list in 2014 - 111 people. In 2010 - 62 people, in 2011 - 96 people, in 2012 - 101 people, in 2013 - 110 people, in 2015 - 88 people. The total wealth of the Russian billionaires included in the list was estimated at the highest amount in 2008 before the global financial crisis: $459.5 billion.

Russians in the 2016 ranking

According to Forbes magazine, in 2016, Russia included 77 people in the world ranking of billionaires, whose total wealth amounted to $283.9 billion, which is 53.9 billion less than last year. Of the 77 Russian billionaires over the past year, only 20 people became richer; the wealth of the rest decreased or did not change.

The richest Russian, according to Forbes, was the president and one of the shareholders of the gas company Novatek OJSC Leonid Mikhelson (60th place in the general list of billionaires, his fortune is estimated at $14.4 billion). He increased his capital by 23% ($2.7 billion). Before this, Mikhelson had never appeared in the magazine’s list as the richest Russian, and in 2015 he took 105th place in the world ranking.

Second place in 2016 went to Mikhail Fridman (co-owner of Alfa Group, 63rd place in the world, $13.3 billion), while his capital decreased by 8.9% over the past year. Alisher Usmanov (founder of USM Holdings) was the leader of the rating of Russian billionaires from 2012 to 2014, this year he took third place (73rd place in the world, $12.5 billion). According to Forbes, his wealth has decreased by 13%.

The leader of last year's ranking, founder and president of the Interros holding, Vladimir Potanin, took 4th place with a fortune of $12.1 billion (78th place in the world). At the end of the year, he lost $3.3 billion (21.4% of his fortune). Also included in the top hundred richest people in the world are Russians Gennady Timchenko (85th place in the world, $11.4 billion), Alexey Mordashov (93rd place, $10.9 billion) and Viktor Vekselberg (98th place, $10.5 billion).

Oleg Deripaska (owner and chairman of the supervisory board of the Basic Element holding) lost more money over the past year than other Russian participants: if in 2015 he was in 230th place in the world ranking with $6.2 billion, then in 2016 he dropped to 854th place ($2.1 billion), losing 624 positions. At the same time, according to Forbes, the most successful previous year was for Mikhail Gutseriev (chairman of the board of directors of the oil company RussNeft): he rose by 577 positions to 205th place, almost doubling his capital - to $6.7 billion .

Beginners

In 2016, four newcomers were included in the list: Chairman of the Directors of MDM Bank Mikhail Shishkhanov (1121st place, $1.6 billion), member of the board of directors of RussNeft Sait-Salam Gutseriev (1121st place, $1.6 billion), Chairman of the Board of Directors of ru-Net Ventures Leonid Boguslavsky (1476th place, $1.2 billion) and co-owner of Sibur Kirill Shamalov (1476th place, $1.2 billion). In addition, four people who were absent in 2015 returned to the ranking: the owner of the Pharmstandard company Viktor Kharitonin, the chairman of the board of directors of the Sinara group Dmitry Pumpyansky, the co-owner of SMP Bank Boris Rotenberg and the private investor Megdet Rakhimkulov - they all shared 1694- 1st place with $1 billion.

Dropped from the list

19 people dropped out of the list, including the former owner of the sanitized Uralsib bank Nikolai Tsvetkov (net worth in 2015 - $1.3 billion), the head of the SU-155 construction company Mikhail Balakin ($1.7 billion), as well as the owner Roust holding and Russian Standard Bank Rustam Tariko ($1.1 billion).

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 recent years, Russia is behind India and Germany in 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 Power Machines holding company.

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. Thus, the businessman gave a three-room apartment to the 2014 Olympic champions - 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 grew by $2.8 billion, amounting to $15.4 billion. The past year was 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.

The richest family clans of Russia - 2015

Last year, Forbes for the first time compiled a ranking of the richest families in Russia, estimating the value of the businesses they own using the methodology used in compiling the ranking 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 a total fortune of $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 of the younger brother graduated from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation and now work in the family insurance company RESO-Garantiya. 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 the 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. During Soviet times, the elder brother Sergei worked as the head of the Ingosstrakh representative office in Cuba, and in 1991 he headed the Russian-European Insurance 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

The founder of the largest grocery retail chain in Western Siberia, Maria-Ra, named his brainchild in honor of his mother Maria Rakshina. He divided the company's shares equally between his wife, son and daughter. Children take an active part in managing the company: Alla is involved in financial issues, Evgeniy is involved in the development of the network and the construction of new stores. “Maria-Ra” has already opened 749 of them in 206 settlements of Siberia. They serve about 850,000 customers per 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 lower level of the ranking is a fortune of $510 million. If you did not find any famous family on the list, then Forbes estimates its fortune 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

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 recent years, Russia is behind India and Germany in the number of billionaires.

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

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.

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 Power Machines holding company.

How many dollar billionaires are there in Russia? The answer to this question is provided to us every year by Forbes. As of 2015, in Russia there are 88 dollar billionaires and more than 200 thousand families, whose total wealth amounts to one million dollars.

The twelfth ranking of the richest Russian businessmen from Forbes has undergone some changes compared to last year. In 2014, the richest entrepreneur in Russia was Alisher Usmanov, who made his fortune primarily in telecommunications and industry. In the current year 2015, he took only third place, losing the championship to Vladimir Potanin and Mikhail Fridman. Read on to find out who ranks in the remaining positions of the ranking of the richest in Russia.

Dollar billionaires of Russia

1 place. Vladimir Potanin ($15.4 billion)

The head of the Interros management company made a rather serious leap in the ranking of the richest in Russia, moving from eighth place (2014) to first. Owns shares of Profmedia, ProfEstate, Rosa Khutor, as well as Norilsk Nickel, the largest nickel producer in the world. For a long time, Vladimir Potanin was involved in a major war with Oleg Deripaska. The subject of the quarrel was the possibility of controlling Norilsk Nickel. Three years ago, largely thanks to Roman Abramovich, the conflict was resolved. As it became known in recent months, Vladimir Potanin became a co-owner of the ZaOdno chain of stores.

2nd place. Mikhail Fridman ($14.6 billion)

Many people associate Russian entrepreneur of Ukrainian origin Mikhail Fridman with the concept of “big business”. One of the key figures of Alfa Group, member of the supervisory board of Vimpel.com. Brands that are familiar to everyone - the mobile operator Beeline and the chain of grocery stores Pyaterochka - are also owned by Friedman. Like many rich people, Friedman is involved in charity work: on behalf of Alfa Bank, he invests in the Life Line social project, which is aimed at helping children with heart disease. “Business is not as complicated as it seems,” says Mikhail, but he does not reveal his entrepreneurial secrets. And more recently, the Friedman consortium became seriously interested in oil and gas assets in Mexico.

3rd place. Alisher Usmanov ($14.4 billion)

The founder and owner of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov began his business career with the production of plastic bags. Now he is one of the three richest people in Russia. For three years in a row (2012-2014) Usmanov took first place in this ranking. He made his main capital in the metallurgical industry, telecommunications and Internet technologies. Companies in these industries are part of USM Holdings, which is headed by Alisher Usmanov. In the summer of 2015, Usmanov donated one billion rubles to the Russian Football Union, explaining that this organization needed funds to prepare for the World Cup.

4th place. Viktor Vekselberg ($14.2 billion)

Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg owns shares in TNK-BP, UC Rusal, Sulzer, Oerlikon, and Renova. President of the Foundation and Skolkovo construction coordinator. He chose Switzerland as his place of residence, where he has lived since 2004. Vekselberg has many hobbies, but one of the main ones is collecting Faberge products. At the moment, he is the owner of the largest collection of works by this jewelry master.

5th place. Alexey Mordashov ($13 billion)

Owner of shares in Severstal, Nord Gold, TUI, Power Machines, Severgroup, Sveza. Last year his dividends from Severstal amounted to $960 million. The famous grocery store "Utkonos" also belongs to Mordashov. Thanks to his willing desire to communicate with journalists, Mordashov’s quotes can often be found in print and online publications. “I cannot comprehend the amount of my income that publications such as Forbes write about in ratings. This is simply something unthinkable,” he once said in an interview. Interestingly, having found himself in the top five of the richest people in Russia, Alexey Mordashov still realized this?

6th place. Vagit Alekperov ($12.2 billion)

In 2012-2013, Alekperov was among the top five in the Forbes ranking. In 2014, it dropped by 2 positions, and now it has moved up one point again. Perhaps the fact that Alekperov was unable to break into the top five is to blame for the sanctions, which included his business. The main source of income is a controlling stake in the oil company Lukoil. Last year his dividends from Lukoil amounted to $500 million. He spent an even larger amount on purchasing new shares. Vagit Alekperov has already conditionally appointed his son to the leadership position of Lukoil in the future, bequeathing to him all his shares.

7th place. Leonid Mikhelson ($11.7 billion)

He owns controlling stakes in Novatek and Sibur, and is also the chairman of the boards of both. So far, Mikhelson’s record in the Forbes ranking is 2013, when he took an honorable third place. He takes an active part in the sporting life of the country: two years ago Novatek was the main sponsor of the Russian Football Union, and a year ago it was a partner of the Russian representative office of the NBA. As it became known in July 2015, Leonid Mikhelson plans to enter into a cash-free deal with Promsvyazbank.

8th place. Vladimir Lisin ($11.6 billion)

The main sources of capital for the entrepreneur who took 8th place in the ranking are the companies Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant and Universal Cargo Logistics Holding. Father of three children and collector of Kasli castings. Moreover, he is also the author of patented methods for washing a blast furnace, processing steel and creating a special metal coating. Sport is a profitable hobby for Lisin: in addition to practicing shooting sports in his spare time, he holds leadership positions in the Russian Shooting Union and the International Shooting Sports Federation.

9th place. Gennady Timchenko ($10.7 billion)

He formed his capital thanks to the companies Novatek, Sibur, Transoil and Stroystransgaz. In 2014, Timchenko boldly stated that “he is ready at any time to give all his assets to the state or donate them to charity if this can solve global problems.” So far this remains only words, but in 2015 Timchenko spent twice as much on charity as in the previous year.

10th place. Mikhail Prokhorov ($9.9 billion)

Back in 2009, Mikhail Prokhorov took first place in the Forbes ranking. Now he has managed to squeeze into the top ten richest with $9.9 billion. Founder of the Onexim fund, which still manages all of Prokhorov’s assets. Owner of the American basketball club Brooklyn Nets. At the end of July 2015, there was a wave of news in the media that “Mikhail Prokhorov did not fulfill his promise to get married.” During the purchase of the Brooklyn Nets, Prokhorov publicly promised that he would marry if his team did not win a championship over the next five years. This never happened, and Prokhorov passed on his promise of marriage to league commissioner Adam Silver. However, he was not at all against it.

11th place. German Khan ($9.5 billion)

Compared to last year, the second most important shareholder of Alfa Group and Letter One Holdings moved down one position in the current ranking. German Khan is on fairly friendly terms with some other Russian billionaires. For example, Peter Aven and Iskander Makhmudov often accompany Khan on joint hunts, and Khan has been admired more than once in the press for Mikhail Fridman’s playing of the piano. One of the significant recent developments in Khan's business is a deal with the German company RWE Dea worth more than 5 billion euros.

12th place. Roman Abramovich ($9.1 billion)

He started his career with the production of rubber toys in 1988, and now owns 31% of the shares of the metallurgical company Evraz. He is also the owner of the Chelsea football club and shares of Norilsk Nickel. He collects paintings by Russian and foreign artists; according to experts, the total value of the collection is more than one billion dollars. Most recently, information appeared on the Internet that Roman Abramovich invested $10 million in the new Driveway project.

13th place. Andrey Melnichenko ($9.1 billion)

Andrei Melnichenko's main capital is formed by shares of such companies as Eurochem, SUEK and Siberian Generating Company. According to Bloomberg, Melnichenko is one of the largest businessmen and philanthropists in Russia. Every year Melnichenko's companies invest more than 1.3 billion rubles in sports, education, healthcare and social programs.

14th place. Dmitry Rybolovlev ($8.5 billion)

This year, Dmitry Rybolovlev managed to break into the top 15 richest businessmen in Russia (last year he took only 17th place). In the past he owned the Uralkali company, now he is the largest shareholder of Bank of Cyprus, the owner of the Monaco football club, and is also involved in real estate. Actively invests in the development of art, science, sports, and social projects. Has a solid collection of paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries.

15th place. Sergei Galitsky ($8.3 billion)

Founder of the large retail chain Magnit and owner of the Krasnodar football club. Now there are more than 9.7 thousand stores in the Magnit chain. The chain continues to expand, which frightens Magnit’s main competitor, X5 Retail Group. Sergei Galitsky invested about 60 million dollars in the creation of a football academy for children in the city of Krasnodar.

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