How many oligarchs in Russia, probably, evenForbes employees will be difficult to calculate: the country is large and the number of dollar millionaires in it only increases every year. However, in the TOP of the richest people of the Russian Federation from year to year for the first place are fighting the same person. So who are the Russian billionaires?
В 2015 г.Vladimir Potanin was recognized as the richest man in Russia. Potanin made his way into the oligarchs of Russia back in 2006: then the businessman became the sixth person in the country in terms of wealth. In 2007, the President of the holding company Interros rose to 4th place. Then for several years he lost his position in the top five richest people in the country until in 2015 he reached the first place in the Forbes ranking.
Potanin at one time studied at MGIMO at the Faculty of International Economic Relations. In Soviet times, the future businessman was a member of the Komsomol and worked in the field of foreign trade of the USSR.
In the 90s, like many enterprising people,Potanin moved into private business and founded one of the largest investment companies in Russia, Interros. A little later, Vladimir O. received the post of vice-president of the bank "IFC" and the president of JSCB "ONEKSIM Bank". Thanks to mortgage auctions in 1995, ONEXIM Bank became the owner of 51 percent of Norilsk Nickel shares. To date, Potanin has only 30.3% of the MMC’s shares, but this turned out to be enough to turn into the richest oligarch of Russia by 2015.
In the list of oligarchs of Russia unchanged throughoutFor many years, the owner of the Alfa Group consortium is Mikhail Fridman. In 2015, Friedman ranked second in the Forbes rating as the richest businessman in Russia.
It all started with the fact that in the 1980s, Mr.Friedman resold scarce tickets to large Moscow theaters, and also organized discos. Then he decided to increase his income and created the Courier cooperative, which was engaged in window cleaning. In 1989, Mr. Friedman switched to the sale of photographic materials and computer equipment, and then engaged in the export of oil. This is how the company "Alfa Group", which to this day feeds its creator.
But Friedman did not stop thereand eventually joined the board of directors of Alfa Bank, invested in the mobile operator Life, Belmarket and BelEuroNet. Friedman also managed to visit the board of directors of the association ORT and the Sidanco Oil Company.
The personal capital of Mikhail Friedman in 2015 amounted to $ 14.6 billion.
Russian oligarchs are often engagedcharity. In this regard, Alisher Usmanov is widely known, who for many years has supported the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, redeems and returns historical values to Russia and even returns Nobel medals to their owners (the case with Jason Watson). In 2013, Usmanov even became the patron of number 1 among Russian businessmen according to Forbes.
Alisher Burhanovich began his career withproduction of plastic bags. Today, the businessman is fed shares in companies such as USM Holdings, Megafon, Mail.ru Group and DST Global, as well as UTV Holding. Since 2014, Alisher Usmanov has complete control over the famous social network - VKontakte.
Олигархи России попадают не только в domestic ratings of influential persons, but also in foreign lists. Viktor Vekselberg, for example, was in 113th place in the TOP of the most influential and richest people in the world as of 2010. In 2015, in Russia, the businessman took the 4th place in terms of welfare: Vekselberg's personal assets amount to $ 14.2 billion.
A huge state of Victor Feliksovich allowedto earn the Renova company founded by him. Over time, the company has grown into a large business group that owns shares of UC Rusal, Integrated Energy Systems, Russian Utility Systems and many others. Vekselberg also owns shares of some Swiss companies, for example, Oerlikon and Sulzer.
Vekselberg likes to repeat in interviews thatmoney is not only difficult to earn, but also difficult to use it correctly. Given the stability of the income of the entrepreneur, he is able to properly distribute his funds.
Alexey Mordashov, who is considered actualthe owner of OAO Severstal, in 2011 was in second place of the richest entrepreneurs in the country. However, the oligarchs of Russia pushed the businessman on the list, and in 2015 he is only fifth in size with his personal capital of 13 billion dollars.
He started his career Mordashov onCherepovets metallurgical plant. After a while, the businessman had already bought up all the stocks of CMP and put all profits from the sale of metals to the West in his pocket. Today, the entrepreneur has 79% of the shares of Severstal, 88% of Nord Gold and 100% of Power Machines enterprises.
Вагит Алекперов в 2006 г.He had a personal capital of 12.7 billion rubles and was ranked second in the Forbes ranking of Russia's richest businessmen. Since then, little has changed: Alekperov has all the same capital, but dropped to sixth position in the list.
Vagit Yusufovich began his career in business in1980, taking the post of CEO of Kogalymneftegaz. The entrepreneur did not leave the oil industry after the collapse of the Soviet Union and founded the Langepas UrayKogalymneft concern. Today Vagit Alekperov has a 22.7% stake in Lukoil and, so to speak, does not live in misery.
Billionaires are not only enriched, but sometimesare ruined. Every year a list called "former oligarchs of Russia" is updated with new faces. Among them are persons such as banker Sergei Pugachev, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Some ruined billionaires are wanted for embezzlement and misappropriation of property. They immigrate abroad, sue European courts and try to defend their name in the press, claiming that the Russian authorities are to blame for all their troubles.
Business and politics have always been interconnected, inthese areas are always hidden and obvious opposition. Everyone protects their interests in all possible ways. Therefore, the real truth, probably, no one will know.
