Every year, Forbes analysts rank the world's billionaires. This year, this list includes 88 Russians. 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 in the ruble exchange rate affected the size of the fortunes of the Russian oligarchs. For the first time in recent years, Russia has lost to 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 was the president of the Russian Biathlon Union. In the assets of Prokhorov and shares of commodity 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 Sogaz insurance company. The businessman is a fan of hockey, he even chairs the KHL board of directors. Timchenko's fortune is $ 10.7 billion.
8. Vladimir Lisin
Lisin's fortune over the year "thinned" by almost a third, having decreased by $ 5 billion and amounted to $ 11.6 billion. Among the oligarch's assets are Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant and the logistics holding UCL.
7. Leonid Mikhelson
Mikhelson owns the Novatek gas company, the Sibur chemical group, and the First United Bank. The businessman's fortune is estimated at $ 11.7 billion. The oligarch is known for his love of 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 foundation of regional programs “Our Future” he founded.
5. Alexey Mordashov
The owner of Severstal owns a fortune of about $ 13 billion. In addition to the main asset, the metallurgical tycoon has a stake in Tele2 Russia, Bank Rossiya, and Power Machines holding.
4. Victor Vekselberg
The Skolkovo project curator owns a private museum where he exhibits his collection of art objects. In addition, Vekselberg is actively involved in patronage. So, the businessman presented 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. For the year, the fourth-degree holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland 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, his fortune by Forbes experts have estimated at $ 14.6 billion today. Among Fridman's assets are the mobile operator VimpelCom and a stake in X5 Retail Group.
1. Vladimir Potanin
Topping the rating, which includes only the richest people in Russia, is 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 divorced and has already entered into a second marriage with a colleague, in which he had a child.