Against the background of the crisis, sanctions and the November slush, it is nice to know that there are people in Russia who continue to live normally and sometimes even well. This is evidenced by the highly entertaining list of awards of the most important Russian managers and company executives, published at the end of November by the Russian magazine Forbes. Forbes continues to delight readers with the spectacle of other people's money for many years already - the rating started in 2012. However, five years ago, both the dollar was lower and the rewards were higher. If in those days managers were enriching by $ 1.89 billion annually, then in the current 2016 their salaries have decreased by more than half.
Total in the official the ranking of the richest Russian top managers In 2016, 70 non-owner CEOs participated. The assessment was made on the basis of the following criteria: short-term payments (salaries, bonuses, etc.), long-term (income from shares) and bonuses from participation in the boards of directors of subsidiaries.
All the data obtained are summarized in the table. Ranking of places was made based on the totals.
10. Ruben Aganbegyan
In 2015, the General Director of Otkritie Holding received $ 6 million. This is a significant change from 2014, when his remuneration was almost doubled. However, he was more fortunate than the former head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin and others, who dropped out of the ranking altogether.
9.Andrey Akimov
Akimov has been chairing the board of Gazprombank for a long time - more than 14 years. And the company pays its old and honorary member respectively - in 2015 he received $ 6.3 million. In 2014, Andrey had more money - his remuneration then amounted to 8 million.
8. Mikhail Zadornov
In 2015, the skiing enthusiast and also the chairman of the board of VTB24 earned $ 6.5 million. This is $ 2 million less than in 2014.
7. Mikhail Shamolin
Apparently, in connection with the crisis, AFK Sistema, of which Shamolin is the general director, used original tactics. Its top managers are now obliged to invest their hard earned money into the company's stocks and assets. It is not known how profitable such a system will turn out to be and whether it will help keep Sistema afloat, but its permanent president since 2011 is one of the country's highest paid leaders. In 2015, his remuneration was $ 7.4 million.
6. Vladislav Soloviev
As a child, Vladislav dreamed of becoming an ice cream maker, but, fortunately for himself, changed his mind and instead became the CEO of UC Rusal two years ago. Unlike most of those who participated in this top 10, his income in 2015 was higher than in 2014 - if earlier he received $ 4.4 million, then last year it was $ 7.4 million.
5. Ivan Streshinsky
The general director and old friend of Alisher Usmanov, the owner of the USM holding, where Ivan receives his modest income of 10 million, also suffered from the crisis. Compared to 2014, it costs the company less than $ 5 million.
4. Dmitry Razumov
In 2016, Dmitry overtook German Gref in the St. Petersburg race through the historic city center. But in the competition for the amount of payments to the richest managers in Russia, the general director of the Onexim group lagged behind Herman, taking only 4th position.True, only a million - in 2015 Dmitry received 10 million (exactly one third less in comparison with 2014).
3. German Gref
Gref's income in 2015 decreased relatively slightly - instead of $ 13.5 million, they amounted to $ 11 million. However, even this modest small amount provoked a protest from the Sberbank press service: she believes that Gref's income is greatly exaggerated.
2.Igor Sechin
Being the head of Rosneft is profitable - last year Sechin received a remuneration of $ 13 million (and in 2014 his revenues were $ 17.6 million). But according to the press secretary of Rosneft, Forbes heavily embellished the real figure. At the end of 2016, Sechin topped the charts of Russian media in connection with the arrest of Alexei Ulyukayev, suspected of taking a bribe from the head of Rosneft.
1. Alexey Miller
The permanent head of Gazprom since 2001 has won the 2016 top-managers' income race by a large margin, remaining number one. In 2015, it cost the company $ 17.7 million - almost 33% cheaper than in 2014 ($ 27 million). All top managers of Gazprom received $ 78.3 million in 2015, and the company's total revenue last year was $ 140.4 billion.