Forbes magazine's website has published a rating of the 200 largest private companies in the Russian Federation. The main selection criterion is that the state or foreign investors should own no more than half of the total capital in the company. The revenue received in 2014 is considered, according to official information provided by the companies themselves, data according to IFRS standards, the Federal Service for Financial Markets, the Statistics Service and the Tax Service. The rating does not include companies that manage assets, as well as banks, investment and other financial companies.
We present to you the top three leaders of the top 200 largest Russian private companies.
3. "Magnet"
In third place is a chain of grocery stores, which increased its revenue by 31.71% in 2014 to 763.5 billion rubles. It is the only company from Russia to be included in the rating of innovative companies in the world according to the American magazine Forbes. At the end of 2014, the chain included more than 8000 stores, 300 hypermarkets, 1000 cosmetic points. The trading network has spread to more than 2,000 cities in the Russian Federation.
The history of the company began in the mid-90s, when Sergey Galitsky decided to start selling household chemicals. The business quickly began to grow, and by the end of 2005, Sergei already had more than one and a half thousand stores. Now he is included in the list of the richest people in Russia with a capital of $ 10 billion.
2. "Surgutneftegas"
Despite the drop in oil quotations on the world market, the profit of Surgutneftegaz in 2014 amounted to 890.57 billion rubles. However, who exactly receives the income from the company's profits is still unknown. From the very moment of the privatization of a part of Glavtyumenneftegaz, which served as the basis for the creation of the holding, the ownership structure has remained a mystery. It is not without reason that Surgutneftegaz is considered the most closed oil and gas company in Russia. According to some reports, 60% of the shares are owned by subsidiaries, according to others - the company is controlled by director Vladimir Bogdanov with a number of other managers. Over the past few years, the company has accumulated a large amount of cash, which at the end of 2011 amounted to 25.5 billion rubles. They are placed in banks and are not invested in business development. Minority shareholders are very unhappy with this state of affairs, but the management of the company (whoever it is) does not care about their opinion.
1. Lukoil
Leader of the largest private companies in the Russian Federation in 2015. Lukoil is the world's richest private oil and gas company with proven reserves of 17.255 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The company's revenue in 2014 amounted to 4.75 trillion rubles, according to US GAAP. Lukoil operates not only in Russia, but also participates in the development of deposits in the countries of Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The company owns 7 oil refineries and several plants producing olefins, raw materials for the production of synthetic fibers, polyethylene and other types of petrochemical products. The products of this oil giant are sold in 19 countries of the world. Lukoil owns 200 oil depots and about 6,000 gas stations. The company's dominant position in the oil products market even led to the imposition of a RUB 6.54 billion fine for violating antimonopoly legislation.