Forbes World List. The richest people in the world
The influential American publication Forbes published a rating on March 1. In total, the list included 1,810 influential individuals whose net worth exceeds $1 billion.
One of the most influential people in the United States are the brothers Charles and David Koch. They took 9th and 10th place in the ranking of the richest people in the world according to Forbes. They own the family diversified holding company Koch Industries, whose revenue is $115 billion annually. Koch Industries provides pipeline construction, produces construction materials, oil refining and other activities. is the chairman of the holding and oversees the active growth of the business. The brothers are engaged in charitable activities and have already donated about a billion for the development of education. Charles Koch's fortune is 39.6 billion - exactly the same as his brother's.
Net worth: $39.6 billion
Charles's brother, as mentioned above, is a co-owner of the Koch Industries holding and its vice president. The businessman’s capital as of March 2016 amounted to $39.6 billion. The David Koch Charitable Foundation has donated over $1 billion to various causes. In 2014, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art named one of its plazas after the businessman, thereby showing its respect for one of the Kochs who donated money for its reconstruction. Compared to last year, the brothers suffered a loss in their personal wealth: each lost 3.3 billion US dollars.
Net worth: $40.5 billion
The American businessman, with a fortune of $40.5 billion, is ranked eighth among the richest people in the world. The former mayor of New York is the founder and owner of Bloomberg. The oligarch is considered one of the largest philanthropists, who has donated about 4 billion to charitable causes. The increase in Bloomberg's capital this year amounted to about 4.5 billion. In 2014, the multimillionaire became an honorary Knight Commander and was awarded the Order of the British Empire.
Net worth: $43.6 billion
An American with a capital of 43.6 billion US dollars ranks seventh among the world's largest oligarchs according to Forbes magazine. Currently, the businessman is a director of Oracle Corporation, a leading shareholder of NetSuite Inc and an initial investor in the American company Salesforce.com. Larry Ellison is the largest sponsor of specialized competitions in the United States. In addition, one of the richest people is actively involved in buying real estate. Compared to last year, the tycoon suffered impressive financial losses, which amounted to more than 10 billion.
Net worth: $44.6 billion
The American founder of the social network Facebook and its leader is ranked sixth among the richest people in the world. The young oligarch's fortune is currently estimated at $44.6 billion. Over the past 12 months, the increase in the American's capital amounted to more than 11 billion. The billionaire is going to donate 99% of Facebook shares to charity.
Net worth: $45.2 billion
With a net worth of $45.2 billion, the American ranks fifth among the world's wealthiest people today. The increase in the businessman’s assets this year amounted to more than 10 billion. He is the owner of the aerospace company Blue Origin, as well as the head of the online retailer Amazon. In addition, he owns the publishing house The Washington Post. A multimillionaire is one of the largest investors. Bezos prefers to invest in the development of Twitter, AirBNB, UBER, Rethink Robotics and other promising projects.
Net worth 50 billion dollars
The Mexican took fourth place this year among the richest people in the world. The oligarch's personal fortune is about $50 billion. This year has brought the oligarch significant losses, which amounted to 27 billion. This fact is associated with the fall in the shares of the operator America Movil, which are considered the main asset of the billionaire. Carlos Slim Helu is one of the leading shareholders of The New York Times publishing house. In addition, the conglomerate Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and financial structure Ideal.
Net worth: $60.8 billion
Opens the top three largest oligarchs in the world according to Forbes for 2016. The American investor has a capital of 60.8 billion US dollars. This year, the businessman suffered significant losses, estimated at almost 12 billion. The tycoon’s investment portfolio is quite extensive, but the most basic areas in which he operates are oil, metallurgy and food. Last year, the American acquired the metallurgical holding Precision Castparts. This is one of the best deals in his business. Buffett is also actively buying shares of oil companies and investing money in Burger King and Tim Hortons chains.
Net worth: $67 billion
The Spanish businessman, with a capital of $67 billion, currently ranks second in the Forbes ranking of the world's wealthiest people. He is the founder and owner of the Zara chain of stores, which are known for quality clothing at fairly affordable prices. low prices. It was this factor, according to experts, that helped the oligarch not only stay afloat, but also increase his income during the crisis. Today the company owns about 5 thousand stores in 77 countries around the world. Ortega is a major investor, most of He invested finances in real estate in London, Madrid, Barcelona, Florida, the gas industry, banks and tourism. In 2015, according to Forbes magazine, he was the richest person in the world with a fortune of $79 billion. Ortega is a recipient of the Order of Civil Merit.
Net worth: $75 billion
The American tops the ranking of the richest people in the world as of March 1, 2016. His personal net worth is estimated at $75 billion, which is slightly less than last year. Over the past 12 months, the billionaire suffered losses of about 4 billion. The founder of Microsoft is one of the largest investors. Shareholder income is growing not only due to the activities of Microsoft. The oligarch receives the lion's share of profits from investment investments in mechanical engineering, railways, waste processing, etc. Gates is one of the largest philanthropists. Over the entire existence of his philanthropic foundation, about $31.5 billion has been allocated to charitable needs.
Hello everyone, Vyacheslav Bulenkov is with you and in this issue, I will share the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. On March 2, the American Forbes published its traditional, 29th, global ranking of billionaires. This time, the list included 88 businessmen from Russia, 33 less than a year earlier, and Vladimir Potanin became the leader for the first time - he displaced Alisher Usmanov from the first “national” line. Russian participants in the rating have become noticeably “impoverished” over the year - the reason for this is the crisis in the country’s economy and Western sanctions due to the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine and the war in Donbass. In terms of the number of dollar billionaires, Russia is now inferior not only to the United States and China, but also to Germany and India. 10. Mikhail Prokhorov Net worth: $9.9 billion Change over the year: -$1 billion Position in the world ranking: 125 Athlete, banker, metallurgist, playboy, investor, media mogul, politician and owner of the NBA club - all this is Mikhail Prokhorov. In 2012, he shocked the whole of Russia with his unexpected candidacy for the post of president of the country - and according to the election results he collected a quite respectable 8% of the vote. But since then the businessman’s political career has faded. His most notable American project is the construction of a new arena for the Nets. In December 2013, he acquired 27% in Uralkali, the world's largest producer of potash fertilizers. 9. Gennady Timchenko Net worth: $10.7 billion Change for the year: -$4.6 billion Position in the world ranking: 118 Gennady Timchenko owns shares in many companies in the gas, transport and construction industries. Among its assets are the largest gas producer Novatek, the petrochemical holding Sibur, the railway carrier Transoil and insurance company "Sogaz". Being one of the most influential people in the country, the billionaire, who is considered a close friend of Vladimir Putin, came under US sanctions in 2014. Among Timchenko’s non-business workload is the supervision of Russian hockey: he chairs the KHL board of directors and holds the post of president of the St. Petersburg club SKA. 8. Vladimir Lisin Net worth: $11.6 billion Change over the year: -$5 billion Position in the world ranking: 107 Vladimir Lisin made his fortune in metallurgy, railway transportation and logistics. Previously, he became a partner in the Trans-World Group, which over several years has grown into a leading Russian exporter of aluminum and steel. By that time, Lisin had accumulated a wealth of experience in managing metallurgical production, so that during the division of assets in 2000, he naturally took ownership of the industry giant, the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works. The billionaire also controls the logistics holding UCL, which owns the First Freight Company. 7. Leonid Mikhelson Net worth: $11.7 billion Change for the year: -$3.9 billion Position in the world ranking: 105 Leonid Mikhelson is the main owner of the gas producer Novatek, the chemical group Sibur and the First United Bank. In July 2014, the United States and the European Union imposed sanctions against Novatek, putting pressure on Timchenko's business partner, who is considered a close friend of Putin in the West. The company remains the controlling shareholder of the Yamal LNG project, which is developing despite sanctions pressure. To support it, Novatek requested $2.3 billion in support from the National Welfare Fund. The total cost of the project is estimated at $27 billion, Chinese investors are ready to invest $10 billion. 6. Vagit Alekperov Net worth: $12.2 billion Change for the year: -$1.4 billion Position in the world ranking: 96 Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil, the largest oil company in Russia, which, in particular, is developing the West Qurna 2 field in Iraq, possessing some of the richest deposits on the planet. The billionaire does not have a reputation as a businessman from the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, which did not save Lukoil from US sanctions in September 2014. Having gone through all the career stages in the oil industry, at the end of the USSR the future billionaire even managed to work as an industry minister. In 1991, he privatized three large fields and founded Lukoil. Alekperov is the author of the book “Russian Oil: Past, Present and Future.” 5. Alexey Mordashov Net worth: $13 billion Change over the year: +$2.5 billion Position in the world ranking: 89 In mid-January 2015, Putin received Mordashov and made the metallurgical magnate promise not to allow unreasonable investments. Against the backdrop of bad market conditions for Russia, the billionaire got rid of all American assets - his company Severstal is now focusing on the national market. At the end of 2013, the businessman, together with entrepreneur Yuri Kovalchuk, close to Putin, bought a 50% stake in the fourth largest Russian mobile operator Tele2 Russia. Also, together with Kovalchuk, Mordashov is a shareholder of Rossiya Bank, which is under US and EU sanctions due to the “pro-presidential” reputation of its main shareholder. In 2011, the owner of Severstal increased his stake in the Power Machines holding, purchasing 25% from Siemens. 4. Viktor Vekselberg Net worth: $14.2 billion Change over the year: -$3 billion Position in the world ranking: 73 Russian authorities elected Viktor Vekselberg to the role of curator of the project of the national analogue of Silicon Valley - the Skolkovo innovation city - in 2010. Since then, three billionaire companies have already appeared among the project residents who received grants from the state. In 2013, the businessman, together with Mikhail Fridman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold a 50% stake in the oil company TNK-BP to the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion. Vekselberg earned his first million from the sale of scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the holding company SUAL. In 2007, SUAL merged assets with the Rusal group and the mining company Glencore - this is how the world's largest aluminum producer UC Rusal was born. In addition, Vekselberg has stakes in petrochemical, consumer goods and telecommunications businesses. 3. Alisher Usmanov Net worth: $14.4 billion Change for the year: -$4.2 billion Position in the world ranking: 71 Alisher Usmanov lost his status as the richest man in Russia after three years of leadership, but continues to remain a key figure in several major sectors of the national economy. . Among his assets are the metallurgical giant Metalloinvest, the country's second largest mobile operator Megafon, the Internet holding Mail.ru Group and the Kommersant publishing house. The billionaire's most successful investments internationally are in the tech industry: He was an early investor in Facebook, but sold all of his shares in the social network in 2013 to invest in rising Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and Chinese budget smartphone maker Xiaomi. Usmanov also remains a shareholder of the London football club Arsenal. 2. Mikhail Fridman Net worth: $14.6 billion Change over the year: -$3 billion Position in the world ranking: 68 Together with his study friends, Mikhail Fridman controls Alfa Group, the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. In 2011, the Alfa-controlled mobile operator VimpelCom acquired the telecommunications holding of Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris and became the sixth largest player in the global market. Fridman and partners also own the second largest chain of stores in Russia – X5 Retail Group. 1. Vladimir Potanin Net worth: $15.4 billion Change over the year: +$2.8 billion Position in the world ranking: 60 Vladimir Potanin, a former employee of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, met his future partner Mikhail Prokhorov in 1991. In 1993, the partners created Oneximbank, which lured IBES clients to serve them. Oneximbank became a platform for the construction of the Interros holding. With the support of the state, the billionaire became the largest private investor in the Winter Olympics in Sochi - he built the Rosa Khutor ski resort. And so, this was the TOP 10 richest people in Russia in the Forbes world ranking for 2015. Subscribe to the channel to receive new inspiring and useful episodes, write your opinion in the comments, and if you liked the episode, like and share this video with your friends. This will be the biggest support for me. And Vyacheslav Bulenkov was with you and see you again!
1. Bill Gates
State:$75 billion
Change over the year:-$4.2 billion
Status source: Microsoft
Age: 60
Country: USA
Bill Gates is again at the top of the Forbes global list for the 17th time in the last 22 years. For several years now, he has been talked about not only as the founder of Microsoft, but also as one of the world's most generous philanthropists - the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which works, in particular, to improve medical care and vaccinations in developing countries. In total, Gates has already allocated $31.5 billion to philanthropic projects. In December 2015, Gates, along with 20 other billionaires, took part in the Climate Summit in Paris. Businessmen took the initiative to invest in development clean energy. “Our main goal,” Gates said, “is to come together to achieve results in the development of clean energy.” The Microsoft founder managed to attract Mark Zuckerberg, Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote to the project.
20% of Gates' fortune this year brought him 3% of Microsoft shares, which the businessman owns. Among his other investments, investments in the Canadian National railway, American engineering company Deere & Co., waste management company Republic Services, and Ecolab. In October 2015, Gates invested in Impossible Foods, a startup that grows... plant products that can replace meat.
3. Warren Buffett
State:$60.8 billion
Change over the year:-$11.9 billion
Status source: Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 85
Country: USA
In a letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in early 2016, Buffett expressed optimism about the American future, despite the bellicose rhetoric of US presidential candidates. His confidence in the future is easy to explain - in 2015, his investment empire, Berkshire Hathaway, made the greatest deal in its history to purchase the metallurgical Precision Castparts. Buffett's investment holding company bought it for $37 billion. In addition, he actively bought shares of the oil company Phillips 66, and also carried out joint transactions with 3G Capital (the company is managed by several Brazilian billionaires) concerning Kraft Foods, Heinz, Burger King and the Tim Hortons caffeine chain. Berkshire Hathaway, the fifth most profitable corporation in the United States, owns Geico, Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom, and invests in Wells Fargo, IBM and Coca-Cola.
Buffett still cites reading Benjamin Graham's 1949 book The Intelligent Investor as the best investment of his life. Graham later became a mentor to a young talented entrepreneur. In 1962, Buffett moved to Nebraska, where he undertook to revive the business of the stagnating textile company Berkshire Hathaway. By 2015, the modest enterprise had grown into the fourth largest corporation in the world by market capitalization, worth $335 billion.
As for Buffett's political ambitions, he actively supports presidential candidate Clinton and is even a sponsor of her election campaign.
4. Carlos Slim Helu
State:$50 billion
Change over the year:-$27.1 billion
Status source: telecommunications
Age: 76
Country: Mexico
Despite the difficult situation, Carlos Slim Helu remains one of the richest people in the world. Mexican authorities are gradually tightening antitrust laws in the telecommunications industry, which literally brought down the shares of TV operator America Movil, which belongs to Al. This, as well as the weakening of the Mexican peso and the crisis in Brazil, made the businessman $27.1 billion poorer. This is the largest drop in the ranking this year. Nevertheless, the billionaire remains Mexico's richest man.
In addition, the Mexican is the largest shareholder of the publishing house The New York Times. In January 2015, he increased his share in the influential publishing house to 17% and retained options for further expansion. The billionaire controls the industrial conglomerate Grupo Carso, the financial Grupo Financiero Inbursa and the infrastructure Ideal.
5. Jeff Bezos
State:$45.2 billion
Change over the year:+$10.4 billion
Status source: Amazon.com
Age: 52
Country: USA
Jeff Bezos runs three companies at the same time and seems to be doing well. In November 2015, his aerospace company Blue Origin successfully carried out a controlled landing of the reusable BE-3 rocket, which made Elon Musk jealous. Amazon earned a record $107 billion in 2015. However, at the beginning of 2016, the company lost some of its value in the market. This was largely influenced by an article in The New York Times, which talked about slave-like working conditions at Amazon and the constant pressure management put on employees. In response, Bezos sent letters to Amazon employees. According to him, he did not recognize Amazon at the company described in the New York Times article, but said that those workers who agreed with what was said in the material “are simply crazy if they decide to stay.”
6. Mark Zuckerberg
State:$44.6 billion
Change over the year:+$11.2 billion
Status source: Facebook
Age: 31
Country: USA
2015 was a particularly good year for Zuckerberg. Facebook's rising price has brought it an additional $11.2 billion to last year's net worth. Also, and more importantly, Zuckerberg became a father for the first time. In this regard, the businessman and his wife Priscilla Chan announced that they would give 99% of their shares in the social network to charity. They wrote about this in a letter addressed to their daughter Max on their Facebook page. There, the billionaire posts photos of Max’s first vaccination, the celebration of the first Chinese New Year in her life, her outfits, etc.
Facebook's revenue continues to grow, and Zuckerberg is betting on virtual reality headsets Oculus Rift– the owner of Facebook paid $2 billion for their manufacturer, the Oculus VR company, although the gadget itself is still at the prototype stage. And the WhatsApp messenger, purchased in 2014 for a record $19 billion, grew by another 1 billion users in February alone.
7. Larry Ellison
State:$43.6 billion
Change over the year:-$10.7 billion
Status source: Oracle
Age: 71
Country: USA
Larry Ellison left the post of CEO of Oracle in 2014, retaining the positions of director of technology development and chairman of the board of directors. A true Silicon Valley rock star, he grew up in his great-aunt's house in Chicago and never met his father. A talented software developer, at the beginning of his career he worked for the CIA, after which he founded Oracle in 1977. In 2015, Ellison announced that Oracle would develop cloud software and would soon become Amazon's competitor in this area.
A fan of sailing, the billionaire is one of the largest sponsors of specialized competitions in the United States. He is also a keen real estate buyer. For example, for $300 million in 2012, a businessman purchased the Hawaiian island of Lanai - he owns every hotel room in this paradise. Ellison's daughter Megan is a successful film producer. Her studio, Annapurna Pictures, was behind the Oscar-winning Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle.
State:$40 billion
Change over the year:+$4.5 billion
Status source: Bloomberg L.P.
Age: 74
Country: USA
Michael Bloomberg left his post as mayor of New York at the end of 2013. Today, one can increasingly hear speculation that the billionaire may become an independent candidate and run for the presidency of the United States, despite repeated promises to devote the rest of his life to charitable activities. In an interview with The Financial Times, he admitted that he was considering running, given his dissatisfaction with candidates from both parties. Billionaire friends Bill Ackman and Rupert Murdoch also urged Bloomberg to return to politics.
In 2015, Bloomberg returned to business as a general director the financial information agency he founded, Bloomberg LP. He intends to breathe new life in companies that bear his name. First of all, the billionaire downsized his staff. The remaining journalists now work more on their profile - on financial and business news.
Bloomberg has a reputation as one of the most generous philanthropists in the United States: he has given a total of $3.8 billion to charitable causes, including $1 billion to his alma mater and $100 million to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fight polio. The billionaire also received the status of UN Special Ambassador for Cities and Climate Change.
9-10. Charles Koch
State:$39.6 billion
Change over the year:-$3.3 billion
Status source: Koch Industries
Age: 80
Country: USA
Brothers Charles and David Koch are among the most influential figures in American business, philanthropy and politics. The Kochs jointly own the family holding Koch Industries with revenues of $115 billion. The diversified holding is engaged in the construction of pipelines, oil refining, the production of building materials, paper towels and cups, and many other goods. Charles Koch has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Koch Industries since 1967, overseeing rapid business growth.
The brothers actively finance the Republican Party. Charles Koch compares his crusade for minimal government involvement in the economy and economic freedom to the fight for human rights. The Kochs have not yet announced which Republican presidential candidate they are supporting in the current election race, but it is known that it is not Donald Trump.
Among the main charitable projects of billionaires is support for education. In mid-2014, for example, they issued a $25 million grant to a fund to support African-American students.
9-10. David Koch
State:$39.6 billion
Change over the year:-$3.3 billion
Status source: Koch Industries
Age: 75
Country: USA
David Koch, on a parity basis with his older brother Charles, owns the diversified holding Koch Industries - the second largest private company in the United States after Cargill, worth about $100 billion. David Koch has spent about $900 million to support education, the activities of the Republican Party and individual projects during the current presidential race in US like criminal justice reform.
The Koch brothers are also actively involved in charity: the David Koch Foundation has donated more than $1.2 billion to various causes throughout its existence. The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, for the reconstruction of which David Koch donated $65 million, in September 2014 named one of the squares on its territory named after him.
The famous economic magazine Forbes published an article presenting a list of the top 10 richest people in Russian Federation. This rating presents the top 10 richest people in Russia 2016 years since detailed description activities of each participant.
10. German Borisovich Khan
This year, this representative of the top 10 officially opens the ranking. German Borisovich's fortune is estimated at $8.7 billion. This year, the value of its assets decreased by 800 million. In the world, the tenth representative of the Russian Federation ranks 128th. Co-owner of a well-known financial and industrial group with a turnover of $2.8 billion. L1 Energy is also under his management. This is a company that invests in the oil and gas industry.
Over the past ten years, he has constantly been in the top 15 richest people in Russia. Married, has two sons and daughters.
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At the time of publication of the article, Vagit Yusufovich was ranked ninth in the ranking of the richest people in Russia in 2016. The value of assets in his personal possession is estimated at 8.9 billion. Among the world leaders in terms of earnings, he is in 124th place.
This year the oligarch has lost three positions. Previously, his fortune was estimated at 12.2 billion, which made it possible to take sixth place in the ranking. Co-owner famous company Lukoil, as well as its president. In addition, one of the board members of the Skolkovo Innovation Center Foundation. Three years earlier, he owned assets with a total value of 27.8 billion, which allowed him to improve his position in the ratings. Owner of various awards from the Government of the Russian Federation.
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Lisin took eighth position in the ranking. The total value of assets in possession, according to journalistic data, is 9.3 billion. He was given 116th position in the world list. The current year allowed us to enter the 2016 Forbes ranking of the richest people in Russia. Vladimir Sergeevich managed to get through thanks to his assets, including one of the metallurgical plants, and the second asset is a well-known holding uniting transport companies.
For two years in a row in 2010-2011, he was featured in Forbes magazine as the richest man in Russia. Married and has three sons. He actively collects Kasli iron castings.
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Vekselberg earned seventh position in the list of the richest people in Russia in 2016. The total value of wealth, according to journalists, is 10.5 billion. This amount allowed him to enter the top 100 richest people in the world and take 98th position.
The Skolkovo Foundation is under his management. Additionally, he is a key figure in a group of companies called Renova. Previously, he sold shares of one of his companies at an acceptable price. This sale made him the richest man in Russia. At that time, according to one of the magazines, his capital was 18 billion. Now he lives in Russia.
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The sixth position is for Alexey Alexandrovich. He was previously included in this list of the richest people in Russia in 2016. He ranks 93rd among the world's richest people. The oligarch's assets are estimated at 10.9 billion. The Severstal company is under his leadership, and also manages the large company Sever Group. Owns 26% of the shares of the famous travel company from Germany TUI Group. Fluent in both English and German.
In the early years, he managed 22.1 billion, which made it possible to be at the top of various lists. For his services he received a large number of orders, commendations and other awards.
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IN given time Gennady Nikolaevich occupies an immodest fifth place among all Russian oligarchs. He manages 11.4 billion. Thanks to his ability to properly invest and accumulate capital, the last five years have allowed him to increase the value of his assets fivefold.
On the world stage it ranks 85th. Under his management is the Volga Group holding, which unites various companies. He also owns a 23% stake in the well-known gas production company Novatek.
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It is clear that in fourth place is not richest man in Russia 2016 years, but deserves attention. Its capital is estimated at 12.1 billion, so its place in the ranking is guaranteed. Among world leaders in wealth, it ranks 78th. Compared to previous years, its assets in value decreased by approximately 3.3 billion.
Under his management is the Interros company, which carries out private investments. Additionally, the list of assets includes Norilsk Nickel. Previously, his fortune was estimated at 15.4 billion. This figure allowed Vladimir Olegovich to become the richest representative of Russia in the Forbes world lists.
He worked for the Government of the Russian Federation and is also involved in charity and public projects. Over the years of work he received many orders and awards.
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The top three in the ranking is opened by the famous businessman Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov, whose journalists counted 12.5 billion. He is in 73rd place among the richest people in the world. The main source of income is metallurgy, where the main asset is the Metalloinvest holding, as well as modern technologies with the mail.ru Group asset. Additionally, it owns a large number of publishing houses, television channels, and radio stations.
For three years in a row, from 2012 to 2014, Alisher Usmanov was the richest businessman in Russia. Assets that include products modern technologies, allowed him to increase his capital and remain at the top of the rankings of the richest people for so long.
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Second place in the ranking of the richest people in Russia in 2016 belongs to Mikhail Maratovich. For many years in a row he occupied second place. He was given 63rd place in the world rankings. The current fortune is 13.3 billion.
One of the co-owners of the famous Alfa Group holding. The holding includes a variety of companies from different industries. A year earlier, the value of assets decreased by 1.3 billion. This is what did not make it possible to reach the first position among the richest people of the Russian Federation. Actively participates in both social and political activities. Constantly supports the European Jewish Fund, which provides support to the Jewish population of Europe.
1. Mikhelson Leonid Viktorovich
Forbes magazine placed Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson in the first place of leadership in this top. The official fortune of the oligarch is estimated at 14.4 billion. The last five years of active work and investing in various assets have allowed him to increase his capital by more than 10 billion. Among the world's billionaires, he is in 60th place.
The main asset is the Novatek company, where he is the main shareholder, as well as the Sibur holding company, which operates in the petrochemical industry. Additionally, he has shares in Promsvyazbank. Awarded various orders and medals.
Over the past year, the most significant drop in the value of assets was recorded for Rinat Akhmetov - minus $4.6 billion. The club of dollar billionaires remained in the same composition: in the “Big Five” the neighbors of the richest man in the country remained Igor Kolomoisky, Gennady Bogolyubov, Victor Pinchuk and Yuriy Kosyuk. But the assets of the “colleagues” of the owner of SCM are decreasing every year. At the same time, the businesses of Petro Poroshenko, Alexey Vadatursky and Andrey Verevsky continue to show dynamic growth, having taken strong positions in the top ten of the Forbes rating thanks to their successful bet on the potential of the agro-industrial complex
Metal factor
Tectonic shifts in the commodity-geographical structure of Ukrainian exports, as well as transformations in the political life of Ukraine, provoked a number of significant changes in the list of the top 100 richest. The depletion of former financial flows from the sale of metal, ore, products of the chemical and engineering industries did not go unnoticed by the fortunes of domestic millionaires after the fall in world prices on commodity markets, the shutdown of factories in the ATO zone and the loss of Russian market sales Thus, Viktor Pinchuk moved from second to fourth place in the Forbes ranking, having lost $300 million over the year due to falling prices and orders for seamless steel pipes due to the black streak in the business of clients from the oil and gas sector.
The first ten of the rating were left by metallurgists Vadim Novinsky, who owns a quarter of Rinat Akhmetov’s Metinvest company, as well as the owner of Ferrexpo Konstantin Zhevago. The tense situation in the main business did not contribute to solving the problems of their banking assets: “Forum” and “Finance and Credit” were sent to liquidation by the NBU for failure to fulfill obligations to depositors. A similar fate befell large financial institutions and other participants in the top 100 rating. Despite the fact that, compared with industrial enterprises, banks held a small share of the assets of the richest, their collapse dealt a blow to their reputation, intensifying the further decline in the value of related financial and industrial groups.
Change of elites
A significant decrease in the estimated amount of wealth affected a number of businessmen associated with the previous political elite. Among them are players in the oil and gas sector Nikolay Zlochevsky, Nestor Shufrych, Nikolay Rudkovsky, the owner of Donbasenergo Igor Gumenyuk, the owner of Konti Borys Kolesnikov, the majority shareholder of UkrAvto Tariel Vasadze and others. There was not only a weakening of their political influence, but also a reduction in price assets. Not the least role in this was played by such factors as the fall in world prices for energy resources, the decline in domestic effective demand, as well as the location of production facilities in territory not controlled by Ukraine. At the same time, businessmen remained in the ranking, unlike Stanislav Berezkin, Igor Andreev, Pavel Klimts and Vladimir Prikhodko, who for various reasons (debts, loss of assets, loss of sales markets) did not make it into the top 100 richest - 2016.
Unfortunately, in the summer of 2015, two participants in last year’s Forbes list passed away. After a long illness, Vladimir Boyko, honorary president of MMK im. Ilyich. Doctors were also unable to save 47-year-old Igor Eremeev, co-owner of the Continuum group of companies, who received a serious head injury as a result of a fall from a horse while riding.
Secrets of growth
The development of the agricultural sector and food industry last year contributed to the growth of fortunes not burdened by excessive debts of the latifundists. For example, Petro Poroshenko, who rose from eighth to sixth place, is not only the ultimate beneficiary of the Roshen corporation, but also of the Ukrprominvest-Agro holding. Good net income indicators were shown by the agricultural holdings Nibulon of Alexey Vadatursky, Kernel of Andrey Verevsky, and Astarta of Viktor Ivanchik. The value of assets in the agro-industrial complex of Taras Barshchovsky (T.B. Fruit), Vsevolod Kozhemyako (Agrotrade), the Buryak brothers (Svarog West Group) and Sergei Tarasov (Agrospetsservice) increased.
Thanks to successful business activities in the agricultural sector, Vitaly Khomutynnik (Uniline Finance Ltd.), who disclosed his agricultural assets, was included in the Forbes hundred for the first time this year, Sergey Krolevets - founder of the Eridon company - a distributor of plant protection products, seeds and fertilizers, Rafael Goroyan - owner grain trading company Prometheus, Dmitry Kravchenko is the majority shareholder of LNZ Group. Pharmaceuticals became an even more significant driver of wealth growth in 2015. The production and distribution of medicines improved the position of market leaders Fili Zhebrovskaya (Farmak), Vladimir and Gleb Zagoriev (Darnitsa). In January this year The pharmaceutical company Darnitsa received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine to purchase more than 50% of the shares of PJSC Scientific and Production Center Borshchagovsky Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plant. Zhebrovskaya expanded Farmak’s business by acquiring a Polish company that specializes in marketing and sales of dietary supplements, which will allow the drugs to be introduced to the EU markets. For the first time, the Forbes club of top hundred millionaires included the owners of large drug distributors Andrey Gubsky (Optima-Pharm, LTD), Alexander Dityatkovsky and Alexander Sukhodolsky (BaDM), Valery Kondruk (Pharmplanet).
The enormous potential of the Ukrainian IT outsourcing and e-commerce markets has not yet been reflected in the ranking of the richest. The reason is not only the high fragmentation of the industry, but also the lack of motivation for the leaders of young markets to disclose the ownership structure and real financial results. Thus, the only representative of the “new generation” - the founder of Rozetka, Vladislav Chechetkin, entered the top 100 for the first time, but with an approximate assessment of the value of assets, calculated based on the share of the online supermarket in the market, as well as the expected volume of attracted investments from Horizon Capital.
Bifurcation point
Summarizing the analysis of structural changes in the top 100 list over previous years, we can trace several significant trends and metamorphoses.
Firstly, the merging of economic capital with political capital, although it contributes to a rise to the first steps of the rating, can cause serious damage after a change of signs in the offices of power. Only a few “classic” oligarchs managed to maintain their heights stably for a long period, without sales, while continuing to conduct their business legally.
Secondly, there is a clear trend towards the redistribution of capital, caused not only by changes in the political landscape, but also by more fundamental reasons, such as war, reversal in export directions, stagnation of commodity markets and new role Ukraine in the global labor distribution market. The traditional sources of income for the “old rich” are quickly drying up: metallurgy, the chemical industry and mechanical engineering. The agricultural, pharmaceutical and IT sectors look more promising.
Thirdly, the listed changes significantly affect not only the future of private capital, but also the fate of the country. The subsequent path of development depends on the strategic decisions of large owners: either we, by inertia, return to agrarian feudalism, or we are trying to jump on the high-speed train of the fourth industrial revolution.
