In March 2019, the famous Forbes magazine published the next annual ranking of the 200 richest people in Russia. For our readers, we have presented a list of the 10 wealthiest Russian oligarchs of our time.

10. Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich | $12.4 billion

Russian entrepreneur Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich opens the top ten largest oligarchs in the country for this year. His personal fortune is estimated at $12.4 billion, up $1.6 billion from last year. In the Forbs world list, Abramovich took the 128th position in the rating. He is one of the leading businessmen and statesman.

9. Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov | $12.6 billion

On the ninth line of financial magnates in 2019. The fortune of the entrepreneur at the beginning of 2019 was $12.6 billion. In the world ranking, the Russian took 118th place. The main assets of the billionaire are concentrated in the metallurgy and Internet industries. He owns the Metalloinvest holding and the mail.ru Group holding, which includes mail.ru, social networks Vkontakte, Odnoklassniki, My world and other services. Usmanov also owns a number of TV channels and radio stations, the Kommersant publishing house, and so on. Such vast assets have allowed one of the leading rich to hold on to leading positions among the oligarchs for several years in a row. Alisher Burkhanovich actively takes part in the country's charitable activities and is the owner of many awards.

8. Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko | $13.8 billion

In seventh place among the richest people in the country in 2019 is Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko. His fortune today is estimated at 13.8 billion dollars. In the world ranking according to Forbes Russian entrepreneur, industrialist and philanthropist ranks 111th. Its main activity is the production of fertilizers in Eurochem and coal-energy SUEK - the largest world-class companies.

7. Mikhail Maratovich Fridman | $15 billion

The big entrepreneur has been ranked seventh on the list of the richest people in Russia for the fourth year in a row. His capital is estimated at 15 billion dollars. In the world ranking, the billionaire managed to take 98th place. He is a co-owner and also chairman of the Alfa Group consortium, which includes Alfa Bank, Alfa Capital, Alfa Insurance, Alfa Eco, etc. In addition, Fridman is a member of the Supervisory Board of VimpelCom Ltd, the founder of the Bureau of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress and a member of the Public Chamber of the 2006 convocation.

6. Vladimir Olegovich Potanin | $18.1 billion

The $18.1 billion Russian oligarch and politician ranked sixth among the most powerful people in Russia in 2019. Among all the rich people in the world, the Russian took 88th place. Compared to last year, the billionaire's fortune has decreased by 3.3 billion. He is the owner and president of one of the largest companies, Interros, a shareholder of the Rambler group, and is also the general director of Norilsk Nickel MMC.

Vladimir Olegovich actively takes part in the social and charitable activities of the country. This is one of the first entrepreneurs in Russia who joined the philanthropic campaign “Giving Pledge” and expressed a desire to donate half of his fortune to charity. Potanin owns many awards for services to the Fatherland.

5. Gennady Nikolaevich Timchenko | $20.1 billion

The Russian businessman took fifth place this year among the richest people in the country. As of 2019, the capital of the tycoon amounted to 20.1 billion dollars. For 5 years, he managed to increase his capital by 5 times. In the world ranking Timchenko takes 85th place. He is the founder and main shareholder of the investment group Volga Group, which unites companies from the fields of energy, transport and infrastructure construction. Through the Volga Group, Gennady Nikolayevich owns a 23% stake in the Novatek gas production company.

4. Alexey Alexandrovich Mordashov | $20.5 billion

He is ranked fourth among the richest people in Russia and 71st in the world ranking compiled by Forbes in 2019. Its capital is estimated at 20.5 billion dollars. He is the owner of the metallurgical company Severstal, the general director of CJSC Severgroup and the chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Power Machines. The billionaire owns a 23% stake in the travel company TUI Group. In 2014, the Russian was recognized as the best speaker in the global steel industry. Alexey Alexandrovich owns many awards for services to the state.

3. Vagit Yusufovich Alikperov | $20.7 billion

In third place among the richest people in Russia in 2019 is. The personal capital of the oligarch today is 20.7 billion dollars, which allows him to occupy the 65th line of the world ranking. Back in 2015, with a fortune of 12.2 billion, the entrepreneur held his position in sixth place among the richest Russians. He is the president and co-owner of one of the leading Russian oil companies Lukoil. He has many honorary awards for services to the country.

2. Vladimir Sergeyevich Lisin | $21.3 billion

He took the second line in the rating of financial magnates of Russia. The entrepreneur owns a capital of 21.3 billion dollars and takes 63rd place in the world ranking compiled by Forbes. Among its main assets are shares of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works and the transport and logistics holding Universal Cargo Logistics Holding.

1. Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson | $24 billion

American Forbes on Tuesday, March 1, published the annual, anniversary - 30th in a row - rating of world billionaires. The list includes 77 representatives of Russia, 11 less than a year earlier: big business continues to suffer losses due to the economic crisis, the collapse of oil prices and the sanctions war with the West. Leonid Mikhelson, co-owner of Novatek and Sibur, headed the Russian part of the rating - for the first time in history. Read more about the ten richest Russians and four newcomers from Russia on the list - in our gallery.

1. Leonid Mikhelson

Wealth: $14.4 billion

YoY change: + $2.7 billion

Place in the world ranking: 60 Leonid Mikhelson is the main shareholder of the largest independent gas producer in Russia, Novatek, and the petrochemical holding Sibur. He also owns a minority stake in Promsvyazbank. Mikhelson's partner in Novatek and Sibur is Gennady Timchenko. Another co-owner of the petrochemical holding is Kirill Shamalov, who is referred to by the media as the alleged husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter of Vladimir Putin. Shamalov acquired a stake in Sibur from Timchenko - after US sanctions were imposed against an old acquaintance of the Russian president. At the end of 2015, the Chinese Sinopec acquired 10% of Sibur for $1.3 billion. Mikhelson is an avid art collector and sponsors exhibitions in Russia and the United States. His father was the director of the construction trust "Kuibyshevtruboprovodstroy" - the largest in the system of the Ministry of Construction of the Oil and Gas Industry of the USSR.

2. Mikhail Fridman

Wealth: $13.3 billion

Change for the year: - $1.3 billion

Place in the world ranking: 63 Together with his longtime - since student days - business partners German Khan and Alexei Kuzmichev, he controls Alfa Group, Russia's largest financial and industrial investment group. In 2013, the state-owned Rosneft bought 50% of oil TNK-BP, which billionaires owned on a parity basis with British BP, from Mikhail Fridman, Viktor Vekselberg and Leonard Blavatnik for $28 billion. Fridman bailed out $5.1 billion from the deal. In 2013, this money was partly used to launch a new Alfa structure - the LetterOne Holdings S. A. (L1) holding, which had foreign assets of the investment group on its balance sheet and which was entrusted with control over M & A transactions abroad. In particular, in 2015 L1 acquired the German oil and gas company Dea RWE for $5.7 billion Among the largest projects of Alfa is the second largest Russian retailer X5, shares in the telecommunications holdings VimpelCom and Turkcell. A native of Ukraine, Friedman moved to Moscow as a young man to attend university. In 1989, together with Khan and Kuzmichev, he founded the Alfa-Eco company, which laid the foundation for the construction of one of the main business empires in Russia. Two years later, the partners created Alfa-Bank, now the largest private bank in the country.

3. Alisher Usmanov

Wealth: $12.5 billion

Change for the year: - $1.9 billion

World ranking: 73 Alisher Usmanov, who has topped Russia's Forbes list for several consecutive years, runs one of the country's most sprawling business empires. Among its assets are the metallurgical holding Metalloinvest, Russia's second largest mobile operator Megafon, and the publishing house Kommersant. In 2014, the billionaire sold 12% of the USM Holdings management holding to his longtime junior business partners and key top managers. Usmanov is a member of a number of important lobbying organizations, including the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. In 2013, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree. One of Facebook's early investors, three years ago, the businessman sold all the shares of the social network and focused on Chinese assets - he has a stake in the Alibaba online retailer, Usmanov invested $ 500 million in smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi. The billionaire is also a co-owner of the London football club Arsenal. In 2015, Usmanov more often appeared in the headlines in connection with his public initiatives: he borrowed 1 billion rubles from the Russian Football Union to help the organization pay off Italian coach Fabio Capello.

4. Vladimir Potanin

Wealth: $12.1 billion

Change for the year: - $3.3 billion

Place in the world ranking: 78 Last year's leader of the Russian Forbes list Vladimir Potanin, a former employee of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, in 1991 met his future partner Mikhail Prokhorov, then head of the Soviet International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC). In 1993, the partners created Oneximbank, which lured IBEC to serve its clients. Oneximbank has become a platform for the construction of the Interros holding. At the loans-for-shares auctions, the tandem of billionaires gained control of the metallurgical giant MMC Norilsk Nickel and the Sidanco oil company. In 2007, Potanin and Prokhorov decided to split the business. Potanin, a former deputy prime minister in Viktor Chernomyrdin's government and George Soros' investment partner in Svyazinvest, has concentrated his assets in Interros. 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. In May 2014, Potanin divorced his wife Natalia and married a second time to a subordinate named Ekaterina, the couple already had a child. Natalia filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband - she demands 50% of the billionaire's assets. In the fall of 2015, the Moscow City Court dismissed the claim, Natalia challenged this decision on appeal. The litigation continues.

5. Gennady Timchenko

Wealth: $11.4 billion

YoY change: + $0.7 billion

Place in the world ranking: 85 Co-founder of Gunvor Group, one of the world's largest commodity traders, Gennady Timchenko sold 43% of the company's shares to another of its founders Torbjorn Tornkvist in March 2014, the day before he was on the US sanctions list - according to the authorities USA, the billionaire is in the inner circle of Vladimir Putin. Timchenko, in response to Washington's actions, only stated that "everything in this life has to be paid for, including friendship with the president." In 2015, he continued the sale of assets, including shares in the SK Most and ARKS construction companies and the Sogaz insurance holding. Timchenko's assets today are shares in the Sibur petrochemical holding, the Transoil railway operator and the Stroytransgaz construction group. The businessman also chairs the board of directors of the Kontinental Hockey League and is president of the St. Petersburg hockey club SKA, winner of the 2015 Gagarin Cup.

6. Alexey Mordashov

Wealth: $10.9 billion

Change for the year: - $2.1 billion

Place in the world ranking: 93 Alexey Mordashov, the main owner of the metallurgical giant Severstal, left the post of the company's CEO in 2015 after nineteen years at the helm. He also guaranteed Russian President Vladimir Putin that he would refrain from short-sighted investments (against the backdrop of the sale of Severstal's North American assets). In addition to the steel industry, Mordashov's business empire extends to tourism (operator TUI), gold mining (Nordgold), heavy engineering ("Power Machines"). A hereditary metallurgist, he literally grew up at the enterprise, quickly built a career and became a financial director, and then bought up shares and became the main owner of Severstal himself. Mordashov is a member of the boards of trustees of the Bolshoi Theatre, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Valaam Monastery and the National Chess Federation. He speaks fluent German and is interested in poetry, art and winter sports.

7. Viktor Vekselberg

Wealth: $10.5 billion

Change for the year: - $3.7 billion

Place in the world ranking: 98 The Russian authorities entrusted Viktor Vekselberg with one of the most ambitious projects - the innovation city of Skolkovo: the billionaire heads the fund of the same name, which oversees the development of the national analogue of Silicon Valley. Since 2010, the fund has issued grants, including to Vekselberg structures, including $13 million for Hevel, an innovative energy company. In 2013, the businessman, together with billionaire partners Mikhail Fridman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold a 50% stake in TNK-BP to the state-owned Rosneft for $28 billion and received $7 billion from the deal. He spent part of the funds on the purchase of 25% in the Swiss steel company Schmolz + Bickenbach. In 2014, the entrepreneur also acquired Octo Telematics, an Italian manufacturer of software for insurers. Vekselberg has a 6.2% stake in Bank of Cyprus. His industrial conglomerate Renova is a strategic investor in the Swiss market. Among the main assets are shares in the industrial groups Oerlikon and Sulzer. In 2015, Vekselberg spent nearly $1 billion to double his stake in Sulzer to 63%. A native of Ukraine, the future billionaire earned his first money selling scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the holding company SUAL. In 2007, SUAL merged assets with the Rusal group and mining Glencore - this is how the world's largest aluminum producer UC Rusal was born, where the billionaire retains a minority stake. In addition, Vekselberg has stakes in petrochemical, consumer and telecommunications businesses. He owns a large collection of art, including nine Faberge Easter eggs, which the billionaire bought from the Forbes family for $100 million. In November 2013, Vekselberg opened a private museum in St. Petersburg, where he exhibited his treasures. In February 2014, the businessman presented a three-room apartment in the Azimut Hotel he built in Sochi to Olympic figure skating champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov. Athletes will need their own housing in the capital of the 2014 Games in order to realize the dream of creating a children's school, the philanthropist reasoned. In 2015, Renova handed over Azimuth to the All-Russian Children's Center.

8. Vladimir Lisin

Wealth: $9.3 billion

Change for the year: - $2.3 billion

Place in the world ranking: 116 Vladimir Lisin made a fortune in steel and freight. He began his career as an electrician in the Yuzhkuzbassugol association. After graduating from the institute, he worked at metallurgical enterprises, went from assistant to a steelmaker to deputy general director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant. In 1991, together with his leader, who became the Minister of Metallurgy, the future billionaire moved to Moscow. He soon became a partner in the Trans-World Group, which grew within a few years into Russia's leading exporter of aluminum and steel. By that time, Lisin had accumulated rich experience in the management of metallurgical production, so that during the division of assets in 2000, he naturally received ownership of the industry giant, the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works. The billionaire also controls the logistics holding UCL, which owns Freight One. His most famous hobby outside of business is shooting: Lisin built Europe's largest shooting complex, Lisya Nora, in the Moscow region. In January 2016, the billionaire lashed out at the Russian defense industry for lack of competencies in the production of sporting firearms.

9. Vagit Alekperov

Wealth: $8.9 billion

Change for the year: - $3.3 billion

World ranking: 124 Vagit Alekperov heads Lukoil, the largest independent oil producer in Russia, which is exploring the West Qurna-2 field in Iraq, one of the most promising in the world. In 2016, the company plans to invest $1.5 billion in the development of its projects Alekperov is not considered the closest associate of Vladimir Putin, but this did not save Lukoil from US sanctions - restrictions against the company were introduced in September 2014. The main owner of the company plans to transfer the share by inheritance to his son Yusuf - on the condition that he does not sell the asset and the family remains the largest co-owner of the oil giant. Having passed all the career steps 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 major fields and founded Lukoil. Alekperov is the author of the book "Russian Oil: Past, Present and Future" and the founder of the fund for regional social programs "Our Future", which actively supports social entrepreneurship.

10. Herman Khan Worth: $8.7 billion

YoY change: + $0.8 billion

Place in the world ranking: 128 German Khan, together with Mikhail Fridman and Alexei Kuzmichev, owns Alfa Group, the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. He worked for a long time as the executive director of the oil company TNK-BP, which he left in March 2013 after the state-owned Rosneft bought out a 50% stake in Alfa and its partners for $28 billion. Khan received $3.3 billion from the deal. In 2013, together with other Alfa members, he used part of the funds to create LetterOne Holdings S.A. (L1), which specializes in investments in foreign assets (for example, the German oil and gas company DEA). Khan joined the board of directors of L1. The company's head office is located in London - in the same place in 2010, the billionaire bought a mansion worth $ 91 million. A native of Kyiv, he moved to Moscow with admission to the university. Together with Fridman and Kuzmichev, Khan founded the Alfa-Eco trader in 1989. Two years later, the partners created Alfa-Bank, now the largest private bank in Russia. In the late 1990s, Alfa gained control of TNK and entered into a joint venture with British BP. Other assets of the group include mobile operator VimpelCom and retailer X5 Retail Group.

Wealth: $1.2 billion

Leonid Boguslavsky has been in the IT business since the mid-1980s. In the early 1990s, he managed to be Boris Berezovsky's partner at LogoVAZ and the Russian representative of the Oracle software corporation. In 1993, the businessman exchanged a stake in LogoVAZ for a subsidiary of the company, the LVZ system integrator. Four years later, Boguslavsky sold LVZ to the auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers for $10 million. The entrepreneur made the bulk of his fortune on successful venture investments, the most successful of which, in the Russian search giant Yandex, was made in the early 2000s. Boguslavsky invests through Ru-Net and RTP Ventures funds. Among his latest investments are the German Delivery Hero, the American DataDog and FreeCharge, and the Indian SnapDeal.

Newcomer: Kirill Shamalov

Wealth: $1.2 billion

Kirill Shamalov is the youngest son of an old acquaintance of Vladimir Putin, co-owner of Rossiya Bank Nikolai Shamalov. According to media reports, he is allegedly the husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter of the President of Russia. Shamalov Jr. is a graduate of St. Petersburg State University. At the age of 26, he became vice president of the Sibur petrochemical holding. In 2014, the entrepreneur acquired 17% of Sibur from another longtime acquaintance of Putin, billionaire Gennady Timchenko. In total, today Kirill Shamalov owns 21.3% of the holding - he is the second co-owner of Sibur after Leonid Mikhelson. In December 2015, the Chinese state company Sinopec acquired 10% of Sibur for $1.339 billion.

10. German Borisovich Khan

The fortune of German Borisovich is estimated at 8.7 billion dollars. This year, the value of his assets has decreased by 800 million. In the world, the tenth representative of the Russian Federation occupies 128th place. Co-owner of a well-known financial and industrial group with a turnover of 2.8 billion dollars. He also manages L1 Energy. This is a company that invests in the oil and gas industry.

Over the past ten years, constantly being in the top 15 richest people in Russia. Married, has two sons and daughters.

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The value of assets in his personal possession is estimated at 8.9 billion. Among the world leaders in terms of earned funds, he is in 124th place.

This year, the oligarch has lost three positions. Previously, the state was estimated at 12.2 billion, which made it possible to take sixth place in the ranking. Co-owner of the well-known 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. The owner of various awards from the Government of the Russian Federation.

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The total value of assets held in journalistic data is 9.3 billion. In the world list, he was given 116th position. The current year allowed to enter the rating of the richest people in Russia 2016 Forbes. 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 appeared in Forbes magazine as the richest man in Russia. He is married and has three sons. He actively collects Kasli iron castings.

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Vekselberg deserved the 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.

Under his control is the Skolkovo Foundation. Additionally, he is a key figure in a group of companies called Renova. Previously, he sold shares of one of his companies at an affordable 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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He was already included in the list of the richest people in Russia in 2016. Among the world's rich, it ranks 93rd. The oligarch's assets are estimated at 10.9 billion. Under his leadership is the Severstal company, and also manages the large Sever Group company. Owns a 26% stake in a well-known travel company from Germany TUI Group. He is fluent in both English and German.

In his 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, thanks and other awards.

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Under his management is 11.4 billion. Thanks to the ability to properly invest and accumulate capital, the last five years have allowed him to increase the value of assets five times.

On the world stage, it takes 85th place. Under his control 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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His capital is estimated at 12.1 billion, respectively, a place in the rating is secured. Among the world leaders in wealth, it ranks 78th. Compared to previous years, its assets have decreased in value by approximately $3.3 billion.
Under his control is the company Interros, which carries out private investments. Additionally, Norilsk Nickel is listed as an asset. Earlier, 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 in the Government of the Russian Federation, and is also involved in charity work and public projects. Over the years, he received many orders and awards.

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The three leaders of the rating are opened by the famous businessman Usmanov Alisher Burkhanovich, whose journalists counted 12.5 billion. Among the richest people in the world, he is on the 73rd line. The main source of income is metallurgy, where Metalloinvest holding is the main asset, as well as modern technologies with the mail.ru Group asset. In addition, a large number of publishing houses, TV channels, and radio stations are owned.
For three consecutive years from 2012 to 2014, Alisher Usmanov was the richest businessman in Russia. The assets, which include products of modern technology, allowed him to increase capital and stay at the top of the ratings of the richest people for such a long time.

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One of the co-owners of the well-known holding Alfa Group. 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 made it impossible to reach the first position among the richest people in the Russian Federation. Actively participates in both social and political activities. Constantly supports the European Jewish Foundation, which provides support to the Jewish population of Europe.

1. Mikhelson Leonid Viktorovich

Forbes magazine put Mikhelson Leonid Viktorovich 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 vigorous activity and investing in various assets have made it possible to increase 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, which operates in the petrochemical industry. Additionally, he has shares in Promsvyazbank. He was awarded various orders and medals.

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The richest people in the world according to Forbes for 2016

The influential American publication Forbes published a rating on March 1. In total, the list included 1810 influential personalities whose fortune exceeds $1 billion.

10. Charles Koch | Wealth 39.6 billion dollars

One of the most influential people in the United States are the brothers Charles and David Koch. They were ranked 9th and 10th in the ranking of the richest people in the world according to Forbes. They own the family diversified holding Koch Industries, whose revenue is $115 billion annually. Koch Industries provides pipeline construction, building 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 to the development of education. Charles Koch's fortune is 39.6 billion - exactly the same as his brother.

9. David Koch | Wealth 39.6 billion dollars

Charles's brother, as mentioned above, is a co-owner of the Koch Industries holding and its vice president. The capital of the businessman as of March 2016 amounted to 39.6 billion dollars. 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 squares after a businessman, thus showing his respect to one of the Kochs, who donated money for its reconstruction. Compared to last year, the brothers suffered a loss in personal wealth: each lost 3.3 billion US dollars.

8. Michael Bloomberg | Wealth 40.5 billion dollars

An American businessman with a fortune of $ 40.5 billion is in eighth place among the richest people in the world. The former mayor of New York is the founder and owner of the Bloomberg agency. The oligarch is considered one of the largest philanthropists who donated about 4 billion to charities. 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.

7. Larry Ellison | Wealth 43.6 billion dollars

An American with a capital of 43.6 billion US dollars is ranked seventh among the largest oligarchs in the world according to Forbes magazine. At the moment, 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 USA. 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 dollars.

6. Mark Zuckerberg | Wealth 44.6 billion dollars

The American founder of the Facebook social network and its leader is on the sixth line among the richest people in the world. The state of the young oligarch is currently estimated at $44.6 billion. Over the past 12 months, the increase in the capital of an American has amounted to more than 11 billion. The billionaire is going to donate 99% of Facebook shares to charity.

5. Jeff Bezos | Wealth 45.2 billion dollars

An American with a capital of 45.2 billion dollars ranks fifth among the wealthiest people in the world 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 and also the head of the Amazon online store. In addition, he owns the publishing house The Washington Post. The multimillionaire is one of the largest investors. Bezos prefers to invest in the development of Twitter, AirBNB, UBER, Rethink Robotics and other promising projects.

4. Carlos Slim Elu | Wealth 50 billion dollars

The Mexican took fourth place this year among the richest people in the world. The personal fortune of the oligarch is about 50 billion dollars. This year has brought the oligarch impressive 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. In addition, the tycoon controls the conglomerate Grupo Carso, Grupo Financiero Inbursa and the Ideal financial structure.

3. Warren Buffett | Wealth 60.8 billion dollars

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 has suffered significant losses, which are estimated at almost 12 billion. The tycoon's investment portfolio is quite extensive, but the main areas in which he works are oil, metallurgy and food products. Last year, the American acquired the metallurgical holding Precision Castparts. This is one of the best deals in his business. Buffett also actively buys shares of oil companies and invests in Burger King and Tim Hortons chains.

2. Omancio Ortega | Wealth 67 billion dollars

The Spanish businessman with a capital of $ 67 billion is currently second in the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in the world. He is the founder and owner of the Zara chain of stores, which are known for quality clothing at fairly low prices. It is this factor, according to experts, that helped the oligarch not only stay afloat, but also increase his income during the crisis. To date, the company owns about 5,000 stores in 77 countries around the world. Ortega is a major investor, with most of his finances invested in real estate in London, Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Florida, the gas industry, banks and tourism. In 2015, according to Forbs magazine, he was the richest man in the world with a fortune of $ 79 billion. Ortega is a recipient of the Order of Civil Merit.

1. Bill Gates | Wealth 75 billion dollars

The American leads the ranking of the richest people in the world as of March 1, 2016. His personal net worth is estimated at $75 billion, slightly less than last year. Over the past 12 months, the billionaire has suffered losses of about 4 billion. The founder of Microsoft is one of the largest investors. The shareholder's income is growing not only due to the activities of Microsoft. The oligarch receives the lion's share of the profit from investments in engineering, railways, waste processing, etc. Gates is one of the largest philanthropists. Over the entire existence of his philanthropic fund, about 31.5 billion dollars have been directed to charitable needs.

What else to see:

60-year-old Bill Gates for the seventeenth time in the last 22 years topped the list of the richest people in the world according to Forbes. At the same time, his fortune decreased by $4.2 billion, to $75 billion, according to the thirtieth annual rating of the magazine.

Zara founder Amancio Ortega came in second with $64.5 billion, up $0.5 billion over the year, and investor Warren Buffett rounded out the top three with $60.8 billion, down $11.9 billion. In fourth place was the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim with a result of $50 billion, having lost almost a third of his fortune (about $27.1 billion) in a year.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos climbed from 15th to 5th place ($45.2 billion, an increase of $10.4 billion), the head of Facebook - from 16th to 6th position ($44.6 billion, an increase of $11.2 billion).

The 2016 Forbes list included 77 representatives of Russia, which is 11 people less than a year earlier. For the first time, the Russian part of the rating was headed by the co-owner of Novatek and Sibur, Leonid Mikhelson (60th place in the general list, $14.4 billion), displacing Vladimir Potanin from this position, who dropped to fourth place (78th place in the general list, $12.1 billion). billion).
The second line in the list of the richest Russians was occupied by Mikhail Fridman ($13.3 billion, a fall of $1.3 billion for the year, 63rd place in the general list), the third - Alisher Usmanov ($12.5 billion, minus $1.9 billion for the year, 73 place on the list).
The third position in the ranking of the richest citizens of Russia was taken by Alisher Usmanov (Metalloinvest, Megafon, Kommersant), who headed the Russian segment of the rating for several years in a row. His fortune is estimated at $12.5 billion.
Roman Abramovich took 12th place in the Russian segment of the rating and 151st place in the overall list ($7.6 billion, a drop of $1.5 billion). The founder of Magnit, Sergei Galitsky, was ranked 16th in the Russian rating and 219th in the general list ($5.7 billion, a drop of $2.6 billion).