It's no secret that Russia is a very vast country around the world.Of course, the number of resident population, China ahead of the rest, but the size of the Russian Federation is unparalleled.The rich variety of the country's land resources gush huge opportunities for the development of sectors of activity.Oil, metallurgical and gas industry galloping pace gaining a high position in the global market, allowing their owners to become rich, and add to the list of millionaires in Russia.It is not surprising that the vastness of the country conceal huge number of wealthy people.
richest man in Russia according versed in such affairs magazine Forbes - Alisher Usmanov.This is familiar to the public as the owner of the holding "Metalloinvest", CEO of the largest and most famous in the world Russian gas company "Gazprom", the owner of nearly 40% stake in the social network "Vkontakte" and 30% of the shares of "Arsenal".Prior to this position Usmanov ranking is Vladimir Lisin.Alisher Usmanov owns assets worth more than eighteen billion dollars.
second leading rating "The richest man in Russia" takes, according to some authoritative publications, Mikhail Fridman.This person is the owner of the main stake in the holding company "Alfa Group".His financial and commercial fortune is estimated at 16.5 billion US dollars."Iron" magnate Vladimir Lisin, until that time occupied the top spot of the list, "the richest man in Russia," competes with Friedman and, according to some, he is the second "Rockefeller" of the country.Condition shareholder of Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant, the author of numerous books and publications ranges from 16 "green" billion.
should be noted that from month to month, a variety of publications "converted" other people's money, and edit lists, so it is likely that even yesterday's winner of the silver medal in the race for the title of "The richest man of Russia" today might find himself on the honorthird.It is in such a position was another steel maker with his "iron" 15 billion - Alexei Mordashov.
closes the top ten richest people in the country Leonid Michelson (some publications give him an honorable third place), nestled in the oil and gas pipes.Compared with last year, its capital increased almost 3 billion, which is not bad in the economic crisis.
course, a kind of game of "Who is the richest man in Russia?" Is a bit like a TV game "Who is the weakest link?", Only in this financial game participants not only eliminated, but also join the ranks of billionaires.I want to pay special attention to young talents, who managed to make a fortune in the modern IT-technology.It Evgeny Kaspersky (as his name is not hard to guess what the boy has earned his billions), a classmate of Paul Durov and, concurrently, the co-owner of the social web "Vkontakte" Vyacheslav Mirilashili Arkady Volozh (founder of rival Google - the search engine Yandex).
The list of billionaires and the country has a woman's name - Yelena Baturina, the wife of Yuri Luzhkov.Beznesledi crossed one billion mark and is the only representative of the fairer sex in Russia, is a page ranking Forbes.
