Bloomberg: the wealth of the richest businessmen in Russia has increased by $16.1 billion since the beginning of 2023

This year, the fortune of Russian billionaires has increased by $16.1 billion, follows from the published Bloomberg index of the richest people in the world (Bloomberg Billionaires Index). The calculation is made, among other things, on the basis of the value of shares of companies owned by billionaires.

According to the agency’s calculations, Vagit Alekperov, the head and main owner of LUKOIL, earned the most since the beginning of the year — the increase was $2.5 billion, and his fortune increased to $17.9 billion. also included the main owner of Severstal Alexey Mordashov (an increase of $1.54 billion) and the head of Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin (+$1.32 billion).

Since the beginning of the year, the owner of Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk (+$1.16 billion), co-owner and chairman of the board of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson (+$1.12 billion) and the founder of the USM holding Alisher Usmanov (+$1.06 billion) also earned more than $1 billion since the beginning of the year.

According to Forbes, Alexey Mordashov suffered the biggest financial losses in 2022 — almost $11 billion. The top 10 impoverished Russian billionaires last year also included Vagit Alekperov, who lost $5.1 billion, and Tatyana Bakalchuk, who became impoverished by $8. 3 billion

Erdni Kagaltynov