Melnichenko topped the rating of Russian billionaires according to Forbes

The rating of the richest Russians according to Forbes this year was headed by the founder of EuroChem and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko. About it informs Forbes magazine.

Melnichenko’s fortune is estimated at $25.2 billion, which exceeds last year’s level twice. Forbes explains the increase in Melnichenko’s fortune by the increase in the cost of EuroChem against the background of the fact that after the start of the special operation in Ukraine, fertilizers became especially in demand.

It is specified that Melnichenko topped this rating for the first time, in 2022 he was in 9th place. Last year, the first place was occupied by the owner NLMK Vladimir Lisin. This year, he took third place, his fortune increased by $3.7 billion over the year, to $22.1 billion.

In the world ranking Melnichenko is in 58th place. LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault is in first place with an estimated net worth of $211 billion. This year, he displaced Twitter owner and Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk ($180 billion) in first place, now he is in second place. The top three also included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ($125.5 billion).