Enterprise and project management. The wives of the richest Russian businessmen and officials (29 photos) The richest man in the world 200
Each year, Forbes magazine compiles a rating richest people Russia, and most notably, almost all of the participants in the rating are married. We invite you to look at the wives of the richest people in our country, who stand behind the most influential men in our country.
Irina Viner, 69 years old
Spouse: Alisher Usmanov, 64 Founder of USM Holdings, which unites assets in the mining industry and metallurgy, telecommunications, controls the publishing house Kommersant, and also owns 30.2% of the shares of the London football club Arsenal
Condition: 15.5 billion dollars (5th place in Forbes ranking"200 richest businessmen Russia ")
Sandra Melnichenko, 40 years old
Spouse: Andrey Melnichenko, 45 years old. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eurochem, SUEK (Siberian Coal Energy Company) and Siberian Generating Company
Condition: $ 11.4 billion (9th place in the Forbes ranking of "200 richest businessmen in Russia")
Elena Perminova, 31 years old
Civilian spouse: Alexander Lebedev, 57 years old. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Reserve Corporation, co-owner of several newspapers
Condition: 400 million dollars (188th place in the Forbes rating "200 richest businessmen in Russia")
Marina Dobrynina, 58 years old
Spouse: Viktor Vekselberg, 60 years old. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova Group of Companies, President of the Skolkovo Foundation
Condition: $ 13.4 billion (10th place in the Forbes ranking of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Elena Feigin, 38 years old
Spouse: Yan Yanovsky, 39 years old. Investment banker, one of the founders of Bioenergy Corporation and First Nation Societe Bancaire, member of the Board of Directors of several Russian companies
Irina Agalarova, about 62 years old (in the photo: second from the left, together with her son Emin, daughter Sheila and husband Araz)
Spouse: Araz Agalarov, 61 years old. President of Crocus Group
Condition: $ 1.8 billion (51st place in the Forbes ranking of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Olga Karput, 34 years old
Spouse: Pavel Te, 54 years old. Co-owner of Capital Group
Condition: $ 0.1 billion
Margarita Lieva, 33 years old
Spouse: Eduard Taran, 49 years old. Owner of RATM Holding, which includes the Ekran plant and the Gidromash enterprise, President of the Russian Business Club
Condition: 800 million dollars
Lyudmila Lisina, 61 years old
Spouse: Vladimir Lisin, 61 years old. Owner of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant and the transport and logistics holding Universal Cargo Logistics Holding
Condition: 1.6 billion dollars (3rd place in the Forbes rating of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Ekaterina Potanina, 42 years old
Spouse: Vladimir Potanin, 56 years old. Co-owner of Norilsk Nickel, the largest producer of nickel and palladium in the world
Condition: 1.4 billion dollars (8th place in the Forbes ranking of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Natalia Davydova (about 34 years old, hides the exact age)
Spouse: Ivan Streshinsky, 48 years old. Alisher Usmanov's partner, CEO of USM Advisors and one of the richest top managers in Russia according to Forbes magazine
Condition: dollar millionaire (salary - $ 15 million a year)
Elena Timchenko (exact age unknown)
Spouse: Gennady Timchenko, 64 years old. Member of the Board of Directors of OJSC Novatek Fortune: $ 1.6 billion (5th place in the Forbes rating of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Condition: 14.2 billion dollars (10th place in the Forbes rating of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Elena Likhach (Skoch) (about 40, exact age unknown)
Spouse: Andrey Skoch, 51 years old. Co-owner of CJSC Gazmetall, co-owner of Metalloinvest, deputy of the State Duma
Condition: 7.9 billion dollars (17th place in the Forbes rating of 200 richest businessmen in Russia)
Victoria Manasir, 35 years old
Spouse: Ziyad Manasir, 51 years old. Founder of the Manaseer Group, which is engaged in construction, oil production and refining and other businesses
Condition: 600 million dollars (140th place in the Forbes rating "200 richest businessmen in Russia")
Natalya Yakimchik, 32 years old
Spouse: Valery Shevchuk, 50 years old. Former head of the Moscow Heritage Committee and former vice-president of the Moscow Chamber of Commerce and Industry, deputy general director of ETK-Invest LLC
Condition: dollar millionaire (exact amount unknown)
“First of all, I am an entrepreneur, not a blogger,” says Dmitry Portnyagin, the owner of several large businesses, including the Chinese export-import company Transitplus, the travel company Transformator Travel and the Choice design studio. He decided to start a YouTube channel "Transformer" in 2016, since then its audience has reached more than 1 million viewers. We met with Dmitry in the center of Moscow, Audi City Moscow, to talk about business, ambitions and cars.
You started your first business in China. How did it all begin?
Among my first jobs was this: I worked as a guide in China, drove groups of 45 people. On trips, I bought goods and resold them at a higher price in Russia. At that time, China was not yet so technologically advanced, and it was more difficult to work with the Chinese: they did not pay attention to quality, they were only interested in quantity.
Do business in China and Russia differ?
It differs very much. We have a combination of personal relationships and business, and the Chinese do not seem to know what a relationship is. It is impossible to be friends with them. If you have problems, then you yourself will solve them. They can be on friendly terms with you for a long time, and then one day you will be disappointed. And for them this is absolutely normal. Moreover, the Chinese are not creators, they are producers. They take something ready-made and produce it cheaply. We say that they steal ideas, and they say they have borrowed. Recently I was at a technology exhibition in Las Vegas, and there the Americans said that they were tearing their hair out because they had been investing in some technology for 15 years, and the Chinese saw it at the presentation and a month later they threw it on the market 4 times. cheaper.
If there is a race between Russia and China for the title of world business power, will China win?
They won't lose! You cannot strangle them, you cannot kill them. You can exile the Chinese and the Russian to the toughest point in the world. The Chinese will survive, the Russian is not a fact.
And if you and the Chinese are exiled? Who will win?
It will be a fierce battle. I lived in China for a long time and learned a lot from them.
Are partnerships with the Chinese possible?
If you are a profitable partner, the Chinese will not jump off you. They courting partners very strongly.
Hello! Today we will talk about the richest people in the world according to Forbes.
TOP 10 richest people in the World 2017 according to Forbes
1. Bill Gates is the richest man in the world
- Condition: 86 billion
- Source of income: Microsoft
- Age: 61
- Country: USA
The founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, owns a 3% stake in his company, which is approximately 13% of his fortune. The rest of the money he earns: investing in the Canadian National railroad, an American engineering company, etc. The richest man in the world.
Forbes tops the list 18 times out of 23. Bill Gates earns $ 6,659 per minute.
- Condition: 75.6 billion
- Source of earnings: Berkshire Hathaway
- Age: 87
- Country: USA
The richest private investor in human history. The main capital is concentrated in Berkshire Hathaway. The largest philanthropist in modern history.
Sells at auction every year the right to have breakfast with him. The last time such a right cost the buyer $ 3 million.
Founder of Facebook and the youngest of the Forbes top 10 billionaires.
- Condition: 54.4 billion
- Source of income: Grupo Carso
- Age: 78
- Country: Mexico
A businessman who is actively involved in telecommunications. From 2010 to 2013, he was the richest man in the world.
- Condition: 52.2 billion
- Source of income: Oracle
- Age: 73
- Country: USA
The businessman who made his fortune on development and implementation software... Before the dot-com crash in 2000, he was one of the three richest people on the planet.
- Condition: 48.3 billion
- Age: 82
- Country: USA
Known as an active politician and sponsor of the US Republican Party. In 2012, he invested 400 million to resist the election of Barack Obama.
- Condition: 48.3 billion
- Source of income: Koch Industries
- Age: 77
- Country: USA
Unlike his brother, he is less interested in politics and is busy with the affairs of the company. Reinvests about $ 110 billion a year in his own business.
- Condition: 47.5 billion
- Source of income: Bloomberg.LP
- Age: 76
- Country: USA
108th mayor of New York, entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Bloomberg news agency. Rounding out the top 10 richest people in the world.
20 richest people in the world according to Forbes
- Condition: 41.5 billion
- Source of income: Louis Vuitton
- Age: 68
- Country: USA
In 2011-2012 he was one of the four richest people in the world.
- Condition: 40.7 billion
- Source of earnings: Google
- Age: 44
- Country: USA
CEO of Google.
- Condition: 39.8
- Source of earnings: Google
- Age: 44
- Country: USA
Developer and co-founder of Google.
- Condition: 39.5 billion
- Source of income: L'Oreal
- Age: 95
- Country: France
The richest woman in the world.
15. Robson Walton
- Condition: 34.1 billion
- Source of earnings: Wal-Mart
- Age: 73
- Country: USA
Head of WalMart Corporation.
- Condition: 34 billion
- Source of income: Arvest
- Age: 69
- Country: USA
Youngest son of the Walton family, chairman of Arvest Bank. Has a stake in Wal-Mart.
Owner of the largest casino chain in Las Vegas. Closes the 20 richest people in the world at the moment.
List of TOP-100 richest people in the world in 2018
21.Steve Ballmer
- Condition: 30 billion
- Source of income: Microsoft
- Age: 61
- Country: USA
From 2000 to 2014 was director general Microsoft Corporation. The richest employee in the world.
22. Georges Lemmann
- Condition: 29.2 billion
- Source of income: Beer business
- Age: 78
- Country: Brazil
The richest Brazilian in the world.
23. Jack Ma
- Condition: 28.3 billion
- Source of income: E-commerce
- Age: 53
- Country: China
Chairman of the Board of the Alibaba Group.
24. Karl Albrecht
- Condition: 27.2 billion
- Age: 85
- Country: Germany
Owns the largest supermarket chain in Germany.
25.David Thomson
- Condition: 27.2 billion
- Source of income: Media
- Age: 60
- Country: Canada
Everyone still considers him the dark horse among all billionaires. The most secretive of all the top 100.
26. Jacqueline Mars
- Condition: 27 billion
- Source of income: Mars
- Age: 78
- Country: USA
Granddaughter of the founder of Mars Incorporated.
27. John Mars
- Condition: 27 billion
- Source of income: Mars
- Age: 82
- Country: USA
Chairman of Mars Incorporated.
28. Phil Knight
- Condition: 26.2 billion
- Source of income: Nike
- Age: 79
- Country: USA
One of the founders of Nike.
29. Maria Franco Fissolo
- Condition: 25.2 billion
- Source of income: Nutella
- Age: 83
- Country: Italy
The richest of all the inhabitants of Italy.
30. George Soros
- Condition: 25.2 billion
- Age: 87
- Country: USA
The man who provoked the fall with his own hands British pound September 16, 1992. He earned over $ 1 billion on this event.
31. Ma Huateng
- Condition: 24.9 billion
- Source of income: Internet Media
- Age: 46
- Country: China
In the list of the most influential people in the world, he is firmly in the top 50.
32. Lee Shawki
- Condition: 24.4 billion
- Source of income: Henderson Land Development Company Limited
- Age: 90
- Country: Hong Kong
Chairman of the Hong Kong Gas Company.
33. Mukesh Ambani
- Condition: 23.2 billion
- Source of income: Reliance Indusries
- Age: 60
- Country: India
For 3 years now, he has been suing his brother over the price of gas delivery.
34. Masayoshi Dream
- Condition: 21.2 billion
- Source of income: Soft Bank
- Age: 60
- Country: Japan
He made his fortune by introducing Internet technologies into business.
35. Kirk Christiansen
- Wealth: 21.1 billion
- Source of income: Lego
- Age: 70
- Country: Denmark
Founder of the Lego company.
36. George Schaeffler
- Condition: 20.7 billion
- Source of income: Schaeffler Group
- Age: 53
- Country: Germany
He made his fortune on bearings.
37. Joseph Safra
- Condition: 20.5 billion
- Source of income: Safra Group
- Age: 79
- Country: Brazil
Owner of a banking empire.
- Condition: 20.4 billion
- Source of income: Dell computers
- Age: 52
- Country: USA
He started working at home, selling homemade modifications to computers.
39. Susan Klatten
- Condition: 20.4 billion
- Age: 55
- Country: Germany
Owns 50% of shares in Altana pharmaceutical company and 12% in BMW.
40. Leonid Blavatnik
- Condition: 20 billion
- Source of income: Access Industries
- Age: 60
- Country: USA
Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress.
41. Lauren Jobs
- Condition: 20 billion
- Source of income: Apple, Disney
- Age: 54
- Country: USA
Founder of a natural food supply company in the USA. Steve Jboss's wife.
42. Paul Allen
- Condition: 19.9 billion
- Source of income: Microsoft and private investment
- Age: 65
- Country: USA
Co-founder of Microsoft.
43. Stephen Perrson
- Condition: 19.6 billion
- Source of income: H&M
- Age: 70
- Country: Sweden
Largest shareholder in H&M, founded by his father.
44. Theo Albrecht
- Condition: 18.8 billion
- Source of income: Supermarkets
- Age: 67
- Country: Germany
Co-founder of a large supermarket chain in Germany, together with his brother Karl.
45. Al-Walid ibn Talal
- Condition: 18.7
- Source of income: Investments
- Age: 62
- Country: Saudi Arabia.
The nephew of the high king. Made a fortune buying stocks.
46. Leonid Mikhelson
- Condition: 18.4 billion
- Source of income: Novatek
- Age: 62
- Country Russia
The richest Russian according to Forbes magazine.
47. Charles Ergen
- Condition: 18.3
- Source of income: EchoStar
- Age: 64
- Country: USA
Made a fortune on satellite TV.
48. Stefan Quandt
- Condition: 18.3 billion
- Source of income: BMW
- Age: 51
- Country: Germany
It is he who owns most of the stake in BMW.
49. James Simons
- Condition: 18 billion
- Source of income: Investments
- Age: 79
- Country: USA
American mathematician and candidate of the Academy of Sciences. Made a fortune trading.
50. Leonardo Del Vechio
- Condition: 17.9 billion
- Source of income: Luxottica
- Age: 82
- Country: Italy
His firm develops and supplies glasses, contact lenses and frames.
51. Alexey Mordashov
- Condition: 17.5
- Source of income: Severstal
- Age: 52
- Country Russia
One of the most recognized and quoted businessmen in Russia and abroad.
52. William Ding
- Condition: 17.3 billion
- Source of income: NetEase
- Age: 46
- Country: China
The richest man in the global gaming industry.
53. Dieter Schwartz
- Condition: 17 billion
- Source of income: Chairman
- Age: 78
- Country: Germany
Dieter actively supports projects in the field of children's education and science.
54. Ray Dalio
- Condition: 16.8 billion
- Source of income: Bridgewater Associates
- Age: 68
- Country: USA
Another genius investor. At the age of 12, he bought shares of Northeast Airlines for $ 300, and within a few years his investment had tripled.
55. Karl Icahn
- Condition: 16.6 billion
- Source of income: Investments
- Age: 81
- Country: USA
He started his career as an ordinary stockbroker. Later he became one of the most sought-after financiers in America.
56. Lakshmi Mittal
- Condition: 16.4 billion
- Source of income: Mittal Steel Company N.V.
- Age: 67
- Country: India
In 2008, he was one of the 4 richest people in the world. Does business in the CIS.
57. Vladimir Lisin
- Condition: 16.1 billion
- Source of income: Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant
- Age: 61
- Country Russia
In 2011, he was recognized as the richest Russian businessman.
58. Serge Dassault
- Condition: 16.1 billion
- Source of income: Groupe Dassault
- Age: 92
- Country: France
Mayor of Corbeil-Eson, a southern suburb of Paris
59. Gennady Timchenko
- Condition: 16 billion
- Source of income: Volga Group
- Age: 65
- Country Russia
Specializes in investments in energy and transport infrastructure.
60. Wai Wei
- Condition: 15.9 billion
- Source of income: investing
- Age: 48
- Country: China
He started to earn money as an ordinary taxi driver.
61. Tadashi Yanai
- Condition: 15.9 billion
- Source of income: Uniclo
- Age: 68
- Country: Japan
Owner of Japan's largest casual wear chain.
62. Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi
- Condition: 15.8 billion
- Source of income: TCC Land
- Age: 73
- Country: Thailand
The beer produced by Charoen's company has become a national symbol.
63. Francois Pinault
- Wealth: 15.7 billion
- Source of income: investments
- Age: 81
- Country: France
One of the richest collectors in the world. His collection is housed in the Venetian palace of Palazzo Grassi.
64. Hinduya family
- Condition: 15 billion
- Source of income: Hinduja Group
- Country: England
The Hinduya company is engaged in the production of automobiles, military equipment and explosives.
65. David and Ruben Herself
- Condition: 15.3 billion
- Source of income: investments
- Age: 75
- Country: England
In 2007, the brothers were on the 8th line of the Forbes list.
66. Donald Bren
- Condition: 15.2 billion
- Source of income: Irvine Company
- Age: 85
- Country: USA
He made his money in the construction business.
67. Alisher Usmanov
- Condition: 15.2 billion
- Source of income: USM Holdings
- Age: 64
- Country Russia
From 2013 to 2015, he topped the list of the richest people in Russia.
68. Lee Gong Hee
- Condition: 15.1 billion
- Source of income: Samsung
- Age: 76
- Country: South Korea
Chairman of the Samsung concern.
69. Thomas and Raymond Kwok
- Condition: 15 billion
- Source of income: Hong Kong's Sun Hung Kai
- Country: Hong Kong
The most recognizable Hong Kong businessmen.
70. Joseph Lau
- Condition: 15 billion
- Source of Wealth: Chinese Estates Holdings
- Age: 66
- Country: Hong Kong
The largest shareholder of a real estate holding in Hong Kong.
71. Gina Reinhart
- Condition: 15 billion
- Source of income: Hancock Prospecting
- Age: 63
- Country: Australia
Richest man in Australia.
72. Azim Premji
- Condition: 14.9 billion
- Source of income: Wipro Limited
- Age: 72
- Country: India
Engaged in software development in India. He is often referred to as the second Bill Gates.
73. Marcel Hermann Telles
- Condition: 14.8 billion
- Source of income: InBev
- Age: 68
- Country: Brazil
The owner of the largest beer company in the world.
74. Vagit Alekperov
- Condition: 14.5 billion
- Source of income: Lukoil
- Age: 67
- Country Russia
Stable in the top 10 Russian businessmen according to Forbes.
75. Mikhail Fridman
- Condition: 14.4 billion
- Source of income: Alfa-Group
- Age: 53
- Country Russia
Owner of Alfa-Bank.
76. Abigail Johnson
- Condition: 14.4
- Source of earnings: Fidelity Investments
- Age: 56
- Country: USA
Invests and distributes cash different companies.
77. Pallondji Mistry
- Condition: 14.3 billion
- Source of income: Tata Sons
- Age: 88
- Country: India
Lives in Ireland and is the richest person in this country. A person closed to the press.
78. Vladimir Potanin
- Condition: 14.3 billion
- Source of income: Norilsk Nickel
- Age: 57
- Country Russia
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the State Hermitage.
79. Wang Venyin
- Condition: 14 billion
- Source of income: Amer International Group's
- Age: 50
- Country: China
Back in 2015, he was # 125 on the Forbes list. He is engaged in the mining business.
80. Elon Musk
- Condition: 13.9 billion
- Source of income: Tesla Motors
- Age: 46
- Country: USA
Founder of PayPal, developer of electric vehicles Tesla Motors, Chief Engineer by SpaceX.
81. Stefano Pessina
- Condition: 13.9 billion
- Source of money: Alliance Boots plc
- Age: 76
- Country: Italy
Owner of a family-owned pharmaceutical company.
82. Herman Larrea Mota-Velasco
- Condition: 13.8 billion
- Source of income: Grupo México
- Age: 64
- Country: Mexico
Herman Larrea's company is the third in the world in terms of copper production per year.
83. Thomas Peterffy
- Condition: 13.8 billion
- Source of income: Interactive Brokers
- Age: 73
- Country: USA
He played a key role in the creation of the Boston Otions Exchange.
84. Iris Fontbona
- Condition: 13.7 billion
- Source of income: Quinenco
- Age: 75
- Country: Chile
Widow of the Chilean billionaire Andronico Lexico, who died of cancer.
85.Dilip Changvi
- Condition: 13.7 billion
- Source of income: SPIL
- Age: 62
- Country: India
Dilipa is the fifth largest drug manufacturer in India.
86. Dietrich Mateschitz
- Condition: 13.4 billion
- Source of income: Red Bull GmbH
- Age: 73
- Country: Austria
Half of the Red Bull concern owns.
87. Harold Hamm
- Condition: 13.3 billion
- Source of income: Harold Hamm Truck Service,
- Age: 72
- Country: USA
Owns oil companies in America.
88. Robin Lee
- Condition: 13.3 billion
- Source of income: Baidu
- Age: 49
- Country: China
Speaks Chinese search engine Baidu.
89.Andrey Melnichenko
- Condition: 13.2 billion
- Source of income: Siberian Coal Energy Company
- Age: 45
- Country Russia
Owner of the largest mineral fertilizers network in Russia.
90. Rupert Murdoch
- Condition: 13.1 billion
- Source of income: 21st Century Fox.
- Age: 86
- Country: USA
The largest owner of film companies in the world.
91. Heinz Hermann Thiele
- Condition: 13.1 billion
- Source of income: Knorr-Bremse AG
- Age: 76
- Country: Germany
An active philanthropist. Received an award for supporting childhood cancer research and helping developing countries.
92. Stephen Cohen
- Condition: 13 billion
- Source of income: Trading on the stock exchange
- Age: 61
- Country: USA
In America he is called the Supernatural Trader.
93. Patrick Drahi
- Condition: 13 billion
- Source of income: Altice
- Age: 54
- Country: France
Founder of the French news channel i24News.
94. Henry C.
- Condition: 12.77 billion
- Source of income: SM Prime Holdings
- Age: 93
- Country: Philippines
Considered one of the world's most forward-thinking entrepreneurs.
95. Charlene Heineken
- Condition: 12.6 billion
- Source of income: Heineken
- Age: 63
- Country: Netherlands
She is the owner of a controlling stake in Heineken. Included in the list of "Tomorrow of your country".
96. Philip Anschutz
- Condition: 12.5 billion
- Source of income: investments
- Age: 78
- Country: USA
Manages enterprises operating in various areas of industrial activity.
97. Ronald Perelman
- Condition: 12.5 billion
- Source of income: Salomon Brothers
- Age: 91
- Country: USA
Known as the "corporation gobber."
98. Hans Rausing
- Condition: 12.5 billion
- Source of income: Tetra Lavar Groupp
- Age: 75
- Country: Sweden
Sold a stake in his company to his brother for $ 7 billion.
99. Carlos Alberto Sicupira
- Condition: 12.5 billion
- Source of income: AmBev
- Age: 70
- Country: Brazil
Bachelor in Research.
100. Viktor Vekselberg
- State: 12.4
- Source of income: Renova
- Age: 60
- Country Russia
Closes the top 100 richest people in the world according to the Forbes magazine rating.
The total capital of the 200 richest Russians grew in 2017 to $ 485 billion, which is significantly more gold and foreign exchange reserves The Central Bank ($ 433 billion) and the savings of the entire Russian population in banks (about $ 389 billion).
In general, wealthy citizens of Russia (people with a fortune of $ 5 million, excluding the cost of basic housing) got rich 22 - 27 percent last year, having achieved a fortune of $ 1.2 trillion, or 73.5% of the country's GDP.
But the money earned does not remain in the Russian economy, but continues to go abroad. At the same time, citizens' incomes have been falling for the fifth year in a row, and the number of the poor continues to grow.
The authorities, on the one hand, declare about the bad influence of social inequality on the country's economy, but, on the other hand, they do not attempt to change anything. In particular, the state continues to support conditions for the further enrichment of wealthy citizens and wants to raise income tax for all citizens from 13% to 15%, which will lead to a further drop in real incomes of the population.
How millionaires got rich
In Russia, at the end of 2017, the number of wealthy people increased sharply. The number of billionaires has grown by 10% from 96 to 106, according to the business publication Forbes.
The aggregate fortune of the 200 richest citizens of the Russian Federation increased by 25 to 485 billion dollars.
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The Moscow Times 07.10.2004 The number of citizens with a fortune of 5-50 million dollars (up to 38 thousand 120 people) and citizens with a fortune of 50-500 million dollars (up to 2 thousand 620 people) has grown by 27% in comparison with the previous year. Knight Frank's annual The Wealth Report. Also, the number of people whose property is estimated at more than $ 500 million has increased by 22% (up to 220 citizens).Despite the growth in 2017, the number of wealthy people in the country is still well below pre-crisis times. Compared to 2012, the number of citizens with a fortune of $ 5-50 million has decreased by 35% (from 59 thousand 40 people), the number of millionaires with a fortune of $ 50-500 million has decreased by the same amount (from 4 thousand 60), by 39%. the number of people with a fortune of more than $ 500 million (from 360).
According to Knight Frank, 38.1 thousand Russian dollar millionaires have a fortune of $ 1.2 trillion, which corresponds to 73.5% GDP of Russia 2017 year.
Wealthy Citizens' Income Going Abroad
The enrichment of a small group of Russian citizens could be happy if the money they earned remained in the country's economy. However, as follows from the data of the Central Bank, they continue to go abroad. In particular, capital outflow from the private sector in 2017 compared to the previous year increased by 34.8% to $ 24.8 billion. And in January, the Central Bank tentatively estimated the annual capital outflow at an even greater amount - $ 31.3 billion, according to the "Assessment of key aggregates of the balance of payments of the Russian Federation."
Moreover, if in 2017 the private sector money went abroad due to "operations of the banking sector to reduce external liabilities" (which is actually extremely difficult to verify), then the outflow in the first quarter of 2018 ($ 13.4 billion) was formed "as a result of an increase foreign assets of other sectors ", which are understood as financial companies(excluding banks), commercial firms, households (citizens) and non-profit organizations.
The interest of wealthy citizens in foreign assets is confirmed not only by the statistics of the Central Bank. About 40% of citizens with a fortune of $ 30 million or more want to buy real estate abroad, and only a fifth of them are going to buy real estate in Russia, Lyudmila Potapova, head of the elite real estate department at Knight Frank, said in March.
Interests in real estate of wealthy citizens are manifested in the direction of the United States, Great Britain, and also Cyprus, for which there is a "flurry of inquiries", follows from the comments of Potapova and Marina Shalaeva, director of the department of foreign real estate and private investments at Knight Frank.
In parallel with the search for foreign housing, wealthy citizens are exploring the possibility of leaving Russia, and almost half of them - forever. “Our compatriots have become the leaders in the number of passports among ultra-rich people. 58% of ultra-wealthy Russians hold a second passport (dual citizenship). 45% are considering moving on a permanent basis, ”added Shalaeva.
The general population is getting poorer
Against the backdrop of the enrichment of the wealthy, most ordinary citizens of the country continue to grow poorer. Real disposable income of the population (income minus mandatory payments, cleared of inflation) after 2014 has been declining annually. By the end of 2017, they were down 11.4% in four years. In January-February 2018, real incomes decreased by 0.8%.
One of the sources of the decline in real income is the growth of mandatory payments - taxes, fees, insurance premiums and payments on loans.
In parallel with this, the number of citizens with incomes below living wage... According to Rosstat, their number from 2012 to 2016 increased from 17.9 to 19.6 million. And for 11 months of 2017 - up to 20.3 million, according to the Accounting Chamber. The last time this figure was so high was in 2006 (21.6 million people).
The state recognizes the problem, but does not want to solve it
The authorities not only do not prevent wealthy citizens from making money, but also actively help their interests. For example, government agencies and state-owned companies give, often without competition, the largest purchases to companies of large and well-known businessmen. Reportedly, among the recipients of such contracts in 2016-2017 are Gennady Timchenko, Arkady Rotenberg, Vladimir Lisin, Andrey Bokarev and others.
According to experts, there is a definite connection between the enrichment of wealthy people and the impoverishment of the majority of Russian citizens. For example, in April 2018, economist Vladislav Zhukovsky said that in last years there is “a process of even greater redistribution of income and wealth in favor of, relatively speaking, the ruling offshore vertical”. “[These are] several thousand families who are exploiting today Russian economy, the whole of Russia, its subsoil, sawing the budget, government orders, "- he said.
Poverty not only makes life difficult for the poor, but also hinders the development of the economy, as the officials themselves admit. Deputy Minister economic development Maxim Oreshkin said that poverty “hinders economic growth", Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev - that" poverty is the flip side of underdevelopment in the economy. "
As one of the solutions to the problem of growing social inequality various experts have repeatedly suggested introducing a progressive taxation scale, according to which the amount of taxes would depend on the income of citizens (now the tax is fixed for all - 13%). Officials promised to think about it after the 2018 presidential election, but now the government intends to increase the income tax individuals for all citizens, regardless of their income, from 13% to 15%.
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