Bloomberg billionaire rating. Bloomberg published the rating of Russian dollar billionaires
The owner of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works and the transport and logistics holding Universal Cargo Logistics Holding Vladimir Lisin became the richest man in our country. The dollar billionaire overtook the main shareholder of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, in the global ranking of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).
According to the BBI index, since the beginning of 2018, Vladimir Lisin's fortune has soared by $2.17 billion to a fabulous $20.19 billion. He ranks 45th on the respectable list the richest people peace. Alexey Mordashov is on the 46th line. Prior to that, he ranked first among Russians on this list for 267 days. Since the beginning of 2018, his fortune has grown by $506 million. It is currently valued at $20.18 billion.
In third place among the richest Russian dollar billionaires is the chairman of the board of Novatek, Leonid Mikhelson (estimated fortune - $ 19 billion).
Mordashov's predecessor, Norilsk Nickel President Vladimir Potanin, held the top spot for 396 days, Bloomberg notes. Alisher Usmanov set the record for the longest stay on the honorary podium of the championship. He ranked first richest Russians 670 days, Bloomberg calculated.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is currently the third richest person in the world, with a net worth of over $73 billion.
According to Bloomberg, billionaires emerge every year, and in ten years their list has grown by almost 500 people. Meet the richest people on the planet who have achieved more in their lives than many countries have in centuries of history.
30th place. Ma Huateng
The founder of Tencent Holdings, in his 45 years, was able to become the owner of $ 23 billion. At the age of 26, he started working on websites, mobile services, and later expanded his company to create large gaming communities, an instant messaging service, and mobile wallets. 
29th place. Phil Knight
This man is 78 years old and his legacy is $25 billion. He is a Stanford graduate and military man who decided to sell shoes in the early 1960s. Now Phil Knight is the founder of the famous Nike company, engaged in the creation of sports goods. 
28th place. George Soros
Founder of the famous Soros Foundation. Just recently, George turned 86 years old and has been able to earn over $25 billion in his lifetime. He is also called the man who was able to break banking system England. 
27th place. Mukesh Ambani
Inherited his father's company in 2002 and was able to earn over 20 billion. Engaged in energy, petrochemistry, mining natural resources, textile manufacturing, telecommunications development and retail trade.
26th place. Wang Wei
Wang Wei is considered the king of express delivery. He was able to achieve a fortune of 22 billion dollars. He passed a difficult path from fierce internal competition, was associated with the black market, and was afraid of a prison term. Now he has 36 aircraft, and his company operates in 50 countries around the world. 
25th place. Steve Ballmer
This man already has 27 billion, although he is only 60 years old. He replaced Bill Gates, invested in Microsoft, Apple and Google for a long time. He now owns his own business in Los Angeles. 
24th place. Sheldon Adelson
His personal capital- 28 billion. He is the owner of a casino, and everyone in Las Vegas knows the name of Sheldon Adelson. Sheldog was able to get back on his feet thanks to the first jackpot he won in 1995. 
23rd place. Jorge Lehmann
In a past life, Jorge Lehmann was a journalist and professional tennis player, but in 1971 he completely plunged into financing. Acquired a brokerage firm, which after a while began to bring the main income. Jorge Lehmann's budget is $29 billion. 
22nd place. Li Ka-shing
He is 88 years old and has earned over 30 billion in his lifetime. Li Ka-Shing invests in everything: energy, telecommunications, technology, industrial production, real estate. 
21st place. Wang Jianlin
The real estate mogul made $31 billion. Wang Jianlin invests heavily in overseas projects, especially buildings in Madrid and Sydney. 
20th and 19th place. John and Jacqueline Mars
The family, consisting of brothers and sisters, continues the family business and is engaged in the production of confectionery. You must have tried sweets such as Mars, M&M's, MilkyWay at least once in your life. Their empire brought the family more than 32 billion. Despite their age (over 75 years), the company is just starting its journey of success.
The family also invests in areas such as beauty, health, ecology and education. 
18th place. Alice Walton
The budget of this lady is 34 billion, although she is already 67 years old. Alice Walton took over the business after her father, who had previously founded the popular supermarket chain Walmart. 
17th place. Jim Walton
His parents bought a stake in a bank in Arkansas. At that time, Jim was only 14 years old. Five years later, the family business grew, and later the parents bought 24 retail stores, including Walmart. Like Alice Walton, he has over 25 billion. And the family business continues to grow. 
16th place. Rob Walton
Another son of the Walton couple, the founders of the Walmart chain of stores. He is one of the many chairmen and directors. Rob Walton was able to earn 35 billion. 
15th place. Jack Ma
You have probably heard about this person, because Jack Ma is the founder of the famous Internet company Alibaba. He deserves an award and a place on our list, because in 1996 he went bankrupt, but then again he was able to earn his hard-earned 25 billion. Now its budget exceeds 37 billion dollars. 
14th place. Liliane Betancourt
In September 2017, the world said goodbye to the richest woman in the world, who had managed L "oreal Paris for a long time. Lilian inherited the popular company from her father. Her bank account of this woman contained more than 37 billion.
13th place. Bernard Arnault
Bernard Arnault is a well-known figure in his high-end luxury goods industry. Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior are run by the entire family, with a $40 billion budget. 
12th place. Sergey Brin
This man, along with co-founder Larry Page, helped Google through a massive restructuring in 2015. Brin is now the company's president and has a budget of over $41 billion. 
11th place. Larry Page
We have already mentioned this person above. Since 2015, he has been the CEO of Google. With a budget of 42 billion, Larry is investing in the development of geothermal energy, ecological houses, home automation and workplaces. 
10th place. Ingvar Kamprad
He is 91 years old and has a personal budget of 43 billion. Ingvar Kamprad earned all available funds by creating the most popular company in the world - IKEA. Everyone will find in the house a piece of furniture bought in this store. 
9th place. Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison is the founder of the Oracle software company. It is believed that this company is the second after the famous Microsoft. On account of Larry Ellison is more than 45 billion.
8th place. David Koch
At the age of 76, David Koch is one of the richest people in the world with a budget of $48 billion. He is the CEO of Koch Industries, which produces everything from fertilizer to cups for the Dixie store. 
7th place. Charles Koch
Brother of David Koch, is also the CEO of the multi-faceted Koch company. Invests in the petrochemical industry, creating materials, both construction and household, from the extracted raw materials. Like his younger brother, Charles Koch shares family budget at 48 billion. 
6th place. Carlos Slim Elu
Carlos Slim El is 77 years old, but he is one of the six richest people in the world, because his budget is 51 billion. This Mexican entrepreneur is known for running the state-owned telephone company Telmex, as well as for communications around the world, buying shares in both the US and Mexico itself. 
5th place. Mark Zuckerberg
You have probably heard about this man, because he is only 32 years old, and 59 billion dollars lie behind him. What did he do? Created the popular social networking site Facebook while a sophomore at Harvard. 
4th place. Amancio Ortega
It is believed that Amancio Ortega is richer than Bill Gates himself. This is the founder of the fashion house Inditex. Now there are more than 7,000 stores worldwide in more than 85 countries. The budget is more than 69 billion. 
3rd place. Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos is 53 years old and already owns $73 billion. It was about him that we spoke at the beginning as the founder of Amazon.com. His online store operates worldwide and distributes everything from furniture to cars and household appliances. 
2nd place. Warren Buffett
At 87, Warren Buffett is the second richest person in the world. He started out as a paperboy, and now is an investor and owner of such companies as General Motors, Coca-Cola, American Express. 
1 place. Bill Gates
For many years, Bill Gates has been the richest man, and no one could take his place of honor. In the piggy bank of the founder of Microsoft is more than 85 billion dollars.
1. Jeff Bezos
State:$112 billion
Change per year: + $39.2 billion
State Source: Amazon.com
Age: 54
The country: USA
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet, in addition, he is the first and only billionaire in the world with a twelve-figure fortune - on November 27, 2017, it exceeded $ 100 billion for the first time. The shares of the company he created grew by 59% in 12 months, adding to his fortune almost $39.2 billion, also a record growth in capitalization.
Before starting his own business, Bezos worked at a hedge fund, from which he left in 1994 for the simple idea of selling books online. Thus, Amazon was born.
In recent years, the main passion of the billionaire is space travel. His aerospace company Blue Origin is developing reusable rockets that Bezos says will carry passengers. An unusual hobby of Bezos is also connected with space: together with a team of “underwater archaeologists”, he gets parts of NASA spacecraft from the seabed.
2. Bill Gates
State:$90 billion
Change per year:+$4 billion
State Source: Microsoft
Age: 62
The country: USA
The fortune of the founder of Microsoft also grew in 12 months, but not so significantly, and for the first time in the last five years, Gates lost the palm to Jeff Bezos.
More than 40 years ago, Gates, along with Paul Allen, created the world's largest manufacturer software- Microsoft Corporation. Gates now owns almost 3% of his home company, which is only 13% of his fortune.
Gates' other investments include investments in the Canadian National railway, American engineering company Deere & Co., recycling company Republic Services, auto dealer AutoNation. In 2016, Gates, along with a team of investors including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, created investment fund Breakthrough Energy in the amount of $1 billion.
One of the billionaire's priorities is charitable foundation Bill and Melinda Gates. Its main goal is to improve the health system and overcome hunger in poor countries.
3. Warren Buffett
State:$84 billion
Change per year:+ $8.4 billion
State Source: Berkshire Hathaway
Age: 87
The country: USA
In 2017, the richest and most famous investor in the world became richer by almost $8.4 billion, which helped him to take third place in the world. Forbes ranking. Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's holding company, whose shares rose 16% in 2017, owns stakes in more than 60 companies, including Geico, Dairy Queen and Fruit of the Loom, among others. The billionaire invests in Wells Fargo, IBM and Coca-Cola.
Warren made his first investment at the age of 11. With the money he borrowed from his father, he bought three shares of Cities Service Preferred, then sold them for a higher price. True, shares bought for $38 and sold for $40 soared to $200 a little later. Life, according to Buffett, already then taught him the first lesson in investing - patience is rewarded.
Buffett and Bill Gates, with whom he loves to play bridge, founded the philanthropic campaign The Giving Pledge (“Giving Pledge”) - billionaires who join it promise to give at least 50% of their fortune to charity. Buffett himself is going to give 99%. He has already donated $28.5 billion.
In January 2018, a change in leadership at Berkshire became one of the biggest topics in the financial world - billionaire Warren Buffett named likely successors: Greg Abel, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Ajit Jain, head of the insurance division, will take a place next to Charlie Munger as vice presidents of the conglomerate , estimated at $500 billion.
Buffett emphasized that this decision should not be taken as an intention to immediately leave Berkshire or evidence of any health problems. “I feel great and I love what I do,” Buffett said. “In the morning I rush to get to the office.” In the ninth decade, Buffett continues to masterfully do business - from investing in Bank of America in 2011 to developing a partnership with 3G Capital.
4. Bernard Arnault
State:$72 billion
Change per year:+ $30.5 billion
State Source: luxury items
Age: 69
The country: France
The growth in the annual revenue of the French holding allowed Arno to return to the top five richest people in the world. The world's largest luxury brand group, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, posted record sales of €42.6 billion in 2017, up 13% from 2016. The holding's net profit increased by 29%.
In April 2017, Arnault and his family announced a $13 billion deal to acquire fashion house Christian Dior and add a new brand to the LVMH portfolio. This transaction crowns years of difficult mutual participation of two companies in the capital of each other. After the completion of the transaction, the LVMH company of billionaire Bernard Arnault became the sole owner of Christian Dior.
5. Mark Zuckerberg
State:$71 billion
Change per year:+ $15 billion
State Source: Facebook
Age: 32
The country: USA
Despite the fact that the founder of Facebook has faced serious pressure on the social network amid allegations of alleged Russian interference in the US presidential election, the company's shares have risen 32% over the past year, adding another $ 15 billion to Zuckerberg's fortune.
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 when he was 19 years old. For the sake of Facebook, Zuckerberg left the prestigious Harvard, but it was the social network that made him a billionaire. Last year was especially successful for Zuckerberg, however, like the previous one: the increased prices for his company's shares brought him an additional $11.4 billion.
Zuckerberg is actively involved in the management of the social network. He acted as the initiator of transactions for the acquisition social network Instagram, the WhatsApp messenger and the developer of virtual reality helmets Oculus VR.
7. Carlos Slim Elu
State:$67.1 billion
Change per year:+ $12.6 billion
State Source: Telecom
Age: 77
The country: Mexico
Carlos Slim Helu is still the richest man in Mexico, dropping to number seven in the Forbes world rankings. Slim and his family control America Movil, the largest telecom operator in Latin America. America Movil shares jumped 39% in 2017.
In his hands are stakes in Mexican companies in the development, real estate and mining sectors, in the field of consumer goods. He also owns 17% of The New York Times.
During the US presidential election, Slim was harshly critical of Donald Trump. After meeting him in December 2016, Slim called one of his rare press conferences calling for Mexico to unite against threats from the new US president.
8. Charles Koch
State:$60 billion
Change per year:+ $11.7 billion
State Source: Koch Industries
Age: 82
The country: USA
Charles Koch, along with his brother David, owns the family holding Koch Industries. With revenues of $100 billion, the company ranks second in the list of the largest private companies in the United States. The oil refinery, from which the history of the diversified holding began, was founded in 1940 by the father of the brothers.
In November 2017, Kochov Holding launched Koch Disruptive Technologies, a venture capital firm run by Chase Koch, son of Charles Koch. The fund has already invested $150 million in an Israeli medical device startup.
Since 1967, Charles Koch has been chairman of the board of directors of Koch Industries, intensive growth business is his merit. Charles and David Koch are among the most influential figures in American politics, philanthropy and business.
9. David Koch
State:$60 billion
Change per year:+ $11.7 billion
State Source: Koch Industries
Age: 77
The country: USA
Together with his older brother Charles Koch, David owns the family company Koch Industries, founded by their father in 1940. The diversified holding is engaged in oil refining, construction of pipelines, production of cups and paper towels, etc.
Republicans Charles and David Koch are among the party's most generous donors. The sphere of their charity is education. In mid-2014, for example, they gave a $25 million grant to a foundation that supports African American students.
In November 2017, Koch Industries, through Meredith, acquired Time, one of the world's most influential publishers, for $2.8 billion. Them investment company Koch Equity Development will provide Meredith with $650 million to buy Time in exchange for a seat on Meredith's board of directors.
10. Larry Ellison
State: $58,5
Change per year:+ $6.3 billion
State Source: Oracle
Age: 73
The country: USA
The talented software developer studied at two universities, but never graduated from either of them. But at the beginning of his career, Ellison managed to work for the CIA.
In 1977, the entrepreneur founded Oracle, which made him a billionaire. Ellison stepped down in 2014. CEO Oracle, but retained the positions of chairman of the board of directors and director of technology development. A year later, Ellison announced that the company would focus on developing cloud technologies. And apparently, this idea has begun to pay off - over the past 12 months, Oracle shares have risen by 18%.
Ellison is a sailing enthusiast and one of the largest sponsors of sailing events in the United States. The businessman is actively involved in charity work. In 2016, he pledged $200 million to the University of Southern California to develop cancer drugs.
State:$50 billion
Change per year:+ $2.5 billion
State Source: Bloomberg L.P.
Age: 76
The country: USA
The influential businessman and former mayor of New York began his career on Wall Street in 1966. AT investment bank Bloomberg worked for Salomon Brothers for 15 years. After his dismissal, the future billionaire created Bloomberg LP, which provides financial information.
From 2001 to 2009, New Yorkers elected Bloomberg as their mayor. The billionaire stepped down as mayor in 2014 and returned to the leadership of his company less than a year later. Bloomberg is actively involved in charity work.
12. Larry Page
State:$48,8
Change per year:+ $8.1 billion
State Source: Google
Age: 44
The country: USA
Larry Page is the CEO of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. It was created in October 2015 to separate the core business search engine from other lines of business.
Page founded Google in 1998 with Stanford University student Sergey Brin. In 2017, Page's fortune increased by $8.1 billion.
According to media reports, Larry Page is personally funding two secret flying car startups: Zee.Aero and Kitty Hawk.
13. Sergey Brin
State:$47.5 billion
Change per year: + $7.7 billion
State Source: Google
Age: 43
The country: USA
Brin is the president of Alphabet, the parent company of Google. Previously led the Google X division that created Google's "ill-fated glasses" (one of Google's biggest failures). Brin is reportedly spending more than $100 million on the world's largest airship for both personal travel and delivering aid to remote areas.
The businessman founded Google in 1998 with Larry Page, whom they met at Stanford University.
Brin, being a native of the USSR, is the richest immigrant in the United States and an outspoken critic of Donald Trump's anti-immigration initiatives.
14. Jim Walton
State:$46.4 billion
Change per year:+ $12.6 billion
State Source: walmart
Age: 67
The country: USA
Jim Walton is the youngest son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He manages Arvest Bank, a family-owned bank with total assets in excess of $16 billion.
The businessman served on the board of Walmart for more than a decade before making way for his son, Stewart, in June 2016. Together, Jim and Sam Walton's other heirs own more than half of Walmart's shares.
15. S. Robson Walton
State: $46.2 billion
State Source: walmart
Age: 73
The country: USA
Sam Walton's eldest son was chairman of Walmart for 23 years. Now he is one of three family members still involved in running the company; he and Stuart Walton, Jim Walton's son, serve on the board of directors, and his son-in-law, Gregory Penner, is chairman of Walmart.
16. Alice Walton
State:$46 billion
Change per year:+ $12.2 billion
State Source: walmart
Age: 68
The country: USA
Alice Walton is the only daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton. Unlike the brothers who worked at Walmart, Alice focused on art projects.
In 2011, Alice Walton opened the Crystal Bridges Museum in her family's hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas. It features the work of authors such as Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell and Mark Rothko. Her personal art collection is valued at hundreds of millions of dollars.
17. Ma Huateng
State:$45.3 billion
State Source: Tencent
Age: 46
The country: China
Ma Huateng is Asia's richest man thanks to his Hong Kong-listed company Tencent. Tencent boasts a wide range of popular services and products, including online payments and games, as well as the popular WeChat text and voice messaging system. WeChat has nearly 1 billion active users. Tencent also has stakes in Tesla, Snapchat and Spotify.
Huateng was born in 1971 in Guangdong. The future billionaire's first job was at China Motion Telecom Development, a provider of telecommunications services and products, where he developed software for pagers.
In 1998, Huaten, together with former classmates, founded Tencent, the first product of which was the OICQ messenger (similar to ICQ). In 2004, the holding entered an IPO. In 2007 and 2014, Time magazine named the businessman one of the most influential people in the world.
18. Francoise Bettencourt-Myers
State:$42.2 billion
State Source: L "Oreal
Age: 64
The country: France
Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers' mother, Liliane Becantour, owner of a stake in L'Oreal cosmetics company, died in September 2017, leaving her fortune to Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers and her family.
19. Mukesh Ambani
State:$40.1 billion
State Source: Reliance Industries
Age: 60
The country: India
The Indian tycoon owns assets in the oil and gas and telecommunications industries. A surge in the share price of his Reliance Industries conglomerate has propelled Ambani into the top 20 richest people in the world for the first time in five years.
20. Jack Ma
State:$39 billion
State Source: Alibaba
Age: 53
The country: China
In 1999, Jack Ma founded Alibaba, an e-commerce company. Its users have access to a service that combines individual functions of eBay, Amazon and PayPal. In addition to online retail, the company is developing payment system Alipay.
Alibaba's meteoric rise reflects the rapid growth of online services and content in China, the world's most populous country and the country with the most internet users.
0 1 November 2016, 15:50 
Vladimir Potanin and Alexei Mordashov
Bloomberg has published its annual ranking of the richest people in the world. Of course, our compatriots also turned out to be in it: the chairman of the board of directors of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, was recognized as the wealthiest of the Russians - 49th on the list (15.7 billion dollars)
In addition, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index includes Leonid Mikhelson, chairman of the board of NOVATEK ($15.1 billion), Viktor Vekselberg, co-owner of Renova, ($14.2 billion), Mikhail Fridman, owner of LetterOne ($12.8 billion), and Vladimir, owner of NLMK. Lisin ($11.8 billion).
There is not a single Russian in the top ten of the list: Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, tops the rating, and Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, closes (the second founder, our former compatriot Sergey Brin, is also on the list).
1. Bill Gates - $86.5 billion
2. Amancio Ortega - $74 billion
3. Jeff Bezos - $68.5 billion
4. Warren Buffett - $65 billion
5. Mark Zuckerberg - $57.1 billion
6. Carlos Slim - $53 billion
7. Charles Koch - $49.6 billion
8. David Koch - $49.6 billion
9. Larr Ellison - $41.6 billion
10. Larry Page - $40.9 billion
Warren Buffett
Bloomberg has published data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is calculated based on the value of shares and information from the reports of enterprises in which domestic billionaires are co-owners.
The top 10 richest billionaires in the world are:
1. Bill Gates - $86 billion
2. Warren Buffett - $79.6 billion
3. Jeff Bezos - $73.9 billion
4. Amancio Ortega - $69.3 billion
5. Mark Zuckerberg - $59.3 billion
6. Carlos Slim - $52 billion
7. Charles Koch - $48.2 billion
8. David Koch - $48.2 billion
9. Larry Ellison - $45.6 billion
10. Larry Page - $43.1 billion
Who has lost the most?
However, not all of them were lucky this year. So, among the representatives of billionaires were those who Last year suffered heavy losses.Of the top ten, this is Omancio Ortega, who lost $2.8 billion, or 3.9% of his fortune.
In addition, among the biggest "losers" were:
Ingvar Kamprad: - $987 million, or 2.3%, 11th in the ranking
Stefan Persson: -$771m or 3.4%, 31st overall
- Leonardo del Vecchio: -$471 million or 2.6%, ranked 45th
- Lauren Powell Jobs: -$911 million or 4.9%, ranked 46th
Tadashi Yanai : -$1.86 billion or 10%, ranked 52nd
Harold Hamm: -$1.4 billion or 9.3%, 76th overall
George Kaiser: -$327 million or 2.5%, 81st overall
The luckiest
But there were also those who managed to significantly increase their fortune over the past year. The leader of the "lucky ones" was the wife of a Chinese businessman Wang Wei. Over the year, her fortune grew by 489.5%, or $ 22.9 billion.Now her fortune reaches $ 27.6 billion, and in the ranking she was in 25th place.
Among the lucky billionaires who were able to increase their fortune over the past year were the following:
William Ding: +$5.1 billion or 39.8%, 44th
Mark Zuckerberg: +$9.2 billion or 18.6%, 5th
Mukeshi Ambani: +$3.46 billion or 15.2%, 27th
Lakshmi Mittal: +$2.41 billion or 16.8%, 51st
- Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi: +$2.03 billion or 17.5%, 73rd
Dustin Moskowitz: +$2.12 billion or 18.9%, 78th
- Alberto Baileres: +$1.95 billion or 18.1%, 83rd
Russian billionaires
As follows from the results of the index, the total wealth of Russian billionaires in January-February 2017 increased by 26.9%.Based on this index, Alisher Usmanov, the founder of USM Holdings, increased his capital by $1.2 billion to $14.1 billion.
RusAl President Oleg Deripaska increased his wealth by $521.3 million in two months, and the beneficiary of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) Viktor Rashnikov - by $900.3 million.
The head of the board of directors of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works (NLMK), Vladimir Lisin, increased his fortune by $850.2 million.
The main owner of Eurochem Andrey Melnichenko increased his capital by $179 million, the head of Renova - by $404.8 million. Mikhail Prokhorov became richer by $303.7 million, Mikhail Fridman - by $185.9 million, Roman Abramovich - by $52.6 million, German Khan - by $118.8 million
The list of businessmen who increased their capital included Alexey Kuzmichev, whose fortune grew by $88.3 million, Dmitry Rybolovlev- an increase of $39.8 million and Leonid Mikhelson- an increase of $348.9 million.
Reduced their capital from January to March Vagit Alekperov - by $551.8 million, Alexey Mordashov- by $362.8 million, as well as Gennady Timchenko- for $26.8 million.
Eight Russian billionaires entered the top 100:
1) Leonid Mikhelson
Wealth: $17.6 billion
YoY change: +$325M or 1.9%
2) Alexey Mordashov
Wealth: $16.9 billion
Change YoY: +$10.6M or 0.1%
3) Vladimir Potanin
Wealth: $16.6 billion
Change for the year: -$164 million, or -0.1%
4) Victor Vekselberg
Wealth: $14.8 billion
YoY change: +$591 million or 4.2%
5) Alisher Usmanov
Wealth: $14.2 billion
YoY change: +$1.27 billion or 9.8%
6) Vladimir Lisin
Wealth: $14.1 billion
YoY change: +$966M or 7.4%
7) Mikhail Fridman
Wealth: $13.5 billion
YoY change: +$196M or 1.5%
8) Andrey Melnichenko
Wealth: $11.6 billion
Change for the year: $309 million, or 2.7%
Poor Ukrainian oligarch
As early as March 1, Ukrainian media reported that the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov was included in the Bloomberg billionaire rating, ranking 483 out of 500.His fortune was estimated at $ 3.66 billion. At the same time, the rating indicates that the fortune of a businessman is decreasing from year to year.
However, the very next day, March 2, his name did not appear in the top 500 at all, as the Ukrainian oligarch lost a number of his assets, which are located on the territory of the DPR and LPR.
The authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) have introduced external management at all Ukrainian enterprises operating in the DPR and LPR since March 1, if these enterprises are not registered in the republics.
The decision was made by the heads of the DPR and LPR in response to the transport blockade of Donbass by the Ukrainian authorities.
The blockade led to a halt in production at a number of large enterprises in Donbass along both lines of contact between the parties.
In particular, the Yenakiyevo Metallurgical Plant in the DPR and Krasnodonugol in the LPR, which are part of the Metinvest group owned by Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov, were suspended.
