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Over the past year, the most significant drop in the value of assets was recorded at Rinat Akhmetov - minus $ 4.6 billion. The dollar billionaire club was preserved in the previous composition: Igor Kolomoisky, Gennady Bogolyubov, Victor Pinchuk and Yuri Kosyuk remained in the "Big Five" neighbors of the country's neighbors. But the assets of "colleagues" the owner of SCM is reduced every year. At the same time, continues to show a dynamic growth of business Peter Poroshenko, Alexey Vadatursky and Andrei Vervesky, who took the robust position in the top ten Forbes rating due to the successful rate on the potential of the APK

Metal factor

Tectonic shifts in the trade geographical structure of Ukrainian exports, as well as transformation in the political life of Ukraine, provoked a number of significant changes in the list of top 100 richests. The exhaustion of the former financial flows from the sale of metal, ores, products of the chemical and engineering industries after the fall in the world prices in commodity markets, stopping plants in the ATO stopping factories in the ATO and loss russian market Sales. So, from the second to fourth place in the Forbes rating, Viktor Pinchuk shifted, losing $ 300 million in connection with the fall in prices and orders for seamless steel tubes Because of the black band in the customer's business from the oil and gas sector.

The top ten of the rating was left "Metallurgi" Vadim Novinsky, who owns the quarter of Metinvest Rinat Akhmetov, as well as the owner of Ferrexpo Konstantin Zhevago. The intense situation in the main business did not contribute to solving their problems. banking assets: "Forum" and "Finance and Credit" were sent by the NBU to liquidation for non-fulfillment of obligations to depositors. Such a fate suffered large financial institutions and other participants in the top 100 rating. Despite the fact that compared to industrial enterprises in the assets of the richest banks, they occupied a small proportion, their collapse struck a reputational strike, enhancing the further drop in the value of the associated financial and industrial groups.

Shift elite

A significant decrease in the estimated amount of states was affected by a number of businessmen associated with the previous political elite. Among them, players of the oil and gas sector Nikolay Zlochevsky, Nestor Shufrich, Nikolay Rudkovsky, the owner of Donbassenergo Igor Gumenyuk, the owner of the "Conti" Boris Kolesnikov, the majority shareholder "Ukravto" Tariel Wasadze and others. There was not only the weakening of their political influence, but also reduction Asset. Not the latter role was played by such factors as the fall in world prices for energy resources, a decrease in the internal solvent demand, as well as the location of production facilities on the territory uncontrolled by Ukraine. At the same time, businessmen remained in the ranking, unlike Stanislav Berezkin, Igor Andreeva, Pavel Klimts and Vladimir Prikhodko, for various reasons (debts, loss of assets, loss of sales markets) not falling in the top 100 richests - 2016.

Unfortunately, in the summer of 2015, two participants of last year's Forbes list went away. After a long illness, Vladimir Boyko, Honorary President of MMK, died on the 77th year of life. Ilyich. Doctors failed to save and 47-year-old Igor Yeremeev, co-owner of the Continium Group of Companies, who received a serious head injury as a result of a fall from a horse on horseback riding.

Secrets of growth

The development of the agricultural sector and the food industry last year contributed to the growth of states not burdened by excessive debts of the latifundists. For example, Peter Poroshenko, which rose from the eighth of the sixth place is not only the final beneficiary of Roshen Corporation, but also the Holding "Ukrprominvest-Agro". Good indicators of pure income showed Agroholding "Nibulon" Alexei Vadatursky, "Kershel" Andrei Vervsky, "Astarta" Viktor Ivanchik. The cost of assets in the APC Taras Barnski (T.B. Fruit), Vsevolod Kozhemyako (Agrotrade), Brothers Buryak ("Svarog West Group") and Sergey Tarasova (Agrospetsservis).

Thanks to the successful business activity in the agrarian sphere in the hundreds of Forbes this year, Vitaly Khmutalynnik (Uniline Finance Ltd.), Sergey Krolevets - Founder of the company Eridon - Distributor of plant protection products, seeds and fertilizers, Rafael Goyan - Owner Prometheus's grain-trading company, Dmitry Kravchenko - Majoritarian shareholder LNZ GROUP. Pharmaceuticals became an even more substantial state growth driver in 2015. The production and distribution of drugs improved the position of the market leaders of the Far Zhrabrovskaya ("Pharmak"), Vladimir and Gleb Zagoriev (Darnitsa). In January of this year, the pharmaceutical firm Darnitsa received permission from the AMCU to buy more than 50% of the Shares of PJSC NPC Borschagovsky Chemical Pharmaceutical Plant. Zharbrovskaya expanded the Pharmatic business, acquiring a Polish company that specializes in marketing and sales of biologically active additives, which will allow to bring drugs to the EU markets. For the first time, the owners of large distributors of drugs, Andrei Gubsk (Optima-Farm, Ltd., Ltd.), Alexander Dietykovsky and Alexander Sukhodatolsky ("Badm"), Valery Konduk (FarmPlanet) entered the club.

The huge potential of the Ukrainian IT-outsourcing markets and E-Commerce has not yet found the display in the ranking of the richest. The cause is not only high fragmented industry, but also the lack of motivation to the disclosure of the property structure and real financial results of the leaders of young markets. Thus, the only representative of the "new generation" is the founder of the "socket" Vladislav Chechetkin first entered the top 100, but with an approximate estimate of the value of assets, calculated on the basis of the share of the Internet supermarket in the market, as well as the expected volume of attracted investments from Horizon Capital.

Point of bifurcation

Summarizing the analysis of structural changes in the top 100 list for previous years, several significant trends and metamorphosis can be traced.

First, splicing economic Capital With political, although it contributes to take off on the first steps of the rating, can cause a serious damage after changing signs in the office of power. Stably retain heights for a long period, without sales, continuing legal business, managed only by several "classic" oligarchs.

Secondly, there is an obvious trend to the redistribution of capital, caused not only by changes in the political landscape, but also more fundamental reasons, such as war, reversal of export areas, the stagnation of commodity markets and the new role of Ukraine on the global labor distribution market. Quickly "dry" traditional sources of income for "old rich": metallurgy, chemical industries and mechanical engineering. Agricultural, pharmaceutical and IT sectors look more promising.

Thirdly, the listed changes significantly affect not only the future of private capital, but also the destiny of the country. The subsequent path of development depends on the strategic decisions of large owners: or we return to the agricultural feudalism on the inertia, or we are trying to jump into the high-speed express of the fourth industrial revolution.

Journal "Forbes" - the world famous world print editionspecializing in the global economy. He was named after he found it in 1917 by Berti Charles Forbes. Since 2004, the Russian version of the magazine has become published in Russia - Forbes Russia. Probably the most anticipated news that the Forbes announcements annually is the ranking of billionaires of the whole world. What changes occurred in the year? Who led, and indeed entered the list of billionaires of Russia? We will talk about this and many other things in the article.

History of the Russian version "Forbes"

Russia was the fifth country in the world, which began to produce a magazine on its territory. The first number, as already mentioned, was published in 2004. For the implementation of the project, Axel Springer RUSSIA was taken. After 5 years, the electronic version of the Russian Journal Forbes is created.

Print edition in a decade managed to change many editors. And less than a year ago, CJSC Axel Springer Russia sold ACMG publishing rights, headed by a businessman Alexander Fedotov. I must say that this decision was forced due to changes in russian legislation On the share of foreign governing local media. In fact, it was a direct clash of owners of "Vedomosti" and "Forbes", because it is these editions that affect serious political and economic topics And besides, they have a significant contribution of foreign owners. It is worth noting that the Journal "Forbes" still from the date of foundation adhered to his own views and was independent of someone else's opinion and influence.

The first billionaires of Russia in the "Forbes"

In 1997, the Journal first included in his list of Russians who had a good condition at that time. These were the leaders:

• lUKOIL - Vagit Alekperov;
• "ONEXIM Bank" - Vladimir Potanin;
• YUKOS - Khodorkovsky Mikhail;
• Gazprom - Vykhiv Rem;
• group "Bridge" - Gusinsky Vladimir;
• Berezovsky Boris (Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation).

Since then, the list has been updated. However, one of the management enterprises is still among the richest people of the planet. This is Potanan Vladimir, who in 2015 headed the list of billionaires of Russia.

Results of the Ratage of Forbes magazine in 2016

On March 1 of this year, the newest ranking of billionaires of Russia and the whole world was published. The list was 77 citizens of the Russian Federation. The size of each of them practically has not changed over the past year. But it is known for certain that 20 oligarchs became even richer. There were newcomers, about which we will talk a little later.

The economic situation in the world has not been distinguished lately with stability. This certainly affected the status of billionaires. The total amount of funds with which Russia's oligarchs in 2016 have decreased by almost 54 billion conditional units compared to last year. The financial position of the majority provided persons has changed, in connection with which the list has been updated. Information "Forbes" on the state of the richest people in the world for 2016 is reflected in the table:

As can be seen in big money, they can boast mainly a man of retirement age, there are, of course, and young lucky people. More Billionaires, as in other years, falls on the United States. The leader of the list that the period becomes Bill Gates, the creator of WINTOVS, known to the world.

And where are ours?

As can be seen, the oligarchs of Russia are still not so rich in order to get into the top ten "Forbes". The richest person of the country is only in the 60th place in the overall list. His condition is estimated at 14.4 billion dollars. And this is completely unexpected for many readers of a person - Leonid Michelson. "Why unexpected?" - you ask. The head "NOVATEK" was not even in the top five billionaires in the Russian version of Forbes magazine. Only for the year he was able to break through from 7 places in the leaders.

The top ten people with a huge state of Russian standards also included:

In 2016, 77 Russians were included in the World List "Forbes", which is 11 people less than last year.

The main "takeoffs" of capital of the year

This year, the leader of the list of billionaires of Russia was changed. Leonid Michelson became them - "Gas" and "oil" magnate, the shareholder of Novatek. He was able to increase his condition by 23%, which allowed him to make him an inconceivable breakthrough: from 105 places in the world ranking to 60! It is also worth noting that before that Michelson has never been to the list of billionaires of Russia.

But this successful businessman for capital growth in one year, Mikhail Gutseriev, twisted, head of the Board of Directors of RussNeft. He was able to rise at 577 steps above and took 205th place in the world ranking. Its condition has increased almost twice. At the end of 2015, he fell on the 16th line of the Forbes Rasha rating. It will be not surprising if next year he will become the leader of Russia own capital. With such rapid growth, you should expect large achievements from the billionaire.

From Heaven to Earth?

Falls followed by takeoffs. How many billionaires in Russia have lost their positions for a difficult economic and political year? Despite the fact that Friedman and Usmanov retained their position in the ranking (2 and 3, respectively), their capital decreased somewhat. M. Friedman lost almost 9% of funds, and Usmanov is about 13%. More noticeably felt the changes Vladimir Potanin - an entrepreneur and a politician who became the leader of the rating of richest people in Russia "Forbes Rasha" in 2015. Its losses amounted to about 22%, which in the monetary equivalent is equivalent to 3.3 billion dollars. Due to the reduction of his capital, he passed the position in the list of 2016, moving on 4 lines.

But the most lucky Oleg Deripaska, the owner of the holding "Basic Element" holder. The entrepreneur dropped on 624 positions down in the world ranking of Forbes billionaires. More than four billion were irretrievably lost.

Read more about Leaders: Michelson Leonid

The sixty-year-old Russian entrepreneur increased his capital for 2015 by 2.7 billion dollars, which led him to leadership in the ranking of billionaires of Russia. By the way, he slightly lags behind 50 richest people in the world according to the Journal of Forbes, where it takes 60 place. The total amount of its condition is equal to 14.4 billion dollars.

This is one of the main shareholders of OJSC NOVATEK and SIBUR Holding, which specialize in the production of gas and petrochemical products. Part of the funds brings and share in Promsvyazbank. Michelson is fond of art that expresses in sponsoring exhibitions in Russia and the United States.

"Silver" oligarch Mikhail Friedman

Compared to 2015, Friedman retained its position in the Forbes Rasha list, although he lost some part of his condition (1.3 billion dollars). For this year he owns 13.3 billion dollars. He is the head of the Financial and Industrial Investment Group Alpha Group.

It has a stable state since 2010. The owner of such brands like "Pyaterochka", Beeline, Crossroads. Mikhail Friedman through Alpha Bank is engaged in charity, helping children with severe cardiological diseases. Has dual citizenship (Russia, Israel).

Usmanov Alisher

The owner of the state is estimated at $ 12.5 billion. Last year, he lost almost 2 billion, but retained his position in the Russian List "Forbes". It has several business empires, who bring him good income. Among them: "Metalloinvest", "MegaFon", "Kommersant".

Invested Facebook at the stage of birth social network. Three years ago, Usmanov was invested in Chinese assets: Internet retailer "Alibaba", production of smartphones "Xiaomi". In addition, the billionaire is a co-owner of the Arsenal Football Club (London).

Newly-made Russian oligarchs

Dollar billionaires of Russia each year replenish the List "Forbes". In 2016, the magazine published four new names for previously unknown public. Of course, in the overall ranking, they are still significantly lagging behind the leaders. But who knows, maybe in the next year one of them will enter into 20 oligarchs of Russia.

1126 The place was taken by Mikhail Shishkhanov. A fairly young entrepreneur, head of the Binbank PJSC. In his 43 years, he already has a condition estimated at 1.6 billion dollars. On equal footing with him, Gutseriev Sait-Salam, one of the members of the director of the company RussNeft. Loading behind his comrades Leonid Boguslavsky. It takes 1476 place in the "Forbes" rating and has capital of 1.2 billion dollars. Together with him, Kirill Shamalov was introduced to the public, a very young in oligarch standards (33 years), it has 1.2 billion dollars and divides with Boguslavsky 1476 place in the world ranking.

In addition to new persons, Forbes welcomed the entrepreneurs temporarily missing in the list of 2015: Viktor Kharitonina (Pharmstandard), Dmitry Pumpyansky (Sinara), Boris Rotenberg (SMP Bank) and a private investor Megdet Rakhimkulov. Each of them freely owns one billion dollars. Together, the "new" oligarchs occupied 1649 in 2016.

Abandoned Rating

Effects economic crisis They affected everyone, and billionaires did not exception. Of course, few of them shook to zero. But the losses were incurred tangible. For many entrepreneurs, this turned out from the list of the richest people in the world. In 2016, the rating left 19 Russians, including: Flowers Nikolai (Uralsib), Mikhail Balakin (Su-155 chapter), Rustam Tariko (Russian Standard Bank). Their state is estimated in the amount of from 1.1 to 1.7 billion dollars. On the this moment They returned to the finish line directly and will now fight for the title of "more successful entrepreneur" with the "young" generation "Forbes".

Young billionaires of Russia

Business develops, in spite of any obstacles. The most delicious, cerebral and far-sighted rapidly take off the sweat, flying over millions of their condition. In some period, a new stage occurs in their lives and career: the first billion dollars. Of course, it is difficult to achieve such heights independently without the help of the inheritance. The process of conquering the top of the oligarch glory can take a long time.

According to the Merkov "Forbes", the average age of nominees is 45 years. This is a period of human maturity, when behind the back is already weighty life experience and stability financial situation. Young people are considered all those who have not yet fulfilled forty years. Are there many people in the world? And how many of them are Russians?

Forbes Rasha celebrates 7 lucky ones, which, despite their small years, already have financial achievements:

1. Shamalov Kirill (33 years) - takes place on the Board of Directors of SIBUR. In 2016, he took 64 position in the list of the rich "Forbes Rasha". His condition is estimated at 1.2 billion dollars.
2. Vyacheslav Mirillashvili (32 years old) - almost a billionaire, in his hands cash The amount of 0.95 billion dollars. Presents the post manager of the Vaizra Foundation. It takes an 85th line of the rating of the oligarchs of Russia.
3. Pavel Durov (31 years old) - a well-known among young people founder of the social network "Vkontakte" and the Telegram programs. For 2016, he owns a state of $ 600 million and occupies a 136 position in the "Forbes Rasha" rating.
4. Elena Rybolovlev (27 years old) - the former spouse of Dmitry Rybolovlev, received its fortune in $ 600 million thanks to the global agreement of the marriage process. Investments. In the Russian list "Forbes" is located in 142.
5. Denis Bazhaev (20 years old) is a young co-owner of the Alliance Group, the owner of $ 500 million and 155 lines in the ranking of the oligarchs of Russia.
6. Ivan Tavrin (39 years) - owner of $ 400 million, head of PJSC MegaFon. My business founded on my own. According to the results of 2015, it takes 194th in the "Forbes Rasha" rating.
7. Vitaly Yusufov (36 years) - investing, owner $ 400 million. Located in 196 positions of the list of the Russian version "Forbes".

Young oligarchs have every chance to conquer the first positions "Forbes". Many of them have sought out results on their own, without the help of relatives and other people's finances.

Billionaires of Russia - famous figures, founders of large industrial and financial enterprises. Each of them has its own path of way to success. Over the past year, many victories and failures have occurred, which made changes to the Forbes list. But trouble, like victories, temper the morale. Already next year it will be seen how they successfully defended their work and once again entered into the number of richest people in Russia.

American Forbes on Tuesday, March 1, published an annual, 30th anniversary - the Rating of world billionaires. The list includes 77 representatives of Russia, 11 less than a year earlier: large business continues to carry losses due to the crisis in the economy, the collapse of oil quotations and the sanction war with the West. He headed the Russian part of the rating - for the first time in history - the co-owner "NOVATEK" and "SIBUR" Leonid Mikhelson. Read more about the ten richest Russians and four newcomers from Russia in the list - more than.

1. Leonid Michelson
Condition: $ 14.4 billion
Change for the year: + $ 2.7 billion
Place in world ranking: 60

Leonid Michelson is the main shareholder of the largest independent gas producer in Russia "NOVATEK" and the petrochemical holding "SIBUR". He also owns a minority share in Promsvyazbank. MIHELSON PARTNER ON NOVATEKA and SIBURA - Gennady Timchenko. Another co-owner of the petrochemical holding is Cyril Shamalov, whom the media is called the estimated husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter Vladimir Putin. Shamalov acquired a share in Sibur in Timchenko - after American sanctions were introduced against the old acquaintance of the President of Russia. At the end of 2015, the Chinese Sinopec bought 10% Sibur for $ 1.3 billion. Michelson enthusiastically collects art objects and sponsors exhibitions in Russia and the USA. His father was the director of the Building Trust KuibyshevutrubOrivstroy - the largest in the system of the Ministry of Construction of the USSR Oil and Gas Industry.

2. Mikhail Friedman
Condition: $ 13.3 billion
Change for the year: - $ 1.3 billion
Place in world ranking: 63

Together with his long-standing - from Student times - by the business partners of Herman Khan and Alexey Kuzmich, he controls Alpha Groups, the largest financial and industrial investment group in Russia. In 2013, the state "Rosneft" bought for $ 28 billion from Mikhail Friedman, Victor Vekselberg and Leonard Blavatnika 50% of Oil TNK-BP, who owned billionaires on parity beginnings with British BP. Friedman from the transaction rescued $ 5.1 billion. In 2013, this money partially went to the launch of the new Alpha structure - Holding Letterone Holdings S.A. (L1), on the balance of which there were foreign assets of the investment group and which the control of M & A transactions was trusted abroad. In particular, L1 in 2015 acquired the German oil and gas company DEA RWE for $ 5.7 billion. Among the largest Alpha projects - the second largest Russian retailer X5, shares in the telecommunication holder Vimpelcom and Turkcell. The native of Ukraine, Friedman in his youth moved to Moscow for admission to the university. In 1989, together with Khan and Kuzmich, he founded Alpha Eco, which marked the construction of one of the main business empires of Russia. After another two years, partners have created Alfa Bank, the largest private bank in the country.

3. Alisher Usmanov
Condition: $ 12.5 billion
Change for the year: - $ 1.9 billion
Place in world ranking: 73

Alisher Usmanov, for several years in a row headed by the Russian list of Forbes, manages one of the most extensive business empires in the country. Among its assets is Metallurgical Holding "Metalloinvest", the second largest mobile operator of Russia MegaFon and the Publishing House "Kommersant". In 2014, the billionaire sold 12% of the USM Holdings Manager with its long-standing younger business partners and key top managers. Usmanov is part of a number of important lobbying organizations, including the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. In 2013, he was awarded the Order "For Merit to Fatherland" IV degree. One of the early investors Facebook, three years ago, businessman sprouled all the shares of the social network and focused on Chinese assets - he has a share in the Alibaba Internet retail, $ 500 million was invested in the manufacturer of Xiaomi smartphones. The billionaire is also a co-owner of the London Football Club Arsenal. In 2015, Usmanov more often flashed in news headlines in connection with its public initiatives: he lent 1 billion rubles to the Russian football union to help the Organization to pay off the Italian coach Fabio Chapello.

4. Vladimir Potanin
Condition: $ 12.1 billion
Change for the year: - $ 3.3 billion
Place in world ranking: 78

Last year's leader russian list Forbes Vladimir Potanin, a former employee of the Ministry of External economic connections The USSR, in 1991 met with the future partner Mikhail Prokhorov, while the head of the Department of Soviet International Bank Economic Cooperation (MBES). In 1993, partners created Oneximbank, who lured to MBES clients service. OnEximbank became a platform for the construction of Interros holding. On mortgage auctions, tandem billionaires received control over the metallurgical giant of MMC Norilsk Nickel and the Oil Company Sidanko. In 2007, Potanin and Prokhorov decided to divide the business. Potanin, in the past, the Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Viktor Chernomyrdin and the partner of George Soros on Investments in Svyazinvest, focused its assets in Interros. With the support of the state, the billionaire became the largest private investor in the Winter Olympics in Sochi - he built the Rosa Khutor ski resort. In May 2014, Potanin divorced Natalie's wife and married the second time on the subordinate named Catherine, the couple had already born a child. Natalia filed a lawsuit to a former husband - it requires 50% of billionaire assets. In the fall of 2015, Moscow City Court rejected the lawsuit, Natalia challenged this decision in appeal. Trial continues.

5. Gennady Timchenko
Condition: $ 11.4 billion
Change for the year: + $ 0.7 billion
Place in world ranking: 85

Co-founder Gunvor Group, one of the world's largest raw materials traders, Gennady Timchenko sold 43% of the company's shares to another Creator Torbjorn Torckwist in March 2014, the day before it came to the US sanction list - according to the US authorities, the billionaire is included in the Middle Circle of Vladimir Putin. Timchenko in response to the actions of Washington only stated that "for everything in this life you have to pay, including for friendship with the president." In 2015, he continued to sell assets, including shares in construction companies "SK MOST" and ARKS and insurance Holding "SOGAZ". Timchenko's assets today are a share in the Petrochemical Holding "SIBUR", the railway operator "Transoil" and the construction group "Stroytransgaz". The businessman also chairs the Board of Directors of the Continental Hockey League and holds the presidency in the St. Petersburg Hockey Club of SKA, the Gagarin-2015 Cup.

6. Alexey Mordashov
Condition: $ 10.9 billion
Change for the year: - $ 2.1 billion
Place in world ranking: 93

Alexey Mordashov, the main owner of the Metallurgical Giant "Severstal", left the post of general director of the company, stood up 19 years at the helm. He also guaranteed Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will refuse short-sighted investments (against the background of the sale of the North American assets "Severstal"). In addition to the steel industry, Mordashov's business empire extends to tourism (TUI operator), gold mining (NordGold), heavy engineering ("power machines"). The hereditary metallurgist, he literally grew up at the enterprise, quickly built a career and became the financial director, and then bought the stock and turned into the main owner of Severstal. Mordashov enters the Board of Trustees of the Bolshoi Theater, Tretyakov Gallery, Valaam Monastery and the National Chess Federation. He speaks German, is interested in poetry, art and winter sports.

7. Victor Vekselberg
Condition: $ 10.5 billion
Change for the year: - $ 3.7 billion
Place in world ranking: 98

The Russian authorities entrusted Viktor Vekselberg one of the most ambitious projects - Innograd Skolkovo: The billionaire heads the eponymous foundation that oversees the development of the National Silicon Valley analogue. Since 2010, the Foundation issued grants, including the structures of Weeklyberg, including $ 13 million for innovative energy company Hevel. In 2013, a businessman, together with Billionard partners, Mikhail Friedman and Leonard Blavatnik, sold 50% of the TNK-BP State Rosneft shares for $ 28 billion and rescued $ 7 billion from a transaction. Part of the funds he spent on the purchase of 25% in the Swiss Metallurgical Company Schmolz + Bickenbach. In 2014, the entrepreneur also acquired the OCTO TELEMATICS, the Italian software manufacturer for insurers. Vekselberg has a 6.2 percent share in Bank of Cyprus Bank. His industrial Conglomerate Renova is a strategic investor in the Swiss market. Among the main assets - the shares in the industrial groups of Oerlikon and Sulzer. In 2015, Vekselberg spent almost $ 1 billion on a double increase in the share in Sulzer, up to 63%. The native of Ukraine, the future billionaire earned the first money for the sale of scrap metal. In the 1990s, he founded the Holding company SUAL. In 2007, SUAL united the assets with the RUSAL group and the mining Glencore - so the largest global manufacturer of Aluminum UC RUSAL appeared on the world, where the billionaire retains a minority package. In addition, Vekselberg has a share in petrochemical, consumer and telecommunications enterprises. He owns a large collection of arts, including nine Easter eggs Faberge, who bought a billionaire from the Forbes family for $ 100 million. In November 2013, Vekselberg opened a private museum in St. Petersburg, where he put his treasures. In February 2014, a businessman presented a three-room apartment in the Azimuth Hotel built in Sochi Olympic champions in figure skating Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov. Own accommodation in the 2014 Games capital will need athletes to embody the dream of creating a children's school, causing a patron. In 2015, Renova passed the Azimut of the All-Russian Child Center.

8. Vladimir Lisin
Condition: $ 9.3 billion
Change for the year: - $ 2.3 billion
Place in world ranking: 116

Vladimir Lisin made a state on steel and freight. He started a career with an electric belieper in the union "Yuzhkuzbassugol". After the end of the Institute, he worked at metallurgical enterprises, was the way from the assistant station to the deputy general director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Combine. In 1991, together with his head, who became Minister of Metallurgy, the future billionaire moved to Moscow. Soon he became a partner at TRANS-WORLD GROUP, which for several years he grown in the leading Russian exporter of aluminum and steel. By that time, Lisin had accumulated a wealth of experience in the management of metallurgical production, so that in the section of assets in 2000 it was naturally in the property of the giant of the industry - Novolipetsky Metallurgical Combine. The billionaire also controls the UCL logistics holding, which owns the first cargo company. His most famous passion outside the business is shooting: Lisin built the largest rifle complex "Fox Nora" in the suburbs. In January 2016, the billionaire collapsed with criticism on the Russian defense complex for incompetence in the production of sports small arms.

9. Vagit Alekperov
Condition: $ 8.9 billion
Change for the year: - $ 3.3 billion
Place in world ranking: 124

Vagit Alekperov is headed by LUKOIL, the largest independent oil producer in Russia, which is engaged in the exploration field of Western Kurna-2 in Iraq, one of the most promising in the world. In 2016, the company plans to invest $ 1.5 billion of Alekperov in the development of its projects is not considered the closest companion Vladimir Putin, but this did not save LUKOIL from American sanctions - restrictions against the company were introduced in September 2014. The main owner of the company plans to convey the inheritance to the son of Yusuf - with the condition that he will not sell an asset and the family will remain the largest co-owner of the oil giant. The past all the career steps in the oil industry, at sunset the USSR, the future billionaire even managed to work as a sectoral minister. In 1991, he privatized three major deposits and created LUKOIL. Alekperov - author of the book "Oil of Russia: Past, Present and Future" and founder of the regional foundation social programs "Our future", which actively supports social entrepreneurship.

10. Herman Han.
Condition: $ 8.7 billion
Change for the year: + $ 0.8 billion
Place in world ranking: 128

Herman Han, together with Mikhail Friedman and Alexei Kuzmichov, owns Alpha Groups - the largest private financial and industrial group in Russia. For a long time, he worked as executive director of the TNK-BP oil company, which he left in March 2013, after the 50% share of Alfa and its partners for $ 28 billion bought the state Rosneft. Han helped $ 3.3 billion from the transaction in 2013 together with other Alfovtsy, he let part of the funds for the creation of the company LETTERONE HOLDINGS S.A. (L1), specializing in investment in foreign assets (So, for € 5.1 billion, the German oil and gas company DEA was acquired). Khan entered the board of directors L1. The company's head office is located in London, and in 2010, the billionaire bought a mansion worth $ 91 million. Natives of Kiev, he moved to Moscow, enrolling at the university. Together with Friedman and Kuzmich Han in 1989, he founded the Alpha Eco trader. After another two years later, partners created Alfa Bank, now the largest private bank in Russia. In the late 1990s, Alpha was controlled by TNC and created a joint venture with British BP. Among other assets of the group is a mobile operator Vimpelcom and a retailer X5 Retail Group.

Newbie: Mikael Shishkhanov
Condition: $ 1.6 billion
Place in world ranking: 1110

In 1992, being a student of the Russian University of Friendship of Peoples, Michael Shishkhanov began working in a bin group founded by his uncle, billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev. From 1994 he has been working in Binbank, today - in the status of his leader. It also oversees the construction assets of the group. Under the leadership of Shishhanova, BIN tested a whole series of transactions in financial Sector In 2015, including I bought MDM Bank at the billionaire Sergey Popov and non-state pension Fund Raiffeisenbank.

Newbie: Sait-Salam Gutseriev

In 1999-2008, the State Duma deputy, Sait-Salam Gutseriev since 1993 he has been working at leadership positions in a bin group, founded by his elder brother Mikhail Gutseriev. In the group he is a junior business partner. Sait-Salam is supervising bin projects in a developer, in particular, manage "National" and Sheraton hotels in the center of Moscow. Rental groups in 2015 amounted to $ 430 million.

Newbie: Leonid Boguslavsky
Condition: $ 1.2 billion

Leonid Boguslavsky is engaged in business in the field of IT from the mid-1980s. In early 1990, he managed to visit Boris Berezovsky's partner at Logovaz and the Russian representative of Oracle Software Corporation. In 1992, the businessman exchanged a share in Logovaze on the subsidiary of the company, the LVS system integrator. Four more than four years, Boguslavsky sold the LVS auditor of PricewaterhouseCoopers for $ 10 million. The main part of the state of the entrepreneur was at a successful venture investmentThe most successful of which is in the Russian search giant Yandex - was made in the early 2000s. Boguslavsky puts funds through the RU-NET and RTP Ventures funds. Among his last investment is the German Delivery Hero, American Datadog, Indian Snapdeal and Freecharge.

Newbie: Cyril Shamalov
Condition: $ 1.2 billion
Place in world ranking: 1466

Kirill Shamalov is the younger son of the old familiar Vladimir Putin, co-owner of the Bank "Russia" Nikolai Shamalova. According to the media, he allegedly falls by Katerina Tikhonova, the alleged daughter of the President of Russia. Jr. Shamalov - Graduate of St. Petersburg state University. At the age of 26, he became the vice-president of the Petrochemical Holding "SIBUR". In 2014, the entrepreneur acquired 17% of Sibur from another long-time acquaintance Putin - Billionaire Gennady Timchenko. In the aggregate today, Cyril Shamalov belongs to 21.3% of the holding - he is the second after Leonid Michelson co-owner "Sibur". In December 2015, Chinese state-owned SINOPEC acquired 10% Sibur for $ 1.339 billion.

The latest trends in the world of rich

What is the difference between the list of 2016 from the previous one? Firstly, in it for as much as 16 people less than in 2015 - 1810 people are in the list. Probably affects the global crisis. In addition, the cumulative state of billionaires from the list is 6.48 trillion dollars. This indicator also decreased by 570 billion in 2015. Another "magnitude" changed - the members of the list were raised. Of total Almost seven dozen people have not yet reached 40 years.

World billionaires. Who is in the list?

Let's find out who came to the list of the richest people in the world. Of course, almost 2 thousand people are impossible to describe. Therefore, we will take the first ten.

• Bill Gates. The founder of the world famous Microsoft Corporation already has once again at the very top of the list. His state for March of this year was estimated at 75 billion dollars. Per last year The businessman lost 4 billion. Heads the top ten of the richest people in the world. American is already the 17th time in the last two dozen years. But the gates is known not only in a huge state, but also by his charity. Joint with his wife the Fund deals with issues of vaccination in developing countries and improving the level of medical care. If you count how much the patron of the patron has sent for charitable needs, this figure will amount to $ 31 billion. American has numerous favorable attachments, among which not only his own creation, but also the Canadian National railway, Waste Processing Enterprise, Mechanical Engineering. Last year, Bill Gates became one of the Investors of the original Impossible Food startup. His creators decided to grow products that can replace meat.

• Amancio Ortega. The next Spanish 79-year-old retailer in the list. His state for March 2016 amounted to $ 67 billion. In 1975, the son of the railway worker created the Zara company. After 5 years, the network has already begun to go beyond Spain. Today, this brand is heard in a variety of cities in the world, and its founder himself, thanks to the hard management and proper investments, today it is in second place after the Creator Microsoft in the list of the most secured planets. Since 2009, in the next five years, thanks to the rapid growth of the shares of His Inditex, the state of Ortega increased by $ 45 billion. And 2015 added 2.5 billion to the total amount.

• Warren Buffett. In early 2016, the state of the 85-year-old American amounted to $ 60.8 billion. But last year it cost him almost 12 billion loss. The main source of his state is the Berkshire Hathaway investment corporation. Last year, she bought the Metallurgical Holding Precision CastParts, which is the most successful deal in the history of the enterprise. In addition, Buffett Corporation actively invests in the food industry ( Burger King., the well-known chain of coffee shops Tim Hortons), buy shares in the oil industry, cooperates with such corporations as Coca-Cola, IBM. And also is the owner of many other successful enterprises. The billionaire himself believes that its first and best investment is the study of the book Benjamena Graham "Smart Investor" in the long last year in 1949. After that, under the "champion" of Graham himself, he began his active activity, which brings him success and today.

• Carlos Slim Air. The feet of Mexico took the honorable fourth place in the top 10 richest people in the 2016 world with a state of $ 50 billion. True, last year inflicted his well-being of a heavy blow: the businessman suffered losses by 27 billion. The main reason is that the shares of his teleoperator America Movil seriously collapsed after the actions of the country's authorities. Carlos Sliem Al also remains one of the largest inwards of the edition of The New York Times. Under the control of the richest citizen of Mexico, there are large enterprises in the fields of finance, industry and infrastructure.

• Lari Ellison. The 71-year-old founder of Oracle, a person with versatile hobbies and skills, at the beginning of the year possessed 43.6 billion dollars. At the same time, his losses over the past 12 months amounted to almost 11 billion. Before the basis of Oracle in 1977, a talented software developer managed to work on American intelligence. Today, he is among the largest sponsors of traditional sailing competitions, like an avid lover. In 2014, Ellison voluntarily left the Oracle general director, but left the positions of the head of the Board of Directors and the Director for the Development of Technologies. Businessman actively engaged in the buying real estate. For example, in 2012 he acquired a cozy Hawaiian Island of Lanai. The daughter of the billionaire Megan does not hide in the shadow of a rich father, and herself is a successful film producer.

• Michael Bloomberg took the steady eighth position in the list of the richest people in the world 2016. His financial condition At the beginning of the year, 40 billion was equal, and the increase in 2015 amounted to 4.5 billion 74-year-old American left the post-primary post of New York in 2013. And two years later, later returned to a big business. It is not difficult to guess, his brainchild is the Bloomberg LP news agency. He decided to modernize his creation, having focused on his profile - finance and business. Does not forget the businessman and about charity. He has already spent 3.8 billion in the aggregate.

• Charles and David Koh. Last two places in the top ten "cash bags" globe Cakes are occupied by the owners of the family holding KOCH INDUSTRIES. The state of Charles, as well as the state of David, has 39.6 billion. Last year, they suffered losses of 3 billion each. The company brothers specializes in the construction of pipelines, production of building materials and many other goods, oil processing. The company's revenue is 115 billion dollars. Like many other billionaires, the brothers are actively engaged in charity. Their main direction is the educational sphere.

Many of the famous multimilliarians started their way from the lowest. The outstanding mind, the desire for new knowledge and skills, development, entrepreneurial flair and profitable transactions and operations brought them to today's high level. These are people who were not afraid to risk, open a new and calculate their actions. And every year, among the most respectable people, the planet appears more and more young people. And if Bill Gates is the richest man in the world in 2016, who knows who he will give up the palm of the championship in a couple of years.

Forbes magazine calculated that in 2018 there are 2208 billionaires in the world, compared with 2043 billioners in 2017. And the average wealth of these people is 4.1 billion dollars, which is equivalent or even exceeds the GDP of some countries of the world. And in the aggregate, all owners of billion states in the world cost 9.1 trillion dollars, whereas in 2017 this figure was 7.7 trillion dollars.

According to the Forbes list, 67% (1490) billionaires are the so-called "Self-Made Man". That is, they did not receive wealth inheritance, but earned it with their work.

We present you the top 10 richest businessmen of 2018 from the list.

10. Larry Ellison

Condition: 58.5 billion dollars

Opens an ex-general director of Oracle, which ranks second after Microsoft on the software market. Ellison left the position of the Director General in 2014 after the 38-year stay of the company. Now he is the main technical director.

Its strategy for the development of cloud technologies brought an Oracle 18 percent growth of shares in the last 12 months.

9. David Koh

The co-owner and executive vice president of the Multinational Corporation KOCH controls the second largest private company in the United States. Charles and David Kohought bought shares of their Frederick and William brothers to get control of the father's company.

It is known that KOCH is engaged in creating consumer goods, chemical technologies, the production of fertilizers and polymers, owns refinery and pipelines. And this is not a complete list of her interests.

Double David Koh happily escaped death. In 1991, he was the only surrounding after the plane in which he flew was crashed. In addition, he won the battle against prostate cancer. He is a generous donator who donated more than $ 1.2 billion on cancer research programs, educational programs And other charitable needs.

8. Charles Koh

Wealth: 60 billion dollars

82-year-old businessman is cEO Koch corporation. It has more than one hundred thousand employees.

7. Carlos Slim Air

Owns: 67.1 billion dollars

The richest resident of Mexico controls America Movil - the largest Latin American operator mobile communications. In addition, Carlos Slim has a share in the mining industry, foreign telecommunications, construction, real estate, and a number of companies producing consumer goods. He also owns a 17% stake in the New York Times edition.

6. Amancio Ortega

Capital: 70 billion dollars

The source of wealth of this Spanish billionaire is Zara Inditex - the Spanish line of fashionable clothing. Once Öratega worked as a boy on bliss in local shop clothes. And now it owns over 200 stores in 48 countries of the world.

But even with all these money, Ortega maintains a modest lifestyle. He lies in the same dining room in which his employees eat.

5. Mark Zuckerberg

Condition: 71 billion dollars

Already for the first time, the founder and CEO Facebook is among the five richest billionaires. Its and so fantastic wealth also increased for a year by 15 billion dollars, since the cost of Facebook shares is on the rise, and investors are fighting for the purchase of a share in the most popular social network.

With all its billion capital, Mark Zuckerberg does not look like a classic "chicken capitalist." He enters the top three. Together with his wife, Priscilla Mark in 2015 donated $ 25 million to fight Ebola. In addition, Cheta Zuckerberg donated stocks worth one hundred million dollars to improving public schools in New Jersey.

4. Bernard Arno.

Total earned: 72 billion dollars

Bernard is the founder of the LVMH consortium, which is engaged in luxury objects. It has more than seventy luxurious brands. All of them are controlled by the parent company Groupe Arnault.

3. Warren Buffett

Number of billions: 84 billion dollars

Since Donald Trump became president, one of the best times in life came for Warren Buffetta. Thanks tax reform Trump Investfond Berkshire Hathaway, belonging to Buffett, received a record profit of 44.9 billion dollars. From this amount, 29 billion were obtained after the American Congress approved one of the largest in the history of the country a decrease in tax payments of the campaign budget.

Warren is the most successful investor of all time and he is wearing a proud title "Oracle from Omaha". At eleven years he acquired three shares on stock market USA. They cost 38 dollars each. Later, Buffett sold them, receiving 5 dollars arrived with each promotion. And in a few days the price of these valuable papers Takes up to 202 dollars. This first unsuccessful experience has taught the future billionaire to be challenged for short-term benefits.

Now in the property of the 87-year-old businessman are over 60 companies, including Dairy Queen, Duracell, Geico, etc.

2. Bill Gates

Condition: 90 billion dollars

The name "Dad" Microsoft is unlikely to disappear soon from the list of richest entrepreneurs. Over the past 23 years, he was named by the king of billionaires 18 times. Today, the Founder of Microsoft, the world's largest software for PC software, owns the amount of 90 billion dollars. This is more than 4.7 times higher than the condition.

And, like many rich people in the West, Gates do not forget about charitable needs. His Gates Foundation Foundation has highlighted funds to improve the life and health of children in different countries World.

1. Jeff Bezos

Wealth: 112 billion dollars

Here it is, rich man On the land according to the version of Forbes. Bezos is the founder and Director General of Amazon - the largest player in the e-commerce market.

Take a place on top of the global "monetary pyramid" Jeff Bezness allowed a sharp increase in shares of his company. During the year, their price has increased by 59%, which increased the status of a chart of a 39.2-minute dollar.