The combined wealth of the richest Russians in January-February increased sharply by $ 18.291 billion, RIA Novosti calculated based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI).
Since the beginning of the year, the CEO and co-owner of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) Andrei Kozitsyn has become the most wealthy – by $ 2.07 billion (up to $ 6.29 billion). Next is the founder of UMMC Iskander Makhmudov, his capital grew by 2.01 billion (up to $ 9.86 billion).
In two months, only Alisher Usmanov’s fortune (Metalloinvest, Megafon) decreased by 553 million (to $ 20.6 billion), as well as from businessman Suleiman Kerimov (by 141 million, to 9.75 billion dollars).
In the first place in the ranking of the richest is one of the main owners of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, whose capital grew by $ 67.1 million to $ 30.1 billion. The second place was taken by the co-owner of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson with a fortune of 25.7 billion. In third place is NLMK’s main beneficiary, Vladimir Lisin ($ 25.5 billion).
Alexey Mordashov, Alisher Usmanov, Roman Abramovich, Vagit Alekperov, Andrey Melnichenko, Gennady Timchenko and Viktor Vekselberg also got into the top ten.
In Russia, there are fewer ultra-highnets (people with a fortune of more than $ 30 million). Their number decreased by a thousand people over the year (to 8015).