Russia's Richest Billionaires Fortune Rises to $625.5 Billion
Forbes magazine revealed that the wealth of Russia's richest people increased by more than 80%, bringing their combined fortunes to $625.5 billion, representing 146 billionaires, according to its Russian-language list of Russia's Richest People.
Vagit Alekperov, the former head of Lukoil, topped the Forbes list for the second year in a row, with a fortune of $28.7 billion. Alekperov resigned from his position as head of Lukoil in 2022 after Britain imposed sanctions on him.
Alexei Mordashov ranked second with a fortune of $28.6 billion, moving up from fourth place on last year's list.
Forbes reported that 15 completely new billionaires joined the list, most notably Vikram Punia, the Indian-born owner of pharmaceutical company PharmaSynthetics, with a fortune of $2.1 billion.
Here is a list of the 10 richest billionaires:
1) Vagit Alekperov - $28.7 billion
2) Alexei Mordashov - $28.6 billion
3) Leonid Mikhelson - $28.4 billion
4) Vladimir Lisin - $26.5 billion
5) Vladimir Potanin - $24.2 billion
6) Gennady Timchenko - $23.2 billion
7) Andrei Melnichenko - $17.4 billion
8) Pavel Durov - $17.1 billion
9) Alisher Usmanov - $16.7 billion
10) Suleiman Kerimov and family - $16.4 billion
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