Leonid Mikhelson got in the first line on the list of the richest Russians for the first time. The billionaire is a shareholder of the second largest Russian gas company Novatek and the Sibur holding. In 2015 the businessman had a lucky chance to increase his fortune by $2.7 billion. Mikhelson is on the 60th line in the list of the world richest people.
Mikhail Fridman gets on the Forbes list year on year. This time the shareholder of Alfa Group is in the second line. For a year, the billionaire increased his fortune by $1.3 billion to $13.3 billion which helped him to get on the 63rd line in the list of the world richest people.
Alisher Usmanov is in the third line of the list. Several times he was a leader of the rating. The businessman's fortune decreased by almost $2 billion for a year. Usmanov earns revenue from the Metalloinvest holding, MegaFon, the popular mobile operator in Russia, and the Kommersant Publishing Houses.
Vladimir Potanin, who was the first on the list of the richest Russians, now is in the forth line. The businessman lost $3 billion for a year. Besides, Potanin can lose half of the fortune as his former wife Natalia plans to get 50% of the billionaire's assets through the court.
The fifth on the list is Gennady Timchenko. He is a co-founder of Gunvor Group, the world known trading company. The billionaire's fortune increased by $700 million to $11.4 billion.
Alexey Mordashov is in the sixth line of the list. The owner of Severstal lost $2.1 billion for a year. Apart from Severstal, Mordashov owns 15% of shares of the TUI travel company, the Nord Gold company and the Power Machines company.
Viktor Vekselberg is the seventh on the list. The co-ower of the Renova Group lost the third part of his fortune, it decreased to $10.5 billion for a year. Nevertheless, Vekselberg got on the list of top 100 richest people in the world.
Vladimir Lisin, the owner of NLMK, is the eighth on the list. His fortune is estimated at $9.3 billion.
The ninth on the list is Vagit Alekperov, the president of LUKOIL. He is on the 124th place on the list of the world richest people.
The last on the list of the richest Russians is German Khan. He managed to increase his fortune by $800 million for a year.
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