For the first time, the heirs of billionaires include those of the tycoon of new technologies and social networks
The children of Pavel Durov – creator of the Russian social network “VKontakte” and the messenger “Telegram”, for the first time were included in the ranking of “Forbes” magazine of the richest Russian heirs, which so far had almost only billionaires from mining and processing of natural resources.
At the same time, they not only enter the rankings, but do it with a flying start, ending up from 6th place. Today, the techno-tycoon’s son and daughter would have $ 8.6 billion each, as of mid-April 2021.
the condition of
“Russian Mark
Zuckerberg ”amounts to
at $ 17.2 billion
The 36-year-old businessman Pavel Durov caused a stir especially around his conflict with the authorities in 2014, when he refused to hand over to the Russian special services the personal data of the Ukrainian protesters from the Euromaidan, as well as to block the profile of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
In the same year, he was pressured to leave the post of CEO of VKontakte, and then to leave Russia. He later became a citizen of St. Kitts and Nevis.
Durov is so vigilant that his Russian media have only recently learned that he has children, although they were born in 2009 and 2010. His son is known to be Mikhail, but no one has found out what his daughter’s name is. .
The mother of the two children is Durov’s ex-wife Daria Bondarenko, with whom he has known since his student years at St. Petersburg State University, where he studied at the Faculty of Philology and she at the Faculty of History. After the divorce, Daria settled in Barcelona.
The Forbes list includes 50 children of rich Russians from 20 families, who will inherit a total of $ 300 billion from their parents.
The other newcomer to the list is the son of Yuri Kovalchuk – the largest shareholder of Russia Bank and head of the insurance company Sogaz. As an only child, Boris would inherit $ 3.3 billion today, ranking 18th on the list. After the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Yuri Kovalchuk and his bank came under US sanctions because
the businessman was
declared “personal
cashier ”on
President Putin
Mr. Forbes has included in its ranking only heirs of at least $ 3.1 billion. The methodology has not changed over the years: the billionaire’s fortune is taken and shared with all his recognized children. The marriages have not been taken into account, nor have the statements of some on the list, such as Mikhail Friedman and Vladimir Potanin, that they intend to leave much of their money for charity.
Thus, Yusuf Alekperov, the only heir of Lukoil’s main shareholder Vagit Alekperov, who is currently considered the 4th richest man in Russia, tops the list. Yusuf, 31, owns 0.2% of the company, which is worth $ 115 million. However, one day he will own his parent’s $ 24 billion. But nothing else connects him to Lukoil, as his father does not consider him capable of effectively managing the oil giant. Yusuf has his own business and
owns 4 companies,
the largest of
which – “Cunning”,
is a dealer of
Mercedes-Benz
In second place with $ 12.5 billion are the two children of Leonid Michelson, owner of Novatek (Russia’s largest private natural gas producer) and Sibur (one of the largest petrochemical companies). . His 29-year-old daughter, Victoria, has a degree in art history from New York and London and lives in Zurich, where she works on projects in support of young Russian artists. Her 6-year-old half-brother lives in Moscow.
As the only son, the 33-year-old Jahangir Mahmudov will inherit the entire fortune of his father Iskander Mahmudov and ranks 3rd. He still works for the family Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company. With experience in implementing digital technologies in manufacturing, Jahangir is responsible for improving efficiency in his father’s businesses.
Vladimir Lisin is the third richest man in Russia, but he has three children who rank 4th on the list, with $ 9.5 billion each. All three heirs, 40-year-old Yuri, 37-year-old Dmitry and 23-year-old Anastasia, work for various companies in their father’s empire, which owns the famous Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant.
The top five is closed by the two children of Andrei Melnichenko, who share $ 8.95 billion each. The heirs of the owner of the companies “Eurochem” (one of the world’s producers of mineral fertilizers) and the Siberian Coal and Energy Company are still students –
Tara is 9 years old, but
already speaks 3 languages,
and Andrei is only 4 years old. The tycoon’s family loves to travel with their sailing yacht A, one of the largest in the world. It was last seen this spring off the coast of Ireland.
Immediately after Pavel Durov’s successors, Gennady Timchenko, one of Putin’s closest people, came in seventh. His three children will one day receive $ 7.35 billion each. The eldest daughter, Xenia, 35, who bears the surname of her husband, Frank, is a graduate of the University of Edinburgh and has Finnish citizenship. The younger ones, Natalia and Ivan, also studied abroad – the girl at Oxford and the boy at the University of Geneva.
Maria Kozitsina, 22, ranks eighth with $ 6.3 billion as the only daughter of Ural Mining and Metallurgy Company CEO Andrei Kozitsin. Maria graduated with a gold medal and has been in the top ten of the best students in economics since then.
Tatiana and Olga – the daughters of Viktor Rashnikov, follow with an inheritance of 6.25 billion each. The eldest daughter of the owner of the company “Magnitki” has its own construction business, and
the younger loves
luxury properties – there are
villa in France
and an apartment of 500 square meters in one of the most prestigious areas of Moscow.
The owner of two luxurious hotels and 5 restaurants in London Leonid Fedun will leave his son and daughter $ 5.4 billion, which puts them in 10th place. His two children, 35-year-old Anton and 33-year-old Ekaterina, live in the British capital.
It is interesting that the children of the rich №1 of Russia at the moment – Alexei Mordashov, have ranked only 13th. The reason is that the father’s $ 31.4 billion is divided by 7. The owner of Severstal has 3 marriages, 4 sons and 3 daughters, the youngest of whom was born last year. Thus, each of his heirs receives $ 4.5 billion.
The situation of the Russian rich man №2 Vladimir Potanin, who is also the father of a magnificent seven, is similar. $ 28.6 billion, accumulated by the head of the Interros holding and the Norilsk Nickel metallurgical plant, will
are divided between 4
sons and 3 daughters and
everyone will own
$ 4.1 billion each.
However, they are from two marriages.
In the top 20 of the richest Russian heirs are also the representatives of the second generation of the families of billionaires Suleiman Kerimov (11), Viktor Vekselberg (12), Sergei Galitsky (15), Alexander Frolov (16), Dmitry Rybolovlev (17), Andrei Guriev (19) and Mikhail Friedman (20).
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