According to the “Bloomberg” billionaire index, the list of world billionaires includes 25 Russian oligarchs, whose total wealth has increased by 18.293 billion dollars since the beginning of 2024. The oligarch with the fastest increase in the value of assets has become the co-owner of the coal company SUEK, as well as the company “Eurochem”, Andrejs Melnichenko, who has increased his wealth by 5.29 billion dollars.
“Severstal” shareholder Aleksejs Mordashovs, whose wealth has increased by 3.75 billion dollars, remains a little behind.
The main role in the field of capital growth of billionaires is played not by salary or income, but by the value of their companies’ securities on the stock exchanges.
Russian oligarchs who increased their wealth the most during the first three months of 2024
Andrei Melnichenko
Capital: $24.1 billion
Year-to-date growth: $5.29 billion
Main assets: assets of Eurochem and SUEK companies
Alexey Mordashov
Capital: $24.6 billion
Increase: $3.75 billion
Main assets: 77.03% of “Severstal” shares, 97.54% of “Severgrupp” shares, as well as “Nordgold”, “Lenta”, “Power Machines” and TUI shares.
Vladimir Lysin
Capital: $26.9 billion
Increase: $2.91 billion
Main assets: Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, First Freight Company, First Port Company.
Vagits Alekperovs
Capital: $26.4 billion
Increase: $1.79 billion
Main assets: Most of the shares in the oil company “Lukoil”.
Mikhail Prokhorov
Capital: $17.1 billion
Increase: $1.38 billion
Main assets: ONEKSIM group, “Renessans Kredit” bank, funds from various assets worth nine billion dollars.
Mikhail Friedman
Capital: 13.5 billion dollars
Increase: $1.21 billion
Main assets: Shares in companies “Alpha-Bank”, “Wintershall DEA”, VEON, “Turkcell”, “Dia”, “X5 Group”.
Vladimir Potanin
Capital: 31.8 billion dollars
Increase: $768 million
Main assets: shares in Norilskiy Nikel, Rosbank, Tinkoff Bank.
Leonid Fedun
Capital: 10.5 billion dollars
Increase: $712 million
Main assets: “Lukoil” share package.
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