The “Richest Women in Russia” rating has been published by Forbes magazine for several years in a row. This year, it included 30 participants with a size of fortunes from $ 60 million to $ 1 billion. The average age of entrepreneurs is 52 years. In a separate place (No. 0) is the former wife of businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev named Elena. After a divorce, she can get $ 5.1 billion. So, let me introduce you to the Richest Women of Russia (Forbes) rating.
No. 0 Elena Rybolovleva (potentially $ 5.1 billion)
The former life partner of Dmitry Rybolovlev could be in the first place in the rating if she received part of the state of a billionaire after a divorce. In 2014, a Geneva court ordered Dmitry to pay his ex-wife $ 4.5 billion in cash. In addition, Elena must receive real estate in the Cologne area (Geneva), as well as art and jewelry worth $ 560 million.
On the other hand, the court recognized the inviolability of the businessman’s assets transferred to the heirs trust fund long before the divorce proceedings. The assets were included by Dmitry in the trust three years before the divorce. The beneficiaries Rybolovlev appointed his daughters.
A trust is an agreement by which assets are transferred to the disposal of managers, but the founder has the right to influence operations with them. Dmitry repeatedly took this opportunity. For example, in 2013, one of the trust companies owned by his daughter Catherine acquired two Greek islands (Sparti and Scorpios) for $ 100 million. The penthouse in Manhattan ($ 88 million) and a mansion in Palm Beach ( $ 95 million).
In general, if Elena receives the amount voiced by the court, then she will head the rating “The richest women in Russia,” a list of which is presented in this article. We go further.
No. 1 Elena Baturina ($ 1 billion)
In 2010, she ranked third in the Richest Women in Russia and the World ranking with a fortune of $ 2.9 billion. In the same year, her husband Yuri Luzhkov was relieved of his post as mayor of Moscow because of a “loss of confidence”. Elena immediately left the country and put up her Inteko company for sale. Baturina managed to earn $ 1 billion for her. After leaving, Elena set about organizing a network of hotels abroad, as well as investing in a number of large North American and European real estate funds. Since the end of 2013, she has been trying to recover 33.6 billion rubles from the Ministry of Finance for the land plots seized from her.
No. 2 Olga Belyavtseva ($ 450 million)
The second place on the list “The richest women in Russia” belongs to the current co-owner of Progress OJSC. In the early 90's, Olga held the position of economist at the Lebedyansky plant. Five years later, she founded the Assol company, which became one of the largest distributors of Lebedyansky products in the Chernozem region and in the south of Russia. In 2004, Belyavtseva acquired a block of shares (18.4%) of Lebedyansky OJSC. Four years later, PepsiCo bought back about 75% of the shares in this company. Olga received about $ 330 million for her share. At the same time, the Progress plant, which produced mineral water and baby food, was taken out of Lebedyansky. Former shareholders of the enterprise and became the new owners of the plant. Olga now has a 35% stake in Progress.
No. 3 Tatyana Bakalchuk ($ 380 million)
The third place in the rating “The richest women in Russia” goes to the founder of the largest online shoe and clothing store called Wildberry. Tatyana came up with this business when she was on maternity leave in 2004. Having decided to earn extra money, Bakalchuk began to resell clothes from the European catalogs “Kvelli” and “Otto”. Her husband Vladislav actively helped her in this. At first, the store’s warehouse was in the couple’s apartment, and they took all the packages on their own. Now Wildberry has 150 pickup points. The company has 4,500 thousand employees, and the number of customers has reached 2.5 million.
No. 4 Natalya Lutsenko (about $ 325 million)
In 1994, the couple Natalia and Alexander Lutsenko founded the Sodruzhestvo Group of Companies and began to trade in feed additives and feed. Then the company built two oil extraction plants in the Kaliningrad region. This allowed the Commonwealth to become the largest producer of vegetable oils in Russia. Another area of activity of the company is the logistics business. In 2012, the Japanese company Mitsui Bussan acquired a 10% stake in Sodruzhestvo Group and valued the entire group at $ 2.2 billion. Natalya's share of $ 325 million allowed her to be in fourth place in the Russian Richest Women rating. At the moment, the board of directors is headed by her husband Alexander.
No. 5 Muslim Latypov (about $ 315 million)
Muslim, like the other richest women in Russia, whose life was not so easy, began with the position of seller. Then she became a merchandiser, and a few years later - the director of the dining room. In the 90s Latypova opened her own confectionery business. Eight years later, the first Bakhetle grocery store appeared.
For 15 years, Latypova managed to increase the number of supermarkets to 26. All of them sold Tatar pastries of their own preparation. Thanks to this, “Bahetle” has become a regional brand of Tatarstan. Today the company has 5,000 employees.
Muslim is a significant figure in his republic. In 2014, she was awarded the Order of Merit for the Motherland.
No. 6 Natalia Bykovskaya (about $ 270 million)
The holder of the sixth place in the Richest Women of Russia rating is the wife of Senator Vadim Moshkovich. Together with him, Natalia owns 75% of Rusagro Group of Companies. Bykovskaya has been working in this company in leadership positions for over 10 years. And two years ago, she was a member of the board of directors of Avgur Estate, which is controlled by her spouse.
No. 7 Guzelia Safina (about $ 265 million)
The deputy head of TAIF OJSC closes the list of “The richest women in Russia”. World top ratings of the most affluent people always include the name Safina. Guzelia's career began in 1977. For the next 14 years, she worked as an accountant in various companies in Kazakhstan. In 1991, she was offered the position of chief accountant in the Kazan association. Then, based on it, the Taif group appeared, which included blocks of shares in such large enterprises of Tatarstan as TGK-16, Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Kazanorgsintez. Since 1996, Safina has been working as a deputy director of Taif OJSC, being a minority shareholder of the company.