Statistics show that Forbs is one of the most popular magazines among women. This is not a magazine at all, but a source of extremely important information. Want to know about the most enviable grooms and just interesting men? All Russian billionaires are presented on one page of the Russian version of Forbes.
Alisher Usmanov
The list of Russian Billionaires (Forbes 2014) has already been published, and the first place in it is reliably occupied by the same person who headed the last year’s rating. This is Alisher Usmanov - a businessman, 60 years old, married (unfortunately). For the third year in a row, he has been consistently ranked first in the ranking of Russia's richest businessmen.
Who would have thought thirty years ago that a plastic bag business could have such a great start? Currently, Megafon, Mail, the Kommersant publishing house, the Muz-TV television channel, the London Arsenal football club and much more should be associated with his name. Alisher Usmanov’s wife is no less famous than himself. This is a talented and venerable rhythmic gymnastics coach Irina Wiener.
Many athletes brought up by her subsequently became Olympic champions, for example, Alina Kabaeva, Elena Kanaeva, Yuri Barsukov. A couple of Wiener and Usmanov have been living together since the beginning of the 90s of the last century. They are a wonderful example of the fact that big money does not exclude mutual love and devotion.
Vagit Alekperov
The rating of Russian billionaires mentions the name of Vagit Alekperov since 2005. Since then, his position in the first lines of the list has changed, but has always remained very stable. Since the 80s, he has been engaged in gas and oil. Refueling at Lukoil gas stations, you buy gasoline from Vagit Alekperov.
The son of an oil tycoon is Yusuf Alikperov, a young man of 24 years old with a good education and incredible potential. Being one of the most enviable bachelors of Russia, he does not forget to carefully examine his father’s business, to master the basics of technology, the basics of production and management.
Mikhail Fridman
Billionaires of Russia in 2013 have in their ranks and Mikhail Fridman. He laid the foundation for his business as a student. In those distant times, he organized discos, concerts, author's evenings, and sometimes he simply sold theater tickets. In the future, there was a business of washing windows, and delivering food to the population.
But today, Mikhail Fridman owns the seventh in the bank rating (in terms of assets) Alfa-Bank, our favorite mobile operator Vimpelcom (BeeLine brand), as well as almost half of the business of the large food retailer X5 Retail Group (Pyaterochka brand) .
In his free time, a businessman plays chess, watches his favorite movies, and also makes exciting helicopter walks. Friedman does not like injustice. Trying to restore it in relation to those who have not yet been lucky in life, he does a lot of charity work.
Vladimir Potanin
The list of Russian billionaires also includes another important person - Vladimir Potanin. MGIMO has long been known as a factory of high-class professionals. The distant 1983 was no exception, and the future General Director of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, received a pass to great life.
After the Olympics in Sochi, his personal brainchild - the ski resort "Rosa Khutor" - is considered the most fashionable holiday destination for sports and progressive young people.
Mikhail Prokhorov
When it comes to an attractive athletic man, 204 cm tall, basketball players come to mind first of all. But in vain. Because you can have a height of two meters, an attractive appearance, an athletic body and not be a basketball player, but an excellent entrepreneur. It is, of course, about the amazing Mikhail Prokhorov. Russian billionaires can be proud of having such an amazing person in their ranks.
Fame came to Prokhorov after the 2012 presidential race. It was pleasant and very exciting to follow his election campaign. At least, women of almost all age categories thought so.
Interestingly, the charming billionaire is still single. He is officially in search of a life partner, but ... not his wife. Prokhorov is deeply convinced that people get married only because of domestic disorder. And from this side, its rear is well protected.
By the way, surrounded by the close attention of many women, deepened in business and politics, billionaire Prokhorov still found time for basketball. True, solely as the owner of the Nets club.
Roman Abramovich
There is one old Jewish joke. Rabinovich shows the couple for sale their cottage for sale, with the words: “Name your price, we will laugh heartily, and then we'll talk about business!”
But Roman Abramovich does not sell a summer house, but buys it. In modern conditions, the prospects for the development and conduct of business are at least uncertain. Therefore, all billionaires in Russia invest in stable and expensive real estate. Roman Abramovich, as a visionary entrepreneur, among them. The authoritative newspaper The New York Post has publicized his deal regarding a chic 6-story mansion in Manhattan.
Carrie Bradshaw fans got another reason for the fetish and craziness in Manhattan - the neighborhood with a Russian billionaire in a white mansion. However, secular lionesses do not cherish dreams of marriage to this prince, because they fear his somewhat peculiar character. Still fresh memories of the scandalous divorce from the ex-wife and mother of his five children, Irina Abramovich. In addition, the position of Dasha Zhukova, who gave birth to a prolific businessman of two children, remains strangely uncertain today.
As they say, no matter what the billionaires of Russia amuse themselves, if only they would please us with their eccentric antics. And with pleasure and interest we will continue to monitor their successes in business and personal life.