How Do The Richest Men In Russia Differ From The Rest?

The population of Russia is over 147 million people. According to the Kommersant publishing house, about 182 thousand of them own a fortune in excess of a million dollars. There are more than 100 dollar billionaires, and their number is growing, despite the difficult economic situation.

The content of the article

• 1 The richest men in Russia 2019
• 2 Are people like everyone else?
• 3 General biographical trends of the richest men in Russia

The rating of the financial and economic magazine Forbes is the first in popularity. At the end of 2018, Forbes noted 98 billionaires from Russia. Thus, Russia ranked fifth among the countries with the largest number of the richest people.

What are the richest men in Russia in 2019 included in the TOP-10 according to the famous magazine?

The richest men in Russia 2019__2019

In the first place in the rating is Vladimir Lisin, 61 years old. The main financial receipts are from the transport and logistics holding Universal Cargo Logistics Holding and the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant. Revenue - $ 19.1 billion

Vladimir Lisin

Second place - Alexey Mordashov, 52 years old. Shares of a steel company, a travel company TUI Group. $ 18.7 billion

Alexey Mordashov

Third - Leonid Mikhelson, 62 years old. Founder of PJSC Novatek, chairman of the board of directors of the petrochemical company Sibur. $ 18 billion

Leonid Mikhelson

Fourth - Vagit Alekperov, 67 years old. He headed the Lukoil company. $ 16.4 billion

Vagit Alekperov

Fifth - Gennady Timchenko, 65 years old. A member of the board of directors of Sibur and NOVATEK enterprises, he is one of those close to Putin. $ 16 billion

Gennady Timchenko

Sixth - Vladimir Potanin, 58 years old. Owns publishing houses and shares in Petrovax Pharm. $ 18 billion

Vladimir Potanin

Seventh - Andrey Melnichenko, 46 years old. Chairman of the Strategy Committee of the Eurochem company. $ 15.1 billion

Andrey Melnichenko

Eighth - Mikhail Fridman, 54 years old. The owner of the assets of Alfa Bank. $ 15 billion

Mikhail Fridman

Ninth - Viktor Vekselberg, 61 years old. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova Group of Companies. $ 14.4 billion

Victor Vekselberg

Tenth - Alisher Usmanov, 65 years old. The main income is the mining and metallurgical industrial company Metalloinvest. $ 12.5 billion

Alisher Usmanov

People like everyone else? I

Everyone is interested in the question - who are they, the people marked by Forbes magazine ratings? Celestials, incomprehensible, different from all the others, who manage to make money and increase capital in the most difficult economic and political conditions. Such an impression is created.

No, ordinary people, with two legs, arms, one head. They are no different from all other people who walk the streets of small and large cities in Russia. Or are there differences?

What can be traced in the biographies of these people in common? What is the difference with those who have not reached such peaks?

General biographical tendencies of the richest men in Russia2

1. The beginning was difficult.

Researchers and psychologists today like to say that it doesn't matter which springboard life started from. It happens that fate has not prepared a springboard. The facts that tell from which lower classes a person who got to the very top had to get out are amaze. This is confirmed by the biographies of those who are defined as the richest men in Russia in 2019.

For example, Lisin started out as a mechanic in a coal mine. Not a prestigious position, even to begin with. Just a picture to prove the theory that no place paints a person.

Friedman began by selling theater tickets and cleaning windows. And Melnichenko - from a lonely exchange office, which has grown into a bank. Alekperov was a driller, Mikhelson was a foreman.

It started small, but none of them stopped there.

2. Learning throughout life is the key to success.

All men graduated from higher educational institutions, but one trip to the university was often not limited to. And in general, they studied all my life.

Usmanov and Potanin graduated from MGIMO, and Usmanov subsequently graduated from the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Melnichenko - Moscow State University and the Russian University of Economics. Plekhanov. Mordashov left the Leningrad Engineering and Economic Institute with an honors degree.

3. Having much, giving much.

These people are involved in charity work.

This does not mean that they give out money to anyone who asks. The work of charitable foundations is aimed at preserving and strengthening the intellectual and cultural potential of the country.

For example, Alisher Usmanov bought the collection of M. Rastropovich and G. Vishnevskaya at the Sotheby's auction and donated it to the Russian state.

Melnichenko created the Foundation, which supports talented youth and educational programs. Potanin also has his own charitable foundation supporting national education and culture.

Vekselberg established the Link of Times cultural and historical foundation, which returned to Russia from the United States a large collection of the Russian jeweler Faberge.

4. Being fond of business, they are fond of life.

Rich people know how not only to work, but also to rest, many have hobbies that they devote a lot of time to.

For example, Lisin is vice president of the international shooting sports association. Usmanov has the Arsenal football club, he is the president of the International Fencing Federation, and he supports Russian football. Melnichenko is fond of yachts. Moreover, he does not just go to them, but is engaged in design and technical improvement.

5. Are not indifferent to the fate of their country.

Charitable foundations are involved in the development of the country's intellectual potential, support talented youth and not only youth.

Alekperov and Mordashov were awarded numerous orders and medals for services to the country. Potanin was elected to the first composition of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, was involved in charity issues.

Mikhelson created the Victoria - The Art of Being Contemporary Foundation, which promotes Russian art on the world stage.

It is difficult to identify one trait that played a major role in the fate of these people. Everyone has different characters, hobbies, their own way to the top. One thing is obvious - hard work, perseverance in comprehending knowledge in science and life, ambitious goals, a desire to contribute to the improvement of this world - that is what determined the success of these ten richest men in Russia. Everyone can develop these qualities, they are not natural talents. But not everyone reaches the shining peaks.