Russian billionaires have become rich by another $ 65 billion since January

According to RIA Novosti, which has compiled a new rating of the richest citizens of the country based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI), Michelson's fortune has grown by $ 8.58 billion since January, to $ 33.3 billion.

In second place in the ranking of the richest billionaires is Norilsk Nickel co-owner Vladimir Potanin. He managed to increase his assets by $ 1.76 billion, to $ 31.8 billion. He is followed by the main owner of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov. Having earned an additional $ 5.76 billion since the beginning of the year, he increased his fortune to $ 28.8 billion.

Recall that in September this year, Forbes magazine has made the ranking of billionaires with the highest income received in the form of cash at the end of 2020. Alexey Mordashov became the record holder in terms of revenue. According to the publication, Mordashov's annual income following the sale of shares of the Tele2 operator and receiving dividends last year amounted to $ 1.7 billion. $ 2.25 billion for its stake in the MagicLab holding.

According to Kommersant, in the fourth place in the list of the richest Russians according to the compilers of the BBI rating is NLMK's beneficiary Vladimir Lisin (+ $ 4.7 billion to $ 28.6 billion). He is followed by co-owner of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov (+ $ 7.25 billion to $ 24.5 billion), as well as co-owner of NOVATEK and Sibur Gennady Timchenko (+ $ 6.67 billion to $ 23.3 billion).

The seventh line of the rating was taken by the shareholder of "Metalloinvest" and "MegaFon" Alisher Usmanov, whose fortune increased by $ 644 million, to $ 21.8 billion, the eighth - the shareholder of Evraz Roman Abramovich (+ $ 440 million, to $ 18.9 billion), the ninth - the main owner Renova's Viktor Vekselberg (+ $ 2.42 billion, to $ 18.5 billion). The top ten billionaires are closed by the beneficiary of EuroChem and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko. His fortune increased by $ 194 million to $ 18.3 billion.

Tatiana Bakalchuk, the founder and CEO of the Wildberries online store, was the only Russian billionaire whose fortune declined. Since the beginning of the year, she has lost $ 1.13 billion, and her fortune is estimated at 7.96 billion.

In total, the BBI ranking includes the 500 richest people in the world. Currently, it includes 27 citizens of the Russian Federation. The richest man on the planet is the American Elon Musk with a fortune of over $ 250 billion.