Recently, Forbes Russia published the names of the richest businessmen in Russia, in which there are very interesting personalities.
Vladimir Lisin
Vladimir Lisin was born on May 7, 1956 in the city of Ivanovo. Lisin began his activity in 1975 as an electrical fitter in the Yuzhkuzbassugol association. On the career ladder, the future richest businessman reached the position of deputy shop assistant, and already in 1989 he became deputy general director of the Karaganda Metallurgical Plant.
In 2007, he invested in the commercial bank "Zenith", bought 14.42% of the shares. When his budget increased, in 2011 he became the owner of JSC Freight One, thereby controlling a quarter of the rail transportation market and becoming the main operator of Russian rolling stock.
Possesses 19 billion US dollars.
Alexey Mordashov
Alexey Mordashov was born on September 26, 1965 in the city of Cherepovets. Graduated with honors from the Leningrad Engineering and Economic Institute and began working as a senior economist at the Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant. Thanks to his successful work, he was promoted to deputy head of the planning department.
The beginning of his investments was contracts with small companies supplying steel to the West. After increasing the budget, it acquires 77% of the Severstal company, 23% of the TUI agency, and also practically completely buys out the international gold mining company Nord Gold.
Possesses 18.7 billion US dollars.
Leonid Mikhelson
Leonid Mikhelson was born on August 11, 1955 in the city of Kaspiysk. In 1984, after graduating from the Kuibyshev Civil Engineering Institute, he got a job as chief engineer of the Ryazantruboprovodstroy trust. In 2003, he managed to become a member of the Board of Directors of OJSC Novatek. Already in 2011, he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC SIBUR Holding.
Thanks to partners, he managed to earn 18 billion US dollars. , - he said in an interview.
Vagit Alekperov
Vagit Alekperov was born on September 1, 1950 in the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku. In 1974 he graduated from the Azerbaijan Institute of Oil and Chemistry and five years later began working as a senior engineer of the oil field of the NGDU "Fedorovskneft". In the future, his life will become closely linked with oil. After the promotion, Alekperov became the head of the Povkhneft oil and gas production department, and in 1987, the general director of the Kogalymneftegaz production association.
In 1991 he became the first deputy minister of the oil and gas industry of the USSR, and two years later - the president of the oil company OAO Lukoil.
The budget of a Russian entrepreneur is $ 16.4 billion.
