The businessman moved from third place in the Forbes 2022 ranking of Russian billionaires to tenth place in the 2023 list.
Also, the list of the “poorest” Russian billionaires includes:
Datadog shareholder Leonid Boguslavsky (his total wealth in 2023 is estimated at $3.6 billion, he lost $1.1 billion in one year);
The owners of the game developer Playrix Dmitry and Igor Bukhman (the total wealth of each is $ 7 billion, each lost $ 1.1 billion);
Investor Farkhad Akhmedov ($1.1 billion, lost $600 million);
Oleg Boyko, chairman of investment holding Finstar ($1.1 billion, lost $200 million);
Former Uralkali owner Dmitry Rybolovlev ($6.4 billion, lost $200 million);
Former Alfa Bank board member Petr Aven ($4.2 billion, lost $100 million);
Yelena Baturina, widow of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, founder of Inteko ($1.3 billion, lost $100 million);
Andrey Kosogov, one of the owners of Alfa-Bank ($1.1 billion, lost $100 million);
Investor Alexander Mamut ($2 billion, lost $100 million);
The owner of the Absolut Group, Alexander Svetakov ($2.1 billion, lost $100 million);
Producer and investor Gleb Fetisov ($1.1 billion, lost $100 million).
The total wealth of the “poorest” Russian billionaires in 2022, according to Forbes, decreased by $8.5 billion.
War in Ukraine and billionaires
As of April 4, 2023, American businessman Elon Musk ceased to be the richest person on Earth. According to Forbes business magazine, French luxury magnate Bernard Arnault has climbed to the top of the ranking. Almost half of the world’s dollar billionaires have lost some of their wealth, leading to a reshuffling of the rankings.
If in 2022 there were 2,668 owners of a “ten-figure fortune” walking around the planet, then in April 2023 “only” 2,640 remained. The total asset value of all billionaires on the planet has fallen. from $12.7 to $12.2 trillion.
