In 2023, the wealth of Russia's richest oligarchs increased by $38.575 billion.
This is evidenced by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, published by Bloomberg as of December 1.
In total, 25 Russians were included in the rating of 500 people.
Six Russians made it into the top hundred of the world's richest people, ranking from 47th to 88th place. This:
Vladimir Potanin – 47th place;
Leonid Mikhelson – 52nd place;
Vagit Alekperov – 62nd place;
Vladimir Lisin – 72nd place;
Alisher Usmanov – 82nd place;
Alexey Mordashov – 88th place.
Five of the richest of these six have received incomes measured in billions of dollars since the beginning of 2023.
Thus, Vladimir Potanin, whose fortune as of December 1 is estimated at $30.7 billion, has increased it by $2.11 billion since the beginning of the year.
Leonid Mikhelson has a fortune of $27.3 billion and has increased it by $2.71 billion since the beginning of the year.
Vagit Alekperov, with a fortune of $24.5 billion, has increased it by $9.14 billion since the beginning of the year.
Vladimir Lisin, with a fortune of $22.9 billion, increased it by $3.07 billion.
Alisher Usmanov, with a fortune of $20.3 billion, increased it by $1.87 billion.
Alexey Mordashov, with a fortune of $19.3 billion, increased it by $618 million.
Below the top hundred, the Russian rich were also doing well. So:
Andrey Melnichenko (105th place) with a fortune of 17.2 billion increased it by $4.03 billion;
Mikhail Prokhorov (125th place) with a fortune of $15.0 billion increased it by $1.81 billion;
Gennady Timchenko (133rd place) with a fortune of $14.5 billion increased it by $2.69 billion;
Mikhail Fridman (158th place) with a fortune of $12.0 billion increased it by +$652 million;
Dmitry Rybolovlev (179th place) with a fortune of $11.1 billion increased it by $1.09 billion;
Leonid Fedun (222nd place) with a fortune of $9.76 billion increased it by $3.89 billion;
Andrey Guryev (230th place) with a fortune of $9.63 billion increased it by $536 million;
Viktor Rashnikov (235th place) with a fortune of $9.42 billion increased it by $885 million;
Roman Abramovich (293rd place) with a fortune of $7.95 billion increased it by $132 million;
German Khan (296th place) with a fortune of $7.88 billion increased it by $309 million;
Alexander Abramov (329th place) with a fortune of $7.14 billion increased it by $747 million;
Andrey Skoch (373rd place) with a fortune of $6.60 billion increased it by $1.04 billion;
Alexey Kuzmichev (444th place) with a fortune of $5.77 billion increased it by $351 million;
Petr Aven (445th place) with a fortune of $5.76 billion increased it by $461 million;
Sergei Galitsky (481st place) with a fortune of $5.44 billion increased it by $706 million;
Sergei Popov (499th place) with a fortune of $5.28 billion increased it by $699 million.
Only the three richest Russian oligarchs reduced their wealth in 2023. In particular, these are:
Suleiman Kerimov (276th place) with a fortune of $8.34 billion reduced it by $650 million;
Viktor Vekselberg (351st place) with a fortune of $6.96 billion reduced it by $44.1 million;
Vyacheslav Kantor (413th place) with a fortune of $6.09 billion reduced it by $277 million.
In general, since the beginning of this year, the wealth of Russia’s richest businessmen has increased by $38.575 billion.
