The fortune of the richest businessmen in Russia has increased by $ 24.62 billion since the beginning of the current year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is calculated based on the value of companies' shares.
The co-founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov has earned $ 4.08 billion since the beginning of the year, his fortune amounts to $ 15.1 billion, and the fortune of Alisher Usmanov, a shareholder in Russia's largest iron ore producer, Metalloinvest, has increased by $ 3.57 billion, reaching $ 16.8 billion. At the same time, the founder of “Severstal“ Alexey Mordashov received 3.53 billion USD, and his fortune reached 26.6 billion USD.
The biggest losses were suffered by the chairman of the board of directors of NLMK Vladimir Lisin - his fortune decreased by 2.81 billion USD, to 23 billion USD.
Since March 2012, the agency has published the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which includes information on the fortunes of the 500 richest people on the planet.