Russia’s richest people saw their wealth rise by more than eight per cent to $625.5 billion over the past year, with at least 146 billionaires listed by the Forbes Russian-language list of the wealthiest people in Russia, the magazine said yesterday.
Vagit Alekperov, former boss of the Lukoil oil company, topped the Forbes list for a second year, with a fortune of $28.7bn. He resigned as president of Lukoil in 2022 after Britain imposed sanctions against him.
Alexei Mordashov took second place in the rating with wealth of $28.6bn, rising from fourth place in last year’s list.
Forbes said there were 15 completely new billionaires in the ranking, the richest of which was India-born Vikram Punia, owner of pharmaceutical company Pharmasyntez. Forbes said he had a fortune of $2.1bn.
None of the billionaires listed by Forbes could be immediately reached for comment.
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