Pavel Durov — the founder of Russia’s most popular social network Vkontakte and mobile messaging app Telegram — has made it into Forbes list of the top 200 richest Russians for the first time. With an estimated wealth of $0.6bn Durov is placed at 135th in the rankings that were published yesterday.
Another Russian businessman making his first appearance on the list is President Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law Kirill Shamalov, a major shareholder of Russia’s largest processor of petrochemicals. Top of the ranking is Leonid Mikhelson, a co-owner of Russian gas companies Novatek and Sibur with a fortune estimated at $14.4bn. Alfa Group founder and co-owner Mikhail Fridman comes in second and is followed by Alisher Usmanov, the owner of Russia’s biggest iron ore producer Metalloinvest.
Vkontakte founder makes it onto Forbes top 200 Russian rich list
Source: The Moscow Times