Despite the disruption caused by COVID-19, eight new dollar billionaires were created on average each week…
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Global Billionaires
More Russian IPOs planned as investors return to Moscow
Foreign investors are being lured back into Russia by businesses seeking to tap the public equity and…
Norisk Nickel CEO Potanin tops Bloomberg list of Russian billionaires
US publisher Bloomberg has named Nickel CEO Vladimir Potanin Russia’s richest man with assets valued at $14.7bn in its…
$4.5bn financing deal makes Jack Ma Asia’s richest man – Bloomberg
Alibaba founder and chairman China’s Jack Ma has overtaken his compatriot and Dalian Wanda owner Wang Jianlin…
Number of Beijing billionaires overtakes New York
Beijing billionaires: There are now more billionaires in Beijing than in New York, according to this year’s Hurun…
Rotenberg expected to gain control of Sheremetyevo airport
Vladimir Putin’s long-time judo sparring partner Arkady Rotenberg and his billionaire partner Alexander Ponomarenko, are set to…
Gutseriyev clan overtakes Rotenbergs as richest dynasty
Oil billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev, his brothers Said-Salam and Khamzat and nephew Mikhail Shishkhanov have overtaken Arkady and…
‘Kremlin’s banker’ Sergei Pugachyov sues Russia for £15bn
Sergei Pugachyov, once know as the Kremlin’s banker, is suing Russia for $15bn over what he describes as…
Alibaba opens registered office in Russia as AliExpress corners the market
China’s Alibaba Group has opened a registered office in Russia, where its online retail operation AliExpress already attracts…
Two Russian billionaires in UK’s ten richest but Ukrainian tops the Sunday Times list
Two Russian billionaires – Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich – are among the top richest people in the…
United Wagon Company plans partial flotation to fund product development
Russian rail car manufacturer United Wagon Company is planning to float at least 10 % of its…
Russian billionaires’ club loses 23 members thanks to economic crisis
Russian billionaires: The number of Russian billionaires fell from 111 to 88 last year as the country’s…
Kuban Agroholding in talks with Chinese and Arab investors
Kuban Agroholding is in talks with Chinese and Arab strategic investors and funds about the sale of a…
Russia reviews public procurement process as Forbes publishes list of “private club”
Russia reviews public procurement process: The rationale behind the determination of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS)…
US freezes $640m of Russian billionaires’ assets
US freezes $640m of Russian billionaires’ asset: Banks controlled by three billionaire friends of Russian President Vladimir…
Fridman threatens to sue UK over North Sea oil fields
Fridman threatens to sue UK: Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman has gone ahead with the acquisition of…
Forbes Rich List loses 33 Russian billionaires
Forbes Rich List: 33 Russian billionaires have fallen off this year’s ranking of the world’s richest…
North Sea oilfields sale to Russian oligarchs under threat from UK
North Sea oilfields sale: The UK government is threatening to block the sale of 12 North Sea oil…
Fabio Capello’s wages to be paid by Usmanov on Minister’s request
Fabio Capello: On the request of Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, the Russian oligarch and billionaire Alsher…
Ukrtelecom Crimean network disabled as recriminations fly
Ukrtelecom Crimean network disabled: Ukrtelecom, which until yesterday boasted 80% of Crimea’s fixed-line subscribers as its…
Hurun Global Rich List counts more Indian billionaires than Russian
Hurun Global Rich List: There are more Indian billionaires in the world than Russians for the first time,…
Crimean bridge contract goes to Putin ally Rotenberg
Crimean bridge contract: SGM, the construction and civil engineering owned by billionaire and Putin ally Arkady…
Kerch Strait bridge contract goes to Rotenberg
Kerch Strait bridge contract: Arkady Rotenberg’s Stroygazmntazh (SGM) looks to be on the point of winning the…