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Roman Abramovich – 10.2 billion $
Everybody knows Roman Abramovich and everyone loves him and what he did for the english football club Chelsea FC.
He is one of the most iconic football club owners, bringing to the club most of his money, investing in top players and coaches.
Over the years his investments brought him a lot of trophies and fame, the press speculating that the final amount that he put in the club is around 1 billion dollars.
He made his fortune, stated at 10.2 billion dollars, from several places. In the early years as a businessman we see him in over a dozen of companies that made him millions, but the real money came from the oil business.
The russian oligarch made so much money over the years that the sums he gave for charity went trough the rooftop donating over 2.5 billion dollars to build schools, hospitals and in the infrastructure of one northeastern region of Russia.
He owns one of the most expensive private jets in the world and the second most expensive yacht out there!
Number 7 is considered the richest man in his country ->
