7.Alisher Usmanov
Alisher Usmanov is one of Asia’s wealthiest people.
Net worth: $18.9 billion
Country: Russia
Source: Self made, steel & mining, telecom, investments
It seems like Alisher Usmanov likes earning money from plenty of sources, him investing in as many things as he can.
After he earned great money from steel and mining, he turned his attention to telecommunications and media. He invested in Megaphone, Russia’s second phone operator and Kommersant, the largest business in the country.
Usmanov also formed USM Holdings and divided its businesses with Andrey Skoch and Farhad Moshiri. The 3 billionaires sold their investments in Facebook and bought and resold a stake in Apple, them earning a substantial profit.
