6Leonid Mikhelson – Net worth – $14.8 billion
Leonid Mikhelson is the Russian CEO, Chairman and major shareholder of the gas company Novatek.
Also, he is the biggest shareholder of chemical holding company Sibur and a small bank called Pervy Obydinenny.
Guess who is his partner in Novatek and Sibur? None other than the billionaire Gennady Timchenko.
Novatek became the main sponsor of the Russian Football Union, and this year, Sibur announced it would partner with the NBA to promote basketball in Russia. We wish them to succeed!
Source of wealth: gas, chemicals.
