The wealth of the richest people in Russia has declined by about 26 billion dollars since the beginning of 2020, and yet billionaire Vladimir Potanin remains at the top of the list of Russia’s richest people, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The index includes 500 personalities, including 24 Russian personalities.
Calculating that 274 days is the total number of days in the first nine months of this year, the rich in Russia have lost nearly $ 95 million a day since the beginning of the year.
According to the index, the wealth of Russian billionaire Waheed Alekperov, a partner in the ownership of “Lukoil”, has declined by about $ 7.2 billion since the beginning of this year, to be the biggest loser.
The wealth of the rich index is calculated based on the value of shares in companies in which the billionaires own a stake.
According to Russian news agency “Novosti”, the wealth of partner and CEO of “Norilsk Nickel”, Vladimir Potanin, decreased by $ 2.95 billion since the beginning of the year, to $ 25.1 billion, but he remained at the top of the list of Russia’s richest people.
Whereas, the main owner and chairman of NLMK, Vladimir Lisin, came in second place, with an estimated wealth of $ 20.2 billion, despite the decline in his fortune since the beginning of this year by $ 1.17 billion.
In third place was the founder and chairman of the gas company “Novatek”, Leonid Mikhelson, with a fortune estimated at 19.3 billion dollars, and his fortune decreased by 5.25 billion dollars.
While Russia’s rich have lost, there are 643 billionaires in the United States of America, their wealth has increased by 29% since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, according to a study conducted by the American Institute for Policy Studies.
The study indicated that the fortunes of the rich in the United States have increased by 845 billion dollars since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 18.
The report showed that between January 1 and April 10, 2020, 34 of the 170 richest billionaires in the United States experienced an increase in their wealth by tens of millions of dollars. Eight of them saw their net worth increase by more than $ 1 billion.
This means that the total wealth of this class has also increased from 2.95 trillion dollars to 3.8 trillion dollars, at the same time about 50 million Americans lost their jobs.
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