The wealth of Russia’s richest businessmen has increased by $16.1 billion since the beginning of 2026. This is evidenced by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Thus, the wealth of the co-founder of Eurochem and the Siberian Coal Power Company, Andrey Melnichenko, during this period amounted to $24.7 billion.
In addition, the list included the head of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson, businessman Gennady Timchenko, the founder of Severstal Alexei Mordashov, and the founder of UMMC Iskander Mahmudov.
Their combined earnings have crossed the $12.5 billion mark and their net worth has risen to $84.5 billion.
At the same time, businessmen Mikhail Prokhorov, Pavel Durov and Alisher Usmanov, on the contrary, lost $ 8.4 billion, which follows from classification.
Previously, the number of Russian dollar billionaires in the Forbes rating reached a new record high. The list included 155 Russians, while in 2025 there were only 146 people on the list.
Wildberry Market founder, Tatiana Kim, confirmed that a dollar millionaire can be recognized by his appearance, because wealthy people dress more modestly than others.