The wealth of Russia's richest businessmen has increased by $17.762 billion since the beginning of this year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which, in particular, is calculated based on the value of company shares, Report informs referring to TASS.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, since the beginning of the year, co-founder of Eurochem and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko earned $6.28 billion, his fortune amounted to $25.1 billion.
The fortune of Severstal's main shareholder Alexey Mordashov increased by $4.83 billion to $25.7 billion. The value of his cash investments is based on an analysis of dividends, insider trading, taxes and market performance.
At the same time, Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov earned $2.78 billion, his wealth increased to $27.4 billion (the value of the billionaire's cash investments and personal assets is based in part on an analysis of dividends, insider trading and market performance).
The shareholder of natural gas producer Novatek, Gennady Timchenko, suffered the greatest losses; his fortune decreased by $3.14 billion, to $11 billion.
Since March 2012, the agency has been publishing the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which includes information on the wealth of the 500 richest people on the planet.