All the wives of Roman Abramovich. Luxurious houses of Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich - successful businessman, former governor of Chukotka and a man of mystery. A meteoric rise during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, they provided him with an honorable place in the list of the most influential people world by Times versions. In the summer of 2003, the oligarch acquired the Chelsea football club, which was on the verge of ruin, and began to actively develop it. In the spring of 2012, Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history.

Together with his partners, the businessman controls more than 80% of the assets of Sibneft, 50% of RusAl and 26% of Aeroflot airline. Thanks to intermediary firms, Abramovich included power plants in his “holding”, automobile factories, paper mills, banks and insurance companies, which in total is estimated at 3-4% Russia's GDP.

Roman Abramovich was born in Saratov and lived with his parents in Syktyvkar. They were overtaken early death, after which Uncle Leiba Abramovich took little Roman into his care and moved the boy to Ukhta (Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). At the age of 8, Roman moved to Moscow to live with his uncle Abram Abramovich.

After graduating from school, the young man makes an unsuccessful attempt to get a specialty, joins the army, and upon returning to Moscow continues the work he started at the institute. Roman Abramovich gained his first business experience at the Uyut cooperative, an enterprise producing polymer toys. Abramovich's further life is spent in close connection with the business and political circles of the capital, where he earns his first millions and gradually expands his sphere of influence. Since the early 2000s, Roman Abramovich has lived in London.

It’s interesting that there is official, reliable information about Abramovich’s foreign real estate. He does not hide from journalists in the British capital and does not prevent rumors about villas in France and a mansion in Manhattan. At the same time, information about Russian possessions is hidden behind seven seals. If an influential businessman visits Russia, where does he stay? Surely, this is not a hotel or a villa for friends, but something of its own and very large-scale, in the taste of the oligarch.

Abramovich's house

According to data from Rosreestr, Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich lives in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, in the working-class village of Zarechye, on Biryuzovaya Street. This village with a poetic name is adjacent to the Skolkovo innovation center. What else is this area famous for?

Previously, Zarechye housed the dachas of members of the CPSU Central Committee. And even now Abramovich’s neighbors are far from poor people. The village is home to equally famous Russian oligarchs Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin. One of the wealthiest senators in Russia, Arsen Kanokov, Alexey Polezhaev, and First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov also have real estate in the neighborhood. WITH Roman's last Abramovich has a friendly relationship.

The prestige of the area is constantly growing. This is explained by the convenient location of the village with excellent environmental indicators. In a word, it’s easy to breathe, and there are no problems with the roads. Residents of Zarechye can directly access the business center of Moscow, and the air here is in no way inferior in purity to the Rublevo-Uspensky direction. Proximity of Meshchersky natural park and golf courses are an additional bonus to the area's infrastructure. The security of the Zarechye village is ensured 24/7 work guards monitoring the fenced area.

The oligarch carried out the purchase of property in the village gradually. At first, in the late 90s, a modest house appeared there, in comparison with its current scale. Then began the massive acquisition of land. The plots were added one after another - sometimes five hundred square meters, sometimes five hectares. If we add up their areas, we get approximately 70 hectares. The scope is truly impressive. Especially when you consider that the territory of Vladimir Putin’s residence in Novo-Ogarevo is two times smaller than Abramovich’s estate, and the Kremlin area is three times smaller.

The fence enclosing the territory of the oligarch's property stretches along the highway for one and a half kilometers. There is a helipad and an underground hangar for equipment on the territory. Not far from the site is the Skolkovo golf club, owned by Abramovich.

Roman Abramovich has a lake on which an artificial island is located. Not far from it there is a building with an area of ​​376 sq.m. According to documents, the object is a bathhouse, but it is appearance It's more like a restaurant. A little further away there is something similar to a spa complex. All this, apparently, provides cultural leisure for the oligarch’s family, his friends and immediate circle.

Roman Abramovich uses additional security to that provided by the village. At his disposal are several points on the border with Biryuzovaya Street, a commandant's office building with an area of ​​882 sq.m., consisting of two floors and a basement. In addition, at the exit from the estate there is a utility building with huge satellite antennas, which are used to receive and send signals to the satellite. The oligarch ensured the security of his possessions to the highest standard.

Abramovich's main buildings have an area of ​​2269 and 2421 sq.m. are located in a forest clearing. According to culturologist and art critic Lomonosov, the businessman’s residence is not intended to shock others with pomp and splendor. Everything is furnished simply and focused on maximum comfort for the owner. This is quite consistent with the character of Roman Abramovich, who in ordinary life does not focus on the size of his wallet. The harmony of the surrounding landscape emphasizes a well-considered approach to organizing space.

A reasonable question arises: how much did such an “addition” cost the oligarch? We do not take the cadastral value into account. Let's look at market prices right away. One hundred square meters of land in the working-class village of Zarechye costs about 150 thousand dollars. If you multiply the size of the land, which is officially confirmed by Rosreestr, the minimum value of the estate reaches $800 million.

To this figure we can safely add the cost of the adjacent plots, and as a result we get the most expensive estate among Russians. Despite a rather modest 13th place in the Forbes list, “billionaire from nowhere” Roman Abramovich occupies a leading position in the list of the richest landowners.

There are no fewer blank spots in the biography of Roman Abramovich than in photographs of Chukotka, which he heads. For some he is the owner of Sibneft, for others he is the governor of Chukotka. Some people don’t know anything reliably about this mysterious figure. Mystery man. By Forbes version Roman Abramovich topped the list richest people Russia, according to Time he is one of the most influential people in the world.

Roman Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 in Saratov in the family of an employee of the Syktyvkar Economic Council. His mother died when Abramovich was one and a half years old. His father died when Abramovich was four years old. After the death of his parents, Roman was adopted by his father's brother and until the end high school lived with his family in Moscow. According to the recollections of relatives, Roman was always emphatically polite, sociable and was known as a rather sensible child.

According to one version, Abramovich studied for several months at the industrial institute in Ukhta, served in the Soviet Army as a private in an automobile platoon artillery regiment. According to the second version, Abramovich studied at the Moscow Institute of Petrochemical and gas industry them. I.M. Gubkin, although the institute itself does not confirm the fact of his studies. There is a version that he entered two universities at once - both in Ukhta and Moscow. According to other evidence, Abramovich gnawed at the granite of science at the Moscow State Law Academy and received a degree in law.

Roman Abramovich: first steps in business

Roman Abramovich began his career in 1987 as a mechanic in the construction department No. 122 of the Mosspetsmontazh trust. Abramovich himself tells how, while studying at the institute, he simultaneously organized the Uyut cooperative: “We made toys from polymers. Those guys with whom we worked in the cooperative later formed the management team of Sibneft, then for some time I was a broker on the stock exchange.” They sold products in Moscow markets (including Luzhniki), which allowed them to make a profit in cash and pay taxes at that time.

In 1992-1995, he created 5 companies: private enterprise “Firm “Supertechnology-Shishmarev”, JSC “Elita”, JSC “Petroltrans”, JSC “GID”, company “NPR”, engaged in the production of consumer goods and intermediary activities. In the course of his business activities, Abramovich has repeatedly attracted attention law enforcement. Thus, on June 19, 1992, Roman Abramovich was taken into custody on suspicion of stealing 55 cars with diesel fuel from the Ukhtinsky oil refinery in the amount of about 4 million rubles. There is no information about the results of the investigation.

In 1993, Roman Abramovich continued his commercial activities, in particular the sale of oil from the city of Noyabrsk. From 1993 to 1996, he was the head of the Moscow branch of the Swiss company RUNICOM S.A.

Roman Abramovich and Sibneft

Roman Abramovich Roman Abramovich's entry into the big oil business is connected with Boris Berezovsky and the latter's struggle for ownership of Sibneft OJSC. In May 1995, Berezovsky and Abramovich created P.K.-Trust CJSC.

The years 1995-1996 were fruitful for Abramovich in creating new companies. He establishes 10 more companies: CJSC Mekong, CJSC Centurion-M, LLC Agrofert, CJSC Multitrans, CJSC Oilimpex, CJSC Sibreal, CJSC Forneft, CJSC Servet, CJSC Branko”, LLC “Vector-A”, which together with Berezovsky used to acquire shares of OJSC Sibneft. In June 1996, Roman Abramovich joined the board of directors of JSC Noyabrskneftegaz (one of the companies included in Sibneft), and also became the head of the Moscow representative office of Sibneft.

Having set themselves the goal of taking over the Sibneft company, Roman Abramovich and his companions used the proven method of a “shares-for-shares auction.” It should be noted that the law did not at all provide for such a method of privatization as the alienation of state property taken as collateral. On September 20, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of a state-owned stake of 19% of Sibneft shares. The winner is ZAO Firma Sins. On October 24, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of another 15% of Sibneft shares, which were in state ownership. The winner is CJSC Refine-Oil. May 12, 1997 passed commercial competition for the sale of a government stake in 51% of Sibneft shares. And Abramovich's firms won again. All these companies arose shortly before the competitions. In 1996-1997 Roman Abramovich was the director of the Moscow branch of OJSC Sibneft. Since September 1996 - member of the Board of Directors of Sibneft.

Roman Abramovich: Governor of Chukotka

In December 1999, Roman Abramovich was elected deputy State Duma Federal Assembly Russian Federation in the Chukotka single-mandate electoral district. He won the election for governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug December 24, 2000, gaining more than 90% of the votes. In October 2005, the President of Russia submitted Abramovich's candidacy to the Chukotka Duma for consideration to re-entrust him with the powers of governor. Deputies approved Abramovich's candidacy unanimously.

It is noteworthy that in March 2001, Abramovich donated $18 million from his own funds to improve the living conditions of the residents of Chukotka. There are several versions of why Roman Abramovich needed to be elected governor of Chukotka. In his own words, “I just feel sorry for the Chukchi.” According to another version, his election is of a political nature, since in this case he becomes a legal politician. There is also an economic version, since oil and gas production is considered the most promising direction for the development of Chukotka. Chukotka is also rich in gold. Another wealth of Chukotka that may interest Abramovich is biological resources, namely fish.

Personal life of Roman Abramovich, Abramovich's wife

Roman Abramovich's first wife was Olga, with whom he did not live long. Roman was associated with his second wife Irina for more than 15 years of marriage and five children. Their marriage was registered on October 18, 1991, and dissolved on March 12, 2007. According to rumors, it was Abramovich’s wife Irina who became the “fault” of her husband’s numerous successes in the business Olympus; with her help, more than one profitable deal was concluded.

Roman Abramovich's net worth

Roman Abramovich, together with his partners, through the UK-registered holding Millhouse Capital, controls more than 80% of Sibneft, the fifth largest Russian oil company, 50% of the aluminum company Russian Aluminum (RusAl) and 26% of Aeroflot. Through intermediary firms, according to some sources, the “Abramovich holding” includes power plants, factories for the production of passenger cars and trucks, buses, paper mills, banks and insurance companies in different regions Russia. This “holding” accounts for 3 to 4% of Russia’s GDP.

Partners of Roman Abramovich

Roman AbramovichThe Rusal company unites the interests of Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska. It is curious that at the beginning of 2000, when it was announced that Sibneft shareholders were purchasing controlling stakes in Siberian aluminum smelters, relations between the two contenders for the position of leader in the industry were quite tense. At first, everything led to their confrontation and fierce competition for metallurgical assets. However, within just a few weeks, Abramovich and Deripaska agreed to consolidate assets and create Rusal.

Alexander Mamut (MDM, Troika-Dialog), Andrey Melnichenko (MDM), Alexander Abramov (EvrazHolding) and Iskander Makhmudov (UMMC) are also called business partners of Abramovich and Deripaska. According to experts, this group controls up to 20% of Russia's GDP.

Roman Abramovich and Chelsea

In July 2001, Roman Abramovich acquired a controlling stake in the oldest English football club Chelsea bought his debts for £140 million. The value of the club's shares on the London Stock Exchange immediately almost tripled. The purchase of a foreign club by the governor of Chukotka, naturally, caused a strong reaction in Russia and Great Britain. There were rumors that the sensational contract was just a successful PR campaign; according to other versions, it was Abramovich’s first step in the sports business.

Roman Abramovich between London and Chukotka

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According to media reports, Roman Abramovich “lives between London and Anadyr, which does not prevent him from occasionally having dinner in Canada.” But, of course, it is impossible to talk about the “chief of Chukotka” as a 100% emigrant. As the governor of one of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, he is obliged to have Russian citizenship and at least occasionally visit their constituents.

Roman Abramovich on stage

The life of Roman Abramovich, which has already received an English-language biography, could become an English musical. English show producer Billy Gaff, whose “project” for a long time There was the famous rock musician Rod Stewart, who bought the rights to his book “Abramovich: Millionaire from Nowhere” from writer Chris Hutchins. Gaff wants to commission the music from Sir Elton John, and the musical itself, according to the producer’s plan, voiced by the British tabloid The Sun, will “shock the stages of Europe.”

Roman Abramovich can't decide on his permanent place residence. The businessman is apparently tired of England (which in general is not very surprising given the climate and especially tax rates), the Motherland does not tempt him (although tax documents indicate otherwise), and Switzerland refuses to accept it (yet?). The main owner of Evraz, billionaire Roman Abramovich, according to Swiss media, applied for a residence permit in the canton of Valais back in 2016. Then the businessman recalled him, but in November 2017 he again addressed this issue.

Abramovich turned to the Swiss authorities with a request to provide him with a residence permit in the canton of Valais back in July 2016, two Swiss publications report - Le Matin Dimanche and Sonntags Zeitung.

According to the application, Abramovich wanted to settle in the community of Bane, which includes the Verbier ski resort. The application was submitted to the municipality of the community, as well as to the Population and Migration Service of the canton of Valais. This information was confirmed to both publications by the municipality of Bane, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) and the federal police. “Given his financial resources, he would be a very interesting taxpayer for both the municipality and the country. We gave a positive answer,” Jacques Delavallaz, head of the migration department of the canton of Valais, tells Le Matin Dimanche. At the same time, the municipality of Banais, Le Matin Dimanche, said that they eventually received information from the cantonal authorities that Abramovich had not been granted a residence permit, which happens “very rarely.”

As Le Matin Dimanche and Sonntags Zeitung explain, Abramovich was most likely going to obtain a residence permit by agreeing with the authorities to pay the so-called. lump-sum or expense tax, when an individual pays not on income, but on expenses.

However, in June 2017, Abramovich withdrew his application for a residence permit. The publications do not write about the reasons for this decision of the billionaire - the businessman appealed to the trade and commercial court in Zurich with a demand to prohibit newspapers from disclosing details of the situation, and on February 2 the court sided with the Russian businessman. “The editors will continue to fight for the right to disclose information that, in our opinion, is of public interest,” writes Le Matin Dimanche.

In November 2017, Abramovich sent a personal appeal to the head of the Federal Police, Nicoletta della Valle. In a two-page letter, he states his intention to renew his application for a residence permit in the canton of Valais. This information was confirmed to publications by the State Secretariat for Migration and the Federal Police. A response was sent to Abramovich in December 2017, but the letter was not signed by Della Valle, but by her authorized lawyer. As Sonntags Zeitung notes, the court forbade the details of the response letter to be disclosed. However, the publication conveys the general meaning of the answer - Abramovich was explained that the withdrawn request cannot be “unfrozen”, in addition, the Federal Police does not resolve these issues. The lawyer only suggested that the Russian businessman submit a new application to the cantonal migration department. According to the publications, Abramovich has not yet filed such a petition.

A representative of the Millhouse company (which manages Abramovich's assets), John Mann, told Le Matin Dimanche that he would not like to comment on the businessman's personal affairs. Abramovich's representative also declined to comment to RBC.

As Le Matin Dimanche writes, citing data from the State Secretariat for Migration, over the past ten years Switzerland “based on public interest» issued 578 permits to foreigners to reside in the country. Of these, 186 permits were issued to Russians (one of them was the ex-owner of YUKOS, Mikhail Khodorkovsky). In second place are the Turks (37 permits).

Roman Abramovich, with a fortune of $9.1 billion, ranks 12th in the list of 200 richest businessmen in Russia according to Forbes. Abramovich's main asset is 31% in the Evraz group. The businessman also owns 24% of Channel One, a small stake in Norilsk Nickel and the Chelsea football club.

In the British register of companies, where Abramovich is listed as a person with significant control in the company Fordstam Limited (this company manages Chelsea FC), the businessman's place of residence is listed as Switzerland. In November 2016, Abramovich's representative John Mann told Forbes that Abramovich is a tax resident of Russia because he spends more than 183 days a year on its territory. Sonntags zeitung noted that it could not find information about Abramovich's property in Switzerland.

Roman Abramovich is a man of mystery; during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin he was one of the most influential of all oligarchs. Numerous publications in the media attributed to him the role of the main, most aggressive ideologist of the “family.” Allegedly, he was the author of the idea of ​​banning the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and dispersing the State Duma. He is also credited with the idea of ​​reburying Lenin and then sending troops into Moscow to suppress spontaneous riots. There are no fewer blank spots in the biography of Roman Abramovich than in photographs of Chukotka, which he heads. For some he is the owner of Sibneft, for others he is the governor of Chukotka. Some people don’t know anything reliably about this mysterious figure. According to Forbes, Roman Abramovich topped the list of the richest people in Russia; according to Time, he is one of the most influential people in the world. At the same time, the financial tycoon does not like to advertise his capital, showing a disregard for the norms of secular society: he wears a formal tuxedo only on major holidays, loves worn jeans and a sweater, and categorically refuses to shave.

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 in Saratov in the family of an employee of the Syktyvkar Economic Council. His mother died when Abramovich was one and a half years old. Father, Arkady Nakhimovich, worked in the Syktyvkar Economic Council, died as a result of an accident at a construction site when Roman was 4 years old.

Taken into the family of his father's brother, Leib Nakhimovich, Roman spent a significant part of his youth in the Komi Republic. Leib Abramovich worked at that time as the head of the Pechorles labor supply department at Komileresurs.

According to the newspaper “NES+S” (Ukhta, June 9, 1999), “the future oil magnate lived in Ukhta throughout his childhood and adolescence in a five-story brick building at the address: Oktyabrskaya, 22.” As the newspaper wrote, “according to the recollections of adults, Roman was always emphatically polite, sociable and was known as a rather reasonable child. According to some sources, in 1983. Abramovich graduates from city school No. 2 with good grades and enters the Industrial Institute, where he manages to complete two courses. There is a version that he entered two universities at once - both in Ukha and in Moscow - the Institute named after. Gubkina. It’s as if Roman got into both universities based on a competition. According to another version, he studied at school No. 2 only in the first grade, and then moved to the Moscow region. It is clear that from the second year Abramovich masters knowledge at the Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas named after. Gubkin and lives with his second uncle, Abram Nakhimovich Abramovich.”

According to other media reports, Roman Abramovich failed to graduate from the Industrial Institute in Ukhta, as he was called up to serve in Soviet Army. Served as a private in an artillery regiment auto platoon. Then he entered the Moscow Institute, which he also never graduated from.

Roman Abramovich began his career in 1987 as a mechanic in the construction department No. 122 of the Mosspetsmontazh trust. Abramovich himself tells how, while studying at the institute, he simultaneously organized the Uyut cooperative: “We made toys from polymers. Those guys with whom we worked in the cooperative later formed the management team of Sibneft, then for some time I was a broker on the stock exchange.” They sold products in Moscow markets (including Luzhniki), which allowed them to make a profit in cash and pay taxes at that time.

In 1992-1995, he created 5 companies: private enterprise “Firm “Supertechnology-Shishmarev”, JSC “Elita”, JSC “Petroltrans”, JSC “GID”, company “NPR”, engaged in the production of consumer goods and intermediary activities. During his business activities, Abramovich repeatedly attracted the attention of law enforcement agencies.

Thus, on June 19, 1992, Roman Abramovich was taken into custody on suspicion of stealing 55 cars with diesel fuel from the Ukhtinsky oil refinery in the amount of about 4 million rubles. The criminal case was initiated on June 9, 1992. Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate. As the Ukhta newspaper “NES+S” writes, “in February 1992. A train with 55 tanks (3.5 thousand tons) arrived from Ukhta to Moscow diesel fuel). A few days later the train moved to Kaliningrad region, but along the way he disappeared without a trace. As it turned out later, the train went to Latvia... The fuel was sent from the Ukhta Oil Refinery, and the recipient, instead of the Syktyvkar company AVEX-Komi, was the Moscow company AVK, whose general director was Roman Abramovich...

Confirming his sincere testimony with his signature, Abramovich made a note in his own hand into the protocol: “I would like to add that I, as the director of AVK, am ready to compensate for the damage caused by my enterprise to the state.” When the investigation was actually completed, citizen Chikovani, unknown to the investigators, suddenly appeared, the director of a joint Latvian-American enterprise. This enterprise paid the Ukhta Oil Refinery 3 million 800 thousand rubles. for 55 tanks of fuel. It turned out that the AVEX-Komi company had an agreement with a Latvian company for the supply of petroleum products, and the payment period was set until December 31, 1992.

Let us recall that at first AVEX-Komi did not want to recognize the agreement with the refinery at all. Thus, there is no damage to the state, which means there are no perpetrators: December 1, 1992. the criminal case was closed for lack of corpus delicti.”

In 1993, Roman Abramovich continued his commercial activities, in particular the sale of oil from the city of Noyabrsk. From 1993 to 1996, he was the head of the Moscow branch of the Swiss company RUNICOM S.A.

Roman Abramovich's entry into the big oil business is connected with Boris Berezovsky and the latter's struggle for ownership of Sibneft OJSC. In May 1995, Berezovsky and Abramovich created P.K.-Trust CJSC.

The years 1995-1996 were fruitful for Abramovich in creating new companies. He establishes 10 more companies: CJSC Mekong, CJSC Centurion-M, LLC Agrofert, CJSC Multitrans, CJSC Oilimpex, CJSC Sibreal, CJSC Forneft, CJSC Servet, CJSC Branko”, LLC “Vector-A”, which together with Berezovsky used to acquire shares of OJSC Sibneft. In June 1996, Roman Abramovich joined the board of directors of JSC Noyabrskneftegaz (one of the companies included in Sibneft), and also became the head of the Moscow representative office of Sibneft.

Having set themselves the goal of taking over the Sibneft company, Roman Abramovich and his companions used the proven method of a “shares-for-shares auction.” It should be noted that the law did not at all provide for such a method of privatization as the alienation of state property taken as collateral. On September 20, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of a state-owned stake of 19% of Sibneft shares. The winner is ZAO Firma Sins. On October 24, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of another 15% of Sibneft shares, which were in state ownership. The winner is CJSC Refine-Oil. On May 12, 1997, a commercial tender was held for the sale of a state-owned stake in 51% of Sibneft shares. And Abramovich's firms won again. All these companies arose shortly before the competitions. In 1996-1997 Roman Abramovich was the director of the Moscow branch of OJSC Sibneft. Since September 1996 - member of the Board of Directors of Sibneft.

In December 1999, Roman Abramovich was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Chukotka single-mandate electoral district. He won the election for governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug on December 24, 2000, gaining more than 90% of the votes. In October 2005, the President of Russia submitted Abramovich's candidacy to the Chukotka Duma for consideration to re-entrust him with the powers of governor. Deputies approved Abramovich's candidacy unanimously.

It is noteworthy that in March 2001, Abramovich donated $18 million from his own funds to improve the living conditions of the residents of Chukotka. There are several versions of why Roman Abramovich needed to be elected governor of Chukotka. In his own words, “I just feel sorry for the Chukchi.” According to another version, his election is of a political nature, since in this case he becomes a legal politician. There is also an economic version, since oil and gas production is considered the most promising direction for the development of Chukotka. Chukotka is also rich in gold. Another wealth of Chukotka that may interest Abramovich is biological resources, namely fish. One of Roman Abramovich’s sayings: “Fish is close to oil. Both oil and fish are things in which you don’t need to invest money, they grow on their own.”

Personal life

State

Roman Abramovich, together with his partners, through the UK-registered holding Millhouse Capital, controls more than 80% of Sibneft, the fifth largest Russian oil company, 50% of the aluminum company Russian Aluminum (RusAl) and 26% of Aeroflot. Through intermediary firms, according to some sources, Abramovich’s “holding” includes power plants, factories for the production of cars and trucks, buses, paper mills, banks and insurance companies in different regions of Russia. This “holding” accounts for 3 to 4% of Russia’s GDP.

In July 2001, Roman Abramovich acquired a controlling stake in the oldest English football club, Chelsea, and bought out its debts for £140 million. The value of the club's shares on the London Stock Exchange immediately almost tripled. The purchase of a foreign club by the governor of Chukotka, naturally, caused a strong reaction in Russia and Great Britain. There were rumors that the sensational contract was just a successful PR campaign; according to other versions, it was Abramovich’s first step in the sports business.

Recently, according to media reports, Roman Abramovich “lives between London and Anadyr, which does not prevent him from occasionally having dinner in Canada.” But, of course, it is impossible to talk about the “chief of Chukotka” as a 100% emigrant. As the governor of one of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, he is obliged to have Russian citizenship and at least occasionally visit his constituents.

Everyone knows about Roman Abramovich - his name is synonymous with wealth and power. To reach his current fortune of $9.1 billion, the businessman began as an active player in the oil trading market and always “made” the necessary connections.

• FULL NAME: Abramovich Roman Arkadievich
• Date of Birth: 24.10.1966
• Education: incomplete higher education, Ukhta Industrial Institute
• start date entrepreneurial activity/age: 25 years
• Type of activity at start: production of polymer toys
• Current activity: entrepreneur, billionaire
• Current state:$9.1 billion, according to Forbes for 2017

Roman Abramovich is a man whose name alone can arouse genuine public interest. Any facts of his biography attract attention.

Childhood and youth

Abramovich Roman Arkadyevich was born on October 24, 1966 in the city of Saratov into a Jewish family, although his father’s “nationality” was written “Russian.” The childhood of the future oligarch cannot be called cloudless - he became an orphan at the age of four. When the baby was one year old, the mother died of illness, and three years after the injury received at a construction site, the father also died. The boy was raised by Uncle Leib, who lived in Ukhta, but Roman finished school in the capital, living with another uncle.

After school the army was waiting for the guy, air defense, from which he returned to the Industrial Institute of Ukhta. And it was here that he began to show his organizational skills. They did not concern studies - a diploma higher education Roman Abramovich never received it, because his interests turned towards entrepreneurship.

How Roman Abramovich's business began: heading towards oil rivers

By the end of the eighties, Abramovich was “ripe” to start doing business. And the first project was the cooperative organization “Uyut”, which was engaged in the production of polymer toys.

The next stage was the transition to trading operations - at first the businessman acted through intermediaries, then he moved to independent decisions. At the dawn of the nineties, Roman became the head of AVK-Komi, an intermediary enterprise for operations in the oil market. It is noteworthy that his first case of supplying fuel almost became a criminal case - a theft occurred, but the entrepreneur himself actively helped the investigation, and the thieves were found.

The adroit exporter was noticed by Boris Berezovsky and the Yeltsin family. At that time, Berezovsky was more involved in political activities, and therefore transferred the affairs (raw materials and financial flows) from Sibneft, which actually belonged to him, to a new person.

And here it’s worth talking separately about joint projects with Mr. Berezovsky. We are talking about an oil corporation operating along a single vertical, the basic basis of which would be Noyabrskneftegaz and the Omsk Oil Refinery (then owned by Rosneft).

1996 turned out to be a particularly successful year: in June, Roman was appointed to the management of Noyabrskneftegaz JSC (board of directors). The Moscow representative office of Sibneft submitted to him around the same time, and the board of directors of this organization - already in September. By the way, this also included many of the entrepreneur’s partners, whom he trusted since his first cooperative.

In 1998, there was an attempt to merge Sibneft and YUKOS, but this did not go further than theory. And first of all, because of the ambitions of the owners, disagreements between Abramovich and Berezovsky led to complete discord with each other. But by this time our hero was already confident in his own abilities - behind him was a fortune estimated at 14 billion dollars.

The beginning of a new millennium

The 2000s continued to reveal the potential of our hero. Among successful projects The following are distinguished:

• Russian Aluminum (co-founder Oleg Deripaska);
• repurchase of ORT shares from Berezovsky with subsequent sale to Sberbank;
• buyout of a controlling stake from Aeroflot.

In December 2002, Sibneft was strengthening relations with Belarus. So, first, 10% of the shares were purchased from the Russian-Belarusian oil concern Slafneft, then, together with partner TNK, another 74.9% was acquired. The resulting assets were divided equally.

What other large oil companies raise the domestic oil market? It turns out that there are 7 largest tycoons in this area.

The second half of 2003 was much less clear: the Prosecutor General’s Office and Tax office began to doubt whether the shares in many of the oligarch's companies were legally acquired. All this resulted in fines of $1 billion. Abramovich begins to sell off shareholdings in many companies - from Aeroflot and Russian Aluminum to RusPromAvto and Sibneft.

Speaking about projects closer in time, we must mention Boris Polansky, who is known as a financial investor. In the future of such cooperation is the opening of Polanski Bank Capital.

Business wisdom and the ability to make optimal decisions led to the fact that our hero was an arbiter in the “Nickel War” in 2012. He received the right to manage 20% of the trust fund.

Conquest of the political Olympus

Roman Abramovich’s business did not prevent him from taking part in political life countries. It all started in 1999, when our hero became a State Duma deputy from the Chukotka constituency. Why was this geolocation chosen? But it was in this territory that companies engaged in operations with petroleum products on behalf of Sibneft were registered.

Roman did not get involved in factions. But since 2000, he got into the committee, problem solver North and Far East.

This led to gubernatorial activity in 2001-2008. The time of his leadership is characterized as a period successful development region, in particular the oil industry. For this purpose, Roman invested a lot of his own funds. In 2006, for such an approach to work, the businessman was awarded the Order of Honor.

In 2005, Abramovich sold his own stake in Sibneft shares (75.5% at a price of $13.1 billion) to Gazprom and made attempts to resign as governor. However, each time he abandoned this idea after a conversation with Putin. And only with the arrival of Medvedev, the gubernatorial powers of Roman Arkadyevich were terminated.

But his participation in politics did not end there - in the same 2008, Roman, yielding to the request of the Duma deputies of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, participated in by-elections. The result was stunning - 96.99% voted for him.

Former Governor reported on his financial condition. He did not hide from anyone how he earned his first money:

Since October 2008, Abramovich has been the chairman of the local Chukotka Duma. However, by that time he was already living permanently in the UK, where his passion for football led him.

Love for football

Let's go back to 2003 - it was then that the oligarch carried out a world-famous business deal. We are talking about buying out the almost bankrupt Chelsea football club, dealing with all its debts and renewing the team, and with contracts for six zeros (with wide coverage in the world media).

This reconstruction cost £150 million. There was immediately a stir in the Russian press: they say that the oligarch is developing foreign sports, not domestic ones! No one even tried to remember that Roman made attempts to acquire CSKA, but the deal failed. And the investment in Chelsea paid off by winning the UEFA Champions League European tournament.

Information to those who allow themselves to make statements in the direction of Abramovich’s unpatriotism: he has done a lot for Russian football. What does it cost to create a fund? National Academy Football." And it was from his own pocket that Roman paid for the invited head coach for our national football team - the famous Dutchman Guus Hiddink.

Scandals related to Abramovich

Big money cannot remain in the shadows. And this is not just idle public interest - the success story of Roman Abramovich is connected with scandalous stories.

It all started in 1992, when the entrepreneur was taken into custody and charged with theft of diesel fuel. A substantial amount was presented - 4 million rubles.

1998 marked another major scandal: the entrepreneur was called a confidant of Boris Yeltsin - it was he who sponsored the politician’s election race. But that’s not all - Roman, it turns out, also paid the expenses of Yeltsin’s daughter and son-in-law.

Forbes Favorite

Roman first appeared on the prestigious Forbes list back in 2009. In 2017, he is in 139th place on the global list of billionaires and 13th on the list of rich people in Russia. The oligarch's fortune totals $9.1 billion.

Forecasts for Abramovich's condition

Financial experts are trying to convince the public that rumors and arguments about Roman Abramovich's wealth are greatly exaggerated. However, he is still considered one of the top businessmen.

But the same Forbes predicts: the state Russian oligarch may fall soon. This situation began in 2011, when its figures began to decline from $13 billion to today’s figures. And the trend shows no sign of stopping.

The crisis also “helps” with this. Here is an illustrative example: in September 2014, Roman Abramovich failed to conduct an IPO to a commission associated with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. He tried to act through Evraz North America, where he holds the position of chairman of the board of directors. However, he failed to increase his fortune.

Personal life

The public is no less interested in the personal life of the oligarch than the amount of his fortune. Abramovich had two official marriages. The first wife was Olga Yuryevna Lysova - not much information has been preserved about her, except that she was born in Astrakhan.

The second wife, Malandina Irina Vyacheslavovna, a former flight attendant, attracted much more attention. She gave birth to five children to her oligarch husband: three daughters and two sons. But despite the fact that the family now consisted of seven “I,” the couple divorced in 2007. Everything happened without scandals or lawsuits: Roman and Irina themselves resolved the issue of child custody and division of property (by the way, the ex-wife received a sum of $300 million during the divorce).

The vacant position as a life partner for a wealthy groom was quickly filled by designer Daria Zhukova. Official registration it was not, but this did not stop the lovers from giving birth to two children - a son and a daughter. At the moment, the couple has also decided to separate, but to raise children together and remain friends.

The paparazzi have now launched a real hunt for a possible contender for the oligarch's heart. Among the potential brides they even named British actress Emma Watson, better known to everyone as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter film saga. Another possible option is the ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater Diana Vishneva (according to unverified information from the media).