Major Shareholder of Novatek
Richest Person in Russia
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Chairman & CEO, Novatek
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Married
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Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson (Russian: Леони́д Ви́кторович Михельсо́н; born 11 August 1955) is a Russian-Israeli billionaire businessman, CEO, chairman and major shareholder of the Russian gas company Novatek.[1]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mikhelson obtained a stake in a privatized pipeline construction company out of which he formed Novatek.[2] He is a business partner of Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko, a close confidante of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.[2]
According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he had a net worth of US$28.8 billion, as of August 2022, making him the 44th richest person in the world and the second richest in Russia.[3] According to the 2023 Forbes annual rating, Mikhelson is ranked 4th among Russian billionaires with a net worth of $21.6 billion.[4]
^"NOVATEK : Management". Novatek.ru. 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 18 April 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
^ abHelman, Christopher. "Novatek's Leonid Mikhelson: Surviving Russia's Turmoil". Forbes. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^"Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Leonid Mikhelson". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^"20 богатейших российских бизнесменов в глобальном рейтинге Forbes". Forbes.ru (in Russian). 4 April 2023.
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