As shown by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the wealth of Russia's richest businessmen has collectively increased by $22.547 billion since the beginning of the year.
In this list of the world's 500 richest people, there are 22 Russians. Among Russian businessmen, the president of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, earned the most this year — he is ranked 58th with a fortune of $31.7 billion, which increased by $3.82 billion.
Next is Alisher Usmanov — ranked 134th with a fortune of $16.9 billion (an increase of $3.7 billion). Pavel Durov, with $13 billion, increased his wealth by $2.3 billion and is ranked 199th. Suleyman Kerimov, who increased his wealth by $3 billion, is ranked 312th with a fortune of $10 billion.
However, not all Russian billionaires managed to increase their wealth, with some experiencing losses this year. The owner of the Monaco football club, Dmitry Rybolovlev, lost $1.77 billion, the owner of the Novolipetsk Steel Company, Vladimir Lisin — $1.62 billion, and banker Mikhail Fridman — $1.03 billion.
The top three billionaires are Elon Musk with a fortune of $379 billion, Mark Zuckerberg with a fortune of $229 billion, and Jeff Bezos — with $226 billion. Only Zuckerberg increased his wealth by $21.4 billion, while Musk and Bezos lost $53.8 billion and $12.3 billion respectively this year.