Roman Abramovich: biography and personal life. Condition and yachts of Roman Abramovich

The whole world knows a man named Roman Abramovich. His biography at the same time contains many contradictory moments. Why in 1992 he almost got into jail? How did Boris Yeltsin's family perceive him? What state after the divorce was the second wife of the oligarch? And what made him so pleased with the population of Chukotka? This will be discussed in the article.

Abramovich Roman Arkadevich: biography

The future billionaire was born in Saratov in 1966, on October 24, in the family of Jews - Arkady Nakhimovich and Irina Vasilyevna. When the boy was only a year old, his mother died. Soon as a result of the accident at the construction site, his father also died - the boy was then four years old. Since that time, the family of his uncle from Ukhta was training the future tycoon. After a while, in 1974, Abramovich left for Moscow to another uncle.

After serving in Kirzhach in the army, Roman entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute for the Forestry Faculty. The young man showed excellent organizational skills there. However, Roman Abramovich did not finish his studies at the university. His biography abruptly changed when in the late 1980s he took up business, which soon led him to oil trading.

Criminal case

In 1992, a businessman was suspected of stealing state property and taken into custody. Then the train with diesel fuel (the total cost of which amounted to 3.8 million rubles), disappeared from Ukhta to the city of Syktyvkar on the instructions of the company "AVEKS-Komi". Later it was found out that the fuel was delivered to Riga and passed to the ownership of the company "AKV", the general director of which was Roman Abramovich. The biography of the entrepreneur could have developed differently if he had then sat in jail, but soon the case was closed for lack of corpus delicti.

Business and access to the state level

In the 1990s, Abramovich began close communication with Boris Berezovsky and became a member of Boris Yeltsin's house. The family of the president invited Roman to move to an apartment in the Kremlin, where he was called "Mr. A".

In 1996, the businessman, being the head of the board of directors of the joint-stock company Noyabrskneftegaz, headed the Moscow branch of Sibneft. In 1999, he was elected deputy to the Chukchi IO number 223. After that, in the Chukotka Autonomous District, Abramovich registered Sibneft's partner companies responsible for the sale of oil products and the most "black" gold.

In none of the Duma factions the businessman was not a member. He changed the Duma in 2000 to the chair of the governor of Chukotka. According to media reports, Roman donated over 2.5 billion dollars for the development of the Autonomous Okrug. To this day, in the list of the most generous domestic benefactors, Abramovich confidently ranks first.

2003 in the life of the oligarch was marked by the purchase of the English football club Chelsea, which at that time was on the verge of ruin. After that, the entrepreneur actually moved to the UK.

In 2005, Abramovich sold his stake in Sibneft to Gazprom for $ 13.1 billion.

The businessman repeatedly tried to leave the post of the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous District, but every time Russian President Putin overthrew him. Biographer Vladimir Vladimirovich, Chris Hutchins, describes in detail the relationship between the president and the oligarch. According to him, they communicated as a father and a beloved son, while Abramovich appealed to Putin for "you" because he is older.

In July 2008, Roman was relieved of his post as Governor of Chukotka by President Dmitry Medvedev, who named Abramovich's personal desire as the reason for his decision. In October 2008, the businessman became chairman of the Chukchi Duma.

Roman Abramovich: biography. Personal life

The billionaire was officially married twice. His first wife, Olga Yuryevna Lysova, was a native of Astrakhan. The second wife of Roman Abramovich, Irina Vyacheslavovna Malandina (after the marriage - Abramovich), by profession was a flight attendant. She gave birth to a tycoon with five children: three daughters and two sons. In 1992, Anna was born, in 1993 Arkady was born, in 1995 the family was replenished with another child - Sophia, in 2001 Arina was born, and finally in 2003 Ilya was born. Despite such a large number of children, the marriage was not saved - it disintegrated in March 2007, when the Chukotka district court of the couple were divorced. They independently agreed on how the division of property will be made and with whom the children will live. As you know, after the divorce, Malandina received an amount of 300 million dollars from the ex-spouse.

Now the businessman meets with the designer Daria Zhukova (see the photo below). Despite the fact that officially they are not painted, in 2009 Daria gave birth to a billionaire son. He was called Aaron Alexander. And in April 2013 another Roman Abramovich's daughter, Leia, was born.

Yachts

The entrepreneur owns a huge amount of all kinds of property. He has three luxury yachts, which the Western media dubbed "Abramovich's Fleet":

• Eclipse is the second largest in the world in the rating of the longest motor yachts.
• Luna - a sailboat 115 meters long, designed for expeditions.
• Sussurro is another Roman Abramovich yacht, permanently located in Antibes. It has a length of 50 meters and is used as an escort vessel.

Previously, the billionaire owned and other major yachts, but subsequently sold them or donated. Pelorus ship for 300 million dollars passed into the possession of David Giffen, the yacht Le Grand Bleu was presented to Eugene Shvidler, and the vessel Ecstasea Roman sold in 2009 to an unknown buyer.

Air transport

In addition to water transport, Abramovich owns air vehicles. He owns the "Boeing 767-33A", due to its characteristic coloration known as "Bandit". This aircraft was first ordered by the Hawaiian Airlines company, but then she canceled the order, and Roman decided to buy a Boeing. Another Abramovich plane - A340-313X - was purchased by him in 2008. Also, the businessman owns three helicopters that serve the yachts owned by him.

Ground transportation

Among the land vehicles available to the oligarch, there are two armored limousines valued at a million pounds sterling each. In addition, Roman is the owner of numerous cars, most of which were made to order and represent exclusive models, and a motorcycle Ducati, in which the fairings are painted in the colors of Russian tricolor with aerography in the form of a double-headed golden eagle.

condition

As is known, Forbes magazine annually names the names of the richest people on the planet and publishes information about their savings. In accordance with these data, in 2013, Abramovich Roman was on the 68th place in the world billionaires rating. His state at the end of 2014 was estimated at $ 9.1 billion. In the list of the richest people in Russia, the entrepreneur ranks 14th.

Let's talk about what kind of real estate the oligarch has. In his ownership are:

• Penthouse in Kensington worth 29 million pounds;
• Villa in West Sussex for £ 28 million;
• A six-story cottage in Knightsbridge at a cost of £ 18 million;
• A house in France worth £ 15 million;
• A house in Saint Tropez for £ 40 million;
• A five-story mansion in Belgravia, whose price is 11 million pounds sterling;
• A summer residence in Moscow suburbs costing 8 million pounds sterling.