The richest people in Russia - who are they?

Poverty is rapidly falling out of fashion. A paradise hut with a bowl of buckwheat porridge no longer attracts modern man. Material wealth is now classed as a virtue. The psychology of success guides people to financial prosperity, which will become a reliable guarantor of peace of mind. Magazines are full of ratings, which defiantly demonstrate deft and profitable asset management. But who are they, the richest people in Russia? Forbes knows this all and annually shares his observations. Moreover, the magazine opens the mysterious veil and hands the keys to the coveted door that leads to the top of prosperity.

The heroes of the rating are businessmen with a fortune of $ 500 million. They own enterprises, they invest in projects and receive incredible profits, they make financial transactions, which captivate the spirit of a modest employee of the state system. The richest people in Russia say little, and their affairs become the subject of extensive discussions. Forbes in April of this year published a jubilee rating of billionaires.

The leading place belongs to Alisher Usmanov, who heads the list for the second year in a row. The state of the owner of Metalloinvest totals 17.6 billion dollars. The capital of the second richest businessman is somewhat "more modest" - 16.5 billion dollars belong to Mikhail Fridman, owner of Alfa Group. Shareholder Novatek Leonid Mikhelson took third place with a fortune of 15.4 billion. Vekselberg with 15.1 billion and Lukoil's leader Vagit Alekperov entered the top five with 14.8 billion. The notorious Mikhail Prokhorov is on the tenth position with a capital of $ 13 billion.

The richest people in Russia are continuously increasing their fortunes. Since 2004 (since the first Forbes list was compiled), five billionaires have multiplied their capital by at least tenfold. The leader of the jubilee rating Usmanov, by the way, has earned on assets an amount exceeding the indications of 2004 by as much as 18 times.

The richest people in Russia are willing to give interviews, on the basis of which Forbes employees identified key factors on the way to success. Businessmen say that the main thing in this difficult business is not to be afraid of failures and constantly learn from mistakes, it is not important, their own or others'. About "learn" many of us remember from Soviet times, but it is unlikely that the revolutionary leader Lenin would approve the modern interpretation of his slogan. Russia's richest people are "learning" to conquer the world with their phenomenal success in business.

Billionaires who have made an unheard-of fortune admit that without a life partner who supported and directed, they would hardly have achieved such results. Recognition, of course, is worthy of praise and somewhat brightens the unpleasant sludge that occurs when a cursory examination of the rating, which is unlikely to meet representatives of the fair sex.

The richest people in Russia analytically assess the situation on the market, creatively seek ways to profit and invest in a project that will pay off in the future with interest. Or it will not pay off and will be a worthy occasion for "studying, studying ...". Billionaires, as we recall, are not afraid of a temporary defeat, but are guided by a win in the future.

Of course, between the "rich and the poor" - a million or even a billion gap. To build a bridge from one end to the other becomes the cherished dream of everyone who bravely rushed into this difficult battle. It's just that there, on the other side of the abyss, only they, the richest people in the world know. The price of wealth is sometimes incommensurable with the expenditure of the soul. However, if you are at the start - it remains to wish you good luck and good health.