Russia’s Richest Dynasties See $2 Bln Windfall in 2017 Forbes List

Brothers Alexei and Dmitry Ananyev round out Forbes’s top-3 with $2.7 billion equally divided between the bankers.

The two sons of former Tatarstan leader Mintimer Shaimiyev and his grandson are the 4th richest family in Russia with a combined fortune of $2.215 billion.

They are closely followed in 5th place by Dagestan’s Magomedov brothers, who expanded into the oil industry after beginning their careers in the banking sector, with a collective $1.75 billion.

With $1.6 billion, banker and Hungary’s richest person Megdet Rahimkulov, is next on the list alongside his two sons. Oil and precious metals magnates Musa and Mavlit Bazhayev, together with Musa’s nephew, share Forbes’s 7th spot at $1.45 billion.

Co-owners of the RESO-Garantia insurance company, brothers Sergei and Nikolai Sarkisov follow with $1.4 billion.

The alleged husband of President Vladimir Putin’s youngest daughter Kirill Shamalov and his father are second-to-last with $1.32 billion, while Koks iron exporter Boris Zubitsky’s two sons and their mother round out the list with $950 million.

Last year, Russia’s 10 wealthiest families earned a total of $26.3 billion, less than 5 percent of the $530 billion combined wealth of the United States of America’s 10 richest clans.


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