One of Formula One's greatest drivers, Michael Schumacher, purchased this business jet for $28.5 million in 2002. At that time, Michael was an active racing driver for the Ferrari team and often flew to the venues of the next Grand Prix on this particular plane. Most likely, Schumacher was interested not so much in a comfortable luxury cabin, but in the speed that this aircraft can reach - 900 km / h.
This aircraft company-owned Challenger Administration LLC, based in Washington DC, is registered in the name of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. It's designed to comfortably move 8 people the equivalent of a flight from Los Angeles to Moscow or from New York to Tokyo. IN board number This aircraft (N887WM) contains the first letters of the names of Gates' parents "William" and "Maria".
Elvis Presley's Convair 880 was purchased in 1975 for a then significant amount of money, $ 250,000. It was immediately re-equipped - instead of 110 passengers, it could now accommodate only 28, but a large negotiating table, huge leather chairs and a bar were installed. After the upgrade, it already cost $600,000. Presley named this plane "Lisa Marie" - in honor of his daughter.
Mark Cuban, founder of broadcast.com, purchased a Boeing 767-277 for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team he owns. This aircraft is equipped with specially designed seats to ensure maximum comfort for tall players.
Roman Abramovich made his fortune mainly during the privatization of Russia's oil industry. But abroad, he is known primarily as the owner of the Chelsea football club. His personal Boeing 767, which is serviced at London's Luton Airport, 51 km from London, is painted rather inconspicuously in contrast to the interior. Inside, the aircraft is trimmed with natural gold and mahogany.
Despite the fact that the Boeing 767 is a rather large aircraft, Abramovich became the owner of the newest giant, the Aerobus A-380. Abramovich was one of the first to order this aircraft at the Le Bourget air show. The plane will be delivered to its owner only in 2011, then after the re-equipment it will cost $400 million. For Abramovich, it will be equipped with several living rooms, a meeting room and luxurious apartments. This is the largest passenger airliner, which could initially accommodate 380 passengers.
Donald Trump's Boeing 727-23 was originally owned by American Airlines but was later purchased by D.J. Aerospace, one of the companies of the American billionaire. Light leather armchairs, gold-plated seat belt buckles, an art gallery, special soft lighting and personal attendants are all geared towards the most comfortable journey for Donald Trump and his guests. The Trump emblem on board is over a meter high, 9 meters wide and crafted from 23 carat gold leaf.
This Boeing 747-430 belongs to the ruler of Brunei, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, one of the richest men in the world, who is also known for having one of the most amazing car and art collections. This plane is the most expensive private jet - its interior is trimmed with pure gold, real expensive leather and real crystal. The cost of this aircraft is over $120 million. The ruler of Brunei also owns 2 Aerobus A-340s and a new Boeing 767.
Actor John Travolta is a licensed pilot for Qantas, which allows him to fly passenger airliners such as the Boeing 707. By the age of 54, Travolta has flown more than 5,000 hours, owns 5 aircraft, including: a Boeing 707, two LearJet 24Bs, a Gulfstream 2, and a Canadian CT-114, which is usually used to train military pilots. combat rules and aerobatics. On the territory of his residence in Jamboleira, Florida, equipped runway strip, 2 km long and a taxiway leading directly to the house.
Anton Verzhbitsky
If you combine the private jets of Russian billionaires into one company, you get a major carrier, the second in terms of the number of aircraft after Aeroflot with a fleet of more than 250 aircraft. In total, the Russians own up to 500 business jets, and most of them are registered abroad. Sanctions against Russian businessmen adopted by the US Treasury on April 6, 2018 ruined the life of billionaires and launched a wave of sales.5. Airbus A320
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Estimated owner: Andrey Kozitsyn
Country of registration: Austria
Assessed value: $67 000 000
The plane and its unique livery with gold patterns and a bird on the tail went to the Russian billionaire from the previous owner, the Saudi Saad Group, the bankrupt billionaire Maan al-Sanea. The aircraft was relocated from Saudi Arabia to Ekaterinburg Koltsovo Airport. The aircraft can often be seen in European cities- Verona, Vienna and Paris. Also, this Airbus often visits the cities where the Ekaterinburg hockey club "Avtomobilist" holds its games, sponsored by the UMMC (Andrey Kozitsyn is a co-owner of the company). Sometimes the hockey team itself flies to them.
Forbes analyzed what the participants in the list of the richest Russians prefer to fly on. According to the publication, most often the technique of famous people in business is very recognizable: billionaires like to stand out with the color of their vehicle or an unusual registration number.
So, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich prefers to fly on a Boeing 767-300ER with the number P4-MES. This 11-year-old aircraft can often be seen in different parts of the world: Nice, Salzburg, Saint Martin, Tel Aviv. The rich geography is explained by the capabilities of the Boeing 767-300ER, registered on the island of Aruba. The ER prefix in the modification of this vessel means an increased flight range, which allows you to make non-stop flights over a distance of up to 11 thousand kilometers. Such an airliner can accommodate up to 245 passengers, its length is 54.9 meters, its wingspan is 47.6 meters, and the catalog value of the aircraft is $191.5 million. Among spotters (lovers of photographing aircraft), the ship received the nickname "Bandit" for the characteristic black stripe near the cockpit, reminiscent of dark glasses. A 1:500 scale model of the "Bandit" is even sold in souvenir shops.
Plane of Roman Abramovich Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alfa Group Mikhail Fridman often flies in his Mi-171 helicopter with the number RA-25777. A very unusual vehicle, if only for the reason that this helicopter has an interesting color and a lucky number ending in three sevens. Probably Fridman flies on this helicopter to his recreation center in the Tver region. According to the manufacturer, the maximum flight range of such a vessel is 600-800 kilometers, depending on the configuration, cruising speed is 230 kilometers per hour, and the catalog price is $10 million. 
Helicopter of Mikhail Fridman The owner of the Onexim group, co-owner of OK Rusal, Mikhail Prokhorov, prefers to fly on a 6-year-old Airbus A319 with M-RBUS number. This big liner with dynamic coloring and callsign Silver Arrows. According to Airbus specifications, the aircraft is 33.8 meters long, has a wingspan of 35.8 meters, seats up to 156 passengers, and has a list price of $88.6 million. However, the interior of the liner, most likely, was specially redesigned for the needs of the client. 
Mikhail Prokhorov's plane The Airbus A319 aircraft with M-KATE registration, which Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev flies, a few years ago attracted the attention of journalists, primarily British ones. Reporters tried to figure out if the plane with such a talking registration had anything to do with Kate Middleton, wife of the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William. However, it is most likely that the A319 received such registration in honor of Rybolovlev's daughter, Katerina. The aircraft belonged to Sophar Property Holding BVI, which Uralkali acquired while still under Rybolovlev's control. After the sale of Uralkali, the entrepreneur bought Sophar's assets from Sophar. 
Dmitry Rybolovlev's plane Member of the Board of Directors of OAO NOVATEK, Gennady Timchenko, prefers to fly his Gulfstream G650 with the number OH-GVV. This aircraft is capable of making a non-stop flight over a distance of 12,964 kilometers and taking on board up to 18 passengers. In August last year, the businessman complained to the press that, due to sanctions, Gulfstream could not sell him new aircraft and service those already purchased. Thus, he is forced to request charter flights when he needs to fly somewhere. 
The plane of Gennady Timchenko Oleg Tinkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tinkoff Credit Systems Bank, prefers to travel aboard a Falcon 900LX with an M-TINK registration, as follows from the photos of his account in in social networks. A recognizable feature is the coat of arms on the tail of the aircraft, the same one that Tinkoff Bank customers see on cards and official documents. According to the manufacturer, this type of aircraft has a wingspan of 21.38 meters, accommodates up to 19 passengers, can non-stop flights at a distance of up to 8 thousand 890 kilometers, for example, to fly from Moscow to Tokyo. The cost of the aircraft on the market is 20-32 million dollars, depending on the condition, modification and configuration. 
Oleg Tinkov's plane The founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, flies a 6-year-old Airbus A340-300 with M-IABU number. Usmanov's liner is the largest among all the aircraft of the participants in the rating of the richest Russians. The liner is called Bourkhan (it is believed that in honor of the father of Alisher Usmanov), and its registration can be deciphered as “I, Alisher Burkhanovich Usmanov (I, Alischer Burchanovich Usmanov). According to Airbus, the flight range of aircraft of this type is up to 13.7 thousand kilometers, the wingspan is 60.3 meters, the length is 63.69 meters, the capacity is up to 440 passengers in a single-class configuration, the catalog price in 2011 was 238 million dollars, now the plane has already been taken out of production. 
Alisher Usmanov's plane Businessman Suleiman Kerimov had many planes - from Boeing to Gulfstream, as the businessman repeatedly told Forbes. The new vessel that Suleiman Kerimov seems to prefer to travel on now is a three-year-old Boeing 737-800 with registration VP-BBZ. Like all other aircraft of Mr. Kerimov, this aircraft is registered and maintained by Gama Aviation and has a memorable color scheme.
The plane of Suleiman Kerimov
Even the crisis did not force large entrepreneurs to abandon personal aircraft. Although they are expensive to maintain, flying businessmen value their comfort more than money.
Boeing 767-300 of Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich (center) and Eduard Rossel (right)
The billionaire will prefer to talk about the details of doing business, he may not hide the brand of his expensive car. But he will probably keep silent about a private jet. The hype in this matter is useless. The movement of the oligarchs by their own air transport is their own business. Legally, such flights are equated to a charter. Several times, entrepreneurs stuttered in front of government officials that it would be nice for them, people so significant for the country's economy, to replace the permissive procedure for using airspace notifying. But so far there is no result. So in the new rules, which will come into force on November 1, it will be allowed to use the notification procedure one hour before departure only private aviation flying no higher than 300 meters. Maybe later they will remember the billionaires. Their planes are designed for high altitudes and serious speeds.
taboo theme
The fleet of personal aircraft of Russians, in principle, is not large. Even fewer planes from the sphere business aviation. Any car can become a business jet - there would be money. But usually it is understood as a small VIP-class jet aircraft, most often foreign-made with a limited number of seats, no more than 19. According to experts of the Business Aviation Club, one of the largest domestic sellers of business and administrative aircraft, there are just over 450 real owners of business jets in Russia. So are wealthy people, according to rating of billionaires "F.", not much more. “Feel free to take the top half of the list - these persons probably own planes,” one of the magazine's interlocutors noted. - But this is an absolutely taboo topic for discussion. No one knows more or less reliable data about the owners of aircraft.
A personal plane is like a beacon. Not everyone can afford it. And big money, as you know, do not like close attention. It is no coincidence that almost all boards are not directly owned by those in whose interests they "work", but are registered to commercial structures. Wealthy Russians prefer to remain in the shadows and are in no hurry to pick up the initiative of the authorities, who allowed registration on individual which was not allowed a few years ago.
The owners of air transport are also some politicians and artists. It is believed that Philip Kirkorov there is an American Cessna Citation III. "United Russia", a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy Grigory Anikeev honestly indicated in the tax return owning a Falcon 2000 Ex Easy. The governor of the Kaliningrad region, Georgy Boos, also did not hide the fact that in 2009 he purchased a small jet for 9 seats. And recently, the presidential squadron also acquired foreign aircraft from the administrative Falcon category at a price of $50 million apiece. A French heavy jet class car is five times more economical in terms of direct costs for a flight of a heavy liner Il-96-300. For example, the flight of the president or prime minister from Moscow home - to St. Petersburg - will cost the treasury 80-90 thousand rubles instead of 450-460 thousand.
Both home and office
On jets, mega-level entrepreneurs who can buy several winged cars move around the country and the world - Oleg Deripaska, Mikhail Prokhorov, Viktor Vekselberg. Roman Abramovich owns not so much a jet as an aircraft that is usually used in commercial aviation - the Boeing 767-300. Such liners are in the fleets of all major airlines, including Aeroflot and Transaero. Judgments about the exact number of boards in private ownership are only approximate. For example, how many Cessnas are used in a country is known from planespotters (people whose hobbies are photographing and counting aircraft). They recorded about 40 ships of this manufacturer with different registration numbers at the airports. Of these, at least two dozen belong to unnamed private owners.
The fleet of firms involved in the organization of VIP transportation consists mainly of jets. According to various sources, there are several dozen such companies in the country. By the way, having your own board Vladimir Lisin sources do not confirm, assuring that the billionaire No. 1 uses the services of a VIP airline based in Vnukovo-3. But, as a rule, the clientele of leased aircraft is different. “Their services are used by about 4.5 thousand people - businessmen who either do not want to buy an aircraft, or do not fly often enough to have their own board,” says Sergey Morozov, president of the Business Aviation club. In any case, these are people who are ready to pay about 30-40 thousand euros for a flight to Europe. For billionaires, in this case, comfort is important, they have a certain level of requests. “If they resort to the services of such companies, then each time it will turn out to be a new, unusual aircraft with other people's flight attendants, perhaps an inconvenient layout,” the expert explains. “Your plane is a plane for yourself, like a house and an office at the same time.”
Without terrorists
The theme of increasing prestige at the expense of the aircraft as an expensive toy remained in pre-crisis times. There is a need, of course. But the majority of entrepreneurs, having played enough in status in previous years, use jets for their intended purpose - for business. According to the calculations of the Business Aviation Club, before the start of the crisis in 2008 in the Moscow zone, the number of business aviation flights reached 150–200 per day, which is comparable to regular flights over the same period.
One of the reasons wealthy people get their own planes is because of the difficult routes. “Let's say you need to visit Moscow, London, Nice, Athens and St. Petersburg in a short time,” says Sergey Morozov. “No major scheduled airline can do this.” Often, the destination can not be reached at all by an ordinary plane. According to a study conducted in 2009 by Galaxy And Mass Assembly in conjunction with the National Business Aviation Association, up to 80% of business jet flights are to airports where there is no regular schedule or it is limited to two or three flights served by small turbine vessels.
But even if we are talking about flights to centers with a developed aviation infrastructure, there are difficulties with connecting flights in different cities, a lot of time is spent on the usual pre-flight check-in, baggage screening, early arrival at the airport, usually remote from locality. A personal plane does not have to be parked at a large airfield, and it will wait for a delayed passenger for as long as necessary. Here the restriction is connected only with the rest time of the crew.
It is known that the president of Avangard Bank, Kirill Minovalov, independently pilots his Cessna. His business interests are in the malting and glass business. The entrepreneur often negotiates with partners in Europe, where he flies from Moscow in an hour (including time zones). During the day he holds several meetings in different cities or even EU countries, and in the evening he returns to Russia. A convincing example of how having an airplane allows you to effectively manage your own time. Another important reason to use a personal aircraft is absolute and controlled security, when the entrepreneur is sure that there are no terrorists on board.
The crisis is not a hindrance
“We must remember that any owner of a business jet does not fly alone, but together with managers and security,” recalls BCS analyst Sevastyan Kozitsyn. “If such a person used a scheduled or charter aircraft, he would have to buy half the cabin for his team.”
If you do not take the top of the "golden" billionaires, then Russian park of jets consists of corporate vehicles that are used primarily in the interests of legal entities, Oleg Panteleev, head of the analytical service of the Aviaport.ru agency, is sure: “When we talk about the personality of Roman Abramovich, it is clear that his Boeing is a car for one, but if we we mean pragmatic businessmen like Oleg Deripaska, he will not spend money on the maintenance of the aircraft only for his own personal needs.
For such entrepreneurs, their own board becomes an investment in improving business efficiency and communication capabilities of the company. Therefore, the oligarchs continue to buy aircraft, despite the crisis. “It is true that since 2008 there has been a drop in demand both in terms of leasing and acquiring aircraft. According to my estimate, there was a drop of more than 50%,” says Petr Koshelev, commercial director of Jet-2000, which offers management and rental services for business jets. For example, one large company selling jets reported that in 2009 it did not carry out a single deal for the sale of aircraft. Many cars were put up for sale, but no one was interested in them. Although the aircraft on the secondary market could be purchased at a discount of 20-50%. Thus, according to experts, co-owners of Sibir Energy Shalva Chigirinsky and Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky unsuccessfully tried to get rid of their own ships. On the other hand, Lev Leviev, an Israeli businessman who owns AFI Development in Russia, was successful: he sold his Bombardier Global 5000 for $46 million. The situation is similar in the primary market. According to the American jet manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, in the second half of last year, not a single order was received from Russia, while the company usually sold up to a dozen aircraft to Russian oligarchs annually.
However, the recovery of the market for such exclusive services has already begun: the demand for the secondary market is slowly but surely increasing, followed by the primary market, experts say. If we talk about the intensity of flights on jets, according to Sergey Morozov, it has already approached the pre-crisis level: “Entrepreneurs, of course, have become more economical, but I would say - within the framework of a certain trend, because everyone around is saving, but the flight statistics of our club say about the other - they fly, as before.
Airplane piece
In this, domestic businessmen do not differ from foreign ones. The activity of business aviation flights in the EU countries also almost approached the level of 2009, calculated in Eurocontrol, only in April the intensity again decreased by 34% yoy due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano. But the level of purchases of jets has not fully recovered. According to the Aviation Manufacturers Association general purpose(GAMA), in the 1st quarter of 2010, world deliveries of this type of vessels amounted to 164 units, which is 14.1% lower than in the same period last year. True, the foreign market is much more saturated with jets than the Russian market - about 13 thousand private jets are registered in the USA alone. Of course, not all of them belong to residents: due to liberal legislation, the ships of many foreigners are registered in the States, including a significant part of the 450 aircraft owned by Russians.
Ranking of business jet owners
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Place |
A person |
Status |
State assessment, $ billion |
Aircraft brand |
Primary market price, $ mln* |
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Roman Abramovich |
Millhouse Capital owner , Chairman of the Duma of Chukotka |
17,00 |
Boeing 767-300 |
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Suleiman Kerimov |
Owner of Nafta Moskva , member of the Federation Council |
14,50 |
Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ |
50–52 |
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Gulfstream G-V |
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David Yakobashvili |
Co-owner of Wimm-Bill-Dann |
0,53 |
Gulfstream G550 |
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Bombardier Challenger 604 |
26–28 |
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Mikhail Prokhorov |
President of Onexim Group |
17,85 |
Gulfstream GV-SP |
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Falcon 900 EX |
28–30 |
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Shalva Chigirinsky |
Ex-co-owner of Sibir Energy |
0,17 |
Gulfstream G550 |
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Rustam Tariko |
Chairman of the board of directors and owner |
1,60 |
Boeing 737-7BJ/W BBJ |
50–52 |
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Andrey Skoch |
Co-owner of Metalloinvest, State Duma deputy |
2,45 |
Airbus A319-115CJ |
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Mikhail Fridman |
The main owner and chairman of the supervisory board of Alfa Group |
14,30 |
Bombardier Global Express |
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Oleg Deripaska |
CEO and owner of "Basic Element" |
13,80 |
Gulfstream GV-SP |
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Sergei Pugachev |
Owner of the United Industrial Corporation, member of the Federation Council |
2,40 |
Falcon 2000 Ex Easy |
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Gulfstream IIB |
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Grigory Anikeev |
Member of the State Duma from United Russia |
n.a. |
Falcon 2000 Ex Easy |
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Vagit Alekperov |
President and co-owner of Lukoil |
10,65 |
Falcon 900EX |
28–30 |
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Yak-142 (remake of Yak-42) |
2–2,5 |
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Alexey Mordashov |
CEO and main owner |
10,00 |
Bombardier Challenger 604 |
26–28 |
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Vladimir Potanin |
President of Interros |
9,95 |
gulfstream |
25–33 |
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Vladimir Bogdanov |
CEO of Surgutneftegaz |
0,12 |
Gulfstream IV-SP |
25–31 |
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Vladimir Evtushenkov |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and main owner of AFK Sistema |
6,50 |
Embraer-135BJ Legacy |
23–25 |
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Igor Makarov |
Major shareholder of Itera |
19,70 |
Embraer-135BJ Legacy |
23–25 |
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Victor Vekselberg |
Chairman of the Supervisory Committee |
8,35 |
Bombardier BD-700 Global Express |
22–24 |
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Kirill Minovalov |
President and owner of Avangard Bank |
0,56 |
Cessna 750 Citation X |
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Igor Vozyakov |
Collector and philanthropist (former top manager of Transneft) |
n.a. |
Learjet 60 |
19–20 |
Despite the financial difficulties, businessmen in no country are ready to give up the use of personal aircraft. Hundreds of thousands of wealthy, but impoverished foreigners are moving around the world on business flights. Therefore, even more actively than before, a form of joint ownership of a ship is developing abroad. This is the so-called "partial ownership", not "private": the customer pays part of the cost of the aircraft and receives priority and cheaper freight for this for a certain period of time. “This option is close to the fractional ownership scheme, when a person buys not an aircraft, but a certain number of flight hours on it, which allows him to optimize his own expenses,” says Oleg Panteleev. For example, in Europe fractional ownership is about 10% of the private aviation market. Naturally, such a co-owner does not fully bear the cost of maintaining the car, which can reach 3-5% per month of the cost of the car. In Russia, pooling aircraft purchases is not very popular - there are still many who are able to buy an entire aircraft.
The whole world knows a man named Roman Abramovich. His biography, however, contains many controversial points. Why in 1992 did he almost end up behind bars? How did Boris Yeltsin's family perceive him? What state did the second wife of the oligarch receive after the divorce? And why did he please the population of Chukotka so much? This will be discussed in the article.
Abramovich Roman Arkadievich: biography
The future billionaire was born in Saratov in 1966, on October 24, in a Jewish family - Arkady Nakhimovich and Irina Vasilievna. When the boy was only a year old, his mother died. Soon, as a result of an accident at a construction site, his father also died - the boy was then four years old. From that time on, the family of his uncle from Ukhta was engaged in the upbringing of the future magnate. Some time later, in 1974, Abramovich left for Moscow to live with his other uncle.
After serving in Kirzhach in the army, Roman entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute at the Faculty of Forestry Engineering. The young man there demonstrated excellent organizational skills. However, Roman Abramovich never graduated from the university. His biography changed dramatically when, in the late 1980s, he took up entrepreneurship, which soon led him to oil trading activities.
Criminal case
In 1992, the businessman was suspected of stealing state property and taken into custody. Then a train with diesel fuel (the total cost of which was 3.8 million rubles) was missing, en route from Ukhta to the city of Syktyvkar on the instructions of the AVEX-Komi company. Later it turned out that the fuel was delivered to Riga and became the property of the AKV company, CEO which just was Roman Abramovich. The biography of the entrepreneur could have turned out differently if he had gone to prison then, but the case was soon closed due to the lack of corpus delicti.
Business and access to the state level
In the 1990s, Abramovich began to associate closely with Boris Berezovsky and became a member of Boris Yeltsin's house. The president's family invited Roman to move into an apartment in the Kremlin, where they began to call him "Mr. A".
In 1996, the entrepreneur, being the head of the board of directors of the Noyabrskneftegaz joint-stock company, also headed the Moscow branch of Sibneft. In 1999, he was elected a deputy for the Chukotka IO No. 223. After that, in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Abramovich registered Sibneft partner companies responsible for the sale of petroleum products and the “black” gold itself.
The businessman was not a member of any Duma faction. He changed the Duma in 2000 to the chair of the governor of Chukotka. According to media reports, Roman donated to the development autonomous region over 2.5 billion dollars. To this day, Abramovich confidently ranks first in the list of the most generous domestic benefactors.
The year 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 resign as governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, but each time Russian President Putin persuaded him. The biographer of Vladimir Vladimirovich, Chris Hutchins, describes in detail the relationship between the president and the oligarch. According to him, they talked like a father and a beloved son, while Abramovich addressed Putin as “you”, because he is older than him.
In July 2008, Roman was dismissed from the post of governor of Chukotka by President Dmitry Medvedev, who cited Abramovich's personal desire as the reason for his decision. In October 2008, the entrepreneur became chairman of the Chukotka Duma.
Roman Abramovich: biography. Personal life
The billionaire was officially married twice. His first wife, Olga Yurievna Lysova, was a native of Astrakhan. The second wife of Roman Vyacheslavovna Malandina (after marriage - Abramovich), was a flight attendant by profession. She gave birth to the oligarch 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 number of children, the marriage could not be saved - it broke up in March 2007, when the spouses were divorced by the Chukotka District Court. 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 from her ex-husband.
Now the businessman is meeting with designer Daria Zhukova (see photo below). Despite the fact that they are not officially scheduled, in 2009 Daria gave birth to a son to the billionaire. They named him Aaron Alexander. And in April 2013, another daughter of Roman Abramovich, Leya, was born.
Yachts
The entrepreneur owns a huge amount of all sorts of property. He has three luxury yachts, which the Western media dubbed the "Abramovich Fleet":
- Eclipse is the second longest motor yacht in the world.
- Luna is a sailboat 115 meters long designed for expeditions.
- Sussurro is another yacht of Roman Abramovich, permanently located in Antibes. It has a length of 50 meters and is used as an escort vessel.
Previously, the billionaire owned other large yachts, but subsequently sold or donated them. The $300 million Pelorus was taken over by David Giffen, the Le Grand Bleu was donated to Evgeny Shvidler, and the Ecstasea was sold by Roman in 2009 to an unknown buyer.
Air Transport
Except water transport, Abramovich owns air vehicles. He owns a Boeing 767-33A, known as the "Bandit" due to its characteristic coloration. This plane was first ordered by Hawaiian Airlines, but then she canceled the order, and Roman decided to buy a Boeing. Another Abramovich aircraft - A340-313X - was purchased by him in 2008. The entrepreneur also owns three helicopters that serve the yachts owned by him.
Ground transport
Ground Vehicle The oligarch has two armored limousines worth a million pounds each. In addition, Roman is the owner of numerous cars, most of which were made to order and are exclusive models, and a Ducati motorcycle, whose fairings are painted in the colors of the Russian tricolor with airbrushing in the form of a double-headed
State
As you know, every year Forbes magazine names names on the planet and publishes information about their accumulations. In accordance with these data, at the end of 2013, Roman Abramovich was in 68th place in the ranking of world billionaires. His fortune at the end of 2014 was estimated at $9.1 billion. In the list, the entrepreneur takes 14th place.
Let's talk about what kind of real estate the oligarch has. He owns:
- a £29 million penthouse in Kensington;
- a £28 million West Sussex villa;
- a six-storey cottage in Knightsbridge, priced at £18 million;
- a £15 million house in France;
- a house in St. Tropez for 40 million pounds;
- a five-story mansion in Belgravia, the price of which is 11 million pounds;
- dacha in the suburbs worth £8 million.
