Abramovich's personal life. Roman Abramovich - billionaire from nowhere

TASS DOSSIER. October 24 marks the 50th anniversary of the Russian businessman, former governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Roman Abramovich.

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 in Saratov. Father - Arkady (Aaron) Nakhimovich Abramovich - was a native of Taurage (Lithuania), worked as a supplier for the construction department in Syktyvkar. Mother, Irina Vasilievna, is a music teacher.

In 2001, he graduated in absentia from the Moscow State Law Academy named after. O.E. Kutafina (now a university). Also in different times studied at the Ukhta Industrial and Moscow Automobile and Highway Institutes, but did not graduate from them.

At an early age, Roman Abramovich was left an orphan: his mother died from illness, his father from the consequences of an injury at work. He was first brought up by his paternal grandmother, in 1970-1974. - from my father's brother, Leib Abramovich. Since 1974, he lived in Moscow with his grandmother and his father’s second brother, Abram Abramovich.

In 1984-1986 served in the Soviet Army as a private in artillery units in the Vladimir region.

From January 1987 to January 1989 he worked as the head of a welding unit in the construction and installation department No. 122 of Mosspetsmontazh.

In 1989, he headed the Uyut cooperative, which sold children's plastic toys in Moscow. Then he was a stock broker, engaged in trading in petroleum products.

In 1994 or 1995, Abramovich met the general director of the All-Russian Automobile Alliance, Boris Berezovsky, who invited him to go into the oil business. On August 24, 1995, by decree of Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the Sibneft company was created. By 1996, its shares (more than 70%) were bought by structures associated with Abramovich and Berezovsky. It was alleged that Abramovich paid $100.3 million for the oil company's stake in the oil company.

In 1996-1997 Roman Abramovich was the director of the Moscow branch of OJSC NK Sibneft. Also from 1996 to 1999, he was a member of the board of directors of Sibneft.

In 1998, the first mentions of Abramovich appeared in the media as " close friend Berezovsky." November 26 of the same year former manager Russian Presidential Security Service Alexander Korzhakov stated that Abramovich allegedly enjoyed great influence on the family of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Already in 1999, Abramovich was written about in the media as “oligarch number one.”

In 2000, Abramovich merged the aluminum and energy assets of Sibneft with Oleg Deripaska's Siberian Aluminum, creating the joint company Rusal. At the same time, he received a stake in other assets of Siberian Aluminum, including Irkutskenergo and RusPromAvto. In 2003, Abramovich sold all his shares in these companies to Oleg Deripaska.

In the early 2000s. Abramovich bought from Boris Berezovsky his share in Sibneft, as well as Berezovsky's 49% of the ORT television channel (now Channel One) and 26% of Aeroflot. He sold the airline's shares in 2003-2005. In September 2005, Gazprom bought a 72.6% stake in Sibneft from Abramovich for $13 billion. Subsequently, in 2007, Boris Berezovsky tried to obtain compensation in the amount of $5.6 billion from Abramovich, claiming that in the early 2000s. under pressure from the Russian authorities, he was forced to sell him a stake in Sibneft and other companies at a greatly reduced price. In 2012, the Commercial Court of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice in London rejected Berezovsky's claim.

Political career in Chukotka

In December 1999, Abramovich won the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation in the Chukotka single-mandate electoral district No. 223, gaining 59.78% of the votes. In the Duma he was not a member of deputy associations, but was a member of the committee on problems of the North and Far East.

On October 17, 2010, Roman Abramovich announced that he would run for governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The media assessed the businessman’s decision to become governor differently. In particular, Anatoly Chubais (at that time the head of RAO UES of Russia), argued that Abramovich “can really restore order in Chukotka.” At the same time, assumptions were published that the businessman wanted to gain control over the region (at that time one of the most economically “depressed” in the country) in order to develop its natural resources.

After shortly before the elections, the current governor of Chukotka, Alexander Nazarov, withdrew his candidacy, on December 24, 2000, Abramovich, who ran as a self-nominated candidate, won the elections in Chukotka, gaining 90.61% of the votes. Second place was taken by another self-nominated candidate, Vladimir Etylin, receiving 3.21% of the votes.

On October 21, 2005, Roman Abramovich was reappointed to the post of head of the region by the District Duma on the recommendation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

After his appointment, he registered some of Sibneft’s subsidiaries in Chukotka, almost doubling the region’s tax contributions to the federal budget.

In March 2001, Abramovich stated that he had transferred from own funds 18 million US dollars to improve the living conditions of Chukotka residents, in particular, sent local children on vacation to the Black Sea, paid for the delivery of food and medicine.

Housing construction and landscaping were launched in the district locality. The media also wrote that the governor helped the indigenous population restore folk crafts and was able to reduce the level of alcoholism. In 2000-2008 The GRP of the Autonomous Okrug increased 7.8 times: from 3.9 billion rubles. to 30.5 billion (on average in Russia the increase was 5.8 times, in Moscow - 6.8 times).

On July 3, 2008, he resigned from the post of governor, which was accepted by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

On October 12, 2008, as a result of by-elections, he became a deputy of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug of the fourth convocation (he ran as a self-nominated candidate), and from October 22 of the same year - chairman of the regional parliament. On March 13, 2011, he was re-elected as a deputy of the District Duma of the fifth convocation, and on March 29, he was again confirmed as its chairman.

On July 2, 2013, he left the District Duma early due to the federal law that came into force, which prohibits deputies from owning foreign assets.

Owner of Chelsea

On June 2, 2003, Roman Abramovich bought Chelsea football club from Ken Bates for £140 million (about $170 million), after which he invested a further £100 million in acquiring new players. Two years later, Chelsea became the champion of England for the first time since 1955, and also won the English Super Cup, establishing themselves among the best football clubs in Europe. It has been reported that Abramovich personally makes strategic decisions in the team, selects coaches, etc. According to Forbes magazine, Abramovich has spent more than £1 billion ($1.3 billion) on the club since purchasing the club.

Modern assets

Until 2015, Roman Abramovich owned most of his assets through Millhouse Capital UK Ltd, a company registered in London; by mid-2013 its assets amounted to 2 billion pounds sterling (about 3 billion US dollars). No official revenue data for Millhouse Capital has been published. According to the company’s presentation for 2014, 30% of its assets were located in Russia, the USA and Europe, another 10% in Southeast Asia. At the same time, the areas of activity of the holding companies were evenly distributed between the extraction and sale of minerals, heavy and light industry, as well as investments in real estate. On July 5, 2016, the company was liquidated.

Currently, Abramovich owns most of his assets through Cypriot offshore companies or British companies. In the media, Abramovich's partner in Millhouse and other companies was often called the former president of Sibneft, Evgeny Shvidler.

Abramovich is:

the largest shareholder (31.03% of voting shares, since 2006) of the metallurgical holding Evraz - through the Cyprus offshore Lanebrook limited ("Lanebrook Limited");
minority owner of Norilsk Nickel (6%) - through Cypriot Crispian Investments
owner of 24% of Channel One through ORT-KB LLC (in 2011, Abramovich sold 25% of the shares to Yuri Kovalchuk’s National Media Group).
He owns deposits of molybdenum, copper, gold and silver in Chukotka - the Baimskoye Mining Company (Peschanka deposit, purchased in 2008 for 1 billion rubles), the Dvoinoye and Vodorozdelnoye deposits, the Highland Gold Mining company
It also has a number of development assets. In particular, since 2000, he has been the sole investor in the project for the reconstruction of the New Holland complex in St. Petersburg (opened on August 27, 2016), and the development of Meshchersky Park in the Moscow region near Skolkovo. Owns developers of residential areas "Skolkovo Park", "Krylatsky Hills", etc. Abramovich owns these assets through the Cypriot companies Protonius Investments ltd and TAR Trading and Investment
Chelsea is owned by Abramovich through the British company Fordstam Limited
The businessman is also a co-founder of the Olympians Support Fund

Forbes rating, income statements, yachts and planes

Roman Abramovich first appeared on the list of world billionaires according to the American magazine Forbes in 2001: with a fortune of $1.4 billion, he was placed in 363rd place in the ranking.

In 2005-2007 Roman Abramovich was the richest among Russians (in 2006 - the highest, 11th, place in the overall ranking). Forbes gave the highest estimate of Abramovich's wealth in 2008 - $23.5 billion, but among Russian citizens that year Oleg Deripaska became the richest. In the 2016 ranking, Forbes estimated Abramovich's wealth at $7.6 billion, placing him 151st in the overall ranking. Among Russians he shares 13th place with Mikhail Prokhorov. This is his lowest estimate since 2003.

The last time Abramovich published an income statement was in 2011 during the elections to the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. According to the document, the income of the chairman of the regional Duma then amounted to 143 million 36 thousand rubles, while he owned 12 land plots in Russia, USA, UK and France, 9 houses, 7 apartments, 7 cars and shares of 7 companies. There were 3 billion 379 million rubles in his bank accounts.

According to media reports, Abramovich owns a private yacht Eclipse (built in 2010, length - 162.5 m). He also owns the yachts Luna and Sussoro.

He is the owner of a Boeing 767 wide-body aircraft ("Boeing 767", registration number - P4-MES).

Awards, family, hobbies

Awarded the Order of Honor (2006).

Married for the third time. The first wife is Olga Lysova, a geologist by training. The second wife, Irina Malandina, is a former flight attendant. The third wife is Daria Zhukova, collector, founder of the Moscow Garage Museum.

Seven children: Ilya, Arkady, Anna, Sophia and Arina - from the second marriage, Aaron-Alexander and Leia - from the third.

He is interested in football and mountaineering.

Roman Abramovich is a man of mystery; during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin he was one of the most influential of all oligarchs. Numerous publications in the media attributed to him the role of the main, most aggressive ideologist of the “family.” Allegedly, he was the author of the idea of banning the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and dispersing the State Duma. He is also credited with the idea of Lenin’s reburial with the subsequent deployment of troops to Moscow to suppress spontaneous riots. There are no fewer blank spots in the biography of Roman Abramovich than in photographs of Chukotka, which he heads. For some he is the owner of Sibneft, for others he is the governor of Chukotka. Some people don’t know anything reliably about this mysterious figure. By Forbes version Roman Abramovich topped the list richest people Russia, according to Time he is one of the most influential people in the world. At the same time, the financial tycoon does not like to advertise his capital, showing a disregard for the norms of secular society: he wears a formal tuxedo only on major holidays, loves worn jeans and a sweater, and categorically refuses to shave.

Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 in Saratov in the family of an employee of the Syktyvkar Economic Council. His mother died when Abramovich was one and a half years old. Father, Arkady Nakhimovich, worked in the Syktyvkar Economic Council, died as a result of an accident at a construction site when Roman was 4 years old.

Taken into the family of his father's brother, Leib Nakhimovich, Roman spent a significant part of his youth in the Komi Republic. Leib Abramovich worked at that time as the head of the Pechorles labor supply department at Komileresurs.

According to the newspaper “NES+S” (Ukhta, June 9, 1999), “the future oil magnate lived in Ukhta throughout his childhood and adolescence in a five-story brick building at the address: Oktyabrskaya, 22.” As the newspaper wrote, “according to the recollections of adults, Roman was always emphatically polite, sociable and was known as a rather reasonable child. According to some sources, in 1983. Abramovich graduates from city school No. 2 with good grades and enters the Industrial Institute, where he manages to complete two courses. There is a version that he entered two universities at once - both in Ukha and in Moscow - the Institute named after. Gubkina. It’s as if Roman got into both universities based on a competition. According to another version, he studied at school No. 2 only in the first grade, and then moved to the Moscow region. It is clear that from the second year Abramovich masters knowledge at the Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas named after. Gubkin and lives with his second uncle, Abram Nakhimovich Abramovich.”

According to other media reports, Roman Abramovich was unable to graduate from the Industrial Institute in Ukhta, as he was called up to serve in the Soviet Army. Served as a private in an artillery regiment auto platoon. Then he entered the Moscow Institute, which he also never graduated from.

Roman Abramovich began his career in 1987 as a mechanic in the construction department No. 122 of the Mosspetsmontazh trust. Abramovich himself tells how, while studying at the institute, he simultaneously organized the Uyut cooperative: “We made toys from polymers. Those guys with whom we worked in the cooperative later formed the management team of Sibneft, then for some time I was a broker on the stock exchange.” They sold products in Moscow markets (including Luzhniki), which allowed them to make a profit in cash and pay taxes at that time.

In 1992-1995, he created 5 companies: private enterprise “Firm “Supertechnology-Shishmarev”, JSC “Elita”, JSC “Petroltrans”, JSC “GID”, company “NPR”, engaged in the production of consumer goods and intermediary activities. In the course of his business activities, Abramovich has repeatedly attracted attention law enforcement agencies.

Thus, on June 19, 1992, Roman Abramovich was taken into custody on suspicion of stealing 55 cars with diesel fuel from the Ukhtinsky oil refinery in the amount of about 4 million rubles. The criminal case was initiated on June 9, 1992. Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate. As the Ukhta newspaper “NES+S” writes, “in February 1992. A train with 55 tanks (3.5 thousand tons of diesel fuel) arrived from Ukhta to Moscow. A few days later the train moved to the Kaliningrad region, but along the way it disappeared without a trace. As it turned out later, the train went to Latvia... The fuel was sent from the Ukhta Oil Refinery, and the recipient, instead of the Syktyvkar company AVEX-Komi, was the Moscow company AVK, whose general director was Roman Abramovich...

Confirming his sincere testimony with his signature, Abramovich made a note in his own hand into the protocol: “I would like to add that I, as the director of AVK, am ready to compensate for the damage caused by my enterprise to the state.” When the investigation was actually completed, citizen Chikovani, unknown to the investigators, suddenly appeared, the director of a joint Latvian-American enterprise. This enterprise paid the Ukhta Oil Refinery 3 million 800 thousand rubles. for 55 tanks of fuel. It turned out that the AVEX-Komi company had an agreement with a Latvian company for the supply of petroleum products, and the payment period was set until December 31, 1992.

Let us recall that at first AVEX-Komi did not want to recognize the agreement with the refinery at all. Thus, there is no damage to the state, which means there are no perpetrators: December 1, 1992. the criminal case was closed for lack of corpus delicti.”

In 1993, Roman Abramovich continued his commercial activities, in particular the sale of oil from the city of Noyabrsk. From 1993 to 1996, he was the head of the Moscow branch of the Swiss company RUNICOM S.A.

Roman Abramovich's entry into the big oil business is connected with Boris Berezovsky and the latter's struggle for ownership of Sibneft OJSC. In May 1995, Berezovsky and Abramovich created P.K.-Trust CJSC.

The years 1995-1996 were fruitful for Abramovich in creating new companies. He establishes 10 more companies: CJSC Mekong, CJSC Centurion-M, LLC Agrofert, CJSC Multitrans, CJSC Oilimpex, CJSC Sibreal, CJSC Forneft, CJSC Servet, CJSC Branko”, LLC “Vector-A”, which together with Berezovsky used to acquire shares of OJSC Sibneft. In June 1996, Roman Abramovich joined the board of directors of JSC Noyabrskneftegaz (one of the companies included in Sibneft), and also became the head of the Moscow representative office of Sibneft.

Having set themselves the goal of taking over the Sibneft company, Roman Abramovich and his companions used the proven method of a “shares-for-shares auction.” It should be noted that the law did not at all provide for such a method of privatization as the alienation of state property taken as collateral. On September 20, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of a state-owned stake of 19% of Sibneft shares. The winner is ZAO Firma Sins. On October 24, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of another 15% of Sibneft shares, which were in state ownership. The winner is CJSC Refine-Oil. On May 12, 1997, a commercial tender was held for the sale of a state-owned stake in 51% of Sibneft shares. And Abramovich's firms won again. All these companies arose shortly before the competitions. In 1996-1997 Roman Abramovich was the director of the Moscow branch of OJSC Sibneft. Since September 1996 - member of the Board of Directors of Sibneft.

In December 1999, Roman Abramovich was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Chukotka single-mandate electoral district. He won the election for governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug on December 24, 2000, gaining more than 90% of the votes. In October 2005, the President of Russia submitted Abramovich's candidacy to the Chukotka Duma for consideration to vest him with the powers of governor again. Deputies approved Abramovich's candidacy unanimously.

It is noteworthy that in March 2001, Abramovich donated $18 million from his own funds to improve the living conditions of the residents of Chukotka. There are several versions of why Roman Abramovich needed to be elected governor of Chukotka. In his own words, “I just feel sorry for the Chukchi.” According to another version, his election is of a political nature, since in this case he becomes a legal politician. There is also an economic version, since oil and gas production is considered the most promising direction for the development of Chukotka. Chukotka is also rich in gold. Another wealth of Chukotka that may interest Abramovich is biological resources, namely fish. One of Roman Abramovich’s sayings: “Fish is close to oil. Both oil and fish are things in which you don’t need to invest money, they grow on their own.”

State

Roman Abramovich, together with his partners, through the UK-registered holding Millhouse Capital, controls more than 80% of Sibneft, the fifth largest Russian oil company, 50% of the aluminum company Russian Aluminum (RusAl) and 26% of Aeroflot. Through intermediary companies, according to some sources, the “Abramovich holding” includes power plants, factories for the production of passenger cars and trucks, buses, paper mills, banks and insurance companies in different regions of Russia. This “holding” accounts for 3 to 4% of Russia’s GDP.

In July 2001, Roman Abramovich acquired a controlling stake in the oldest English football club, Chelsea, and bought out its debts for £140 million. The value of the club's shares on the London Stock Exchange almost tripled. The purchase of a foreign club by the governor of Chukotka naturally caused violent reaction in Russia and Great Britain. There were rumors that the sensational contract was just a successful PR campaign; according to other versions, it was Abramovich’s first step in the sports business.

Recently, according to media reports, Roman Abramovich “lives between London and Anadyr, which does not prevent him from occasionally having dinner in Canada.” But, of course, it is impossible to talk about the “chief of Chukotka” as a 100% emigrant. As the governor of one of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, he is obliged to have Russian citizenship and at least occasionally visit his constituents.

Family

Roman Abramovich's parents lived in Syktyvkar (Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic).

Father Arkady (Aron) Nakhimovich Abramovich (1937-1970) worked in Komi, in the Economic Council, died as a result of an accident at a construction site when Roman was 4 years old. Mother Irina Vasilyevna (nee Mikhailenko) died when Roman was 1 year old.

He was first brought up in the family of his uncle Leib Abramovich. Then in the family of his second uncle, Abram Abramovich.

Abramovich was married twice. The first wife is Olga Yuryevna Lysova (b. 1963 or 1964), a native of the city of Astrakhan.

Second wife - Irina Vyacheslavovna Abramovich (Malandina) (b. 1967), former flight attendant.

Five children, two sons and three daughters:

Anna Abramovich (1992) Arkady Abramovich (1993) Sofya Abramovich (1995) Arina Abramovich (2001) Ilya Abramovich (2003)

In March 2007, he was divorced by the Chukotka District Court, at his place of registration.

Currently, Abramovich's girlfriend is designer Daria Zhukova (b. 1981).

On December 5, 2009, Daria gave birth to a son named Aaron Alexander Abramovich (part of the name Alexander is given in honor of Daria's father Alexander Zhukov). On April 8, 2013, Zhukova gave birth to a daughter, Leya.

Biography

Taken into the family of his uncle Leib Abramovich, Roman spent a significant part of his youth in the city of Ukhta (Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), where he worked as the head of the Pechorles labor supply department at KomilesURS.

In 1974, he moved to Moscow to live with his second uncle, Abram Abramovich.

In 1983 he graduated from Moscow high school № 232.

In 1983 he entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute at the Faculty of Forestry. He was not particularly keen on studying, but had excellent organizational skills, despite the fact that he was the youngest in age in the group. There is no information about the completion of UII, accordingly higher education didn't receive it.

In 1984-1986 he served in the auto platoon of an artillery regiment (in Kirzhach, Vladimir region).

In 1987, Abramovich worked as a mechanic in the construction department No. 122 of the Mosspetsmontazh trust. Abramovich himself tells how, while studying at the institute, he simultaneously organized the Uyut cooperative:

"We made toys from polymers. Those guys with whom we worked in the cooperative later formed the management team of Sibneft, then for some time I was a broker on the stock exchange".

In 1992-1995, he created 5 companies: private enterprise "Firm Supertechnology-Shishmarev", JSC "Elite", JSC "Petroltrans", JSC "GID", the company "NPR", engaged in the production of consumer goods and intermediary activities.

In 1993, Roman Abramovich continued his commercial activities, in particular the sale of oil from the city of Noyabrsk.

From 1993 to 1996, he was the head of the Moscow branch of the Swiss company RUNICOM S.A.

In 1995-1996, Abramovich established 10 more companies: CJSC Mekong, CJSC Centurion-M, LLC Agrofert, CJSC Multitrans, CJSC Oilimpex, CJSC Sibreal, CJSC Forneft, CJSC Servet", CJSC "Branko", LLC "Vector-A", which together with Berezovsky used to purchase shares of OAO Sibneft.

In June 1996, Abramovich joined the board of directors of Noyabrskneftegaz JSC (one of the companies included in Sibneft), and also became the head of the Moscow representative office of Sibneft, and headed the representative office of Sibneft in Moscow.

On September 20, 1996, an investment competition was held for the sale of a state-owned stake of 19% in Sibneft. The winner is ZAO Firma Sins.

On October 24, 1996, an investment competition was held to sell another 15% of Sibneft shares that were state-owned. The winner is JSC "Refine-Oil".

On May 12, 1997, a commercial tender was held for the sale of a state-owned stake in 51% of Sibneft shares. And Abramovich's firms won again. All these companies arose shortly before the competitions.

In 1996-1997, Abramovich was the director of the Moscow branch of Sibneft OJSC.

Since September 1996 - member of the Board of Directors of Sibneft.

In 1998, an attempt was made unsuccessful attempt merge Sibneft and Yukos. The severance of political and business relations with Berezovsky dates back to this same time.

In November 1998, the first mention of Abramovich appeared in the media (at the same time for a long time Even his photographs were missing) - the dismissed head of the Presidential Security Service Alexander Korzhakov called him treasurer of the president's inner circle Yeltsin(the so-called "family").

Information has become public that Abramovich pays the expenses of the president’s daughter** Tatyana Dyachenko** and her future husband Valentin Yumashev, and was involved in financing election campaign Yeltsin in 1996, lobbies for government appointments.

In October 2001, it became officially known that the shareholders of Sibneft created the company Millhouse Capital, registered in London and which received management of all their assets. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Millhouse becomes the President of Sibneft Shvidler.

In December 2002, Sibneft, together with TNK, acquired at auction 74.95% of the shares of the Russian-Belarusian company Slavneft (previously, Sibneft bought another 10% of the shares from Belarus) and subsequently divided its assets among themselves.

In the summer of 2003, Abramovich bought the struggling English football club Chelsea, paid off its debts and filled the team with expensive players, which was widely reported in the media in Britain and in Russia, where he was accused of investing Russian money in foreign sports . The amount spent by the businessman to purchase the club was approximately £140 million.

On May 19, 2012, Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history, beating Bayern Munich in a penalty shootout in the final match.

In 2003, there was another attempt to merge Sibneft and the Yukos company, which failed at the initiative of Abramovich after the arrest and presentation of multi-billion dollar tax claims to Yukos.

During 2003-2005, Abramovich sold his stakes in Aeroflot, Russian Aluminum, Irkutskenergo and Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station, RusPromAvto, and, finally, Sibneft.

Roman Abramovich was one of the initiators of the invitation of the Dutch specialist Gusa Hiddink for the post of head coach of the Russian national football team. Hiddink's salary, as well as the second coach of the national team Igor Korneev, as well as all expenses associated with their stay in Russia (accommodation, transportation, etc.) were paid by the National Football Academy Foundation, created by Abramovich in 2004. The head of this fund is Sergey Kapkov, who back in 2001 at the age of 25 became deputy governor of Chukotka for sports and youth policy. The foundation also sponsors children's youth football schools.

In October 2005, he sold his stake (75.7%) in Sibneft to Gazprom for $13.1 billion.

In April 2012, Roman Abramovich and the governor of the Omsk region Leonid Polezhaev agreed to transfer free of charge the MSK "Arena Omsk" to the ownership of the Non-Profit Partnership "Sports Club "Avangard". Previously, the Hockey Center "Avangard", built at the expense of Roman Abramovich, was transferred free of charge to the ownership of the NP SC "Avangard".

Policy

In December 1999, Roman Abramovich was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in the Chukotka single-mandate electoral district. In the Duma he did not join any of the factions.

Since February 2000 - member of the State Duma Committee on Problems of the North and Far East.

On December 24, 2000, he won the election for governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, gaining more than 90% of the votes.

In March 2001, Abramovich donated $18 million from his own funds to improve the living conditions of Chukotka residents. There are several versions of why Roman Abramovich needed to be elected governor of Chukotka. In his own words, " I just feel sorry for the Chukchi".

According to another version, his election is of a political nature, since in this case he becomes a legal politician. There is also an economic version, since oil and gas production is considered the most promising direction for the development of Chukotka. Chukotka is also rich in gold. Another wealth of Chukotka that may interest Abramovich is biological resources, namely fish.

In October 2005, the President of Russia submitted Abramovich's candidacy to the Chukotka Duma for consideration to vest him with the powers of governor again. Deputies approved Abramovich's candidacy unanimously.

July 3, 2008 President Dmitry Medvedev prematurely terminated the powers of the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug with the wording of his own free will.

On July 13, 2008, deputies of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug asked Roman Abramovich to become a deputy and head the district Duma, and on October 12, in by-elections, having received 96.99% of the votes, he became a deputy of the Chukotka Duma.

On October 22, 2008, he was elected to the post of Chairman of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug; Abramovich’s candidacy was unanimously supported by Duma deputies.

In June 2015, the press learned that Abramovich was going to invest £500 million in the construction of a new Chelsea stadium, which he owns.

Recently, Abramovich's yacht, which replaces the businessman's home, is increasingly chartered in Norwegian ports.

Income

Through intermediary firms, according to some sources, Abramovich’s “holding” includes power plants, factories for the production of cars and trucks, buses, paper mills, banks and insurance companies in different regions of Russia. This "holding" accounts for 3 to 4% of Russia's GDP.

At the end of 2012, Roman Abramovich is on the 9th line of the ranking of Russian billionaires with an estimated fortune of 12.1 billion.

Before his divorce from his second wife Irina, Roman Abramovich had about £8 billion in his bank accounts, according to News of the World.

In addition, the entrepreneur owns a collection of yachts, cars and mansions. In particular, he is the owner of a villa worth £28 million in West Sussex, a penthouse worth £29 million in Kensington, a house worth £15 million in France, a 5-storey mansion in Belgravia worth £11 million, a six-storey cottage worth £18 million in Knightsbridge, houses for £40 million in St. Tropez, dachas in the Moscow region for £8 million.

He also owns the following yachts:

The £77 million Ecstasea with swimming pool and Turkish bath, the £60 million Le Grand Bleu with helipad, the €340 million Eclipse reaching almost 170m in length.

Abramovich is the owner of a collection of paintings by contemporary artists, which is estimated at $100 million.

Scandals (rumors)

9 July 1992 regarding Abramovich investigative department The Moscow Main Department of Internal Affairs initiated a criminal case regarding the theft of diesel fuel from the Ukhtinsky Oil Refinery on an especially large scale in the amount of almost 4 million rubles. Abramovich at that time was the head of the small enterprise AVK, which bought this fuel using forged documents. The investigation established that Abramovich entered into a criminal conspiracy with unidentified persons in the Ukhta Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Kaliningrad Region for the purpose of selling state property on an especially large scale (diesel fuel from the Ukhta Oil Refinery). Abramovich was taken into custody on suspicion of stealing 55 wagons of diesel fuel. There is no information about the results of the investigation.

Starting from the second half of 2003, the Sibneft company was subject to inspections by the Prosecutor General's Office regarding the legality of the acquisition in December 1995 of a stake in a number of companies - Noyabrskneftegazgeofizika, Noyabrskneftegaz, Omsk Oil Refinery and Omsknefteprodukt, and in March 2004 by the Ministry of Taxes and collections brought tax claims against Sibneft for 2000-2001 in the amount of about one billion dollars. Later it became known that the amount of tax debt was reduced tax authorities more than tripled, and the debt itself has already been returned to the budget.

The privatization of Sibneft was recognized by the Accounts Chamber as ineffective (the state lost 18.6 trillion rubles during the sale of shares), and inappropriate, since the proceeds from the sale were only 1.7 times higher than the profit of the parent company OJSC Sibneft. Abramovich, Berezovsky and Smolensky(JSCB "SBS"), having taken part in investment competitions for the sale of shares of OJSC "Sibneft", committed a direct violation of the current legislation and, in fact, through fraud, took over a controlling stake in the company and its subsidiaries.

Having set themselves the goal of taking over the Sibneft company, Abramovich and his companions used the proven method of a “shares-for-shares auction.” It should be noted that the law “On the privatization of state and municipal enterprises in the Russian Federation, there was no such method of privatization as the alienation of state property taken as collateral. Three competitions for the sale of Sibneft shares were held in violation of current legislation. Members of the competition commission, representing the interests of the state, clearly acted in favor of the participants in the competition - firms controlled by Abramovich, Berezovsky and Smolensky.

On September 20, 1996, a competition was held to sell 19% of Sibneft shares. In fact, one participant took part in it in the form of two affiliated legal entities(ZAO Firma Stens and ZAO Firma Sins), whose owners were B. Berezovsky and R. Abramovich, which led to a lack of competition.

On October 24, 1996, the Russian Federal Property Fund held an investment competition for the sale of shares in OAO Sibneft, constituting 15% of its authorized capital. This competition also lacked competitiveness, since there was only one participant in the form of two affiliated companies (CJSC Rifine Oil Firm and CJSC Foster Firm, the actual owner of which was Abramovich). Berezovsky and Smolensky, with the help of government officials - members of the competition commission, got rid of competitors, as a result of which only companies friendly to them were accepted into the competition: Financial Oil Corporation LLC (23% of shares owned by Abramovich), Stans CJSC (founded by Abramovich), and two more companies close to Berezovsky. The winner of the competition was OJSC Financial Oil Corporation (a public scandal between ONEXIMbank and Sibneft).

It is noteworthy that the companies that won all three competitions - Sinks, Refine Oil, FNK LLC - arose shortly before the competitions, that is, they were created precisely for the purpose of acquiring a part of Sibneft by Abramovich and his partners. In addition, the sources of funds raised for transactions are not confirmed by the necessary documents. Therefore, the origin of the funds used by Abramovich cannot be recognized as legal.

As a result of the fraudulent actions of Abramovich and Berezovsky during the privatization of federally owned Sibneft OJSC in 1995-1997 Russian state lost 2.7 billion dollars.

Moreover, the real owner of Sibneft is Abramovich, and not Berezovsky, as is mistakenly believed. Abramovich has complete control of the company, owning at least 36% of Sibneft shares.

After acquiring shares in OAO Sibneft, R. Abramovich and B. Berezovsky, in violation of current legislation, began to acquire controlling stakes in the company's subsidiaries.

Thus, in particular, an attempt was made to illegally issue shares of a subsidiary of Noyabrskneftegaz OJSC, which took place after the general meeting of shareholders in 1997. The issue harmed the interests of shareholders who do not own a controlling stake. At the same time, the Sibneft company, which owns a controlling stake, and, accordingly, R. Abramovich, received absolute control over Noyabrskneftegaz OJSC.

Another serious violation was the placement of shares for sale at a price below the market price, which contradicts the provisions of the Law “On Joint Stock Companies.” The direct culprit of the abuses and the initiator of these violations was Abramovich, who tried to establish full control over the subsidiaries of Sibneft.

The profit of the Omsk Refinery, part of Sibneft, in the amount of more than $100 million annually, previously allocated for restructuring, social needs and infrastructure development, now, as a result of Abramovich’s machinations, began to settle in the accounts of such structures as the Swiss trading company Runicom. The income of Noyabrskneftegaz is also sent there. Payments for exports at these enterprises are also now carried out by Runicom, whose president is the same R. Abramovich.

It is noteworthy that the Runikom company gained notoriety during its cooperation with the state company Rosneft. Runicom, which for a long time was the only oil trader of Purneftegaz (part of Rosneft), owed the latter approximately $10 million for oil already supplied. Moreover, according to some information, the agreements between Purneftegaz and Runicom were concluded in such a way that this ten-million dollar debt can only be challenged in judicial procedure. Litigation is complicated by the fact that Runicom is an offshore company with an office in London.

According to Russian media, the Runikom company, led by Abramovich, was directly related to the scandalous attempt to sell Purneftegaz.

Roman Abramovich entered the list of 12 billionaires who own coal holdings, total emissions carbon dioxide which are equivalent to the annual emissions of China, considered the largest air polluter in the world. The list was compiled by the Guardian newspaper.

The publication placed Indian Vinod Shantilaya Adani in first place on the list of coal billionaires, who owns a $900 million stake in the Indian coal company Adani Enterprises. Abramovich, who owns a stake in Evraz worth $766 million, was in second place.

Roman Arkadievich Abramovich — Russian entrepreneur, billionaire, former governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, deputy of the Chukotka District Duma (2008), chairman of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (2008−2013). Owner of Chelsea Football Club (London).

Roman Abramovich's childhood

Father - Arkady Nakhimovich Abramovich (1937−1969) - worked in the Economic Council of the Autonomous Republic of Komi. Roman Abramovich's mother, Irina Vasilyevna Abramovich (maiden name - Mikhailenko), was a music teacher; she died when Roman was 1 year old.

Abramovich's grandfather Nakhim (Nakhman) Leibovich and grandmother Toibe (Tatyana) Stepanovna (according to other sources - Semyonovna) were wealthy residents of the Lithuanian city of Taurage; after Lithuania joined the USSR, they lost their property and were deported to Siberia, losing each other on the train. Abramovich's grandfather died in 1942 in the Reshety camp ( Krasnoyarsk region) as a result of an accident, a tractor with Nakhim Abramovich fell into a pit, as stated in the biography of the oligarch. Toibe raised three sons - Roman Abramovich's father Arkady and his brothers Leib and Abram. As the Abramovichs’ neighbor recalled in an interview with SP, Tatyana Semyonovna was a seamstress, she even sewed clothes for actors in Syktyvkar theaters.

Abramovich's maternal grandmother Faina Borisovna Grutman (1906−1991) evacuated to Saratov from Ukraine at the beginning of the war. There is almost no information about Abramovich’s grandfather Vasily Mikhailenko in biographies. In the book by Alexander Khinshtein, “Berezovsky and Abramovich: oligarchs from the high road,” it is said that “only the euphonious surname Mikhailenko” remained from him.

Abramovich's parents met in Saratov, where Arkady Abramovich studied in absentia at the road transport institute. Irina Mikhailenko graduated from a music school and worked as a piano teacher at a school at the garrison officers' house. After getting married, Arkady and Irina left for Syktyvkar, where Abramovich’s father rose to the rank of leadership position in the supply department of the Komistroy construction association. Irina came to her mother in Saratov to give birth to Roman Abramovich, and then returned to Syktyvkar with the child. Abramovich's mother died of leukemia in 1967; according to Khinshtein's book, the cause was a botched abortion.

Arkady Abramovich, who blamed himself for what happened, outlived his wife by 18 months. On May 5, 1969, during a community cleanup, a multi-ton reinforced concrete slab fell from a crane on Abramovich’s father. On May 13, 1969, Arkady Abramovich died (in the biography of Roman Abramovich on Wikipedia, 1970 is indicated as the year of his father’s death).

After life took little Roman into its cold embrace, making the boy an orphan, his uncle Leib Abramovich took him into his family to raise him. Roman lived with his uncle in the city of Ukhta (Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic), where Leib Abramovich worked as the head of the Pechorles labor supply department at KomilesURS. In Ukhta, Roman studied in 1st and 2nd grade. In 1974, Roman Abramovich moved to Moscow to live with his second uncle, Abram Abramovich. In 1983 he graduated from Moscow secondary school No. 232.

Roman Abramovich in the army

At school, as his classmates recall, Roman Abramovich was quiet and modest, he studied averagely and there were no A’s in the oligarch’s certificate. At the same time, already at school, Abramovich showed commercial abilities: he sold cigarettes, “farmed” at the Moscow Intourist hotels. Singer Natalya Sturm, who studied with Abramovich, recalled the signature smile of the future billionaire.

Immediately after school, Roman Abramovich entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute at the Faculty of Forestry Engineering. However, he did not show much zeal for studying and did not receive a diploma. In 1984-1986 he served in military service as a private in training center Air defense (military unit No. 63148) in Bogodukhov (Kharkiv region). Later, Roman Abramovich studied for six months in the evening department at the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute. In 2000 he graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy.

Business of Roman Abramovich

After returning from the army, the guy decided to devote himself to business, especially since Roman showed excellent organizational skills even when he was a student. First, Abramovich started small business (in the late 1980s - early 1990s). In 1988, he headed the Uyut cooperative, which produced rubber toys. In 1991-1993 Abramovich headed the small enterprise AVK, which was engaged in commercial and intermediary activities, including the resale of petroleum products. In 1992, investigators ordered his detention, suspecting Roman Abramovich of stealing 55 tanks of diesel fuel from the state-owned Ukhta oil refinery worth approximately 4 million rubles (criminal case No. 79067 of the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office). The damage to the Ukhta Refinery was compensated by the actual recipient of the fuel, the Latvian-American enterprise Chikora International. Roman Abramovich himself, as reported in the news, actively assisted the investigation; in December 1992, the case was dropped for lack of evidence.

From June 1993 to December 1995, Abramovich was the director of AOZT Petroltrans. From 1993 to 1996, Roman Arkadyevich headed the Moscow branch of the Swiss company RUNICOM S.A. In 1995-1996, together with Boris Berezovsky, he became the founder of several new companies, in particular P.K.-Trust CJSC.

At the beginning of 1995, 28-year-old Roman Abramovich, together with Boris Berezovsky, began a joint project to create a single vertically integrated oil company based on Noyabrskneftegaz and the Omsk Refinery, which were part of Rosneft at that time. In June 1996, Roman Arkadyevich became the head of the Moscow representative office of Sibneft, and then joined the board of directors of this company.

Only in 1998, Roman Abramovich was first mentioned in the media by the ex-head of the Presidential Security Service, Alexander Korzhakov, who described Abramovich as the treasurer of the “family,” that is, Boris Yeltsin’s entourage.

Boris Berezovsky (left) and Roman Abramovich (right) during a meeting held by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin with members of the new State Duma elected in single-mandate constituencies, 1999 (Photo: DPI-TASS)

In 2005, Roman Abramovich gained $13 billion from the sale of a 73% stake in Sibneft to Gazprom.

London's serious attack on the interests of Roman Abramovich received an immediate rebuff from Moscow. Moreover, in fact high level— the presidential press secretary spoke out Dmitry Peskov and representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to Peskov, the report of the International Affairs Committee of the House of Commons of the British Parliament “on dirty money” from Russia, published on May 21, is “another step in line with unfriendly and unfair competition.” He recalled that in recent decades Russian business grew, developed and led peaceful economic expansion to other countries, and suddenly this process came to such an unfortunate ending.

Israeli citizenship gives Abramovich the right to visa-free entry into dozens of countries, including the UK, and the status of a “new repatriate” means tax exemption for 10 years and assistance in settling in his new homeland, the so-called “absorption basket.”

Let us remind you that in Israel Russian businessman has long been involved in philanthropic and commercial activities, investing in high-tech companies and real estate. In particular, Abramovich is building a large mansion in the prestigious tourist area of Tel Aviv, Neve Tzedek.

As reported in the news, Roman Abramovich left Israel almost immediately after receiving local citizenship, spending only a few hours in the country. The billionaire went to the airport terminal on a general basis - to the room where arriving repatriates are processed. There, Abramovich was issued a new repatriate certificate (“teudat-ole”) and an identity card (“teudat-zehut”), RIA Novosti reported.

Wealth and income of Roman Abramovich

In the list of the richest people in Great Britain according to The Sunday Times (April 2007) he took second place; Roman Abramovich's fortune was estimated at £10.8 billion. In 2009, Abramovich's fortune was reduced by three billion pounds to £8.7 billion as a result of the financial crisis.

Since 2012, Roman Abramovich has been outside the top ten in the Forbes ranking of Russian businessmen. In 2017, Abramovich's fortune was estimated at $9.1 billion, he was in 12th place. Abramovich’s fortune over the past 5 years has varied between 7-10 billion. In 2011, Roman Abramovich had $13.4 billion. According to the publication, Abramovich’s assets include: Evraz (31%), Channel One (24% ), real estate.

Personal life of Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich was married three times.

Roman Abramovich's first wife - Olga Yurievna Lysova. There are no common children.

Roman Abramovich's first wife - Olga Lysova

Second wife - Irina Vyacheslavovna Abramovich(Malandina, born November 26, 1967), former flight attendant. During his family life with Irina, Roman Abramovich had five children: Anna (January 30, 1992), Arkady (September 14, 1993), Sophia (April 3, 1995), Arina (2001) and Ilya (February 18, 2003). In March 2007, Abramovich was divorced by the Chukotka District Court, the spouses agreed on the division of property.

Irina Abramovich, from whom Roman Abramovich divorced in 2007, shares photographs from her personal photo archive. On her Instagram page, the ex-wife of the billionaire published photographs of her children - Sophia, who had previously appeared in public for the first time, Arina and Ilya.

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich with his wife Irena and son Arkady during a football match between Charlton Athletic and Chelsea in London, 2005 year (Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Photos/PHOTAS)

Roman Abramovich's third wife is designer Daria Zhukova (1981), daughter of the famous entrepreneur Alexander Zhukov, founder and main owner of the international investment group Interfinance. Abramovich's third wife lived with her mother in the USA, then studied at the London Institute of Naturopathy. Daria Zhukova is the founder of the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow, designer and co-owner of the Kova & T company.

Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova (Photo: FA Bobo/PIXSELL/PA Images/TASS)

Roman Abramovich and his third wife Daria Zhukova have two children: son Aaron Alexander (December 5, 2009) and daughter Leya (April 8, 2013).

Abramovich's children, in particular Sofia, often post photos on Instagram, in addition, the British media publish news about the children of the Chelsea owner. More more photos and news from gossip columns you can read about last wife Abramovich Daria Zhukova.

On August 7, 2017, the central news in the media was the statement of Roman Abramovich and his third wife Daria Zhukova about their decision to divorce. As the businessman's adviser John Mann told reporters, the decision to divorce after 10 years of marriage was not easy for Abramovich and Zhukova. At the same time, Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova emphasize that they remain close friends, parents of two wonderful children and partners in projects that they developed together (Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow and a cultural center in St. Petersburg).

The tabloids can only guess why Roman Abramovich and Daria Zhukova are getting divorced. Undoubtedly, the topic of the oligarch's divorce, as in other similar cases, will be a hot topic in the news in the coming years.

After the news of Abramovich’s divorce, it became fashionable in the media to write about the future new wife of the billionaire.

Roman Abramovich's former classmate Natalya Sturm suggested that the billionaire had already decided on a replacement for Daria Zhukova. “I think that most likely this place has been occupied a long time ago. I'm even sure. For the public, they "dotted the i's" for something. Either it will be an official marriage of either Dasha or Roman Arkadyevich, or a new union will be announced,” Sturm noted.

Natalya also told what Abramovich’s new wife will be like. “Imagining a little about the personality of Roman Arkadyevich, I think that this must be a very beautiful woman. And she is also beautiful in her own ways. She’s an extraordinary person, a relationship with whom may have been tested over the years,” the singer made a prediction about the oligarch’s new love. Later, Natalya Sturm added that the news about the reunion of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie could have appeared thanks to Abramovich, since Roman Arkadyevich allegedly wanted to divert attention from his person and the discussion of his new companion.

If this is so, then the idea was not successful, at least in Russia. The yellow press of the Russian Federation continues to discuss new novel Abramovich, in particular, rumors about Roman Arkadyevich’s connection with star ballerina Diana Vishneva intensified. The press recalled that Abramovich and Vishneva appeared together at the Olympics in Sochi, and the oligarch is also a sponsor of Vishneva’s projects. However, Diana Vishneva is married to her own producer, Konstantin Selinevich. It must be said that after the news about Abramovich’s divorce, Vishneva herself gave rise to rumors by posting on Instagram your photo wearing a scarf and a London Chelsea baseball cap. “Game day. The team of the Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra at the legendary Wembley Arena,” Diana Vishneva captioned her photo wearing the symbols of Abramovich’s club.

Also mentioned in tabloid news were Nadezhda Obolentseva and Yulia Peresild. The Moscow actress and Abramovich were photographed by the yellow press at Kinotavr in Sochi; it is also known that, at the invitation of Peresild, Roman Abramovich attended social evenings charitable foundation"Galchonok."

There is also an initiative from below, so one of the participants in the famous TV show “Dom-2” Ruslan Solntsev decided to marry the future eligible bachelor Roman Abramovich Olga Buzova, who, by the way, recently also went through a difficult divorce from football player Dmitry Tarasov.

Hobbies of Roman Abramovich

Roman Arkadyevich is fond of football. In 2003, Abramovich purchased the English football club Chelsea for £140 million. However, Abramovich also supports Russian football. He was one of the initiators of inviting Dutch specialist Guus Hiddink to the post of head coach of the Russian national football team. Hiddink's salary, as well as the second coach of the national team Igor Korneev, as well as all expenses associated with their stay in Russia (accommodation, transportation, etc.) were paid by the National Football Academy Foundation, created by Roman Abramovich in 2004. Ex-coach of the Russian national team Leonid Slutsky noted that Abramovich did a lot to “help Russian football,” in particular, he built about 300 artificial football fields and was a sponsor of the Russian national team.

Roman Abramovich and John Terry (center) (Photo: FA Bobo/PIXSELL/PA Images)

Besides football, Roman Abramovich has many other interests. Abramovich built a venue underneath London's Stamford Bridge stadium to host concerts and other music events. The cost of the work is 7 million pounds sterling.

In general, a billionaire's hobbies are quite expensive. Abramovich owns five luxury yachts; in Western media news they are called “Abramovich’s fleet.” By the way, one of his yachts - Pelorus - is equipped with a system missile defense, a plasma generator, a laser holographic projector, a helicopter and a submarine for escape in case of danger.

The yacht Pelorus of Roman Abramovich is moored to the pier of the Promenade des Anglais (Photo: Ruslan Shamukov/TASS)

In addition to yachts, Abramovich is also interested in airplanes. Thus, a Russian billionaire owns a private Boeing 767−33A/ER (registration P4-MES, registered in Aruba), known as the “Bandit” due to the details of the cockpit painting. The plane was originally ordered by Hawaiian Airlines, but the order was cancelled, Abramovich bought this Boeing and converted it to his own requirements. In September 2008, at Abramovich’s personal order, Airbus completed the construction of the oligarch’s new aircraft, the A340-313X. He also owns three Eurocopter helicopters.

Boeing 767−33A/ER aircraft of Roman Abramovich (Photo: Anatoly Semekhin/TASS)

Roman Arkadyevich is also known for his love for large and expensive cars. In 2004, Abramovich bought two armored Maybach 62 limousines worth £1 million. Abramovich owns a Ferrari FXX, worth 2 million 200 thousand dollars. Interestingly, only 30 of these cars were produced in the world. Roman Arkadyevich also has other models in his fleet - Bugatti Veyron, Maserati MC12 Corsa, Ferrari 360 and a modified Porsche Carrera GT. Sometimes Abramovich likes to get behind the wheel and drive. Of course, under the supervision of numerous guards.

Ferrari FXX supercar owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich

In 2013 Russian billionaire bought luxury apartments in a fashionable area of New York, as reported in the news, in an apartment located on Fifth Avenue, eight bedrooms, several bathrooms, a huge kitchen and a large central hall.

Abramovich's fortune allows him to go to good restaurants. In 2009, the oligarch had dinner with his girlfriend Daria Zhukova, his son Arkady and three of his acquaintances in a New York restaurant for 47 thousand dollars. After Abramovich and company left the restaurant, the waiters discussed their generous tips.

At the same time, sometimes Abramovich does not mind walking. He had long dreamed of climbing Kilimanjaro. Roman Arkadyevich invited six friends to climb. To have everything they needed at hand, they took 13 porters with them. Naturally, Roman Arkadyevich was accompanied by security guards. However, due to lack of preparation at the level of 4 thousand 602 m, Abramovich developed symptoms of altitude sickness, so his companions rushed to deliver the billionaire to the foot of the mountain.

Abramovich loves to listen good music. In January 2017, the famous Beatle, legendary British musician Paul McCartney performed at an exclusive new year party oligarch Roman Abramovich, which took place on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy.

A man named Roman Abramovich is known throughout the world. At the same time, his biography contains many contradictory points. Why did he almost end up in jail in 1992? How did Boris Yeltsin's family perceive him? What fortune did the oligarch’s second wife 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, into 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 four years old at the time. From that time on, the family of his uncle from Ukhta was involved in raising the future tycoon. After some time, in 1974, Abramovich went to Moscow to live with his other uncle.

After serving in the army in Kirzhach, Roman entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute at the Faculty of Forestry. 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.

Criminal case

In 1992, the businessman was suspected of stealing state property and was taken into custody. Then a train with diesel fuel (the total cost of which was 3.8 million rubles), traveling from Ukhta to the city of Syktyvkar on behalf of the AVEX-Komi company, disappeared. Later it turned out that the fuel was delivered to Riga and became the property of the AKV company, whose general director was Roman Abramovich. The entrepreneur’s biography could have turned out differently if he had gone to prison then, but the case was soon closed due to lack of evidence of a crime.

Business and access to the state level

In the 1990s, Abramovich began to communicate closely with Boris Berezovsky and became a member of Boris Yeltsin's house. The president's family invited Roman to move to 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 joint stock company Noyabrskneftegaz, also headed the Moscow branch of Sibneft. In 1999, he was elected as a deputy in the Chukotka AO No. 223. After that, Abramovich registered Sibneft partner companies in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, which are responsible for the sale of petroleum products and the “black” gold itself.

The businessman was not a member of any Duma faction. He exchanged the Duma in 2000 for the post of governor of Chukotka. According to media reports, Roman donated over $2.5 billion for the development of the autonomous region. To this day, Abramovich confidently ranks first in the list of the most generous domestic philanthropists.

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 this, 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 from the post of governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, but every time Russian President Putin convinced him. Vladimir Vladimirovich's biographer, Chris Hutchins, describes in detail the relationship between the president and the oligarch. According to him, they communicated like father and beloved son, while Abramovich addressed Putin as “you”, since he was older than him.

In July 2008, Roman was relieved of his post as 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 Yuryevna Lysova, was a native of Astrakhan. The second wife of Romana 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 Chukotka District Court divorced the couple. They independently agreed on how the property would be divided and with whom the children would live. As you know, after the divorce, Malandina received from her ex-husband an amount of $300 million.

Now the businessman is dating 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. He was named Aaron Alexander. And in April 2013, another daughter of Roman Abramovich, Leia, was born.

Yachts

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

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

Previously, the billionaire owned other large yachts, but later sold or donated them. The Pelorus vessel went into the possession of David Giffen for $300 million, the Le Grand Bleu yacht was gifted to Evgeniy Shvidler, and the Ecstasea vessel was sold by Roman in 2009 to an unknown buyer.

Air transport

In addition to water transport, Abramovich owns air vehicles. He owns a Boeing 767-33A, known as the “Bandit” due to its distinctive livery. This plane was first ordered by Hawaiian Airlines, but then it canceled the order, and Roman decided to buy Boeing. Another Abramovich aircraft, the A340-313X, was purchased by him in 2008. The entrepreneur also owns three helicopters that service the yachts he owns.

Ground transportation

Among the ground vehicles 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, the fairings of which 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 savings. 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. The entrepreneur ranks 14th on the list.