4 ARMENIAN MILLIONAIRES IN FORBES RUSSIA TOP 100

Tert.am
16.04.10

Four Armenian billionaires have been included in a list of top 100
billionaires prepared by Forbes Russia magazine.

Among them are Armenian developer Samvel Karapetyan with $750 USD
million (91st), Danil Khachaturov with $1,2 billion USD 55 (55),
Nikolai and Sergey Sargisov brothers (74th and 75th) with $950 USD
million each.

The number of Russian billionaires and their combined fortunes doubled
last year.

Steel tycoon Vladimir Lisin took the top spot as his fortune rose to
$15.8billion from $5.2billion a year ago.

The number of Russian billionaires rose to 62 from 32, while their
combined fortune jumped to $297billion from $142billion.

Forbes Russia notes that the main Russian stock index RTS also
doubled during the same period, "although the economy has stagnated
in general."

Technology and mining billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who was on top
of the list last year, dropped to second place, despite increasing
his fortune to $13.4billion from $9.5billion.

Oil, telecoms and retail tycoon Mikhail Fridman came third with
$12.7billion ($6.3 billion a year ago), while Chelsea owner Roman
Abramovich is in forth place with $11.2 billion ($8.5 billion a year
ago). Alexander Lebedev, owner of the London Evening Standard and
the Independent, is 34th with a fortune of $2billion.