Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin is worth an estimated $22 billion, making him the richest documented man in Russia.
The second-richest person in Russia, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, is Vladimir Lisin with a $21.5 billion net worth. What remains unclear, however, is just how much money President Vladimir Putin has: The Washington Post previously reported that financier Bill Browder had put Putin’s potential net worth as high as $200 billion back in 2015.
The 58-year-old businessman made his fortune in the nickel industry after spearheading Russia’s controversial “loans-for-shares” program. Potanin is the president of Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of refined nickel.
Potanin has owned at least three luxury yachts and spent $10 million on his daughter’s wedding on the French Riviera. He’s also become known as a philanthropist, having joined The Giving Pledge, the charity organization founded by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, and promised to donate most of his fortune to charity rather than pass it on to his children.
The Russian billionaire has close ties to President Vladimir Putin — in fact, the pair are ice hockey buddies — and Potanin was named on the infamous “Putin list” of prominent Russian political figures and oligarchs.
Here’s a look at the life and wealth of Vladimir Potanin, the richest man in Russia and the 37th-richest person in the world.
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