Roman Abramovich is a successful businessman, former governor of Chukotka and a man of mystery. A meteoric rise during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, they provided him with an honorable place in the list of the most influential people in the world according to the Times. In the summer of 2003, the oligarch acquired a property that was on the verge of ruin football club Chelsea began to actively develop it. In the spring of 2012, Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League for the first time in its history.
Together with his partners, the businessman controls more than 80% of the assets of Sibneft, 50% of RusAl and 26% of Aeroflot airline. Thanks to intermediary firms, Abramovich included power plants, automobile factories, paper mills, banks and insurance companies in his “holding”, which in total is estimated at 3-4% of Russia's GDP.
Roman Abramovich was born in Saratov and lived with his parents in Syktyvkar. They were overtaken by an early death, after which Uncle Leiba Abramovich took little Roman into his upbringing and moved the boy to Ukhta (Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). At the age of 8, Roman moved to Moscow to live with his uncle Abram Abramovich.
After graduating from school, the young man makes an unsuccessful attempt to get a specialty, joins the army, and upon returning to Moscow continues the work he started at the institute. Roman Abramovich gained his first business experience at the Uyut cooperative, an enterprise producing polymer toys. Abramovich's further life is spent in close connection with the business and political circles of the capital, where he earns his first millions and gradually expands his sphere of influence. Since the early 2000s, Roman Abramovich has lived in London.
It’s interesting that there is official, reliable information about Abramovich’s foreign real estate. He does not hide from journalists in the British capital and does not prevent rumors about villas in France and a mansion in Manhattan. At the same time, information about Russian possessions is hidden behind seven seals. If an influential businessman visits Russia, where does he stay? Surely, this is not a hotel or a villa for friends, but something of its own and very large-scale, in the taste of the oligarch.
Abramovich's house
According to data from Rosreestr, Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich lives in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, in the working-class village of Zarechye, on Biryuzovaya Street. This village with a poetic name is adjacent to the Skolkovo innovation center. What else is this area famous for?
Previously, Zarechye housed the dachas of members of the CPSU Central Committee. And even now Abramovich’s neighbors are far from poor people. The village is home to equally famous Russian oligarchs Mikhail Prokhorov and Vladimir Potanin. One of the wealthiest senators in Russia, Arsen Kanokov, Alexey Polezhaev, and First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov also have real estate in the neighborhood. WITH Roman's last Abramovich has a friendly relationship.
The prestige of the area is constantly growing. This is explained by the convenient location of the village with excellent environmental indicators. In a word, it’s easy to breathe, and there are no problems with the roads. Residents of Zarechye can directly access the business center of Moscow, and the air here is in no way inferior in purity to the Rublevo-Uspensky direction. Proximity of Meshchersky natural park and golf courses are an additional bonus to the area's infrastructure. The security of the Zarechye village is ensured by 24-hour security monitoring the fenced area.
The oligarch carried out the purchase of property in the village gradually. At first, in the late 90s, a modest house appeared there, in comparison with its current scale. Then began the massive acquisition of land. The plots were added one after another - sometimes five hundred square meters, sometimes five hectares. If we add up their areas, we get approximately 70 hectares. The scope is truly impressive. Especially when you consider that the territory of Vladimir Putin’s residence in Novo-Ogarevo is two times smaller than Abramovich’s estate, and the Kremlin area is three times smaller.
The fence enclosing the territory of the oligarch's property stretches along the highway for one and a half kilometers. There is a helipad and an underground hangar for equipment on the territory. Not far from the site is the Skolkovo golf club, owned by Abramovich.
Roman Abramovich has a lake on which an artificial island is located. Not far from it there is a building with an area of 376 sq.m. According to documents, the object is a bathhouse, but it is appearance It's more like a restaurant. A little further away there is something similar to a spa complex. All this, apparently, provides cultural leisure for the oligarch’s family, his friends and immediate circle.
Roman Abramovich uses additional security to that provided by the village. At his disposal are several points on the border with Biryuzovaya Street, a commandant's office building with an area of 882 sq.m., consisting of two floors and a basement. In addition, at the exit from the estate there is a utility building with huge satellite antennas, which are used to receive and send signals to the satellite. The oligarch ensured the security of his possessions to the highest standard.
Abramovich's main buildings have an area of 2269 and 2421 sq.m. are located in a forest clearing. According to culturologist and art critic Lomonosov, the businessman’s residence is not intended to shock others with pomp and splendor. Everything is furnished simply and focused on maximum comfort for the owner. This is quite consistent with the character of Roman Abramovich, who in ordinary life does not focus on the size of his wallet. The harmony of the surrounding landscape emphasizes a well-considered approach to organizing space.
A reasonable question arises: how much did such an “addition” cost the oligarch? We do not take the cadastral value into account. Let's look at market prices right away. One hundred square meters of land in the working-class village of Zarechye costs about 150 thousand dollars. If you multiply the size of the land, which is officially confirmed by Rosreestr, the minimum value of the estate reaches $800 million.
To this figure we can safely add the cost of the adjacent plots, and as a result we get the most expensive estate among Russians. Despite a rather modest 13th place in the Forbes list, “billionaire from nowhere” Roman Abramovich occupies a leading position in the list of the richest landowners.
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Roman Arkadievich Abramovich(born October 24, Saratov, RSFSR) - a major Russian entrepreneur; former governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug;
Condition ratingsBiographyTaken into the family of his father's brother, 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 the late 1980s - early 1990s, he was engaged in small business (production, then intermediary and trading operations), subsequently switching to oil trading activities. Later became close to Boris Berezovsky and family Russian President Boris Yeltsin. It is believed that it was thanks to these connections that Abramovich later managed to obtain ownership of the oil company Sibneft. (see below for more details). Starting a businessIn the late 1980s, he organized the Uyut cooperative, whose official activity was the production of toys from polymer materials. Abramovich’s partners in Uyut, Evgeny Shvidler and Valery Oif, subsequently formed the management team of Sibneft. In the early 1990s, he was the founder of the following companies: JSC Mekong, private private enterprise Supertechnology-Shishmarev Firm, JSC Elita, JSC Petroltrans, JSC GID, NPR and many others. 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, the investigation established that Abramovich had committed the theft of 55 tanks with diesel fuel from the state-owned Ukhta oil refinery in the amount of about 4 million rubles (criminal case No. 79067 of the Moscow City Prosecutor's Office about theft of state property on an especially large scale); the investigation issued a resolution to imprison him into custody. According to the investigation, the small enterprise AVK, which was headed by Abramovich, received this fuel using forged documents. Subsequently, the damage caused to the state was allegedly compensated, the case was dismissed “for lack of evidence of a crime,” and the prosecutor who initiated the case was dismissed. Oil TraderCreation and privatization of SibneftIt was at the beginning of 1995 that Abramovich, together with Berezovsky, began implementing a joint project to create a single vertically integrated oil company on the basis of Noyabrskneftegaz and the Omsk Oil Refinery, which were part of Rosneft at that time. Viktor Gorodilov supported this idea, while Ivan Litskevich, CEO Omsk Refinery, insisted on creating a financial and industrial group. On August 19, 1995, while swimming in the Irtysh, Ivan Litskevich dies. Just five days later, on August 24, the Siberian Oil Company, or Sibneft, was established by decree of President Boris Yeltsin. In September 1995, Pyotr Yanchev, the head of the Balkar-Trading company, which could compete with the privatization of Sibneft, was arrested and spent two years in prison. The board of directors of Sibneft includes Viktor Gorodilov (president of the company), and. O. General Director of the Omsk Refinery Konstantin Potapov and Governor of the Omsk Region Leonid Polezhaev, whose son, Alexey, worked for Abramovich in the Moscow branch of Runicom S.A. In 1995-1997 Abramovich and Berezovsky use companies they previously created to acquire Sibneft shares directly or through subsidiaries at collateral and investment competitions. The conditions of the competitions ensured that only participants affiliated with each other were allowed to participate in them, who bought shares almost at the starting price in the absence of any competition. So in December 1995, 51% of Sibneft shares (2.3 million shares) were pledged to Neftyanaya CJSC finance company"under a loan to the government in the amount of $100.3 million (with a starting price of $100 million), and in April 1997, LLC Financial Oil Corporation bought them for $110 million. Big business, notoriety and access to the state levelIn January - May 1998, the first unsuccessful attempt to create a united company, Yuksi, based on the merger of Sibneft and YUKOS, took place, the completion of which was prevented by the ambitions of the owners. According to some information, the divergence of business and political interests of Abramovich and Berezovsky, which subsequently ended in a breakdown in relations, dates back to the 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 the treasurer of President Yeltsin’s inner circle (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, was involved in financing Yeltsin’s election campaign in 1996, and is lobbying for government appointments. In December 1999, Abramovich became a State Duma deputy from Chukotka constituency No. 223. A year later, he won the gubernatorial elections in Chukotka, gaining over 90% of the vote, and resigned as deputy. Abramovich brings his managers from Sibneft with him to Chukotka and invests significant funds of his own in improving the living conditions of local residents. In 2000, Abramovich, together with Oleg Deripaska, created the Russian Aluminum company, and also became co-owners of Irkutskenergo, the Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station and the RusPromAvto automotive holding (production of passenger cars and trucks, buses and road construction equipment). At the end of 2000, Abramovich bought a stake in ORT (42.5%) from Boris Berezovsky and resold it to Sberbank six months later. In the spring of 2001, Sibneft shareholders bought a blocking stake in Aeroflot (26%). In May 2001, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia initiated several criminal cases against the management of Sibneft at the request of State Duma deputies on the basis of an act of the Accounts Chamber on violations during the privatization of Sibneft, but already in August 2001 the investigation was terminated due to the lack of evidence of a crime. In the summer of 2001, Abramovich was included for the first time in the list of the richest people according to Forbes magazine with a fortune of $14 billion. 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 . 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 - Noyabrskneftegazgeofiziki, 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 dimensions tax debt were reduced tax authorities more than tripled, and the debt itself has already been returned to the budget. In 2003, there was another attempt to merge Sibneft and the YUKOS company, which failed at the initiative of Abramovich after the arrest of Khodorkovsky and the presentation of multibillion-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. Business conflictsPrivate securityAccording to information released The Sunday Times, R. Abramovich’s personal security reached 40 professional specialists on safety: in the UK there are about 20; a similar number accompanies him on voyages on his yachts, foreign travels and trips to Russia. Such a “private army” - about 8 times larger size standard close protection unit and costs an estimated £1.2 million per year. According to the newspaper, the increase in security is due to fears of kidnapping. Abramovich's security is under control former officer SAS(British Army Special Forces) Mark Skipp ( Mark Skipp); A new London security firm has recently been hired Fusion. Personal vehiclesAbramovich has become the biggest spender in the world, he owns five luxury yachts in Western media they are called "Abramovich's Fleet" Abramovich Navy) : Notes
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Childhood
Roman Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 into a working-class family. The father was a builder and the main breadwinner in the family; the mother’s profession is not known for certain. The family lived in the city of Saratov. 
Roman’s childhood cannot be called easy: when the boy was only one year old, he lost his mother. However, his trials did not end there. The father, trying to provide for his family, worked a lot. One of the days at a construction site turned out to be fatal for him - as a result of an accident, he died, leaving his son a complete orphan.
After the loss of his parents, little Roman was taken in by relatives. The first person to respond was his uncle, who lives in the city of Ukhta, where the boy subsequently moved.
When Roman turned 8 years old, another move awaited him - this time to Moscow. There he came under the guardianship of another uncle, Abram. Simultaneously with the change of residence, the boy went to educational institution. School No. 232 was chosen as a starting point, where he studied until graduation.
Studying never attracted Roman - all school subjects seemed boring to him, and immediately after receiving his certificate, he decided to go serve in the army.
Upon returning from service, he nevertheless succumbed to the persuasion of his relatives to get a higher education. Roman chose the direction that was as close as possible to his hobbies and capabilities at that time - the Faculty of Forestry at a regional institute. This time the granite of science turned out to be uninteresting for him, which is why he subsequently dropped out of school. The only useful thing that Roman learned from his studies was the discovery of his own organizational skills, which would be useful to him in the future.
Career
The start of Roman Abramovich’s career can be considered the beginning of the 80s. It was during this period that he first turned his attention to entrepreneurial activity. The money he accumulated during his part-time jobs was enough for him to purchase his first enterprise, Uyut, whose core business was the production of children's toys. Even then, he met colleagues with whom he still does business (in the future they will jointly manage the Sibneft enterprise). 
However, the chosen field of work was not enough to realize Roman’s ambitions, and he decided to try his hand at trading. The most promising area at that time was already the oil industry. The similarity of interests and the desire to prove himself in business brought the young, purposeful man into contact with a number of “important” people. Among the biggest names are Boris Berezovsky and Boris Yeltsin.
Then came the “dashing 90s”. Roman, already having a lot of capital at that time, was able to become the founder of a number of large corporations. It is noteworthy that despite his exponentially growing income, he managed to avoid the attention of the press for a long time. Factor X in this issue It turned out that his working connections with Boris Yeltsin were declassified. At this time, Roman was the head of AVK, still focusing on working with oil. It was during that period of his life that the entrepreneur first became involved in a major scandal (a case was opened about the theft of a large shipment of fuel).
Roman Abramovich: Yes, I am an oligarch!
In 1998, Abramovich's name was finally mentioned in the media. He was credited with a close friendship with Boris Yeltsin and even managing the president’s personal affairs. In the late 90s, Roman collaborated a lot with another “growing” billionaire - Oleg Deripaska, who later became the central figure in the scandal with Nastya Rybka and Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko. As the head of Sibneft, Abramovich became the owner of a large stake in Aeroflot.
Interview with Roman Abramovich
Then, in the early 2000s (2001-2008), Roman directed his forces in a “peaceful” direction and became the governor of Chukotka. Under his leadership, the region's oil industry grew rapidly. In 2003, Roman became the owner of the Chelsea club - under his “beginning” the club won the UEFA Champions League.
The period after 2008 was concentrated on the management of existing enterprises and development in the real estate sector. At that time, Abramovich’s fortune had reached his highest level yet – $23.5 billion.
Personal life of Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich had three official marriages. He met his first wife, Olga Lysova, in a business environment. After breaking up with her, the billionaire turned his attention to flight attendant Irina Malandina, whose marriage brought him five children. The couple's relationship ended in 2007.Performed the role of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. None of these alleged connections have been personally confirmed by Roman.
Roman Abramovich today
In 2018, Roman is focused on managing his own capital. He travels a lot and spends time with his children, while simultaneously solving business issues.Roman Abramovich's move to Israel
At the end of May 2018, the media received information that after problems with obtaining a UK visa, Abramovich decided to become a citizen of Israel. Due to the “unfavorable investment climate,” the entrepreneur froze the construction of a new stadium owned by Chelsea FC and began to work closely on his mansion in Tel Aviv.
Roman Abramovich
Condition ratings
According to the annual ranking richest people world, published by the American magazine Forbes in March 2009, the entrepreneur took 51st place in the list of billionaires from around the world, and also took second place in the list of Russian billionaires with a capital of 8.5 billion US dollars after Mikhail Prokhorov; in April 2008 - $29.5 billion. In 2010, with a personal fortune of $11.2 billion, he took 5th place in the list of 100 richest businessmen in Russia (according to Forbes magazine).
Before the divorce from his second wife Irina, Roman Abramovich’s bank accounts, according to the News of the World, was about 366.8 billion rubles. In addition, the entrepreneur owns a collection of yachts, cars and mansions. Abramovich is the owner of a villa worth 1.2 billion rubles in West Sussex, a penthouse worth 1.3 billion rubles in Kensington, a house worth 687 million rubles in France, a 5-story mansion in Belgravia for 504 million rubles, a six-story cottage worth 825 million rubles in Knightsbridge, houses for 18.3 billion rubles in St. Tropez and dachas in the Moscow region for 366 million rubles. He also owns yachts: Pelorus for 3.3 billion rubles with bulletproof glass and its own submarine, Ecstasea for 3.5 billion rubles with a swimming pool and Turkish bath, Le Grand Bleu for 2.7 billion rubles with a helipad, as well as yacht Eclipse. The last name translated means “ solar eclipse", the yacht costs 13 billion rubles and reaches almost 170 m in length. The ship's hull is made of bulletproof steel, the windows are made of armored glass. A German missile attack warning system is installed on board. The yacht has 2 helicopters (with hangars, like on a combat frigate). There is also a mini-submarine capable of diving to a depth of 50 m. In addition, by order of Roman Abramovich, the yacht “Luna” is being completed at the shipyards in Bremerhaven (Germany), designed to replace the “Eclipse” if necessary. The fleet of the former governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug consists of a Boeing 767 for 2.5 billion rubles, a Boeing business class for 1.2 billion rubles and two helicopters for 1.6 billion rubles each.
Roman Abramovich born October 24, 1966 in Saratov. Roman's parents lived in Syktyvkar (Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). Father - Arkady (Aron) Nakhimovich Abramovich worked in the Syktyvkar Economic Council, died as a result of an accident at a construction site when Roman was 4 years old. Mother - Irina Vasilievna (nee Mikhailenko) died when Roman was 1.5 years old.
Before the war, Abramovich’s father’s parents, Nakhim (Nakhman) and Toibe, lived in Lithuania, in the city of Taurage. In June 1941, the Abramovich family and their children were deported to Siberia. The couple ended up in different carriages and lost each other. Nakhim Abramovich died at hard labor. Toibe was able to raise three sons - Roman's father and his two uncles. In 2006, the municipality of Taurage invited Roman Abramovich to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the city. Roman Abramovich's maternal grandmother Faina Borisovna Grutman (1906-1991) evacuated to Saratov with her three-year-old daughter Irina from Ukraine in the first days of the Great Patriotic War.
Taken into the family of his father's brother, 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 Roman moved to Moscow, to his second uncle - Abram Abramovich. In 1983 he graduated from school. Military service in 1984-1986 he served in the auto platoon of an artillery regiment (Kirzhach, Vladimir region).
Data on higher education are contradictory - they are called the Ukhta Industrial Institute and the Moscow Institute of Oil and Gas named after. Gubkin - however, he apparently did not finish any of them. Abramovich’s current official biography states that he graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy in 2001.
Roman Abramovich: first steps in business
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: Individual private enterprise “Firm “Supertechnology-Shishmarev”, JSC “Elite”, 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. 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. There is no information about the results of the investigation.
In 1993, Roman Abramovich continued commercial activities, in particular for 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 and Sibneft
Roman Abramovich's entry into the big oil business is connected with Boris Berezovsky and the latter’s struggle for possession OJSC Sibneft. 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: Mekong CJSC, Centurion-M CJSC, Agrofert LLC, Multitrans CJSC, Oilimpex CJSC, Sibreal CJSC, Forneft CJSC, Servet CJSC, Branko CJSC, LLC Vector-A", which together with Berezovsky used to acquire shares of Sibneft OJSC. 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 the late 1980s - early 1990s, he was engaged in small business (production, then intermediary and trading operations), subsequently switching to oil trading activities. Later he became close to Boris Berezovsky and the family of Russian President Boris Yeltsin. It is believed that it was thanks to these connections that Abramovich later managed to obtain ownership of the Sibneft oil company. (see below for more details).
Roman Abramovich and Chukotka
In 1999 became a State Duma deputy for the Chukotka District. It was in Chukotka that companies affiliated with Sibneft were registered, through which its oil and petroleum products were sold.
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.
In December 2000 he left the Duma due to his election to post of governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. According to media reports, he invested considerable personal funds in the development of the region and improving the standard of living of the local population.
In 2003, he suddenly became interested in football, lost interest in Chukotka, bought the English football club Chelsea for £140 million and actually moved to live in the UK. In October 2005, he sold his stake (75.7%) in the Sibneft company to Gazprom for $13.1 billion and tried several times to resign from the governor’s post, but each time after a meeting with President Putin he was forced to abandon his intention.
On October 16, 2005, Vladimir Putin nominated Abramovich for reappointment to the governor's post; On October 21, 2005, the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug approved him in office.
Was married twice. The first wife is Olga Yuryevna Lysova, a native of the city of Astrakhan. The second wife is Irina (nee Malandina), a former flight attendant. Abramovich has five children from his second marriage. In March 2007, he was divorced by the Chukotka District Court, at his place of registration. According to the press secretary of the governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the former spouses agreed on the division of property and who their five children would stay with.
On July 3, 2008, Russian President D. A. 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.
On October 12, 2008, in the by-elections he became a deputy of the Chukotka Duma, gaining 96.99% of the votes.
On October 22, 2008, he was elected to the post of Chairman of the Duma of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Deputies supported Roman Abramovich's candidacy unanimously.
What does he own?
Roman Abramovich together with his partners through a holding company registered in the UK Millhouse Capital until 2002 controlled more than 80% " Sibneft", the fifth largest Russian oil company, 50% of the aluminum company " Russian Aluminum"(RusAl) and 26% of the company" Aeroflot" 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 Russia. This “holding” accounts for 3 to 4% of Russia’s GDP.
Recently, Roman Abramovich is the owner controlling stake London football club shares Chelsea.
Forbes Magazine based on the results of 2001 named Abramovich the second richest man in Russia, with a fortune estimated at about $3 billion, in 2002. second place again remained with him, but the size of his fortune increased to $5.7 billion. According to the British magazine EuroBusiness , the condition of Roman Abramovich based on the results of 2002. reached a value of 3.3 billion euros.
During 2003-2005, Abramovich sold his stakes in Aeroflot, Russian Aluminum, Irkutskenergo and Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station, RusPromAvto - and, finally, Sibneft.
In January - May 1998, the first unsuccessful attempt to create a united company, Yuksi, based on the merger of Sibneft and YUKOS, took place, the completion of which was prevented by the ambitions of the owners.
According to some information, the divergence of business and political interests of Abramovich and Berezovsky, which subsequently ended in a breakdown in relations, dates back to the same time.
In November 1998, the first mention of Abramovich appeared in the media (even though there were no photographs of him for a long time) - the dismissed head of the Presidential Security Service, Alexander Korzhakov, called him the treasurer of President Yeltsin’s inner circle (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, was involved in financing Yeltsin’s election campaign in 1996, and is lobbying for government appointments.
In December 1999, Abramovich became a State Duma deputy from Chukotka constituency No. 223. A year later, he won the gubernatorial elections in Chukotka, gaining over 90% of the vote, and resigned as deputy. Abramovich brings his managers from Sibneft with him to Chukotka and invests significant funds of his own in improving the living conditions of local residents.
In 2000, Abramovich, together with Oleg Deripaska, created the Russian Aluminum company, and also became co-owners of Irkutskenergo, the Krasnoyarsk Hydroelectric Power Station and the RusPromAvto automotive holding (production of cars and trucks, buses and road construction equipment).
At the end of 2000, Abramovich bought a stake in ORT (42.5%) from Boris Berezovsky and resold it to Sberbank six months later. In the spring of 2001, Sibneft shareholders bought a blocking stake in Aeroflot (26%).
In May 2001, the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia initiated several criminal cases against the management of Sibneft at the request of State Duma deputies on the basis of an act of the Accounts Chamber on violations during the privatization of Sibneft, but already in August 2001 the investigation was terminated due to the lack of evidence of a crime.
In the summer of 2001, Abramovich was included for the first time in the list of the richest people according to Forbes magazine with a fortune of $14 billion.
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 .
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 - Noyabrskneftegazgeofiziki, 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 by the tax authorities by more than three times, and the debt itself had already been returned to the budget.
In 2003, there was another attempt to merge Sibneft and the YUKOS company, which failed at the initiative of Abramovich after the arrest of Khodorkovsky and the presentation of multibillion-dollar tax claims to YUKOS.
Roman Abramovich is a versatile, enthusiastic person who easily managed to take a worthy place in business and politics, and even appeared in sports. Most of his endeavors were crowned with success, not only for him, but also for his home country. For the media and fellow citizens, he is, in his own way, a man of mystery, never fully revealed. There are many rumors about his personal life, origin and biography, the size of his fortune, but only Roman Abramovich himself knows which of them are true and which are not.
Biography of Roman Abramovich
The path to political and business Olympus was difficult for this man. Unfortunately, it was not his parents who took part in his formation, but his paternal uncle, Abram Abramovich. Roman's mother died when the boy was only 1 year old. He lived with his father in Syktyvkar until he was 4 years old, and when his father, Arkady Abramovich, died at a construction site, he was transported to Uncle Leib in Ukhta. The boy lived there until he was 8 years old, until his father’s other brother, Abram, took him. It was he who gave Roman an understanding of the basics of business and organization, and practically forced him to graduate from school and enter an industrial institute.
Higher education Roman Abramovich received it in Ukhta. Teachers noted him among other students not for academic success, but for his unique organizational skills. There is no reliable information about graduating from the institute and receiving a diploma, but it is known that with many of my classmates, among whom there are many well-known this moment personalities, Roman maintains both business and friendly relations.
Then there was service in the Soviet army, the first steps in business. It was this stage of life that became decisive in choosing the path for Roman Abramovich. Trials of doing business in the field of production, trade and intermediation began, the first business connections appeared, and the first steps were taken in politics. The ability to be in the right place, meet and maintain contact with famous and successful people- this is what became the impetus for the development of Roman Abramovich.
Becoming in business, or the success story of Roman Abramovich
This man is an example of the fact that you can become a successful businessman without serious financial investments. The entrepreneurial spirit that manifested itself in him back in school, skillfully supported and developed by Uncle Abram, played decisive role in the development of Roman as a world-class businessman. Moreover, his first enterprise was the unprofitable cooperative “Uyut”, which produced polymer toys. Within 10 years, Abramovich was the founder of several fairly large companies. The most famous of them:
- Mekong,
- Supertechnology-Shishmarev,
- Petroltrans,
- Elite company.
But his real business began with oil. His repeated attempts to open companies related to this line of activity ended in failure; Abramovich was even taken into custody on suspicion of embezzlement, but the charges were not confirmed, and the criminal case was closed.
The path upward began with the privatization of Sibneft together with Berezovsky, meeting Yeltsin and acquiring the status of a deputy, and then the governor’s seat in Chukotka. A thoughtful investment, successful acquaintances and the ability to make any nuance or aspect useful for oneself - these are the factors that make Roman Abramovich successful, interesting and in demand.
Abramovich's role in politics
Russian and foreign media often write a lot about this person. Some call him an oligarch from the highway, others a billionaire from nowhere, but the fact of his success is recognized by both admirers and ill-wishers. Roman Abramovich is successful not only in business. His path in politics was short, but quite loud and significant:
- 1996 - financial support for the government and sponsorship of Yeltsin’s campaign,
- 1999 - State Duma deputy,
- 2000 - victory in the gubernatorial elections in Chukotka with a result of 90%,
- 2008 - resignation of gubernatorial powers.
Both parliament and governorship brought Abramovich not only fame, but also allowed him to acquire a good reputation and even a certain authority in political circles. Everything Roman undertook ended in success. The growth rate and dramatic changes in Chukotka during his governorship are still discussed in the media. Abramovich managed to restore several enterprises, improve the infrastructure of the region, attract the attention of investors to it, and not only Russian ones, that is, prove that this region of the Russian Federation can be effective and profitable.
My political career he ended when the choice arose between politics and business. According to Putin's decree, officials could not own real estate and enterprises outside Russia, and Roman Abramovich chose business.
Abramovich's personal life
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is open to the media in terms of his personal life, but this did not become a guarantee against fabrications and gossip. Publications of various types regularly discuss the marriages, divorces and amorous adventures of the most famous Russian billionaire. According to official information from Abramovich’s press service, Roman has three official marriages:
- Olga Yuryevna Lysova, a native of Astrakhan,
- Irina Vyacheslavovna Malandina - Moscow flight attendant,
- Daria Zhukova, daughter of the owner of Interfinance.
Together with his first wife Olga, Roman began his journey in business by trading at the market. Then they are engaged in the production of toys together and come to the decision to develop the oil niche, or rather, the sale of black gold. Roman’s desire for business Olympus, frequent foreign business trips, and flights played a role in the break with Olga. It was on board the plane that Abramovich first saw his second wife Irina.
The second marriage lasted much longer. Irina gave birth to six children from Abramovich, was not only a friend, but also support in business. The divorce was quiet, not accompanied by scandals or division of fortune, and numerous attempts by yellow newspapers to create a sensation out of this event were unsuccessful.
There was a lot of talk about the third marriage, and the rumors were very different - another affair, a wedding and a refutation of information about it, a divorce and another reconciliation. That is, it is still not clear whether there was an official marriage. But during this relationship, Abramovich had two more children.
In addition to official marriages, Abramovich was credited with a huge number of long-term and short-term affairs with famous actresses, ballerinas, models. Whoever he appears with in public or in paparazzi footage- with everyone, the press married the oligarch or let him go all bad.
Abramovich's condition - myths and reality
No one knows the exact size of Roman Abramovich’s fortune, but rumors about its increase are discussed regularly. His assets include not only yachts, real estate, enterprises, but also the Chelsea football club, which was purchased at the time of its decline and practically revived by Abramovich.
Having first appeared in Forbes magazine in 2009, he has never left its pages. Every year the publication writes about him, mentions him in the list of the richest people, either in 51st or 68th place, but Abramovich has never left the hundred. Roman ranks 12th in the ranking of Russian billionaires. The annual increase in his capital averages from 7 to 12 million dollars.
If we talk about the personal assets of Roman Abramovich, then they can include 6 real estate objects (villas, campsites and mansions) in various parts light, worth from 8 to 40 million pounds sterling, three yachts, one of which costs more than 340 million euros, a collection expensive cars, 3 aircraft, art objects with a total value of more than 1 billion dollars.
Even divorces and financial instability at the global level could not have a significant impact on Roman Abramovich’s fortune. This speaks not only of his unique diplomatic and business abilities, but also of his ability to predict events, take the right steps, and use optimal tactics for solving problems and doing business.