“The ten most successful members of the Forbes list over the past decade have been able to increase their wealth by $ 111 billion,” the newspaper writes.
The list of the wealthiest billionaires of the decade was headed by Mikhelson, whose fortune from 2010 to the end of 2019 grew by $ 22.6 billion - from $ 4.4 billion to $ 27 billion.
The three leaders also included Gennady Timchenko, owner of shares in Novatek and Sibur (+ $ 20.8 billion), and Vladimir Potanin, one of the co-owners of Norilsk Nickel, + $ 13.5 billion.
The rating also included LUKOIL President Vagit Alekperov, whose growth over the decade amounted to $ 13.2 billion, the main owner of Severstal Alexei Mordashov, the growth - $ 10.3 billion, the beneficiary of EuroChem and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko - $ 10.2 billion.
This is followed by the main owner of Renova Viktor Vekselberg (+ $ 5.5 billion), the main shareholder of USM Holdings Alisher Usmanov (+ $ 5.3 billion), the beneficiary of NLMK Vladimir Lisin (+ $ 5.0 billion) and the general director and co-owner of UMMC Andrei Kozitsyn ( + $ 4.6 billion).
Earlier, Forbes named the most wealthy Russian billionaires in a year. The rating was headed by Potanin, who added almost $ 8 billion over the year.