Tatyana Pakalchuk topped the list of Russia's richest women, a self-made businesswoman active in free trade via the Internet, to replace the permanent leader of this category and is the widow of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, suspected of corruption cases, according to a report published by Agence France-Presse.

Tatiana Pakalchuk, 44, has a fortune of $ 1.4 billion, outperforming Elena Paturina, 56, whose wealth is around $ 1.2 billion, according to the Russian version of Forbes magazine released Thursday.

The Bakalchuk success story is exciting in the Russian economic scene, as many gathered their fortunes in ways that are doubtful of their legality after the collapse of the Soviet economy, as well as their growth, often dependent on the trade in raw materials in corrupt ways.

In 2004, Pakalchuk was not 30 years old when she founded "Wildberry" during her maternity leave during which she experienced the difficulty of shopping with a new baby.

The website "Wildberry" ranked number one in e-commerce in Russia (communication sites)

The first website
The website has since ranked number one in electronic commerce in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union.

In 2019, the group recorded 88% growth in its turnover, which amounted to 223.5 billion rubles ($ 3.5 billion at the current exchange rate).

After the company was specialized in the field of clothing, it developed its business to include trade in foodstuffs, books, decoration, technology and medicine.

Wildberrys has successfully conquered the European market through Poland this year (Communication sites)

The first in fashion sales online
After entering the markets of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia at earlier times, WildBeerez successfully conquered the European market through Poland this year.

According to the specialized company, Simrach, the company ranked first in 2019 in online fashion sales in the world in terms of average monthly traffic, ahead of H&M and Macy's.

For many years, Elena Paturina topped the list of Russia's richest women by presiding over an industrial and real estate empire, as she benefited during the twenty years that her husband was mayor of Moscow, contracts to develop and build key sites in the capital through her real estate company.