It is noted that the index is calculated on the basis of the value of shares of companies in which billionaires own shares.
For some companies, the calculation is based on the ratio of their capitalization to EBITDA or share price to earnings per share.
The BBI ranking includes the 500 richest people in the world. Now it includes 23 citizens of Russia, and their total fortune as of June 1 is $ 286.5 billion.
The richest of them remains one of the main owners of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, who since the beginning of the year has increased his fortune by $ 650 million, to $ 29.2 billion.
The second place is occupied by the co-owner of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson, in third place is the beneficiary of NLMK Vladimir Lisin.
Earlier, Forbes magazine compiled a rating of 49 children of Russian billionaires. It is noted that the list was headed by the son of the founder of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov.