Businessman MOSCOW, Jan 3 The aggregate fortune of Russian billionaires grew by $ 56.215 billion last year, and Novatek co-owner Leonid Mikhelson became the most wealthy, RIA Novosti calculated based on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index (BBI). The index is calculated based on 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. In total, the BBI ranking includes the 500 richest people in the world. Currently, it includes 25 citizens of the Russian Federation. At the same time, their aggregate figure as of December 1 was $ 38 billion — thus, the considered billionaires in the past month alone increased their fortune by $ 18.2 billion. 
Forbes has calculated how many Russian billionaires have lost over the year The most significant increase in wealth since the beginning of the year was recorded in Mikhelson — by $ 7.68 billion, to $ 32.4 billion, and he retained the first place, obtained a month earlier. The second place in the rating is occupied by one of the main owners of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, last year he became richer by $ 846 million, his fortune was $ 30.9 billion. The third place is taken by the main owner of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, his fortune since the beginning of the year has increased by $ 5.77 billion, to 28.8 billion. billion. The fifth place was taken by the co-owner of Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, his fortune increased by 5.51 billion dollars, to 22.8 billion. All of them have kept their places. And Gennady Timchenko, now occupying the sixth line, who owns stakes in Novatek and Sibur, has increased in almost the same way as in Mordashov, by $ 5.78 billion to $ 22.4 billion. Alisher Usmanov (Metalloinvest, Megafon) — since the beginning of the year, his fortune has grown by a «modest» $ 145 million, to $ 21.3 billion. In eighth place remained the main owner of Renova, Viktor Vekselberg, whose fortune increased by $ 2.37 billion and amounted to 18.5 billion. In ninth place on the list is Roman Abramovich (Evraz), whose fortune decreased by $ 420 million and amounted to 18 billion. And the top ten billionaires are closed by the beneficiary of EuroChem and SUEK Andrey Melnichenko, whose fortune decreased by $ 622 million, to 17.5 billion. 
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