OREANDA-NEWS Since the beginning of the year, Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger, has increased his fortune by $ 3.27 billion, thus bringing it to $ 14.3 billion. This is evidenced by the Billionaires Index (BBI) compiled by Bloomberg.

Vladimir Potanin, president of Norilsk Nickel, became the richest entrepreneur from Russia, whose fortune increased by $ 2.56 billion to 30.4 billion. Vagit Alekperov, co-owner of Lukoil, retained the second place, increasing his fortune by $ 1.18 billion to $26.5 billion. The third position went to Alexey Mordashov, the main beneficiary of Severstal, whose capital increased by $1.94 billion to $25.2 billion.

The fortune of Leonid Mikhelson, the co-owner of Novatek, increased by $ 1.46 billion and was estimated by the rating compilers at $ 23.8 billion. He took the fourth place in this ranking.

The fortune of NLMK's beneficiary, Vladimir Lisin, decreased by $3.58 billion, and the co-owner of Alfa Group, Mikhail Fridman, decreased by $1.04 billion.

Entrepreneur Tatiana Kim, whose fortune has grown by $191 million since the beginning of the year and reached $7.56 billion, came in last place among Russians on this list.

Earlier it was reported that in the first half of 2025, the fortune of Russia's richest businessmen increased by $ 24.6 billion.