Russia Along with its destructive weapons, it is also famous all over the world for its natural resources. India’s friendly country Russia has reserves of natural gas, oil, coal, diamonds, nickel, aluminum and precious metals like iron. Russia earns a lot of money from these natural resources. Russia’s richest people are also making big money from these natural resources businesses. Today we will learn about the richest person in Russia. According to Forbes, Vagit Alekperov is the richest person in Russia, whose current net worth is $28.70 billion.
Vagit Alekperov once worked in an oil rig
Russia’s Vagit Alekperov is currently at 62nd place in the list of the world’s richest people. Vagit is a Russian businessman who does oil business. Vagit Alekperov, who once worked on an oil rig in the Caspian Sea, later became deputy minister overseeing the oil industry in the Soviet Union. In 1991, he took over three large oil fields controlled by the ministry and started an oil company called Lukoil, which is today Russia’s largest independent oil company. Lukoil today extracts, produces, transports and sells petroleum, natural gas, petroleum products and electricity.
Vagit left the post of President of Lukoil in 2022
According to Forbes, 75-year-old Vagit Alekperov stepped down as president of Lukoil in April 2022, days after it was banned by the United Kingdom. Vagit Alekperov has about 30 percent stake in Lukoil. Alekperov transferred his ownership of the Dutch shipyard Heesen Yachts to a Dutch foundation in 2022, where his 230-foot yacht Galactica Super Nova was built. Vagit Alekperov is considered very close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. LUKOIL has to face sanctions imposed by different countries of the world every day.
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