Top richest people in Belarus. Forbes list in Belarusian. The most successful businessmen of the country have been named. Education: higher technical

The richest people in Belarus until they are included by experts in the ratings of the world's richest. The incomes of wealthy Belarusians are significantly lower than their “counterparts” in neighboring countries, but this does not make them less visible figures. Initially, this country did not like the rich as a class, so it is not customary to advertise high profits here. Many influential people born in Belarus had to leave the republic and change their citizenship.

Fifth place - Vyacheslav Zarenkov - $ 0.5 billion

A native of the Vitebsk region of the Republic of Belarus. Successfully graduated from the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute:

candidate of technical sciences;
Doctor of Economic Sciences;
PhD in Architecture;
Professor of the St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering;
full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences;
Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
author of several patented inventions and monographs;
author of over 100 scientific articles;
honored builder.

From 1973 to 1986 he worked at Glavzapstroy, working his way up from a fitter to the head of a department.

Takes part in the construction of more than 100 residential and industrial facilities.

In 1987 he founded and headed CJSC LenSpetsSMU (currently a large construction association, which accounts for up to 20% of the total volume of housing construction).

Fourth place - Mikhail Abyzov - $ 1 billion

M. Abyzov's field - the city of Minsk. Has a reputation as a successful anti-crisis manager for handling the non-payment crisis in the energy industry. He currently holds the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of E4 Group, a leading engineering company that includes 13 holdings. Image is a tough manager.

Previously, he worked as a top manager of RAO UES, responsible for energy reform.

After leaving RAO, he heads the Kuzbassrazrezugol company, and then begins own business... The first job is a slinger in a construction team.

Abyzov is the owner of a controlling stake in Novosibirskenergo, British Power Fuel, SibirEnergo holding and several coal mines.
Member of the Board Russian Union industrialists and entrepreneurs, winner of the Science and Technology Prize.
He spends his free time in extreme rallies in mountains and deserts (Gobi, Sahara, Karakum, Kyzylkum).
He is married with a daughter and two sons.

Third place - Dmitry Mazepin - $ 1.4 billion

Dmitry Mazepin (Minsk, Belarus) - one of the richest people, while completely non-public, so little facts are known about his personality.

Mazepin receives his first managerial position at the age of 28, becoming vice president of the Tyumen Oil Company.

It is in TNCs that the qualities that later lead to the formation of their successful business are manifested.

The constantly growing state of Mazepin is provided by his holding "Uralchem", which specializes in the production of mineral fertilizers. The holding in the "chemical" sector was formed among the last, therefore, it has well pushed its competitors.

At one time it seemed that Mazepin's enterprise would not survive, but today all difficulties are over - the company has excellent results.

The brainchild of the oligarch has excellent prospects, and 12 thousand employees feel great.

Today Uralchem is the world's second largest producer of ammonium nitrate and urea production.

From this article you learned about the states of Belarusians, from the link above about Russians, but how many billionaires does Ukraine have? The editors of the site u B iznes.ru found this out and stated in the material

Second place - Andrey Klyamko - $ 1.9 billion

Co-owner of the Smart Holding group and private investor. In the mid-90s, with partner V. Novinsky, he acquired Inguletsky GOK, and in March 2011 Smart Holding buys a controlling stake from Regal Petroleum (an English oil and gas company with assets in Ukraine).

A native of Novogrudok (Belarus) is:

President of the Sambo Federation of St. Petersburg;
First Vice-President of the International Amateur Sambo Federation (FIAS);
is a member of the Board of Trustees of the All-Russian Sambo Federation.

An interesting fact is that Klyamko's assets are concentrated in Ukraine, and his business partner Novinsky is closely related to the Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov. In turn, the Belarusian also runs an agricultural business (Veres and Harwest), has a stake in the port of Ochakov and a number of shipyards on the Black Sea. In Crimea, the Klyamko company owns the Balaklava mining administration, the Saki and Evpatoria plants of building materials.

First place - Andrey Melnichenko - $ 11.4 billion

Today is one of the richest people in Belarus... In the early 1990s, a native of Gomel, as a student, decided to open a travel company with friends. The resulting profit was invested in a new business area at that time - currency exchange. Then it was a profitable occupation, but in 1992 a law was passed prohibiting this type of activity.

To continue the business, Melnichenko decided to open MDM-Bank, where he became its co-founder and chairman of the Board of Directors. Over time, he buys out all the shares from partners and holds the post of President of the MDM Group.

Unexpectedly, in 2004, the oligarch sells off the bank's shares and is fond of another business (industry) that brings good income.

The lion's share of profit today comes from OJSC SUEK and OJSC Eurochem.

In his personal life, Melnichenko is happily married to a former Yugoslav singer, who supports him even in the most difficult moments of his life.

Video: Belarus through the eyes of a Russian

Vladimir Matikevich

Over 7.5 billion rubles (about $ 3.8 million) came to the treasury of the Republic of Belarus as a result of declaring the total annual income for the last year. This is almost a billion more than the previous one! Such data were provided by the Deputy Minister of Taxes and Duties, Mr. Alexander Doroshenko, at a press conference at the National Press Center. Almost 160 thousand citizens reported on their income to the state, of which more than 70 thousand accounted for individual entrepreneurs.

Declaration of dollar millionaires did not reveal. Only 3,698 taxpayers received income taxed at a maximum rate of 30%. The average percentage of withdrawals to taxable income, as the head of the department said at a press conference individuals Ministry of Taxes and Tax Collection, Mrs. Galina Radyukevich - 13.7%. At the same time complaining; our earnings are not so great ... ..

However, according to unofficial data of the same ministry, today more than a hundred dollar millionaire lives in the Republic of Belarus, whose total capital is more than $ 14 billion, or 3.5 of the Belarusian budget.

Such amounts were earned on the transit of gas, oil, "correct" customs clearance of goods and the sale of confiscated goods, construction, in the alcohol and tobacco business, the sale of weapons, the food market, the flower market, the sale of timber, fertilizers, land and the "protection" of everything criminal business- "otmazyvanie", hitting competitors, tearing apart contracts and 10% of the implementation of these contracts, obtaining licenses or depriving them of such, carrying out planned and unscheduled inspections and so on, so on. Among underground millionaires, the lion's share is made up of officials and those who job responsibilities must stop such squandering of the people's property. At the same time, the official salary in this category does not exceed $ 500 per month. Naturally, from the data earned by back-breaking labor Money, no taxes were charged.

So, who are they, the richest people in Belarus?

1. Alexander Lukashenko - President of Belarus - $ 11.4 billion

2. Vladimir Peftiev - businessman - $ 900 million.

3. Ivan Titenkov - former Administrative Department of the President - 420 million dollars.

4. Viktor Sheiman - Attorney General - $ 397 million.

5. Mikhail Myasnikovich - President of the Academy of Sciences - $ 290 million

6. Victor Lagvinets - businessman - $ 175 million.

7. Filaret - Patriarchal Exarch of Belarus - 47.3 million dollars.

8. Yuri Chizh - businessman - $ 46.0 million.

9. Mikhail Borovoy - Minister of Transport and Communicator - $ 26.3 million

10. Alexey Vaganov - deputy - businessman - 23.6 million dollars.

11. Vladimir Alexandrovich General Director. Itera-Bel - $ 21.9 million

12. Galina Zhuravkova - former Administrative Department of the President - $ 21.6 million.

13. Georgy Kashkan - former employee Business managers - $ 19.4 million

14. Petr Prokopovich - head of the National Bank - $ 18.8 million

15. Sergei Sidorsky - Prime Minister - $ 16.7 million

16. Tamara Vinnikova - ex-head of the National Bank - 15.8 million dollars.

17. Vladimir Konoplev - Deputy Speaker of Parliament - $ 14.3 million

18. Alexander Shpilevsky - Head of the State Customs Committee - $ 12.4 million

19. Peter the Rooster - hands. Beltransgaz 10.6 million USD

20. Alexander Lyakhov - hands. Belarusneft 10.2 million USD

21. Leonid Kozik - Chairman of Trade Unions - $ 9.9 million

22. Sergey Kostyuchenko - Priorbank - USD 9.3 million.

23. Yuri Matusevich - "White Russia" - 8.3 million dollars.

24. Nikolay Domashkevich - Governor of Minsk Region. - 8.1 million dollars.

25. Vladimir Andreichenko - Governor of the Vitebsk Region. - 7.9 million dollars.

26. Anatoly Tozik - hands. State Control - $ 7.5 million

27. Vladimir Savchenko - Governor of the Grodno Region. - 7.3 million dollars.

28. Sergey Litvin - businessman - 7.3 million dollars.

29. Vasily Dolgolev - ex. Huber. Brest region - 7.2 million dollars.

30. Leonid Erin - Chairman of the KGB - 6.9 million dollars.

31. Yuri Sivakov - Minister of Sports - $ 6.7 million

32. Roman Vnuchko - former banker and deputy prime minister - 6.7 million dollars.

33. Leonid Ghetsenok - "Khimvolokno" - 6.3 million dollars.

34. Konstantin Gisyak - "Khimvolokno" - 6.3 million dollars.

35. Nikolay Korbut - Minister of Finance - $ 5.3 million

36. Valery Langov - "Azot" - 6.2 million dollars.

37. Viktor Kamenkov - before. higher household. ships - $ 6.2 million

38. Valentin Gurinovich - director of MAZ - 6.2 million dollars.

39. Leonid Glukhovsky - before. Investigations. Interior Ministry Committee - $ 6.1 million

40. Leonid Kalugin - President of ZAO Atlant - $ 6.1 million

41. Victor Moroz - General. Director of Belshina - $ 6.1 million

42. Vladimir Semashko - Deputy Prime Minister - $ 6.1 million

43. Mikhail Pavlov - mayor of Minsk - 6.1 million dollars.

44. Viktor Rakhmanko - ex. hands. Bel. yellow roads - $ 6.0 million

45. Leonid Kucheryavy - gen. director of "Crystal" - 6.0 million dollars.

46. Vladimir Grigoriev - Ambassador of Belarus to Russia - 5.9 million USD

47. Vladimir Goncharenko - Minister of Communications - 5.6 million dollars.

48. Nikolay Skutov - deputy - businessman - 5.5 million dollars.

49. Pavel Yakubovich - Ch. editor of "Soviet Belarus" - 4.7 million dollars.

50. Ivan Bambiza - Deputy Prime Minister - 4.6 million dollars.

51. Vladimir Boyko - ex. prev. Higher Household. Ships - $ 4.6 million

52. Andrey Klimov - businessman - $ 4.5 million

53. Nikolay Korotkevich - deputy. Secretary of the Security Council - $ 3.8 million

54. Stepan Sukharenko - per. deputy. the chairman of the KGB - 3.7 million dollars.

55. Egor Rybakov - ex. hands. nat. state TV and radiocomp. - 3.6 million dollars.

56. Sergei Gaidukevich - Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus - 3.4 million dollars. [...]

Lukashenka's oligarchs or what do the richest people of Belarus make money on?

Stepan Sukhovenko

Top 13 Belarusian oligarchy

And who in Belarus today is a small "class" of the richest people? They are all friends and associates of President Lukashenko. After all, as already mentioned, only the presidential will and the corresponding decree open the way to real wealth. Among the national oligarchs it is impossible to find representatives of the director corps (although the "anti-corruption" machine is fighting against them) and representatives of the political opposition (although the government media regularly tell "horror stories" about the foreign multimillion-dollar grant financing of the opposition). Let's allow ourselves to make a rating of real Belarusian oligarchs.

Galina Anisimovna Zhuravkova, ex-head of the Presidential Property Management Department. Now she just left the KGB detention center, where she was housed on charges of large-scale abuses, fraud, bribes. Zhuravkova came to "big power" in 2001 and in a matter of months managed to redistribute many profitable markets in her favor. So, her "guys" took control of the wholesale markets for grain, coal, timber, fish. Zhuravkova had a network of her own stores selling, among other things, confiscated goods. She quickly demanded an oil quota for herself. And later it turned out that Galina Anisimovna legally owns 0.9% of the shares of the transit enterprise Beltransgaz. And that was just the beginning. She almost managed to persuade Lukashenko to "nomenclature privatization" of oil refineries, in order to subsequently resell these enterprises to the Russians for significantly more high price... But this active person did not at all take into account the needs of other "favorite oligarchs" from the president's entourage. On which she got burned, despite the trusting relationship with Lukashenka himself and his women.

Victor Vladimirovich Sheiman, Prosecutor General of Belarus. The oldest ally of the president. His confidant. Legal education received in absentia, already, being the chief prosecutor of the country. But intelligence and erudition were never Sheiman's virtues. But the ability to take control of a specific business and turn it into a well-oiled one " gray scheme"You can't take away from Viktor Vladimirovich. His interests are extremely multifaceted. Through Beltechexport, Sheiman controlled the entire Belarusian (legal and not so legal) arms trade. Has its own interest in the profits of the mobile operator "MDC". It actively works in the markets for energy metering, scrap supplies to a metallurgical plant, and food supplies to the capital. Actively, through his brother and personally, he develops the border network of confiscated goods trade.

Ivan Ivanovich Titenkov, ex-head of the Presidential Property Management Department. Now he lives in the Russian capital and is extremely dissatisfied with the behavior of his former partner Lukashenka. Why should Titenkov be dissatisfied? Before the era of Lukashenko, Ivan Ivanovich himself was a loser businessman of the middle rank. And only with the help of Alexander Grigorievich he reached unimaginable heights. He crushed many consumer markets, the tourism sector, trade in tobacco and alcohol products, the capital's real estate market and office space. Through his department there was the distribution of space for stores in the capital, as well as quotas for the supply of certain categories of goods. Again, he went too far in the end and was forced to disgracefully flee to Moscow.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Konoplev, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly. A modest and quiet rural district militiaman, who was not even trusted with a pistol, unexpectedly gained access to serious resources. He quickly took one of the main places in the market. building materials and medicines. And also on the market for the construction of prestigious facilities in Minsk. Taking the opportunity to travel abroad as part of parliamentary delegations, he established contacts with adventurous European businessmen (especially from Belgium). Sometimes, however, he buried himself in the pharmaceutical market. But he quickly realized that the current Minister of Health, Lyudmila Postoyalko, is much closer to the president than Konoplev himself. Therefore, he assigned part of his "pharmaceutical" ambitions to the provincial minister.

Victor Logvinets, owner of the trade and financial holding "Konto-group". Confidant of Ivan Titenkov. The Logvinets holding was engaged in the development of dozens of profitable areas: the supply of building materials, automotive equipment, food products, etc. For a long time, he provided the president's considerable personal needs for clothing and food. Escaped from Belarus together with Ivan Titenkov, when the latter fell into disgrace.

Vladimir Pavlovich Peftiev, the constant curator of Beltechexport, the main operator of all trade and rifle deals in Belarus, Sheiman's closest partner. Peftiev was making money selling weapons even when Lukashenko was unsuccessfully running the Gorodets state farm. Alexander Grigorievich, immediately after winning the presidential election-94, wanted to change Peftiev for his own man, but quickly realized that for such a thing, Sergei Petrovich's companions could shoot him. After that, the "new friends" sat down at the negotiating table and worked out a profit sharing scheme.

Yuri Chizh, owner of a multi-profile holding-favorite "Triple". He regularly plays hockey with the president. At the request of the latter, he actively finances the Belarusian national football team and the Dynamo football club. Regularly fights for oil and gas quotas. Works in the food market. He invariably replenishes the president's common fund, and at the same time his real estate and deposits.

Vladimir Alexandrovich, ex-deputy of the National Assembly, "owner" of the once loud company "Itera-Bel". For a long time, he was a kind of monopolist in the market of "gas speculation". Until a conflict broke out with the president of the Russian "Itera" Igor Viktorovich Makarov. But Aleksandrovich quickly restored his position, and now he is actively attacking not only the gas market, but also the oil and confiscated markets. One of the President's closest friends.

Mikhail Vladimirovich Myasnikovich, ex-head of the presidential administration Lukashenko. Today he is the head of the National Academy of Sciences. He has always had a specific material interest in banking, trade and transit raw materials (oil) businesses. For a long time, he was an intermediary for a number of Russian shadow industrial and financial groups, representing their interests in Belarus. Therefore, Lukashenka was never “eaten”. Although it posed a considerable threat to Alexander Grigorievich, as he was in charge of the nomenklatura, he had substantial money and had access to Russia. But Mikhail Vladimirovich is an extremely delicate opportunist, and therefore he managed to come to an agreement with Lukashenka.

Irina Abelskaya, former personal physician of the president. Today its status has grown significantly. She is no longer just a personal doctor, but also the closest, let's say, friend of Alexander Grigorievich. Officially, the head of the special polyclinic for servicing senior state officials is. In fact, he has a much greater influence on Belarusian politics. According to some information, it is through Abelskaya that the purchase of real estate abroad is carried out for the future quiet life of Lukashenka in retirement. Abelskaya also actively plays in the paid markets medical services(especially, she is interested in such a lucrative industry as cosmetology) and pharmaceuticals.

Alexey Vaganov, current deputy of the National Assembly, group owner trading companies... He actively worked in the Iraqi direction "oil in exchange for ..." A typical example of a secretive Belarusian businessman who got the opportunity to work in the domestic market in exchange for the obligatory deduction of a "percentage of transactions". This percentage goes to a special fund for the president. The president himself is indifferent to such as Vaganov, but requires regular payments for the right to work.

Alexander Shpilevsky, Head of the State Customs Committee. The State Customs Committee sharply increased the "profitability", literally filled up the republic with confiscated goods, quarreled Belarus with all countries that transited through the Belarusian territory. He is personally involved or through intermediaries in all gray cross-border transactions. He turned the State Customs Committee into a "confiscation machine", regularly replenishing the personal safe and the president's safe with proceeds from stolen goods. Fulfills special orders of high-ranking officials to provide their wives and children with confiscated expensive (at a price of at least 75 thousand dollars) vehicles. By the number of respectable foreign cars Minsk will give a head start to Moscow. But the owners are all entirely surrounded by dad.

And finally, the most important oligarch of Belarus - Alexander G. Lukashenko... This person periodically makes statements that he lives only on a salary and is the most honest and cleanest (morally) president in the world. At the same time, he also manages to transfer most of his salary to orphanages. If you want to believe it, believe it. But in fact, he receives interest on all - legal and criminal - transactions. Resale of Russian gas within Belarus, re-export of refinery products, sales of food products, tobacco products no taxes, trade in confiscated goods, any cargo transit, arms deals around the world, sale of stakes in state-owned enterprises - only Lukashenka can give permission for all this. After all, he does not hide the fact that he has built a system in which decisions are made by one person. This means that in order to bring a wagon of alcohol to Belarus and sell it without paying taxes, the president's signature is needed. And you have to pay for the signature. This is the law of nature. Why should we doubt this and why should we believe in the crystal honesty of a person named Lukashenka? As a rule, Lukashenka prefers to keep his money in cash in a home safe. Part of the money is in the safes of foreign banks. Something else is hidden in Cuba, where his children, "friend" Abelskaya and "colleague" Sheiman, fly from time to time on private visits. Undoubtedly, only one thing - it is Lukashenka who owns the largest Belarusian fortune.

It is not difficult to answer the question in the title. In Belarus, you can make good money only on being close to President Lukashenko. If you play hockey with him or go downhill skiing together, then after a while you will definitely get your piece of "state property" into "perpetual possession". Earn yourself, regularly deduct the allotted "godfather" and most importantly - keep quiet ...

Belarus has its own oligarchs. Naturally, the government press does not write about them. They are not included in the Forbes billionaire ratings. They are not allowed to make statements and buy English football clubs.

But they are very influential and have very decent fortunes. Influential Belarusians have a lot of free money. However, unlike their Russian colleagues, who invest all their free funds in production assets, buy raw materials deposits, build financial and production holdings, Belarusian oligarchs keep all their fortunes in a “cache” or on someone else’s “sleeping” accounts. This is "dead" money. Only entertainment, underground holidays abroad and haute couture clothes for wives / daughters. Ambition and intelligence are clearly not enough.

In Belarus, unlike Russia, a real "oligarchic capitalism" has been built. A small group of people, on the one hand, has all the fullness of political and economic power, and on the other, it controls all financial flows and production and transit capacities of the republic. The redistribution of influence and resources within Belarus took place quickly and took just one "five-year" plan. By proposing the concept of "strong presidential power", Lukashenko immediately got the opportunity by direct presidential decrees to endow his "partners" with tasty morsels of state property, transit highways, consumer markets, and construction projects. Behind the scenes, of course. And it's all about the development strategy of the national oligarchy. For example, in Russia, local oligarchs not only actively built their own "raw-material empires", but also tried to influence public opinion, abundantly and aggressively buying up electronic and print media. In Belarus, all media eventually ended up in the same hands - the government took over tight control public opinion. To build “oligarchic communities”, media monopolization is vital, and therefore Lukashenka’s struggle with independent newspapers was part of a far-sighted strategy. After all, what happened in Russia? There, the so-called "information wars" began in large numbers, when the newspapers of one oligarch describe in every detail the secret affairs and luxurious lifestyle of oligarch # 2. These wars strongly electrified public opinion, which, moreover, knew by heart the names of 30-50 oligarchs, allegedly guilty of impoverishing the bulk of the Russians. In Belarus, the “new oligarchs” did not speak a word about each other in public. As a rule, they transferred the clarification of relations to Lukashenka's study or home residence. And only in these two sacred places there was a real calculation of who earned and how much, and it was also found out how much the president himself had been deceived. [...]

Classic Belarusian "spiders"

In Belarus, the oligarchy developed along a more traditional path. In this country, there was also a redistribution of property and a behind-the-scenes distribution of attractive production assets among "our own" But all this was done not just secretly, but absolutely silently. In complete darkness and with the deathly silence of the media. The Belarusian oligarchs did not have to corrupt the state apparatus - they were the basis, the foundation of this apparatus. Oligarchs in Belarus are officials. Isn't this the pinnacle of the development of the national oligarchy? One hand signs the permit, the other calculates the profits. The local oligarchs, to their credit, quickly developed four mandatory "rules of conduct" to guarantee the complete safety of the "court business." Failure to comply with these rules leads to expulsion from the "untouchable caste." Something similar has already happened to Ivan Titenkov, a friend and the first "president's wallet". And now the procedure of "driving out the traitor" has been launched in relation to the second "president's purse" Galina Zhuravka. Well, sometimes the untouchables go too deep. And their public cleansing adds points to Lukashenka's never-ending struggle against corruption (as a rule, grown by himself).

So, the Belarusian oligarchs have developed the following security measures.

The first rule of the oligarchy: the godfather (Lukashenko) is always right. You can't take offense at him. And he must regularly receive his share from any, even the most insignificant, transaction.

Rule two: you need to live in the shade. No public disclosures and verbal altercations. No "compromising information" leaks into the newspapers. Although this happens sometimes. But the most "bloody" fights between oligarchs take place on the sidelines. Analytical notes and denunciations of each other with the subsequent summons to the dark cherry carpet of the president are the daily real life of the new elite. Zhuravkova too brazenly crushed someone else's "property" - the republican markets for tobacco, alcohol, sugar, fish, coal - and therefore was mercilessly eaten by other oligarchs.

The third rule: society should naively believe that all large production and transit facilities in the country have remained in state (people's) ownership. For this, it was necessary to recreate a gigantic propaganda apparatus. Do you no longer believe that the Belarusian Metallurgical Plant belongs to the people? Then we come to you with our agitators, political informers, ideologists, television observers and the president's personal message on this issue.

Rule four: there should be no alternative political or financial-industrial groups in the country. Belarusian oligarchs are especially afraid of the arrival of Russian oligarch colleagues in Belarus. After all, the Russians are much more professional and aggressive, and therefore they will probably push the Belarusian “smaller brothers” into the backyard in a matter of months. This is the real reason for Lukashenka's hysterical conflict with the Russian concerns Baltika, LUKoil, Gazprom and others. Dwarf oligarchs are afraid of oligarchs with Russian passports.

And one more thing about the difference between the two types of oligarchy. Russian oligarchs are investing their money in production, building up momentum, building a strategic business, thinking about increasing the capitalization of their business. They started out with crime, but they are trying to become respectable and legalize themselves in the global business markets. Belarusian oligarchs keep money in home safes and absolutely do not want to let them into real work... Typical behavior of "spiders" is to drink other people's juices, to siphon the last profits from rapidly aging Belarusian factories. While they are still producing what can be sold. Our oligarchs make money on special presidential decrees, and this is not a business. This is classic corruption. And this money is not for the modernization of production, but for the satisfaction of personal needs - trips to Slovenian ski resorts, the acquisition of property in Spain, the ownership of a personal "night club" in Minsk. Belarusian oligarchs are completely mediocre, and therefore are able to receive money only under criminal schemes. Unlike Russians, they do not want to legalize income and do not want to be recognized. [...]

But all of the above people have something to lose. Only in this system, when everything is done in the shade, opaque and on the personal order of the president, can they receive fabulous profits. And they are not afraid that public opinion will find out about something. Their habitat is a muddy pond. That is why they hold on to power so tenaciously. After all, the arrival of a new president or the strengthening of the position of parliament will inevitably lead to an investigation of their financial crimes.

The development of the Belarusian economy is incomprehensible to this day. The country, which most European and American leaders consider - "the remnants of tyranny", due to restrictions on democratic freedoms, has a fairly strong and stable bureaucracy. Among such representatives of an elite society, there is a certain proportion of people who have numerous savings in their assets. Who are the most rich people of Belarus?

Versions regarding Belarusian billionaires

Some researchers on the Internet have suggested that rich people of this country are representatives of the authorities. Officials were able to secretly divide spheres of influence at the end of the last century, and now their numerous fortunes are equal to billions. On the other hand, Ezhedenevnik, a Belarusian publication published on the Internet, explored a different strategy for the development of the capitalist hierarchy.

List of the richest people in Belarus

Later, in 2013, a new list of rich people in Belarus ... It is worth noting that experts have carefully monitored commercial activities influential people in the country. Based on the research, the following conclusions were made:

- the first place belongs to Yuriy Chyzh - an important figure, general manager of the board of directors of "Trip", which includes a large number of companies.

- the second place belongs to Alexander Shakutkin - the main person of the board of directors of OJSC Amkord-Holding Management Company.

- the honorable third place belongs to Vitaly Arbuzov, representing Fenox Global Group and Fenox Venture Capital.

- the fourth place was given to Pavel Topuzdis, who focuses on healthcare, real estate, recreation, etc. Find out:

Business in the Republic of Belarus has developed rapidly over the past 25 years. Of course, the richest people in Belarus prefer not to advertise their income, so most of them choose to live outside their homeland. There are more than 10 thousand millionaires in this state with a population of 9.5 million.

Andrey Melnichenko

Andrey Melnichenko tops the rating of the wealthiest people in Belarus. Despite his Russian citizenship, Forbes magazine ranks Andrei Igorevich among the Belarusian businessmen, because he was born in the city of Gomel. His capital is $ 10.1 billion for 2016.

Mr. Melnichenko began his career in 1991 as a student at the Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. Then he created a travel company "Sputnik". Now Andrei Igorevich owns 90% of shares in Eurochem, the same percentage of shares in Siberian Coal Energy Company and Siberian Generating Company. All 3 enterprises have a huge influence in Russia and the world.

Over the past year, the businessman has slightly lost his position in the Forbes world ranking. Andrey Melnichenko is ranked 139 in the world compared to 137 last year.

Dmitry Mazepin ranks second in the ranking of the richest people in Belarus with a capital of $ 1.4 billion. A native of the city of Minsk also has Russian citizenship. In addition, he was a deputy of the Kirov Regional Assembly for 2 years (2012-2014).

Dmitry Mazepin

Dmitry Arkadievich has 2 higher educations: Minsk Suvorov Military School, MGIMO and the Faculty of Management of St. Petersburg University. Mr. Mazepin began his business career in 1992 with the insurance company Infinstrakh. Today he owns 95% of shares in Uralchem, 20% in Uralkali and 20% in Onexim. The businessman is also known for being included in the top list of Russian billionaire philanthropists, taking 7th place in it.

Other billionaires

A native of Minsk, Viktor Kislyi, is known to the world community as the president of Wargaming.net. Without changing his Belarusian citizenship, he moved to Cyprus, from where he conducts his business. A childhood hobby for computer games brought the businessman a fortune of $ 1.5 billion.

Today Viktor is the youngest billionaire in Belarus, he is 39 years old. A physicist by training, Kislyi started doing business in 1998, when he founded Wargaming.net. Most successful product the firm became the game "World of tanks". By 2012, the company had acquired shares in many other American and European gaming firms. In the world list of Forbes magazine, Viktor Kislyi takes 701 place.

Mikhail Abyzov, a native of the Belarusian capital, entered the ranking of the richest people in Belarus, being a prominent politician Russian Federation and at the same time a US citizen. His fortune is estimated at $ 1.2 billion.

Mikhail Abyzov

Mikhail Anatolyevich organized his first company when he was still a freshman at the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow State University in 1990. Then he was engaged in trade in Turkish consumer goods. Today, Mr. Abyzov has assets in large companies in the field of energy (Elsib, Sibeko), agriculture("Hoarding") and construction ("Dalmostostroy").

Many people are interested in who is the richest and most a successful person in Belarus. In this article we will tell you who are the richest people in Belarus, how much they earn and what state they own. We have recently provided a rating of the richest people in Russia, we recommend that you also familiarize yourself with it.

The richest people in Belarus still fall short of their world counterparts. The fortunes of the Belarusian oligarchs are relatively small.

It is not accepted to advertise one's worth in Belarus. This is due to the fact that rich people, the so-called elite, are not much loved in this country. It just so happened.

Belarusian oligarchs have a very large number of assets outside their country: in Russia, Ukraine, and even in some European countries.

Top 5. Vyacheslav Zarenkov.

Vyacheslav Zarenkov was born in the Veteb region of the Republic of Belarus. He studied at the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute, back in the days of the USSR.

He started his career at Glavzapstroy. He began his work as a fitter, and ended up as the head of the department. After that, he took part in the construction of residential and industrial properties.

In 1987 Vyacheslav Zarenkov organized CJSC LenSpetsSMU. Today, this company is considered to be very large, accounting for 20% of the housing market.

Vyacheslav very often uses non-standard solutions to implement his projects.

State: $ 500,000,000.

Top 4. Mikhail Abyzov.

Mikhail Abyzov was born in Minsk. Today he holds the position of Chairman of the Boards of Directors of E4 Group, which includes 13 holdings.

The first time he worked as a slinger in a construction brigade.

Today he owns shares of the following companies: Novosibirskenergo, British Power Fuel, SibirEnergo holding.

State: US $ 1 billion.

Top 3. Dmitry Mazepin.

Dmitry Mazepin was born in Belarus, in Minsk. Dmitry is not a very public person, we know very little about him.

At the age of 28, he first took a very responsible leadership position, becoming the president of TNK.

After leaving this post, he opens his own business, organizing the holding "Uralchem". Mazepin currently employs 12,000 people.

Uralchem ranks second in the world in terms of ammonium nitrate production.

State: $ 1.4 billion.

Top 2.Andrey Klyamko.

Andrei Klyamko ranks second in our ranking of the richest people in Belarus. He is a co-owner of the Smart Holding group. In addition, he is engaged in investing in profitable sectors of the economy.

Its main assets are located in Ukraine. They work very closely with Rinat Akhmetov.

Andrey Klyamko also owns a business in the agricultural sector.

State: $ 1.9 billion.

Top 1. The richest person in Belarus is Andrei Melnichenko.

Today Andrei Melnichenko is the richest man in Belarus. O was born in the city of Gomel. In the 90s, together with his friends, he organized his first business in the field of tourism.

Having received the first profit, Andrey invests money in new business- currency exchange.

Then the oligarch opened MDM Bank. Taking the position of chairman of the board of directors.

Now the businessman is carried away by the industry, which brings in very good money.

State US $ 11.4 billion.

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