Roman Abramowitsch Fortune

Capital:	€ 12.5 billion
Age:	53
Born:	10/24/1966
Country of origin:	Soviet Union
Source of wealth:	Entrepreneurs
Last updated:	2022

Brief introduction

Roman Abramovich, who was born in Russia but also has an Israeli citizenship, is considered one of the richest people in the world. The graduate engineer established its first company at the age of 21 years. He quickly gained wealth that continues to grow, especially through business in the oil sector. However, he was known to be mainly mainly because of his commitment as the owner of the English Football Club Chelsea FC.

Youth

Roman Abramovich was born in Saratov in 1966. His mother died when he was one and a half years old, his father when he was four years old. He grew up with his uncle, who was an oil engineer, until the age of eight years. He then moved to another uncle in Moscow, where he studied techniques after school. He founded his first company in 1987, which, however, only produced rubber ducks or soccer balls. However, the foundation for his career as an entrepreneur is placed. Between 1993 and 1996 he took over the management of the Moscow office from an oil trading company from Switzerland. Since then he has legs in the Russian oil industry, which has built a very large wealth. The decisive factor is that he met Boris Sekowski in 1992, who at that time was an influential businessman and a politician in Russia, who was in the transition period. By becoming his partner, Roman Abramowitsch gained access to the most important contact in this country in politics and business.

Career

So he built a large kingdom with Boris Retaque. The most important company among them was Sibneft, the fifth largest oil company Russia at that time. But an airline, a car company and many other companies quickly become part of Abramovich. He also influenced politically so far and was considered as one of the pioneers of changes in power in Russia from Boris Yeltsin to Vladimir Putin. Of course, the closeness with the new Russian head also provides many advantages in the Roman economic activity of Abramovich.

At that time, he mainly dealt with the largest Russian refinery in CSOs. This then became the heart of the Sibneft group, which had been sold by Roman Abramowitsch to Gazprom for a long time. When Mikhail Khodorkovsky – another Russian oligarchy – was tried, Roman Abramovich began selling most of its shares in the company to other Russian companies. However, he remains active with companies in Russia.

However, his career also lasted a long time as governor in Russia Province. From 2000 to 2008 he was the Governor of the Chukotka region. In addition to hobbies, Chelsea FC football clubs in England, he also invested several million wealth in infrastructure in the region, such as in hospitals, streets and social facilities.

After years in the UK, he recently did not renew his request for a residence permit. He actually wanted to move to Switzerland, where he was rejected as a threat to Swiss’s reputation. Abramovich repeatedly related to money laundering. So he settled in Israel and also accepted their citizenship, who as the son of Jewish parents there was no further condition must be fulfilled.

Career spotlight

He will definitely consider the purchase of Chelsea FC in 2003 and all the success associated with him as the peak of his life. In turn, winning the Champions League in 2012 – in the final in Munich against FC Bayern based there – must be considered the biggest success.

But overall, the whole career of Roman Abramowitsch can be seen as a single success story. As an early orphans, after making him one of the richest men in the world, and without significant initial capital, was Vita who was very impressive.

Famous quote

Very few quotes from Roman Abramovich are known. Which also has a reason in the first quote that has been passed down from him.

“I never made a public statement. Or at least I try to never make a public statement. ”
“You can’t buy happiness with money, only independence.”
“I can hardly make money with Chelsea FC. This is more about pleasure, success, and trophy. ”
Amazing facts
He is longer with three different women who have a total of seven children. If not, look at the first quote, a little is known about his preferences and personal life.

However, he has three super luxury cruise ships, the last is the second largest in the world at that time. In addition to various aircraft, there are also two submarines, whose maintenance only costs more than 1 million euros per year. Roman Abramowitsch also bought several castles in Central Europe, including Leitenschlössl in Garmisch-Patenkirchen and Waldschlössl in Burgau.

Until now, he has invested around three -quarters of euros in cash and salaries in Chelsea. For a certain time he also has a small stock at CSKA Moscow. However, recently, there is a serious rumor that he wants to sell Chelsea FC.