Forbes compiled a rating of Russian women who made their own fortune

Forbes for the first time compiled a ranking of the top 20 richest Russian women, including only women who independently earned their fortune. As expected, the condition of the leader of the rating turned out to be greater than that of all other participants combined.

The leader of the rating was the founder of the online retailer Wildberries Tatyana Bakalchuk with $ 10.1 billion. The Bell was the first in Russia to tell in detail about the real history of the Wildberries business here .

In second place with $550 million is Olga Belyavtseva, ex-shareholder of Lebedyansky, co-owner of Progress (Frutonyanya brand), and Tatyana Kuznetsova, member of the board of Novatek, in third place with $475 million. No. 4 in the ranking), co-owner of GV Gold companies, from $250 million to $450 million. If the gold market is stable, then she can get into the main rating of the 200 richest businessmen in Russia, ”Forbes writes.

In eighth place is co-founder of data protection services Natalya Kasperskaya with $250 million, in tenth place is tennis player and investor Maria Sharapova with $200 million.

Forbes divided fortunes by origin: A is a business built from scratch, by women alone or together with a spouse / other partners, B is capital earned on the purchase of privatized assets with subsequent organic growth of the business or in a top management position in such a business, C is participation in a business built on the privatization of state assets created during the USSR, or in a top management position in such a business.