Tech tycoon is richest Russian
China Daily | Updated: 2009-02-17 07:52
MOSCOW: Technology tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov is Russia's richest man with a fortune of $14.10 billion, closely followed by Chelsea football club owner Roman Abramovich, a report said yesternday.
However aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, who last year was Russia's richest man, has been hit hard by the economic crisis and now barely makes the top 10, the report in the weekly magazine Finans said.
Prokhorov - seen by many as Russia's most eligible bachelor and famous for leading a lavish and athletic lifestyle - owns the Onexim company, which is an investment fund for technology and mining projects.
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