Бизнес-магнаты
Миллиардеры, промышленники и бизнес-лидеры, чьи семейные истории начинаются в Российской империи или СССР.
Эта категория документирует миллиардеров, промышленников и бизнес-лидеров, чьи семейные истории начинаются в Российской империи или Советском Союзе, — деятелей, чьи предприятия охватывают финансы, недвижимость, медиа и промышленность по всему миру.
Михаил Фридман
Oligarch born in Lviv, exiled by war
Роман Абрамович
Oligarch who bought Chelsea FC, worth $10B+
Юрий Мильнер
Soviet-born physicist turned Silicon Valley kingmaker
Абнер Цвиллман
Prohibition-era crime boss known as the Al Capone of New Jersey
Алан Кинг
Stand-up comedian
Алекс Карп
Philosopher-CEO who built the surveillance state's brain
Александр Лебедев
KGB spy turned press baron of London
Александр Мамут
The Moscow oligarch who saved British books
Эми Шумер
Stand-up subversive who made discomfort funny.
Энди Джасси
Chief executive of Amazon since 2021 and founding head of Amazon Web Services, born in Scarsdale, New York
Аркадий Гайдамак
Moscow-born oligarch who bought Israeli influence
Арманд Хаммер
Industrialist and art collector — Occidental Petroleum, the Hammer Museum; son of emigrants from Odessa and Vitebsk, he did business in Soviet Russia from 1921
Арнольд Ротштейн
The gambler who bankrolled organized crime
Бен Коэн
The ice cream idealist who turned a scoop into a cause.
Бен Горовиц
Silicon Valley titan shaped by immigrant grit.
Билли Кристал
Comedian and actor from Long Island; his grandmothers came from Odessa and Kyiv; first American comedian to perform in the Soviet Union (1989)
Борис Берёзовский
From Soviet math labs to London exile.
Бадди Хэкетт
Brooklyn comedian with Russian-Jewish roots who was one of Las Vegas's last great stand-up kings
Багси Сигел
Figure in American organised crime, born in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrant parents
Чарльз Блюдорн
Viennese immigrant with Russian parents who presided over Paramount's golden age
Челси Хэндлер
Comedian, host of Chelsea Lately (E!, 2007–2014) and author of six No. 1 bestsellers
Дэвид Сарнов
Head of RCA and founder of NBC, born in Uzlyany near Minsk
Дэвид Стейнберг
Canadian comedy legend with Russian-Romanian Jewish roots who defined 1960s irreverent humour
Дон Риклз
Brooklyn insult comedian born to Lithuanian-Russian Jewish parents who became Mr. Warmth
Датч Шульц
Prohibition-era New York gangster, son of German-Jewish immigrants
Юджин Клейнер
Vienna-born venture capitalist with Russian roots who co-founded Kleiner Perkins and Silicon Valley itself
Евгений Швидлер
Ufa-born oligarch, Roman Abramovich's closest partner and the man behind Sibneft
Евгений Чичваркин
St. Petersburg entrepreneur who built Russia's biggest mobile phone chain and fled to London
Фрэнк Лоуи
Holocaust survivor born in Fiľakovo, Czechoslovakia; co-founder of Westfield
Гэри Вайнерчук
From Soviet Babruysk to Silicon Valley's loudest voice
Джордж Бёрнс
New York-born comedian and actor, son of Jewish immigrants from Galicia
Джордж Сорос
Investor and philanthropist, founder of the Open Society Foundations and the Central European University; his father spent the First World War and the Revolution as a prisoner in Russia
Хелена Рубинштейн
Cosmetics entrepreneur, born in Kraków
Хенни Янгман
King of the One-Liners, son of Russian immigrant parents who defined American stand-up
Хауи Мандел
Canadian comedian and Deal or No Deal host with Eastern European Jewish roots
Ида Розенталь
Minsk-born immigrant who co-founded Maidenform and invented the modern bra
Игорь Оленикофф
Moscow-born real estate billionaire and art collector who became one of America's wealthiest immigrants
Джек Бенни
Comedian, actor and violinist; son of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire
Джеки Мэйсон
Son of Minsk-born immigrants; ordained rabbi turned stand-up comedian
Джерри Сайнфелд
American stand-up comedian; co-creator and star of Seinfeld
Джерри Стиллер
Father of Ben Stiller and Seinfeld's Frank Costanza — his family came from Galicia and the Russian Empire
Джоан Риверс
Brooklyn-born comedian and television host, daughter of Russian-Jewish immigrants; first woman to host a late-night network talk show
Джон Стюарт
Host of The Daily Show, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz
Лен Блаватник
Odessa-born billionaire who bought Warner Music, built Access Industries and became the UK's richest man
Ленни Брюс
Stand-up comedian and satirist, born in Mineola, New York (1925-1966)
Леонид Невзлин
Yukos co-owner who fled Russia, bankrolled opposition media and became a top anti-Putin activist from Israel
Лев Левиев
Born in Tashkent, became the Diamond King of the World and one of the wealthiest Israelis alive
Лью Грейд
Born in Tokmak, Russian Empire; British television producer and impresario
Луис Лепке
Brooklyn gangster with Russian-Jewish roots who ran Murder Inc. — and went to the electric chair
Марк Бениофф
Founder and chief executive of Salesforce, born in San Francisco; great-grandson of Isaac Benioff, a furrier from Kiev
Марк Ласри
Moroccan-born distressed-debt billionaire with Eastern European Jewish heritage who co-owned the Milwaukee Bucks
Марк Кьюбан
Entrepreneur and investor from Pittsburgh: Broadcast.com, the Dallas Mavericks, Shark Tank and Cost Plus Drugs
Макс Фактор
Make-up pioneer born in Congress Poland; worked in Moscow before emigrating in 1904
Мел Брукс
Brooklyn-born comedian and filmmaker whose mother emigrated from Kyiv; creator of The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein
Мейер Лански
Figure in American organised crime, born in Grodno; emigrated to New York in 1911
Майкл Делл
Founder of Dell Technologies, born in Houston, Texas
Микки Коэн
Born to Kyiv Jewish immigrants — became the most feared gangster in Los Angeles
Михаил Ходорковский
Russia's richest man, jailed by Putin for 10 years — now runs the anti-Putin opposition from London
Милтон Берл
Comedian known as Mr. Television, host of Texaco Star Theater, born in Harlem (1908-2002)
Мо Далиц
Russian-Jewish bootlegger who built Las Vegas alongside Bugsy Siegel and became its most legitimate mogul
Монк Истман
Lower East Side gang leader of the 1890s–1900s and First World War soldier
Натан Шварц
Born in Odessa — bought a failing Massachusetts boot company and built it into Timberland
Рэд Баттонс
Oscar-winning comedian and actor, son of Russo-Polish Jewish immigrants
Ричард Льюис
The prince of pain — his parents came from Russia and Romania, he turned neurosis into an art form
Родни Данджерфилд
Comedian of Caddyshack and Back to School, son of a Hungarian-born mother
Сэмюэл Земуррей
Businessman born in Kishinev in 1877, the 'Banana Man' of Mobile and New Orleans; founder of Cuyamel Fruit and president of the United Fruit Company
Шеки Грин
Chicago-born Las Vegas headliner whose mother was born in Russia
Шелдон Адельсон
Casino and convention developer — COMDEX, the Venetian, Sands Macao, Marina Bay Sands; son of a Boston cab driver from Lithuania
Сид Сизер
Star of Your Show of Shows, born in Yonkers to Jewish immigrant parents
Сидни Майер
Born in Krychaw (Krichev), Russian Empire; founder of Myer, Australia's largest chain of department stores
Сол Керзнер
Born to Russian-Jewish immigrants in South Africa — built Sun City and One&Only into global resort empires
Стив Балмер
Chief executive of Microsoft 2000-2014 and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, born in Detroit; grandson of a Jewish emigrant from Pinsk
Самнер Редстоун
American media magnate who controlled Viacom and CBS; his maternal grandparents emigrated from Kyiv
Тоути Филдс
Hartford-born stand-up comedian of the 1960s and 70s
Валентин Гапонцев
Moscow-born physicist who founded the fibre laser maker IPG Photonics
Вакси Гордон
Уильям Пейли
Chicago-born son of an immigrant from Ukraine; head of CBS from 1928
Зино Давидофф
Tobacconist born in the Russian Empire in 1906 and raised in Geneva; built the Davidoff name into one of the best-known luxury cigar brands
Алишер Усманов
Uzbek-born Russian billionaire who owned Arsenal FC and built USM Holdings — one of Russia's great fortunes
Андрей Мельниченко
Belarus-born fertilizer and coal magnate whose sailing superyacht is the world's largest
Владимир Лисин
Steel magnate from Ivanovo who became Russia's richest man and a champion clay-target shooter
Геннадий Тимченко
Putin's oldest business associate — co-founded Gunvor and became one of the world's top commodity traders
Виктор Вексельберг
Bought back the Fabergé eggs for Russia — Renova Group founder and Switzerland-based billionaire
Герман Хан
Kyiv-born businessman, head of Alfa Eco and executive director of TNK-BP
Алексей Кузьмичёв
Alfa Group co-founder with Vologda roots who built a $7 billion fortune and lives in France
Пётр Авен
Moscow economist who co-built Alfa-Bank into Russia's largest private bank and became Latvia's most famous billionaire
Юрий Шефлер
Exiled Moscow businessman who owns the Stolichnaya vodka brand and runs SPI Group from London
Моше Кантор
Moscow-born fertilizer billionaire and President of the European Jewish Congress
Игорь Коломойский
Dnipro oligarch who co-owned Privat Group and financed Ukraine's defence — then fell out with Zelensky
Вадим Мошкович
Moscow-born founder of the Russian agricultural group Rusagro
Михаил Прохоров
Moscow billionaire who owned the Brooklyn Nets and ran against Putin — then lost everything
Геннадий Боголюбов
Co-founder of PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest bank before its 2016 nationalisation
Ринат Ахметов
Donetsk-born Ukraine's richest man — steel, energy, media empire built in the shadow of war
Михаил Мирилашвили
Tbilisi-born Israeli billionaire and president of the World ORT charitable network
Вячеслав Кантор
Moscow-born businessman, principal shareholder of Acron and President of the European Jewish Congress
Олег Тиньков
Founded Tinkoff Bank, renounced Russian citizenship in 2022 after publicly opposing the Ukraine war
Тимур Турлов
Moscow-born founder of NASDAQ-listed Freedom Holding who obtained Kazakhstani citizenship
Игорь Макаров
Ashgabat-born gas trader and cycling patron who built Itera and has lived in Monaco for two decades
Елена Батурина
Russia's only self-made female billionaire — built a construction empire, married Moscow's mayor, now based in Vienna
Дмитрий Рыболовлев
Perm cardiologist turned potash billionaire who owns AS Monaco and bought a Da Vinci for $127 million
Михаил Шелков
Main owner of VSMPO-AVISMA, the world's third-largest producer of titanium sponge
Дмитрий Пумпянский
Ural industrialist; chairman of Sinara Group and builder of the pipe maker TMK
Лев Хасис
Samara-born executive; former CEO of X5 Retail Group and First Deputy CEO of Sberbank (2013–2022)
Вячеслав Ким
Co-founder of Kaspi.kz — Kazakhstan's super-app and the most valuable company in Central Asia
Михаил Ломтадзе
Georgian-born CEO of Kaspi.kz — built Kazakhstan's most valuable company from Almaty
Тимур Кулибаев
Son-in-law of Kazakhstan's founding president — controls the country's energy and banking empires
Динара Кулибаева
Daughter of Kazakhstan's founding president — wealthiest woman in Central Asia
Нурлан Смагулов
Kazakhstan's automotive and real estate billionaire — newest entrant on Forbes global list
Айдын Рахимбаев
Kazakhstani businessman, co-founder of the construction and development company BI Group
Бидзина Иванишвили
Made his fortune in 1990s Moscow metals and banking — became Georgia's Prime Minister and richest man
Вагит Алекперов
Born in Baku — founded LUKOIL, Russia's largest private oil company, and became one of the world's richest men
Рубен Варданян
Founded Troika Dialog — Russia's greatest investment bank — then renounced Russian citizenship and was imprisoned in Azerbaijan
Владимир Потанин
Born in Moscow — controls Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium
Алексей Мордашов
Born in Cherepovets — controls Severstal, Russia's most efficient steelmaker, and was the majority shareholder of TUI travel group
Татьяна Бакальчук
Founded Wildberries from her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave — built the largest e-commerce platform in Russia
Виктор Пинчук
Ukrainian steel magnate and philanthropist — his Yalta European Strategy forum defined Ukraine's path to Europe
Константин Жеваго
Ukrainian iron ore billionaire who took Ferrexpo to the London Stock Exchange
Гарри Тригубофф
'High-Rise Harry' — born in China to Russian-Jewish refugees, built Australia's largest apartment empire
Булат Утемуратов
Former aide to Nazarbayev who built Verny Capital and became one of Kazakhstan's key financial figures
Никита Кан
Russian-born philanthropist and real estate developer — partner of Oracle founder Larry Ellison
Важа Джаши
Georgian-born agricultural billionaire who built Trans-Oil into the Black Sea grain trading giant
Людвиг Кноп
The Bremen apprentice who became the Russian Empire's cotton baron
Карл Альбрехт
Bremen cotton merchant who married a Charleston planter heiress
Иммануил Нобель
The Swede who armed the Tsar's navy and fathered a dynasty
Людвиг Нобель
Built Russian oil, and his death created the Nobel Prize
Роберт Нобель
Sent to buy walnut wood, bought an oil refinery instead
Эммануил Нобель
Ran Russia's largest oil company until the Bolsheviks took it
Савва Морозов
Textile magnate who bankrolled the theatre and the revolutionaries
Карл Фёдорович фон Мекк
Baltic German engineer who built Russia's railways
Игнац фон Эфрусси
Banker born in Berdichev in 1829 who moved from the family's Odessa grain house to Vienna, founded Ephrussi & Co. and built the Palais Ephrussi on the Ringstrasse
Иосиф (Евзель) Гинцбург
Banker born in Vitebsk in 1812, founder of the Günzburg bank in St Petersburg and of the Society for the Promotion of Culture among the Jews of Russia; died in Paris
Лев Бродский
Kiev sugar magnate and philanthropist, born in Zlatopol in 1852; with his brother Lazar ran the firm that refined about a quarter of the Empire's sugar; died in Paris in 1923
Рафаэль Потеляхов
Bukharan Jewish merchant of the first guild in Kokand, one of the largest suppliers of Central Asian cotton to Russian industry; later lived in Berlin and London