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If you are sure that you live modestly, do not own a business, do not engage in politics, then the mighty of the world this does not concern you - you are mistaken. There are always those on whom the events in the world directly or indirectly depend.
We will talk about them - the most influential people of our time. Regular lists with them are compiled by the Times and Forbes - perhaps the most authoritative publications in the United States. We will look only at the "top" and talk about the TOP-10 of the current such list.
One of the few political leaders in India who enjoys huge support from the people. A vivid confirmation of this is his re-election for a fourth consecutive term. However, both at home and abroad, many consider him a controversial personality. On the one hand, this is a charismatic “millionaire from the slums”, winner of UN and UNESCO awards, and on the other hand, one of the indirect culprits of the result of interreligious clashes in Gujarat among Indian Muslims (then more than a thousand people died). The youngest influencer on this list was born in 1984 and has since managed to become the owner of one of the most valuable companies and the largest social network. The history of the latter began with a modest website for Harvard students, and has grown to the level of one of the five most visited online sites in the world. Mark Zuckerberg is a record holder in many respects. For example, he managed to become the youngest billionaire in history and one of the richest Americans. Like Bill Gates, he donates the lion's share of his fortune to charity, which is how he intends to dispose of 99% of Facebook's shares. 
Not surprisingly, he made it to the list of the most influential people of our time - the famous saying says that "who owns the information, owns the world." But it is Larry Page that directly affects what information we receive daily using the global Web.
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and philanthropist
He is one of the people who made computers small, human (in terms of learning) and affordable. For several years in a row, he led the ranking of the richest people in the world, and today, moving away from business, he has focused his efforts on the development of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. 
In the latter, Bill Gates succeeded no less than in the computer field: Bill personally holds the record for the amount of funds donated to charity. For example, he sent 38% of his Microsoft shares to an unknown recipient. This donation could easily claim to be the largest since the turn of the 21st century.
Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church
His name is Jorge Mario Bergoglio and he is the 266th pope. In the past 1200 years, he became the first non-European (born in Buenos Aires) to take this honorary chair. Despite the fact that in many Western countries the state is separated from religion, catholic faith continues to play an important role in the lives of ordinary residents, and both politicians and businessmen listen to the opinion of the head of the church. Pope Francis himself is a modest man with firm principles. In 2013, the year of his election, Time magazine named him "Person of the Year." 
Janet Yellen, head of the US Federal Reserve
She has chaired the US Federal Reserve since 2014 and is the first woman to hold this position. To understand the importance of this government unit, you need to know that it performs the function of the country's central bank. Janet Yellen is not the only one in the family who has been awarded a high title: her husband is a laureate Nobel Prize in Economics, and she herself has a Ph.D. 
Xi Jinping, Chinese President
It is difficult to underestimate the influence of China on the world economy, so it is not surprising that the leader of this country was included in the list of the most influential people. Xi Jinping stands out among other politicians for his principled position on corruption, as well as his openness to reforms. He first got into the top 100 most influential people in the world (according to Forbes) back in 2009. 
Merkel has repeatedly become the leader in the ratings of the most influential women politicians, has numerous awards and was named "Woman of the Year" by the authoritative British edition of the Financial Times.
Donald Trump, US President
Donald Trump managed to take the presidency relatively recently, but even before this event, he was well known in the world for his political and commercial activities. A versatile person, he is engaged not only in business (he is the president of a construction conglomerate, the owner of a network of gambling establishments and hotel complexes), but also worked as a TV presenter, regularly appeared in 
Indeed, he not only once again occupies the presidency in a country that consistently holds first place in the world in terms of territory and ninth in terms of population, but also participates in foreign policy, and his actions are not always perceived unambiguously. By the way, Vladimir Putin is the only representative from Russia in our rating.
The personal life of public politicians and media personalities always attracts close attention of society and the press. Therefore, many of them try to protect themselves and their families from journalists and strictly dose out information about it. The editors of the site invite you to read about the family life of Vladimir Putin.
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Mexican Carlos Slim Elu is on the 1st place in the list of billionaires of Forbes magazine. Did his father Don Julian Slim, who was a migrant from Lebanon, know that the fifth child, baby Carlos, would become famous for his entrepreneurial acumen? Of course, because Don Julian Slim taught his son to be a businessman from childhood.
Financial literacy from childhood is the key to success
Don Julian Slim, whose biographies the world's richest man Carlos Slim dedicated a whole page on his website, was a well-known entrepreneur. Having opened a grocery company with his older brother, Don Julian bought several buildings in the center of Mexico City ten years later so that the family could live off the rent in any crisis. But at the same time he continued to develop his enterprise. Don Julian Slim is known in Mexico as a person who has made a great contribution to the development of economic processes in the country.
However, the meaning of life for this entrepreneur was the family. The businessman had many children, and he tried to instill financial literacy in each of them from early childhood. As he tells famous son, Don Julian gave each of the children a notebook to record expenses and incomes. Once a week they gathered at a large table and analyzed the financial successes and failures of each of them.
Carlos Slim is proud that he made his first investment... at the age of 12. He opened an account to buy shares in the National Bank of Mexico. A year after that, Carlos's father died, and Carlos received an inheritance at the age of majority.
Own business almost immediately after university
Carlos Slim Emu studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico as an engineer. Four years after graduation, he began building the Grupo Carso corporation, which he named after himself and his future wife, Soumai. He founded the Promotora del Hogar retail company, the real estate agency Inmodiliaria Carso and other future big business cells. After a few years, he was able to acquire several large enterprises.
It is curious that due to the diversification of capital and investments, Carlos Slim was insured against the crisis of the 80s in Mexico. As investors began to flee the country in a hurry, the resourceful entrepreneur began to buy new companies at low prices. Moreover, these were completely different enterprises: mining, metallurgical, as well as banks, retail chains, and so on. Of course, he wasn't the richest man in the country at the time, he just took the chance.
Building a telecommunications empire in the early 1990s was Carlos Slim's ladder to Forbes magazine's rich list. First, he bought the Telefonos de Mexico company, which allowed him to start a business in the communications market.
Of course, it was not without the help of high-ranking officials and top officials of Mexico, with whom Carlos Slim had excellent relations. The entrepreneur was quickly able to privatize the Telmex telephone network for $400 million. Experts believe that he got it for free, as it was estimated at 12 billion dollars. After that, Slim merged the company with his telecommunications assets in American Mobil and became a monopolist in the communications market in Mexico.
Carlos Slim's success secrets
As you have already read, the main secret of Carlos' "victory" is his family and upbringing, laying the future building blocks of entrepreneurial acumen from early childhood. Carlos himself is also a father of many children (he has six children). It is characteristic that the children of Carlos did not receive an elite education in the United States and did not graduate from any special schools. They graduated from universities in Mexico City, and learned the basics of business while working in their father's companies.
The main thing that Carlos Slim has always emphasized is the awareness of responsibility to the family, as well as the ability to enjoy life. For example, once a year big family gathers together on the shore of the bay to swim and take a break from worries.
Everyone who has ever met Carlos Slim says that he resembles the classic rich man of the old school. He is very thrifty. In the business, his habit of wearing a multi-dollar calculator watch instead of fashion accessories is ironic. It is interesting that he does not trust the computer (he jokes that he can only turn it on and off), but all important points writes in a black notebook.
One of the secrets of success can be called his unique memory. Carlos in his youth easily memorized any information, especially numbers, consolidated balance sheets, and so on. Now, of course, he uses the services of secretaries. But Carlos can be understood, yet he is in his 80s.
Charity is about creating jobs
Carlos Slim always tries to give part of the money he earns to charity. On his accounts charities now there are about four billion dollars.
The richest man in the world has already invested more than $500 million in the development of education in Mexico, as well as in improving the social sphere. He transferred about 100 million to a foundation that fights poverty in his country. At the same time, Carlos Slim and his sons believe that it is better to invest money not in social subsidies, but in the development of the country's economy in order to give people the opportunity to find work. His life credo is "we must change for the better not the world, but our children, who can serve the world."
The future of billionaire Carlos Slim
Journalists predict an imminent decline in Slim's position in the Forbes magazine ranking. For example, in the spring of 2013 alone, America Movil shares depreciated by 15% in New York. Carlos Slim is in danger of losing the championship to Bill Gates, who is now on the second line in the list of the richest people on the planet.
The fact is that in Mexico, changes in legislation have begun that will limit monopoly and develop competition. These actions will limit the spheres of influence of the corporation "America Mobil". After legislative initiatives, which were supported by all parties in the Mexican Parliament, foreign companies will pour into the country's telecommunications market.
But Carlos Slim doesn't seem too worried about losing the lead. After all, the main thing for him is his family: children and grandchildren, whom he taught to work and earn money on their own.
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The world's population is growing daily, and we have already reached the mark of 7 billion. However, not everyone can boast of being able to change the course of history. On our planet, only a small percentage of such people are a kind of elite, people who have reached unprecedented heights and are "at the helm" of world development.
The authoritative publication Forbes constantly makes a selection of the most influential people on the planet. Participants are selected based on a pivot table. Surprisingly, the selection conditions are very simple: applicants are compared by the number of people who are subject to them and popularity.
Most powerful people world for 2017, on Forbes versions:
Mark Zuckerberg
The last place is occupied by Mark Zuckerberg. He is the youngest representative of this rating. The founder of Facebook is only 32 years old, and he has already reached unprecedented heights. He is also the youngest member of the TOP 10 richest people in the world.
Surprisingly, it is almost twice as young as its main competitors. This year, the billionaire has significantly improved his position and has confidently entered the top ten since the end of the twenty.
On the this moment his fortune is estimated at 59 billion dollars. However, the young businessman does not suffer from star fever at all and leads a very humble life. He also donates significant amounts to charity.
Mark said that by the end of this year he wants to donate $ 3 billion to a kind of charity - the structure that will receive the investment is dedicated to the eradication of all currently existing diseases on Earth.
Narenda Modi
The penultimate one is Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi. Every year is more and more successful for Modi. Popularity among Indians is steadily growing.
It is noteworthy that even the harsh financial reform did not diminish his popularity. Painful changes were made as part of the fight against corruption. In the autumn of 2016, the prime minister issued an order that states the annulment of the two most nominal denominations.
Larry Page
A well-known figure on the Internet, it is Larry who is one of the main developers of the best Google search engine. In 2016, the company was completely reorganized and now Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet. Larry is elected to the post of chairman of the board.
Bill Gates
Overtook Larry no less a famous person- Bill Gates. He is the founder of the world-famous Windows company, which is a world leader in the development of software. The richest man in the world, with a fortune exceeding $ 80 billion.
Janet Yellen
Leading US economist, Janet Yellen, is almost in the middle of our top. Concurrently, she is also the head of the US Federal Reserve System. It controls all activities of banking and other financial institutions.
It's funny, but it is very popular among ordinary Americans. This is ensured thanks to her simple approach and the ability to clearly express her thoughts in an accessible form.
Pope Francis
Pope Francis, head of the Vatican, is ranked fifth. He is also the oldest member of the TOP, because he recently turned 80 years old.
It is worth noting that a solid age does not at all prevent Francis from maintaining a huge amount of vital energy and inspiring people on the true path. After all, it is he who directs a huge flock to perform various good deeds.
Xi Jinping
The fourth place is occupied by the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping. In 2012, he was elected to the position and immediately set to work in the country. He became famous for his fight against corruption. The population is extremely supportive of his activities, due to high degree openness.
Angela Merkel
It is quite predictable that Angela Merkel has entered the top three this year. He is a very unusual person, but at the same time remains a prominent figure in political life.
The German chancellor, according to Forbes, can compete with Russia's influence in the West. The ambitious politician was able to relieve tension within the European Union and coped with the huge crowds of emigrants flooding into Germany.
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is in second place. Surpassing his predecessor, Barack Obama, who fell to forty-eighth after third place, Trump confidently entered the top ten most influential people on the planet.
Recall that earlier Trump was at the very bottom of the rating, but the rapid rise provided him with the presidency.
The ambitious politician who came to power with the slogan "Make America Great Again" immediately set to work.
Vladimir Putin
The first place in the ranking is occupied by Vladimir Putin. According to Forbes, he is the most powerful person in the world. Taking the first mark for the fourth time in a row, the politician proved that he is deservedly considered the most famous and popular person, whose influence on society simply cannot be denied.
Forbes on Wednesday released a new ranking of the most influential people in the world. The list includes 72 political, economic, business and public figures- one per 100 million inhabitants of the planet. The rating was headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The 61-year-old politician removed his American colleague Barack Obama from the first line. Rounding out the top three were Chinese President Xi Jinping. Read more about the most influential people in the world according to Forbes below.
The rating is based on the subjective choice of the American editors of the magazine. The criteria for influence are indicators such as the number of people affected by the decisions of the rating participant, the financial flows that the rating participant manages as an administrator, manager or owner, and the activity with which the rating participant uses his power.
1. Vladimir Putin
Who: President of Russia
influence: Russia
Industry: politics
Age: 61
The ascension of the Russian leader to the top of the Forbes influence rating was facilitated both by the process of “tightening the screws” inside the country and by his success in the diplomatic arena.
In particular, Putin proposed a compromise solution to the Syrian problem that would suit all parties and relieved tension in the conflict, which almost escalated into full scale war. In addition, the Russian President granted political asylum to former CIA officer Edward Snowden, whose high-profile revelations became not only a headache for American intelligence agencies, but also a problem for other states, whose diplomats the fugitive programmer turned to for support.
The world's largest nuclear arsenal, a vote in the UN Security Council and record hydrocarbon deposits remain under Putin's control. The leader of the rating has at least five more years left absolute power, and could potentially rule Russia until 2024.
2. Barack Obama
Who: President of the United States
influence: USA
Industry: politics
Age: 52
The American leader lost the first line of the rating to his Russian colleague against the backdrop of numerous squabbles in US domestic politics.
Obama failed to convince Congress of the need to implement health insurance reform according to his plan, which ultimately led the country to a dead end: in early October, US government agencies had to close for 16 days due to the inability of politicians to find consensus on the budget and the national debt ceiling. No less sensitive blow to Obama's reputation was the revelations of Edward Snowden, which put the head of state in the position of an eternally justifying person.
And yet, even with his second term in office and the accompanying suspicions of turning into a lame duck, Obama remains the leader of the world's most powerful political, economic, and military power.
3. Xi Jinping
Who: Chinese President
influence: PRC
Industry: politics
Age: 60
The new Chinese leader in 2012 officially took the helm of the second most influential world power with a population of 1.3 billion people, which is almost 20% of the population of the entire planet. Under Xi, China remains the largest holder of American external debt - the Celestial Empire owns US Treasury receipts for $ 1.3 billion. The rapid growth of the economy continues: in 10 years, the number of official billionaires in China has increased from zero to 122, and GDP has reached $ 8.2 trillion. In addition to the post of chairman of the PRC, Xi is the secretary general of the Communist Party and the head of the country's military forces.
4. Pope Francis
Who: Pope
Influences: Roman Catholic Church
Industry: religion
Age: 76
Francis succeeded Benedict XVI as head of the Roman Church in March 2013. His mission is to breathe new energy into an institution that brings together 1.2 billion people around the world.
First Jesuit Pope and First Native Pope Latin America has already made a number of reform statements, from calling for gender equality to reducing the degree of critical rhetoric against supporters of abortion, gay marriage and contraceptives. Francis, or Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the world, uses social media, preaches on Twitter, and even takes self-portraits for social networks in accordance with the spirit of the times.
He is a native of large family Italian immigrants who settled in Buenos Aires. The Pope is known as a passionate fan of the San Lorenzo de Almagro football club.
5. Angela Merkel
Who: Chancellor of Germany
influences: Germany
Industry: politics
Age: 59
The most powerful woman in the world remains a key figure in political and economic problems European Union.
Merkel's commitment to the hard line of austerity and the preservation of the euro as a single currency helped the EU a lot to survive as an integration entity, despite the crisis in the southern economies of the Old World and persistent calls for reverse disintegration from the North.
Recently, the “iron chancellor” was re-elected without any visible problems to the post that she has been holding since 2005. In the ranking of the most powerful women world according to Forbes Merkel climbed to the top 8 times over the past 10 years.
6. Bill Gates
Who: co-chair charitable foundation Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Influences: Microsoft, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Industry: business, philanthropy
Age: 58
With a net worth of $72 billion, Gates recently regained his status richest man in the world according to Forbes. At the same time, the Microsoft founder himself spends most of his time on the work of a charitable foundation, which he manages with his wife Melinda.
As a philanthropist, he has already spent $28 billion. Gates' last major philanthropic initiative was the $335 million polio program in April, which was joined by six more billionaires with $100 million in contributions, including Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Microsoft shares have been rising since the end of August, when the software giant announced the resignation of Steve Ballmer as CEO. Gates remains chairman of the board of directors of the company he co-founded with Paul Allen in 1975.
Along with Warren Buffett, Gates continues to recruit members for the Giving Pledge, in which billionaires make a public pledge to donate at least 50% of their wealth to charitable causes.
7. Ben Bernanke
Who: Fed Chairman
influence: Fed
Industry: economics
Age: 59
Big Ben is preparing to leave the most powerful economic post in the world on January 31, 2014. Recently it became known the name of his successor - Janet Yellen will head the Fed next year. During his tenure, Bernanke has become a living symbol of the fight against the consequences of the global crisis. The former Princeton professor became the main lobbyist for the soft stimulus policy and ensured, albeit modest, but still stable growth in US GDP.
8. Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud
Who: king Saudi Arabia
Influence: Saudi Arabia
Industry: politics
Age: 89
The influence of the Saudi monarch is made up not only of high authority in the Muslim world, but also due to control over 20% of the world's oil reserves (265 million barrels). GDP growth to $727 billion allowed the kingdom to enter the top 20 global economies. At the same time, the unemployment rate in the country remains at 12%, and 50% of the population is under 25 years old. King Abdullah recently allocated $130 billion for youth employment and housing programs.
9. Mario Draghi
Who: President of the European Central Bank
influence: ECB
Industry: economics
Age: 66
"Super Mario" got not the most comfortable position in modern economic realities. He became the face of the troubled economy of the eurozone countries with a combined GDP of $17 trillion. Every time Draghi has to set investors up for optimism and maneuver between the interests of countries so different by all criteria, like Greece and Germany. And while he copes with this paradoxical task.
10. Michael Duke
Who: CEO of Wal-Mart Stores
Influencers: Wal-Mart Stores
Industry: business
Age: 63
The head of the world's largest retailer with a revenue of $470 billion and the world's second largest employer with a staff of 2.2 million people could not help but enter the top 10 most influential people. Duke, as the CEO of Wal-Mart, can decide the fate of a product with a single signature, simply by removing it from the shelf or putting it there. In the fall, he visited Washington as part of a delegation of 20 CEOs of the largest American companies, where he tried to convince President Obama of the need to quickly break the budget impasse.
11. David Cameron
Who: British Prime Minister
influences: UK
Industry: politics
Age: 47
The Tory leader runs the world's sixth largest economy and is often compared to Margaret Thatcher for her commitment to fiscal austerity. True, Cameron got hit for a populist proposal to cut the electricity tax for households. Oxford graduate and distant relative King William IV is known as an active critic of Edward Snowden. In two years, Cameron will have to lead the Conservatives to new elections.
12. Carlos Slim
Who: Chairman of the Honorary Charitable Foundation
influences: America Movil
Industry: business, philanthropy
Age: 73
The Mexican telecommunications tycoon displaced Bill Gates from the position of the richest man in the world for several years, but this year again lost the palm to the American. Slim's business empire includes assets in mining, real estate development and media (under The New York Times). In 2012, the billionaire acquired three football clubs at once - two in his native Mexico and one in Spain. In February 2013, Slim joined the Gates initiative to fight hunger and support innovative farming technology.
13. Warren Buffett
Who: CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
influences: Berkshire Hathaway
Industry: business, philanthropy
Age: 83
The "Oracle of Omaha", despite diagnosed with prostate cancer and advanced age, does not let go of the threads of the operational management of his business empire. His net worth has grown by almost $20 billion to $53.5 billion in a year, and Buffett has not lost his taste for big deals. Berkshire Hathaway launched a $23.2 billion takeover of legendary ketchup maker Heinz in June, after acquiring energy firm NV Energy for $5.6 billion in cash. The investor continues to be actively involved in charity: in July, he sent another $ 2 billion in the form of Berkshire shares to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Cumulatively, Buffett's philanthropic initiatives have already reached $20 billion.
14. Li Keqiang
Who: Premier of the State Council of China
influence: PRC
Industry: politics
Age: 58
The second politician in the PRC after Xi Jinping, Li, despite being loyal to the party's communist ideals, is known as a champion of economic liberalism. He acted as one of the lobbyists of the World Bank report, which called on the Celestial Empire to accelerate reforms in the direction opposite to state capitalism.
15. Jeff Bezos
Who: CEO of Amazon.com
Influencers: Amazon.com
Industry: business, technology
Age: 49
Bezos quickly emerged as one of the world's most powerful businessmen with the explosion of the online retailer he founded. Amazon, with $61 billion in annual sales, has expanded its reach into technology, fashion, video streaming and traditional media. In the summer, Bezos acquired The Washington Post holding for $250 million.
16. Rex Tillerson
Who: CEO of Exxon Mobil
Influencers: Exxon Mobil
Industry: business
Age: 61
The head of the largest US oil and gas corporation led Exxon to a phenomenal $44.9 billion profit last year. The company remains the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas producer and operates on six continents. Tillerson is considered one of the most influential and effective lobbyists in the industry.
17. Sergey Brin
Who: co-founder, head of special projects at Google
influencers: Google
Industry: business, technology
Age: 40
The co-founders of Google have been working in tandem together for more than a decade. While Page manages the entire search giant, Brin has focused on the corporation's most innovative devices within the Google X division. It's about about the projects of glasses of "augmented reality" Google Glass and an unmanned vehicle. Together with Page, Brin donated $400 million to charity this year.
18. Larry Page
Who: co-founder, CEO of Google
influencers: Google
Industry: business, technology
Age: 40
Page runs the world's most popular site with a monthly audience of 1 billion users, a corporation with $50 billion in revenue and a rapidly growing business. The Google CEO is responsible for numerous M&A deals, including the $1 billion purchase of the crowdsourced app Waze and the $12.5 billion takeover of Motorola's mobile division.
19. Francois Hollande
Who: President of France
influences: France
Industry: politics
Age: 59
Hollande became France's first Socialist president in two decades and immediately ran into the financial troubles of Europe's second-largest economy. His popularity rating dropped to 23% in October amid clumsy actions in loud scandal because of the deportation of migrants. This is the lowest electoral figure for a French president in 20 years - even lower than that of Hollande's unpopular predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy. AT recent times the head of state criticized his American colleague Barack Obama for the facts of wiretapping by the US special services of millions of French telephone conversations (70 calls and SMS messages were tapped and viewed in just a month).
20. Timothy Cook
Who: Apple CEO
influencers: Apple
Industry: business, technology
Age: 52
Apple is not only the most valuable company in the world, but also the unrivaled authority in the design and technology industries, in film and music business, in media and telecommunications. This year, at Cook's request, his bonus will be linked to the company's stock performance. In 2012, the CEO of Apple, the successor to Steve Jobs in office, earned $4.2 million.
53. Dmitry Medvedev
Who: Prime Minister of Russia
influence: Russia
Industry: politics
Age: 48
Chapter Russian government, despite serious reputational losses after the reverse castling with Vladimir Putin, remains the second most influential figure in the domestic power vertical. However, the chances that the current president of the country will decide to entrust all the threads of control to his younger comrade for the second time are negligible.
60. Igor Sechin
Who: President, Chairman of the Board of Rosneft
influence: Rosneft
Industry: business
Age: 53
A faithful ally of Vladimir Putin returned to the Forbes rating after a year of absence. He did not join Dmitry Medvedev's government and maintained tense relations with the current prime minister. But in the status of the head of Rosneft, the former curator of the fuel and energy complex in the Cabinet started a “deal of the century” to take over TNK-BP in the amount of $56 billion. Soon, Sechin will officially become the head of the largest public oil company in the world in terms of production. At the same time, he maintains close relations with the first person of the state, which in Russian realities remains the main resource of administrative weight.
63. Alisher Usmanov
Who: CEO of Gazprominvestholding
Influencers: USM Holdings
Industry: business
Age: 60
The richest man in Russia made his fortune of $ 17.6 billion in metals, but in last years diversified business by acquiring assets in telecommunications (MegaFon), media (Kommersant Publishing House) and technologies (Mail.ru Group). He also owns a stake in London's Arsenal Football Club.
