Business in the Republic of Belarus has developed rapidly over the past 25 years. Of course, the richest people in Belarus prefer not to advertise their income, so most of them choose to live outside their homeland. In this state with a population of 9.5 million people there are more than 10 thousand millionaires.
Andrey Melnichenko
Andrey Melnichenko heads the rating of the wealthiest people in Belarus. Despite his Russian citizenship, Forbes magazine ranks Andrei Igorevich among the Belarusian businessmen, because he was born in the city of Gomel. Its capital is 10.1 billion dollars for 2016.
Mr. Melnichenko began his career in 1991 as a student at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Moscow State University. Then he created the travel company "Sputnik". Now Andrei Igorevich has a 90% stake in Eurochem, the same percentage of shares in Siberian Coal Energy Company and Siberian Generating Company. All 3 enterprises have a huge influence in Russia and the world.
Over the past year, the businessman has slightly lost his position in the Forbes world ranking. Andrey Melnichenko is ranked 139th in the world compared to 137th last year.
Dmitry Mazepin ranks second in the ranking of the richest people in Belarus with a capital of $1.4 billion. A native of the city of Minsk also has Russian citizenship. In addition, he was a deputy of the Kirov Regional Assembly for 2 years (2012-2014).
Dmitry Mazepin
Dmitry Arkadyevich has 2 higher educations: the Minsk Suvorov Military School, MGIMO and the Faculty of Management of St. Petersburg University. Mr. Mazepin began his business career in 1992 with the insurance company Infinstrakh. Today he owns 95% of the shares of Uralchem, 20% of Uralkali and 20% of Onexim. The businessman is also known for being included in the top list of Russian billionaire philanthropists, taking 7th place in it.
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The peak of Dmitry Mazepin's financial power came in 2013. Then he owned 3.2 billion dollars. However, due to the debts of Uralchem, the businessman suffered significant losses. Therefore, Dmitry Andreevich left the rating of 100 richest people in the CIS.
Andrey Klyamko is the most non-public billionaire on the list. A native of the city of Novogrudok, Grodno region of Belarus, has a fortune of $ 1.24 billion in 2016.
Andrey Klyamko
Andrei Stanislavovich does not have a higher education, but this did not become an obstacle to the opening of the Smart Holding business group in the mid-90s. Currently, he is a citizen of Ukraine and has a variety of assets throughout the CIS countries.
According to 2018 data, Mr. Klyamko ranked 683rd in the world ranking. By this time, he had suffered losses of $1 billion.
Other billionaires
The native Minsker Viktor Kisly is known to the world community as the president of the Wargaming.net company. Without changing his Belarusian citizenship, he moved to Cyprus, from where he conducts his business. A childhood passion for computer games brought the businessman a fortune of $ 1.5 billion.
To date, Viktor is the youngest billionaire in Belarus, he is 39 years old. A physicist by training, Kisly started his business in 1998, when he founded Wargaming.net. The most successful product of the company was the game "World of tanks". By 2012, the company had acquired shares in many other US and European gaming firms. In the world list of Forbes magazine, Viktor Kisly takes 701st place.Mikhail Abyzov, a native of the Belarusian capital, entered the ranking of the richest people in Belarus, being a prominent politician of the Russian Federation and at the same time a US citizen. His fortune is estimated at $1.2 billion.
Mikhail Abyzov
Mikhail Anatolyevich organized his first company when he was still a freshman at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow State University in 1990. Then he was engaged in the trade of Turkish consumer goods. To date, Mr. Abyzov has assets in large companies in the field of energy (Elsib, Sibeco), agriculture (Kopitanie) and construction (Dalmostostroy).
200 successful and influential businessmen of Belarus is a project of the Ezhednevnik Internet portal, which has been preparing and publishing since 2007.
The project primarily pursues an educational goal. On the one hand, it promotes recognition of the person, increasing the loyalty of the population to private business in general, on the other hand, it serves as a source of information for potential partners and investors who are going to implement projects in Belarus.
Getting into and distribution in the top 200 successful and influential businessmen of Belarus is determined by two criteria:
1. Success is the actual share of a particular person in the value of his business. Ownership and share are identified on the basis of data from the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus (Unified Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs), registration authorities of other countries where the entrepreneur also conducts business, as well as on the basis of other open sources and insider information. The value of a business in the presence of financial indicators is revealed by traditional methods for assessing the value (cost, income, comparable sales). Depending on the amount of financial information and its sources, it is chosen which approach is appropriate in assessing a particular business and, accordingly, the current capital of the person involved in the top 200 successful and influential businessmen in Belarus.
2. Influence - an additional criterion introduced by us due to the specific conditions of doing business in Belarus and the impossibility at the moment to publish financial indicators.
It is based on the concept of business sustainability in the economic conditions that have developed over 25 years in the Belarusian economy. First of all, this is an assessment of the level of communication of a particular business owner with state regulators, as well as his role (influence) in the industry and the economy as a whole. A group of experts (at least 10 people) directly related to one of the markets, whose players are represented in the top 200 (IT, finance, woodworking, mechanical engineering, food industry, etc.), determines the degree of influence of this or that or another person within a given period of time.
The Top 200 successful and influential businessmen in Belarus are used as a source of information on private business in Belarus by Belarusian companies and government agencies, as well as foreign investors, the European Commission, the EAEU and departments of many countries around the world.
The project was prepared with the support of a permanent pool of partners led by MTBank, the largest private Belarusian bank.
“MTBank has been working with Belarusian businesses for a long time, and now we have a separate area - corporate business. We once started working with small companies, which then grew and became market leaders. Now among our partners are Milavitsa, Atlant-M, Caravan Group, online hypermarket 21vek.by, Smarton, and others. We work closely with the heads of leading Belarusian companies and see how individual businessmen are key figures not only for their companies, but for the entire Belarusian business. And the companies they manage are the foundation on which the economy of our country rests. In our opinion, such projects as the Top 200 help to improve the investment background for business and find new partners.”, - notes Alexander Titov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of MTBank CJSC.
The Ezhednevnik website has compiled the tops of successful and influential Belarusian businessmen since 2007, and another one has been published today.
For the first time in the first place was an IT businessman - this is 39-year-old Viktor Kisly, founder of Wargaming.net. Last year, Yury Chyzh was in first place.
When compiling the rating, not only the share of Kisloye in the value of the business, which exceeded $3 billion, but also local nuances were taken into account. For example, the compilers of the rating separately indicated that one of the most devoted fans of Wargaming is the youngest son of the president. Together with Viktor Kisly, at the top of the list are his fellow students, owners of 17% of the gaming business, Nikolai Katselapov and Ivan Mikhnevich.
The compilers of the rating also pay attention: “The top-200 project at this stage does not set the task of assessing how much money this or that businessman has. In the conditions of the closed Belarusian economy, this is difficult, controversial and unsafe. The project primarily pursues an educational goal. On the one hand, it promotes recognition of the person, increasing the loyalty of the population to private business in general, on the other hand, it serves as a source of information for potential partners and investors who are going to implement projects in Belarus.”
A bit of envy: the youngest participant in the rating is 28 years old. This is Andrey Shimanovich, who became famous thanks to the mSpy mobile application (tracks telephone traffic). There are only six women in the top 200: Lyudmila Antonovskaya from Polimaster Instruments, Tatyana Krepchuk (Emir Motors, distribution and Toyota car service), Ksenia Shuravko (Onliner), Alma Jauntsemene (Tropinka, Neighbors ”, distribution of vegetables and fruits, Tempo and Vasilki establishments), Svetlana Siparova (“Mark Formel”) and Diana Kurilo-Shigalova (co-owner of the Zhdanovichi trading house).
We will list only the top 30 businessmen, if they do not have a photo, it means that there really are no photos with these people on the Internet. Not everyone has time to update instagram, someone should get into the lists of the most influential entrepreneurs! The entire rating can be viewed in the "Diary" - believe me, this is one of the best materials of the year in Belarusian journalism: some interesting facts are reported about each businessman, family ties are indicated and quotes from interviews are written.
1. Victor Sour
Founder and CEO of Wargaming net
2. Vitaly Arbuzov
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fenox Global Group
3. Alexander Moshensky
General Director of JV LLC "Santa Bremor"
4. Pavel Topuzidis
Chairman of the Board of Tabak-Invest LLC
5. Alexander Shakutin
Chairman of the Board of Directors of OJSC Amkodor Holding Management Company, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CJSC Absolutbank
6. Evgeny Baskin
General Director of SZAO Servolux
7. Sergey Litvin
8. Vladimir Vasilko
Member of the Supervisory Board of Eurotorg LLC
9. Alexey Oleksin
Director of CJSC Energo oil, member of the Supervisory Board of CJSC MTBank
10. Alexey Zhukov
CEO of Alutech Group of Companies
11. Vladimir Peftiev
In the past - the majority shareholder of CJSC "Management Company of the Holding "Beltech Holding", ex-chairman of the general meeting of shareholders of CJSC "Beltechexport"
12. Yuri Chizh
General Director of Triple LLC, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FC Dinamo-Minsk
13. Viktor Petrovich
Director of OOO Tabak-invest
14. Arkady Dobkin
Co-owner, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of EPAM Systems Inc.
15. Nikolai Katselapov
16. Ivan Mikhnevich
Co-owner of Wargaming Group Ltd.
17. Nikolai Vorobyov
Co-owner of Interservice LLC, member of the Supervisory Board of CJSC Absolutbank
18. Nikolai Martynov
General Director of LLC Holding Management Company Belarusian Leather and Footwear Company Marko, Member of the Supervisory Board of OJSC Belinvestbank
19. Valentin Baiko
Chairman of the general meeting of participants JLLC Conte Spa
20. Dmitry Baiko
Deputy General Director JLLC Conte Spa
21. Valery Shumsky
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yukola Group of Companies
22. Sergey Savitsky
General Director of LLC International Automobile Holding Atlant-M
23. Oleg Khusaenov
General Director of LLC Zubr Capital, Chairman of the Board of Directors of LLC International Automobile Holding Atlant-M
24. Sergey Levteev
Chairman of the Board of the IBA Group
25. Alexey Vaganov
Co-owner of the Lada OMS Group of Companies, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of JV CJSC Unison, Member of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the TDF Ecotech Consortium, Chairman of the Board of CJSC Eight Channel
26. Andrey Pavlovsky
Chairman of the general meeting of participants of LLC Biocom, director of LLC Biocom Invest, member of the supervisory board of OJSC Belinvestbank
27. Sergey Borok
Co-owner of SOOO Zavod Bulbash
28. Anatoly Ternavsky
President of CJSC Transnational Corporation Russian-Ukrainian Oil Society, General Representative of the Univest group of companies in the CIS
29. Andrey Balabin
Chairman of the General Meeting of Shareholders of CJSC Patio
30. Alexander Center
Chairman of the Board of A-100 Group of Companies
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200 successful and influential businessmen of Belarus is a project of the Ezhednevnik Internet portal, which has been preparing and publishing since 2007.
The project, first of all, has an educational goal. On the one hand, it promotes recognition of the person, increasing the loyalty of the population to private business in general, on the other hand, it serves as a source of information for potential partners and investors who are going to implement projects in Belarus.
Getting into and distribution in the top 200 successful and influential businessmen of Belarus is determined by two criteria:
1. Success is the actual share of a particular person in the value of the business that belongs to him.
Ownership and share are calculated based on the data of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Belarus (Unified Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs), registration authorities of other countries where the main business is located or the entrepreneur conducts business, as well as on the basis of other open sources and insider information. The cost of a business in the presence of financial indicators is calculated by traditional methods for assessing the cost (cost, income, comparable sales). Depending on the amount of financial information and its sources, it is chosen which approach is appropriate in assessing a particular business and, accordingly, the current capital of the person involved in the top 200 successful and influential businessmen in Belarus.
2. Influence - an additional criterion given by us through the specific conditions of doing business in Belarus and the impossibility at the moment to publish financial indicators.
It is based on the concept of business sustainability in the economic conditions that have developed over 25 years in the Belarusian economy. First of all, this is an assessment of the level of communication of a particular business owner with the state regulator, as well as his role (influence) in the region and the economy as a whole. A group of experts (at least 10 people), which is directly related to one of the markets whose players are represented in the top 200 (IT, finance, woodworking, mechanical engineering, food industry, etc.), determines the degree of influence of that or another person within a given period of time.
The Top 200 successful and influential businessmen in Belarus are used as a source of information on private business in Belarus not only by Belarusian companies and government agencies, but also by the European Commission, the EAEU and departments of other countries of the world.
Several features of the 2016 rating are a sharp drop in the previous leader, Yuri Chizh. From first place he dived to 12th. And his arrested comrade Vladimir Yaprintsev was completely ignored by experts. Meanwhile, the rating was headed by the founder of the World of Tanks, Viktor Kisly.
1. Victor Sour
39 years old (1976)
Nicosia (Cyprus)
General Director of Wargaming Group Ltd., Deputy Development Director of JLLC "Game Stream"
2. Vitaly Arbuzov
51 years old (1964)
Minsk
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fenox Global Group, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fenox Venture Capital
Interests: auto components, auto manufacturing, venture investments, retail
3. Alexander Moshensky
45 years old (1970)
Brest
General Director of JV LLC "Santa Impex Brest", Member of the Supervisory Board of JSC "Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus"
Interests: food, retail, leisure and entertainment, real estate
4. Pavel Topuzidis
59 years old (1956)
Minsk
Chairman of the Board of Tabak-Invest LLC
5. Alexander Shakutin
56 years old (1959)
Minsk
Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC "Amkodor - Holding Management Company", Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CJSC "Absolutbank"
Interests: mechanical engineering, fuel and energy complex, investments, finance
6. Evgeny Baskin
50 years old (1965)
Mogilev
General Director of SZAO "Servolux"
Interests: food, agriculture, retail
7. Sergey Litvin
49 years old (1966)
Monaco (Monaco)
8. Vladimir Vasilko
49 years old (1966)
Monaco (Monaco)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Eurotorg LLC
Interests: retail, trading, alcohol, real estate, food, finance
9. Alexey Oleksin
Director of CJSC Energooil, Member of the Supervisory Board of CJSC MTBank
Interests: fuel and energy complex, finance, real estate, food
10. Alexey Zhukov
48 years old (1967)
Minsk
General Director of the Alutech Group of Companies
Interests: building materials
11. Vladimir Peftiev
58 years old (1957)
Minsk
Ex-Chairman of the General Meeting of Shareholders of CJSC "Beltechexport", ex-co-owner of CJSC "Management Company of the Holding "Beltech Holding"
Interests: investments
12. Yuri Chizh
52 years old (1963)
Minsk
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Triple Group of Companies, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CJSC FC Dynamo-Minsk
Interests: construction and real estate, building materials, retail, food, agriculture, recreation and entertainment, pharmaceuticals
13. Viktor Petrovich
Director of Tabak-invest LLC
Interests: tobacco, retail, real estate, leisure and entertainment
14. Arkady Dobkin
55 years old (1960)
Newtown (Pennsylvania, USA)
Co-owner, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of EPAM Systems Inc.
Interests: IT
15. Nikolai Katselapov
Nicosia (Cyprus)
Interests: IT, finance, real estate
16. Ivan Mikhnevich
Nicosia (Cyprus)
Co-owner of Wargaming Group Ltd.
Interests: IT, finance, real estate.
17. Nikolai Sparrow
Novopolotsk
Co-owner of Interservice LLC, member of the Supervisory Board of CJSC Absolutbank
Interests: fuel and energy complex, recreation and entertainment, woodworking, real estate, investments
18. Nikolai Martynov
59 years old (1956)
Vitebsk
General Director of LLC "Managing Company of the Holding" Belarusian Leather and Footwear Company "Marko", Member of the Supervisory Board of JSC "Belinvestbank"
Interests: shoes, retail, real estate
19. Valentin Baiko
45 years old (1970)
Grodno
Chairman of the general meeting of participants of JLLC "Conte Spa"
Interests: textiles, real estate, retail, leisure and entertainment
20. Dmitry Baiko
Grodno
Deputy General Director of JLLC "Conte Spa"
Interests: Textile, real estate, retail, leisure and entertainment
21. Valery Shumsky
55 years old (1960)
Moscow, Russia)
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yukola Group of Companies
Interests: fuel and energy complex, recreation and entertainment
22. Sergey Savitsky
49 years old (1966)
Minsk
General Director of Atlant-M International Automobile Holding LLC
Interests: retail
23. Oleg Khusaenov
51 years old (1964)
Minsk
General Director of Zubr Capital LLC, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atlant-M International Automobile Holding LLC
Two good news for those who like to look at the rich and popular. The other day ej.by published list of 200 most successful and influential businessmen in Belarus. And Nasha Niva yesterday amounted to a list of the 10 most popular accounts of Belarusians on Instagram. So you look at the 10 most popular and most successful Belarusians.
10 most successful Belarusian businessmen
Internet portal "Ezhednevnik" has published a list of 200 most successful and influential businessmen in Belarus. Success is the actual share of a particular person in the value of his business. Influence is an assessment of the level of communication of a particular business owner with state regulators, as well as its role (influence) in the industry and the economy as a whole.
10 most popular accounts of Belarusians on Instagram
Dasha Mart (1.1 million subscribers)
Dasha Mart - photographer and wife of the hockey player of the Minsk club "Youth" Alexandra Boroduli. In addition, she has the most popular Instagram account in Belarus. On the page, Dasha often uploads erotic photos, which usually gain several thousand likes.
Oksana Neveselaya (664 thousand subscribers)
Oksana became popular on Instagram by accident. If you remember, she was mistaken for a sexy teacher from Minsk in major foreign media like the Daily Mail. The news turned out to be fake - Oksana had only recently graduated from high school, but she got thousands of devoted fans.
Katerina Koba (441 thousand subscribers)
Katerina is a Belarusian fashion model and TV presenter of the STV channel. Abroad, Katya is called the Belarusian Barbie. Usually a girl uploads pictures from work and from travels.
Julia Godunova (439 thousand subscribers)
Julia is the girlfriend of Dima Ermuzevich, which was described above. She also has her own YouTube channel, where she uploads videos about her life and purchases.
Max Korzh (348 thousand subscribers)
Max is a famous Belarusian performer, whose songs and videos have been very popular in recent years.
Alesya Astashevich (271 thousand subscribers)
Alesya is a model, she works in Belarus and Russia and is included in the list of "Barbie models". The girl became famous thanks to the photo with the President on the cover of the school primer.
