Igor Olenicoff
$7.74B
as of 07/05/24
About Igor Olenicoff
Igor Olenicoff was born in Iran, where his tzarist-connected parents had moved to escape the Soviet Revolution. He moved to the U.S. at age 15 and eventually built up a substantial real estate empire.
His Olen Properties owns 8 million square feet of office space and 17,000 residential units in California and seven other U.S. states.
Olenicoff's daughter and heir-apparent, Natalia Ostensen, assists in running the day-to-day operations.
In 2007, Olenicoff pleaded guilty to lying on his tax return about keeping $200 million in offshore accounts, and agreed to pay $52 million in back taxes and fraud penalties.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Real estateResidence
Lighthouse Point, FloridaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
09/20/42 (age 81)Number of children
2Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California; Master of Business Administration, University of Southern California; Master of Science, University of Southern CaliforniaSelf-made
self-madeIgor Olenicoff’s fortune is worth
129K
troy ounces of gold
119K
median U.S. household
77K
median U.S. income
0.155%
U.S. credit card volume
0.031%
GDP of the United States
0.023%
United States debt
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Did you know?
When his family arrived in the U.S. in 1957, they had 4 suitcases and $800.
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