
Leonid Mikhelson & family
$29.09B
as of 02/18/25
About Leonid Mikhelson & family
Leonid Mikhelson is the founder and chairman of natural gas producer Novatek.
In 2017 he bought a 17% stake in petrochemical company Sibur from Kirill Shamalov, Putin's reported former son-in-law, increasing his stake to 48%; he now holds just over 30%.
In 2021 Sibur merged with TAIF Group, with extensive assets in the Republic of Tatarstan; among TAIF's owners are the sons of Tatarstan's first president.
Mikhelson spent more than $470 million turning a power plant across from the Kremlin into a spectacular art space GES-2, which opened in late 2021.
Personal stats
Citizenship
Russian FederationSource of wealth
Gas, chemicalsResidence
Moscow, Russian FederationMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/11/55 (age 69)Number of children
2Education
Master of Science in Engineering, Kuybyshev Engineering and Construction InstituteSelf-made
self-madeLeonid Mikhelson & family’s fortune is worth

485K
troy ounces of gold

448K
median U.S. household

291K
median U.S. income

0.582%
U.S. credit card volume

0.116%
GDP of the United States

0.086%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Mikhelson began his career as a foreman for a construction company building a gas pipeline in Russia's Tyumen region.
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MICEX | NVTK-RU
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