Yuri Kovalchuk & family
$3.17B
as of 07/05/24
About Yuri Kovalchuk & family
Yuri Kovalchuk is friends with Russia's president Vladimir Putin; they met when Putin was deputy mayor of St. Petersburg.
They both had country houses in the Ozero dacha cooperative, and when Putin became president, many of the cooperative's members' careers improved.
Kovalchuck is now the largest shareholder of Rossiya Bank and has a large stake in Sogaz insurance company.
He controls National Media Group, an investment firm with controlling stakes in popular Russian media assets.
He was sanctioned by the U.S. and the EU in 2014, along with a group of close Putin friends.
In December 2021 Sogaz bought 45% of MF Technologies, that controls VK, one of the largest internet companies in Russia.
Personal stats
Citizenship
Russian FederationSource of wealth
Banking, insurance, mediaResidence
St. Petersburg, Russian FederationMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/25/51 (age 72)Number of children
1Education
Doctorate, St Petersburg State UniversitySelf-made
self-madeYuri Kovalchuk & family’s fortune is worth
53K
troy ounces of gold
49K
median U.S. household
32K
median U.S. income
0.063%
U.S. credit card volume
0.013%
GDP of the United States
0.009%
United States debt
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Did you know?
After US sanctions hit Kovalchuk's Rossiya Bank, Vladimir Putin moved his payroll account to the bank.
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