Name
Gennady Timchenko
Gennady Timchenko
Moscow, Russia
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Leningrad Mechanical Institute
Russia
oil, gas, Self Made
$23,000,000,000
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#49 Billionaires 2019
Gennady Timchenko has stakes in various Russian businesses including gas company Novatek and petrochemichal producer Sibur Holding.One of the most powerful people in Russia, Timchenko has close ties to President Vladimir Putin and, as a result, faced U.S. sanctions in 2014.He remains chairman of the Russian national hockey league KHL and is president of the SKA Saint-Petersburg Hockey Club.
Timchenko sells bottled water and grows apples in Russia.Timchenko sold his stake in trading company Gunvor to partner Torbjorn Tornqvist in 2014, a day before he was hit with sanctions.
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