Mordashov Potanin was deprived of the title of the richest Russian according to Bloomberg – RBC

Businessmen Vladimir Potanin and Alexei Mordashov (left to right), 16 Aug 2010

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Alexei Mordashov has overtaken Vladimir Potanin in a daily updated ranking of billionaires Bloomberg. According to experts, the day the state’s largest shareholder of “Severstal” have grown by $ 126 million, which allowed him to become the richest Russian.

the Richest businessman of Russia became Alexey Mordashov, deprived of the status of Vladimir Potanin, the daily updated Bloomberg rating of billionaires (Bloomberg Billionaires Index). According to experts of Agency, in one day (from 30 to 31 October, 2016) status Mordashov increased by $ 126,3 million, and capital Potanin declined by $ 70.7 million.

as of 31 October, as Mordashov Bloomberg experts estimate of $ 15.7 billion, as Potanin — $ 15.5 billion Since the beginning of 2016 the capital rose by $ 3.4 billion or 27.8 per cent, and the capital of the second $ 835,5 million or 5.7%.

Forbes Experts also leading a real-time ranking of billionaires, assess the condition Mordashov $ 15 billion In turn, as Potanin, on the current Forbes, is $ 14 billion.

the richest businessman of Russia, according to real-time Forbes, is the main shareholder of NOVATEK Leonid Mikhelson ($ 16.6 billion). Mordashov is in third place, also yielding co-owner of the consortium “Alfa Group” Mikhail Fridman ($ 15.3 billion). In April, Forbes in its annual ranking recognized Michelson richest Russians.

As he wrote RBC, the differences BBI with Forbes, probably related to differences in the assessment of the non-public assets. Bloomberg uses industry multipliers (EV/EBITDA or P/E) comparable public companies may apply the reduction factors taking into account low liquidity of asset or country risks. In addition, Bloomberg in the evaluation of wealth takes into account taxes in country of domicile.

In ranking of millionerov Bloomberg Alexey Mordashov now occupies 49-e a place, Vladimir Potanin — 51-E. In Forbes ranking they are on the 64th and 71st places respectively . The total fortune of the 15 Russian billionaires Bloomberg estimates now at $ estimated at 174.1 billion.

In mid-October of 2016, UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that by the end of 2015, there were 1397 billionaires, 50 more than the previous year. The combined wealth of all billionaires of the world, the authors of the study estimated at $ 5.1 trillion. During the year it decreased by $ 300 billion, and the capital of the average billionaire has decreased from $ 4 billion to 3.7 billion.