The wealthiest members of the female gender in Russia are not many, but they exist – they live, succeed, keep their hands on the pulse of their business, work themselves or help their husbands.
The wife of the former Mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov, the Head of the Supervisory Board of Inteco Management Yelena Baturina takes the leading place in our ranking. She has been topping the list of the 50 richest women of Russia for more than a year. Baturina's fortune is currenty estimated at $1 billion. However, it had the same level in 2014.
The second place in terms of the assets belongs to Natalya Lucenko, who along with her husband controls the largest production in Russia of the Sodrugestvo group of companies. Her fortune is estimated at $550 million.
The third place was taken by the Depute Head and the minoritary of the TAIF group Guzelia Safina. Her assets are equal to $430 million.
The fourth place of honor is taken by the coowner of the Progress factory producing FrutoNyanya Olga Belyavceva, whose savings reached $400 million.
The Director of the Wildberries online shop Tatyana Bakalchuk with the capital of $375 million closes the top five.
The sixth place was given to the Member of Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region and concurrently the CEO of the Irkutsk Oil Company Marina Sedykh. Her savings are equal to $285 million.
The seventh place is occupied by the bussiness woman with the famous for all internet users name – the CEO and the owner of the InfoWatch group Natalya Kasperskaya with a fortune of $270 million.
The ninth place is taken by the granddaughter of the first President of Tatarstan Kamilla Shaimieva. Her fortune is estimated at $190 million.
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