Leonid Mikhelson, chief executive and co-owner of Novatek, has become Russia's richest men with wealth estimated at $14.4 billion, overtaking Vladimir Potanin, according to the latest rating from U.S. magazine Forbes.
Reuters: Billionaire Mikhelson becomes Russia’s richest man – Forbes
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), Novatek chairman of the board Leonid Mikhelson (2nd R), Sibur Holding CEO Dmitry Konov (C) and unidentified worker (L) launch a polypropylene production facility of Tobolsk-Polymer, a subsidiary of Russian petrochemicals company Sibur in Tobolsk on Oct. 15, 2013.
