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Leonid Mikhelson

1955 - Today

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Leonid Viktorovich Mikhelson (Russian: Леони́д Ви́кторович Михельсо́н; born 11 August 1955) is a Russian-Israeli billionaire oligarch, businessman, CEO, chairman and major shareholder of the Russian gas company Novatek. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Mikhelson obtained a stake in a privatized pipeline construction company out of which he formed Novatek. He is a business partner of Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko, a close confidante of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. According to Bloomberg Billionaires Index and Forbes, he had a net worth of US$29.5 billion, as of 2025, making him the 64th richest person in the world and the second richest in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Mikhelson is the 644th most popular businessperson (down from 542nd in 2019), the 2,310th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,953rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Russian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Leonid Mikhelson ranks 644 out of 847. Before him are Francesc Xavier Bultó, Joel Glazer, John C. Malone, Éric Boullier, Maki Kaji, and Cyrus Mistry. After him are Arkady Volozh, Steve Wynn, Nita Ambani, Shari Arison, Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, and Herman Cain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Leonid Mikhelson ranks 456. Before him are Alexei Venediktov, Olivier Rouyer, Cheryl Studer, Guy Lacombe, Nicolas Hulot, and Yevgeniya Simonova. After him are Imrich Bugár, Jacques N'Guea, William Hope, Mohammad Rabbani, Matthias Behr, and Ethan Phillips.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Mikhelson ranks 2,310 out of 3,761. Before him are Qaysin Quli (1917), Sergei Ignashevich (1979), Nadia Petrova (1982), Alexander Afinogenov (1904), Sergei Bodrov Jr. (1971), and Vasily Tsibliyev (1954). After him are Andrey Abduvaliyev (1966), Vasily Goncharov (1861), Leonid Shcherbakov (1927), Aleksandr Baluev (1958), Vladimir Tendryakov (1923), and Yury Kazakov (1927).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Leonid Mikhelson ranks 23. Before him are Lila Tretikov (1978), Suleyman Kerimov (1966), Alexei Mordashov (1965), Yuri Milner (1961), Oleg Tinkov (1967), and Ravil Maganov (1954). After him are Eugene Roshal (1972), Yelena Baturina (1963), Lev Manovich (1960), Ilya Segalovich (1964), Dasha Zhukova (1981), and Artemy Lebedev (1975).

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