Forbes says Gutseriyev family Russia’s wealthiest with $9.9 bln

MOSCOW, Aug 30 (PRIME) -- The Gutseriyev family topped Forbes’s rating of the wealthiest Russian families with a combined wealth of U.S. $9.91 billion, the magazine reported on Wednesday.

Two new partners have appeared in the Safmar investment holding belonging to the Gutseriyev family: Said, son of Mikhail Gutseriyev, with an estimated wealth of $770 million and cousin Bilan Uzhakhov with $40 million. They received 10% each in companies owning stakes of Safmar in new assets, M.Video and Eldorado. Forbes said that Said Gutseriyev also received a part of father’s stake in oil assets.

The Rotenberg family ranked second with a $4.2 billion wealth earned on fulfillment of orders by Gazprom and state entities.

The Ananyev brothers chairing the board of directors of Promsvyazbank were the third with $2.7 billion. The family of former President of the Tatarstan Republic Mintimer Shaimiyev ranked fourth with $2.215.

The Forbes based its estimate on appraisal of all assets owned by family members including personal assets. The rating does not include families which earned the bulk of their wealth on state service, it said.

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