Report: Rotenbergs top Forbes's Russian richest families rating

MOSCOW, Aug 25 (PRIME) -- The Rotenberg family, owners of construction company Mostotrest, have topped Forbes's rating of the wealthiest Russian family clans, ousting the Gutseriyevs, the magazine reported on Tuesday.

The wealth of the Rotenbergs grew by U.S. $270 million to $5.45 billion. The sale of Stroygazmontazh to Gazprom for 75 billion rubles accounted for the bulk of the income.

The Guryevs family, owners of PhosAgro, ranked second with $5.1 billion wealth. The Gutseriyevs ranked third with $3.2 billion, losing $2.45 billion due to the coronacrisis and a decline of RussNeft stock price.

The Shaimiyevs ranked fourth with $2.85 billion and the Yevtushenkovs fifth with $2.3 billion assets. The Bazhayevs sixth with $1.9 billion, the Rakhimkulovs seventh with $1.8 billion, the Sarkisovs eighth $1.7 billion, the Linniks ninths with $1.35 billion, the Mikhailovs tenth with $1.1 billion.

The wealth of the ten families combined rose by $1.5 billion to $26.8 billion.

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