The dividend incomes of Russian billionaires for one year have been announced.
Modern.az reports that the rating compiled by “Forbes” was topped by Vahid Alakbarov, the 76-year-old businessman of Azerbaijani origin and the largest shareholder of “Lukoil”. His dividend income was estimated at 106.2 billion rubles (1.25 billion dollars).
In second place was Leonid Mikhelson, who holds shares in “Novatek” and “Sibur”, with 87.1 billion rubles. Gennady Timchenko took third place with 75.1 billion rubles.
Dividend incomes of businessmen in the top 10:
Vahid Alakbarov – 106.2 billion rubles
Leonid Mikhelson – 87.1 billion rubles
Gennady Timchenko – 75.1 billion rubles
Igor Kesaev – 40.5 billion rubles
Vladimir Lisin – 38.7 billion rubles
Vladimir Potanin – 36.5 billion rubles
Andrey Melnichenko – 34.8 billion rubles
Alexander Abramov – 33.7 billion rubles
Mikhail Fridman – 31.9 billion rubles
Filaret Galchev – 30.8 billion rubles
In total, 75 people included in the “Forbes” rating received 1.194 trillion rubles in dividends. Last year, the total dividend income of 50 businessmen was 1.769 trillion rubles.
According to “Rosstat”, the profit of companies in Russia decreased by 3.9% to 27.1 trillion rubles in 2025.
