A person by the name of Roman Abramovich is known throughout the world. At the same time, his biography contains many conflicting points. Why in 1992 he almost ended up in jail? How did Boris Yeltsin's family perceive him? What condition did the oligarch’s second wife receive after the divorce? And how did he please the people of Chukotka so much? This will be discussed in the article.
Abramovich Roman Arkadevich: biography
The future billionaire was born in Saratov in 1966, on October 24, in a family of Jews - Arkady Nakhimovich and Irina Vasilievna. When the boy was only a year old, his mother died. Soon, as a result of an accident at a construction site, his father died - the boy was then four years old. Since that time, the family of his uncle from Ukhta was engaged in the education of the future tycoon. After some time, in 1974, Abramovich went to Moscow with his other uncle.
After serving in the army in Kirzhach, Roman entered the Ukhta Industrial Institute at the forestry department. The young man showed excellent organizational skills there. However, Roman Abramovich did not graduate. His biography changed dramatically when in the late 1980s he took up entrepreneurship, which soon led him to oil trading activities.
Criminal case
In 1992, the businessman was suspected of embezzlement of state property and detained. Then the train with diesel fuel (the total cost of which amounted to 3.8 million rubles) disappeared, traveling from Ukhta to the city of Syktyvkar on the instructions of the AVEX-Komi company. Later it turned out that the fuel was delivered to Riga and became the property of AKV, whose director was Roman Abramovich. The entrepreneur's biography could have turned out differently if he had then gone to prison, but the case was soon closed due to lack of corpus delicti.
Business and state-level access
In the 1990s, Abramovich began close contact with Boris Berezovsky and became a member of Boris Yeltsin’s house. The president’s family invited Roman to move to an apartment in the Kremlin, where they began to call him “Mr. A”.
In 1996, the entrepreneur, being the head of the board of directors of Noyabrskneftegaz, also headed the Moscow branch of Sibneft. In 1999, he was elected as a deputy in Chukotka’s IO No. 223. After that, Abramovich registered Sibneft's partner companies in Chukotskoye Autonomous Okrug, which are responsible for the sale of petroleum products and the most “black” gold.
The businessman was not a member of the Duma faction. He exchanged the Duma in 2000 for the seat of the governor of Chukotka. According to media reports, Roman donated over $ 2.5 billion to the development of the Autonomous Okrug. To this day, Abramovich confidently takes the first place in the list of the most generous domestic philanthropists.
2003 in the life of the oligarch was marked by the purchase of the English football club Chelsea, which at that time was on the verge of ruin. After that, the entrepreneur actually moved to the UK.
In 2005, Abramovich sold his stake in Sibneft to Gazprom for 13.1 billion dollars.
The businessman repeatedly tried to resign as governor of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, but each time the Russian president Putin persuaded him. Vladimir Vladimirovich’s biographer, Chris Hutchins, describes in detail the relationship between the president and the oligarch. According to him, they talked like a father and beloved son, while Abramovich turned to Putin to “you”, because he is older.
In July 2008, Roman was dismissed from the post of governor of Chukotka by President Dmitry Medvedev, who named Abramovich’s personal desire as the reason for his decision. In October 2008, the entrepreneur became chairman of the Chukotka Duma.
Roman Abramovich: biography. Personal life
The billionaire was officially married twice. His first wife, Olga Yuryevna Lysova, was a native of Astrakhan. The second wife of Roman Abramovich, Irina Vyacheslavovna Malandina (after marriage - Abramovich), was a stewardess by profession. She gave birth to an oligarch of five children: three daughters and two sons. In 1992, Anna was born, in 1993 Arkady was born, in 1995 the family was replenished with another child - Sophia, in 2001 Arina was born, and finally in 2003 Ilya was born. Despite such a number of children, the marriage could not be saved - it broke up in March 2007, when the spouses were divorced by the Chukotsky District Court. They independently agreed on how the division of property will be made and with whom the children will live. As you know, Malandina after the divorce received from the ex-spouse the amount of 300 million dollars.
Now the businessman is meeting with designer Daria Zhukova (see photo below). Despite the fact that they are not officially scheduled, in 2009 Daria gave birth to a billionaire's son. He was called Aaron Alexander. And in April 2013, another daughter of Roman Abramovich, Leia, was born.
Yachts
The entrepreneur owns a huge amount of all kinds of property. He has three luxury yachts, which Western media have dubbed the “Abramovich Fleet”:
- Eclipse is the second-largest vessel in the world in the ranking of the longest motor yachts.
- Luna is a 115 meter sailboat designed for expeditions.
- Sussurro is another Roman Abramovich yacht, permanently located in Antibes. It has a length of 50 meters and is used as an accompanying vessel.
Previously, the billionaire owned other large yachts, but subsequently sold or presented them. The $ 300 million Pelorus ship passed into the possession of David Giffen, the Le Grand Bleu yacht was donated to Eugene Schwidler, and Roman sold the Ecstasea yacht in 2009 to an unknown buyer.
Air Transport
In addition to water transport, Abramovich owns air vehicles. He owns the Boeing 767-33A, due to its characteristic coloring known as the “Bandit”. This plane was first ordered by Hawaiian Airlines, but then it canceled the order, and Roman decided to buy a Boeing. Another Abramovich aircraft - А340-313Х - was acquired by him in 2008. The entrepreneur also owns three helicopters that serve the yachts belonging to him.
Ground transportation
Among the land vehicles available to the oligarch, one can name two armored limousines worth a million pounds each. In addition, Roman is the owner of numerous cars, most of which were made to order and are exclusive models, and the Ducati motorcycle, whose fairings are painted in the colors of the Russian tricolor with airbrushing in the form of a two-headed golden eagle.
