Richest man

Chapter 7 Europe: Roman Abramovich (1)
——Roman Abramovich Before 2003, everyone thought that the richest man in Britain who would appear on the Forbes Global Rich List next year would be the Duke of Westminster—this is in a rich area of ​​London, England The rich man with 300 acres of land has been ranked first among the 2001 richest people in the UK for three consecutive years since 3. In 1000, due to the soaring global real estate, he was ranked 2003th on the Forbes Global Rich List with a net worth of 49 billion pounds bit.

A year later, the situation changed suddenly.A name that maybe 99% of the British people do not know has occupied the position of the richest man in the UK, and easily squeezed out the duke who just bowed to the feet of the 47-year-old famous cosmetics brand owner Mrs. Chanel - his name is Roman Abramovich Qi, formerly the second richest man in Russia, became the richest man in Britain after he settled in the UK because his personal wealth greatly surpassed that of the Duke of Westminster. In March 2004, Abramovich became a once-in-a-century subverter in British history with a personal net worth of US$3 billion on the Global Rich List published by Forbes; and the history continues. In March 106, Abramovich Mović continues to lead the country's rich list with a fortune of $2005 billion.

Who is Abramovich, what does he do, why he came to the UK, how much wealth does he have, and whether he can become a British citizen. These seem to be the questions of British gentlemen who think highly of themselves.

The Russian Abramovich quickly diverted people's doubts.

After officially settling in the UK, the Jew did not settle down. He chose to enter the field that is most likely to attract attention in the UK-football. In June 2003, Abramovich, who loves football, bought the Chelsea club with 6 million pounds (equivalent to 1.5 million U.S. dollars), and paid off the club's 2.7 million pounds (equivalent to 8000 million U.S. dollars) debt in one fell swoop .

Roman Abramovich: The red-capped businessman who played football shocked the British even more. After becoming the owner of Chelsea, Abramovich poached the CEO of Manchester United with a high salary and used 2.2 million US dollars to recruit big-name players , Turning a heavily indebted football club into a luxury team worth billions of dollars.

In this regard, Chelsea's former Italian coach Ranieri proudly told the media: "Abramovich once asked me, what do you need? I said, I need a certain player, and he replied, OK, then you buy it." As a result, a group of superstars such as Veron, Crespo, and Mutu gathered under the banner of Chelsea, making this middle-strength team an aircraft carrier of the Premier League, and the limelight was close to Real Madrid, the football dream team.

Subsequently, Abramovich offered Chelsea a record bounty of 120 million euros (equivalent to 150 million U.S. dollars) each for winning the league title.In this regard, the British media joked that the property owned by the owner of Chelsea can do such a thing: host an Olympic Games by itself, and then use the remaining money to renovate London's famous Wembley Stadium nine times.

From 2003 to 2004, for Chelsea, Abramovich was more than just throwing money.Abramovich must be in the stands when Chelsea play. He is the most prominent young man in international football. His team has a world-class striker, a first-class midfielder and a first-class chief executive.His goal is to use his own financial resources to build Chelsea into a super-class football club that can compete with Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Inter Milan.What Abramovich enjoyed was the cheers from the fans that no owner in Chelsea history has ever enjoyed. When Abramovich appeared confidently in Chelsea's home and away games, the fans affectionately called him "Abramovich" .Every home game, his fans will chant "We are fucking loaded" (we fucking use endless money).

Chelsea was the starting point for Abramovich to step into the sun, and after this incident, his life began to be infinitely magnified, and many media in the world began to spread his deeds: He once spent 1 million US dollars from Microsoft Vice President Paul Allen bought a 100-meter-long yacht, which is said to be the fourth largest private luxury yacht in the world; in Moscow, he went in and out of a Mercedes-Benz with a bulletproof function, followed by nearly 30 people Bodyguards; In 2004, Roman Abramovich spent nearly 5.6 million pounds to build the most luxurious private jet in the world today - "Abramovich Sky", which has 266 seats. Even if the flight safety system of a high-end aircraft is compared with that of Bush and Putin's presidential planes...

What kind of wealth experience does Abramovich, who is only 39 years old, have
They all fell down, only him, still a popular man!
Roman Abramovich was born in Saratov, 1966 kilometers southeast of Moscow, in 800.His father is Jewish and his mother is from Ukraine.Abramovich's mother died of a miscarriage the day before his first birthday, at the age of 28. Eighteen months later, his father was run over by a crane and killed.After that, Abramovich was raised by his uncle.His uncle was the director of the supply department of a large local company. He had two daughters but no sons, making Abramovich the only male heir to the Abramovich family.

When Abramovich was only 9 years old, he began to plan his own life. He once said to the people around him: "My life will never be wasted in this unknown little place." With the desire to leave that small place, he was sent to the capital Moscow to study.This ordinary orphan started his legendary career since then.

In his early years, Abramovich boldly smuggled cigarettes and perfume. At that time, if caught, he would face at least five years in prison.His ex-wife said: "Roman knows how to make money by nature. If he can make money under the conditions of the Soviet Union at that time, then he can make a fortune in any country in the world."

At the age of 17, Abramovich failed to realize his ideal of going to university, but was forced to serve in the military and joined the army as a truck driver.During his service, although he was strict with himself, he did not get the chance to be promoted.However, he was still actively involved in life in the military camp. When he retired two years later, he had already made many friends, including Lebezovsky, who later became the richest man in Russia.

At the age of 20, Abramovich retired from the army and returned to the city of Ukta, entered the city's industrial college, and later graduated from the Moscow Gubkin Oil and Gas Academy.After Gorbachev's reforms allowed the creation of private enterprise in the Soviet Union, the ambitious Abramovich seized the opportunity and in 1987 established a small company that produced plastic toys.Relying on selling his own products on the Moscow free market, dumping imported cigarettes and perfumes, and reselling second-hand car tires, Abramovich completed the primitive accumulation of capital.

The turning point in Abramovich's life happened when he was 29 years old. Relying on his special relationship with Lebezovsky, the former richest man in Russia during his military service, Abramovich became the partner of then Russian President Yeltsin. The guest, the relationship is very close. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the privatization movement followed.Abramovich used the accumulated funds on hand to buy a large number of auctioned state-owned assets from Yeltsin's government, including buying the Siberian oil company at a price of less than 8% of the actual value.With excellent negotiation skills and superb management methods, Abramovich became one of the main distributors of Omsk oil refinery products, and successively controlled 80% of the shares of Siberia Petroleum Company, the fifth largest oil company in Russia, Half of Rusal, 26% of Aeroflot, and 25% of Russian International Film and Television.He also bought nearly half of the shares in Rusal, the second largest aluminum production plant in the world. At the same time, his influence rapidly expanded to fields such as electric power, automobiles, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Almost every industrial sector in Russia is related to him. The empires are more or less connected.

Like many red-top businessmen who emerged during the same period, Abramovich became a beneficiary of the collapse of the former Soviet Union, and his wealth expanded rapidly.After getting rich, Abramovich has a closer relationship with Yeltsin and other high-level national leaders. It is said that some "special expenses" of the Yeltsin family have been financially operated through companies such as Abramovich and others. In 1998, Abramovich was accused of buying property and a speedboat in Germany for Yeltsin's daughter.Abramovich admitted that he was a friend of Yeltsin's daughter, but denied that he was the "cash machine" of the Yeltsin family.

After Putin came to power, the lives of the Russian oligarchs became more and more difficult, but Abramovich quickly realized the role change. As a state contractor, he bought the shares of the Russian public television station from Berezovsky, and then resell it to the government.

Not only that, but he also devoted himself to politics. He first became a member of the State Duma from the Chukotka National Autonomous Region, and later, with his strong financial resources and influence, he was elected the chief executive of the autonomous region.

In Chukotka, Abramovich was popular with many.When he was elected the local chief executive in 2000, his vote rate was as high as 99%.His campaign platform included inviting 1.2 local schoolchildren to vacation at a Black Sea summer camp, all at his own expense.As a Chukotka resident, he pays as much as 5000 million U.S. dollars in taxes to the local area every year, and he requests that all this money be included in Chukotka's financial budget.In addition, he personally contributed $3.5 million to the local budget.After Abramovich became the chief executive of the region, there was no shortage of commodities in Chukotka, and the large amount of money invested made his achievements even more prominent.

In addition to these, Abramovich is also ready. In 2002, Abramovich sold his Siberianneft stake to Yukos for $30 billion, and later sold his stake in Rusal for a $30 billion profit.With a lot of cash, he began to think about leaving Russia.

The above-mentioned settlement in the UK to acquire Chelsea in 2003 is another good hand after Abramovich became the chief executive of Chukotka.Chelsea became his new calling card, opening the door for him to Europe, allowing him to dispose of his wealth at will, and keeping Russian politics at arm's length.Therefore, today he is the Abramovich of the fans, the Abramovich of Europe.Some fans said earlier that if Putin dared to treat Abramovich like Khodorkovsky, fans all over the world would never agree... and this situation was created by Abramovich.

Lebezovsky went into exile, Khodorkovsky was imprisoned, and the powers of the governors of the states were cut. When these Russian celebrities were defeated one after another, Abramo, who also relied on Russia's privatization to make a fortune, Wei Qi still became the most popular businessman.

On March 2003, 3, the Russian tax department accused Abramovich's oil company of evading taxes of 3 billion US dollars, and Abramovich rushed back to Moscow in time.Some media speculated that Putin was going to do something, but he was still fine. In October 10, after Khodorkovsky, the largest shareholder of Russia's largest oil company Yukos, was detained by the Russian government, Abramovich also returned to Russia and had a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.Then the government forcibly canceled the merger of the two major oil companies Yukos and Siberia through the arbitration court, making Abramovich a net profit of 2003 billion US dollars in "merger costs".With such a big bargain, Abramovich will definitely pay the $10 billion in taxes.As an oligarch, Abramovich is quite aware of the rules of the game between politics and economics, and the interests that can be kept are the interests.

A critic of the "Independent" said: "Abramovich is a market prodigy, and he can always make things develop in his own favor with impunity." The famous Chubais said: "Abramovich may be the most influential tycoon in Russia. Berezovsky and others are too naive. They always want to show their influence, but the result is counterproductive. Abramovich Veitch is a new generation figure, much smarter than his predecessors."

When Abramovich evaluates himself, there is only one sentence: appear at the right place at the right time.

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