Jewish father of four Leonard Blavatnik became the UK’s richest person in 2015 when The Sunday Times listed him to be worth £13.17 billion. The owner of a £200 million mansion in Kensington Palace Gardens since 2004, Blavatnik moved from the Soviet Union to America aged 21 and from a starting point of zero made a fortune in music, oil, property and technology. Through his Access Industries group this Columbia University and Harvard Business School graduate owns and has stakes in the Warner Music Group, the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat and Tory Burch.

The Roll Call - OLIGARCHS

1

Bidzina Ivanishvili (ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, AKA “Boris Ivanishvili”)

2

Goga Ashkenazi (born Gaukhar Berkalieva)

3

Vladislav Doronin (Владислав Доронин, also known as “Vlad Doronin”)

4

Leonard Blavatnik (Леонид Валентинович Блаватник)

5

Leon Max (born Leonid Maxovich Rodovinksi)

6

Evgeny Lebedev

7

Andrey Borodin

8

Leonid Rozhetskin

9

Dmitry Rybolovlev

10

Andrey Melnichenko

11

Arkady Novikov