List of the richest businessmen in Russia (2017)

The 200 richest businessmen of Russia - 2017 - an unofficial list published by the Russian version of Forbes magazine in 2017 . The list is an estimate and compiled by the following method:

1. The value of assets owned: shares of companies, land, real estate, as well as personal property, etc.
2. All public companies are valued at market capitalization. Closed companies are valued based on information about sales volumes, profits, equity; Comparison is made with similar companies, trading on the stock exchange or in the recent past, the former object of sale.
3. Russian entrepreneurs often record the shares of their enterprises on the next of kin. Given this circumstance, Forbes ascribes all the assets that the business family disposes to the head of the family - if the relatives do not take an active part in the management of the company, of which they are co-owners.
4. The list includes only those citizens of Russia who earned the bulk of their capital privately, without being a civil servant.

This list was the 14th in a row in Russia - the first such rating was calculated in 2004 . The minimum threshold for getting businessmen on the list was a record $ 500 million. ^{[1] The} list is counted in April 2017.