Roman Arkadievich Abramovich (Russian) (born October 24, 1966 in
Saratov, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian oil billionaire, referred to
as one of the Russian oligarchs. In March 2005 he was listed by Forbes
Magazine as the richest Russian and the 21st richest person in the
world with an estimated fortune of $13.3 billion. Everyone above him in
the list was older than him; the only one of those within a decade of
his age was computer magnate Michael Dell, 20 months older. He is most
famous outside of Russia as the owner of Chelsea F.C., an English
Premiership football club.
Abramovich lost his mother at the age of 18 months and his father, who
was killed in a construction accident, at the age of four. Adopted by
his paternal uncle and raised by his Jewish family in the harsh
environment of Komi in North West Russia, Abramovich has been able to
transform hardship into significant success.
Abramovich attended the Industrial Institute in the city of Ukhta
before being drafted into the Soviet Army, the Soviet military ground
force.
Abramovich gained his wealth by cheaply acquiring shares in
newly-privatised industries after the fall of communism. He is now the
majority shareholder in Sibneft, a large oil company, and is also a
major shareholder in RusAl, the world's second-largest aluminium
producer, as well as various other companies.
In 1999 Abramovich was elected to the Russian Duma as the
representative for the impoverished Far East region of Chukotka. He
started the charity Pole of Hope to help the people of Chukotka,
especially children, and in December 2000 was elected governor of
Chukotka, replacing the corrupt Alexander Nazarov. Since then he has
invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Chukotka, for example
building a college and hotels in Anadyr and renovating the airport. He
has also used Chukotka as a tax haven for Sibneft and has been
exploring for oil there. Abramovich said that he would not run for
governor again after his term of office expires in 2005, as it is "too
expensive" - and he rarely visits the region - but since then Russian
President Vladimir Putin has changed the law to abolish elections for
regional governors, so it is possible that Putin could appoint
Abramovich governor for another term.
In 2003 he became the owner of the companies that control Chelsea
Football Club in the United Kingdom. Since he took control, Chelsea
(sometimes humorously termed Chelski by British tabloids) have gone on
a buying spree of some of the game's most skilled players. The result
was near-instant success, with Chelsea spending the 2003-2004 season at
or near the top of the Premiership (finishing second to Arsenal) and
doing well in the prestigious Champions League competition (being
knocked out in the semi-finals by the eventual runners-up, AS Monaco).
The second place finish in the Premiership automatically qualified them
for the group phase of the 2004-05 Champions League. Only a week after
Porto won the 2004 Champions League final, Abramovich replaced Claudio
Ranieri as manager with José Mourinho, who had led Porto to the crown.
The 2004-05 season proved equally successful; Chelsea won their first
English title since 1955 and only the second in their history. They
also won the 2005 Carling Cup. Chelsea also reached the semi-finals of
the Champions League for the second successive season, knocking out
Barcelona and Bayern Munich, before they lost to eventual winners
Liverpool. Still, it represents a major success for José Mourinho and
Roman Abramovich's dream of domestic, European and worldwide dominance
of football.
The proposed merger of Sibneft with Yukos was seen by most as a
distancing of himself from Russia, at a time when the Kremlin appears
to have decided to bring at least some of the oligarchs to account for
their colourful past business practices. Abramovich was a close
associate of controversial Boris Berezovsky who sold him his stake in
Sibneft, although in July 2005 Berezovsky announced his intention to
sue Abramovich in the British courts for pressuring him into selling
most of his Russian assets cheaply to Abramovich after Berezovsky fled
the country [1].
In March 2004, Sibneft agreed a three-year sponsorship deal worth USD
58 million (approx. GBP 30 million, EUR 44.5 million, RUR 1.6 billion)
with the Russian team CSKA Moscow. Despite the company explaining that
the decision was made at management level, some viewed the deal as an
attempt by Abramovich to counter accusations of being unpatriotic which
were made at the time of the Chelsea purchase. UEFA rules prevent one
person owning more than one team participating in UEFA competitions, so
Abramovich has no equity interest in CSKA. Nevertheless, he was named
most influential person in Russian football in the Russian magazine Pro
Sport at the end of June 2004. In May 2005, CSKA won the UEFA Cup,
becoming the first Russian club ever to win a major European football
competition.
Abramovich is known as a fan of Formula One and is often seen in the
paddock at races; in 2004, after the sport's owner Bernie Ecclestone
was seen giving Abramovich a tour of the pitlane at the Monaco Grand
Prix, rumours circulated that he was considering investing in or
purchasing an F1 team.
In 2005, he moved down to second place in the Sunday Times Rich List of
UK residents, as the newspapers estimate of Lakshmi Mittal's wealth had
more than quadrupled since the previous year. Abramovich is included in
the list despite the fact that he retains residences in Moscow and
Chukotka.
He owns his own private Boeing 767-300 known as "The Bandit" due to its paint scheme.
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