Roman Abramovich
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Роман Аркадьевич Абрамович, pronounced [rɐˈman ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐbrɐˈmovʲɪtɕ]; Hebrew: רומן ארקדיביץ' אברמוביץ'; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC. He has Russian, Israeli and Portuguese citizenship.
Roman Abramovich | |
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| Роман Абрамович | |
Abramovich in 2021 | |
| Governor of Chukotka | |
| In office 17 December 2000 – 3 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Nazarov |
| Succeeded by | Roman Kopin |
| Member of the State Duma from Chukotka constituency | |
| In office 10 January 2000 – 17 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Babichev |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Yetylin |
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| Born | Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich 24 October 1966 Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Saratov, Russia) |
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| Political party | Independent |
| Spouses | Olga Lysova
(m. 1987; div. 1990)Irina Malandina
(m. 1991; div. 2007) |
| Children | 7, including Arkadiy Abramovich |
| Education | Moscow State Law University Russian State University of Oil and Gas |
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He was formerly Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug from 2000 to 2008. According to Forbes, Abramovich's net worth was US$14.5 billion in 2021. making him the second-richest person in Israel, Since then, his wealth decreased to $6.9 billion (in 2022), and recovered up to $9.2 billion in 2023. Abramovich enriched himself in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, obtaining Russian state-owned assets at prices far below market value in Russia's controversial loans-for-shares privatisation program. Abramovich is considered to have a good relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin, an allegation Abramovich denied.