Portrait of Andrei Skoch & family

Rank #579

Andrei Skoch & family

Net worth $6.8B

Metals and mining · Russia

Born
Jan 30, 1966
Age
60
Source
Metals and mining
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Single
Children
10
Education
State Central Institute of Physical Culture

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Andrei Skoch is a partner in Russian investment group, USM, and has been a member of the State Duma, Russia's legislative body, since 1999.
  • He and his former partner, Lev Kvetnoi, were born in a settlement near Moscow and studied at the same athletics school, Institute of Physical Culture.
  • The partners merged their business with that of billionaire Alisher Usmanov. Kvetnoi later sold out.
  • As a member of the Duma, he isn't allowed to own stakes in businesses so his shares in USM are held by his father Vladimir and his daughter Varvara.
  • Skoch was sanctioned by the U.S. in 2018 for "longstanding ties to Russian organized criminal groups," which he has denied. The EU and U.K. sanctioned him in 2022.
  • He built a memorial to fallen Russian soldiers in Lushun, China, formerly known as Port Arthur, the site of the bloodiest battles of the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War.