Portrait of Grigory Berezkin

Rank #2295

Grigory Berezkin

Net worth $1.8B

Energy trading · Russia

Born
Aug 09, 1966
Age
59
Source
Energy trading
Residence
Moscow
Citizenship
Russia
Marital status
Married
Children
4
Education
Master of Science, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Grigory Berezkin derives his fortune from Rusenergosbyt, a Russian energy trading company.
  • In 2006, Berezkin sold nearly half of Rusenergosbyt to Italy's energy conglomerate Enel for $105 million.
  • He got his start in the energy business in the 2000s; and controlled companies that supplied electricity to state-owned corporations Gazprom, Russian Railways and Transneft.
  • During the privatization of Russia in the 1990s, Berezkin purchased a mid-size oil company, which he later sold to Russian oil conglomerate Lukoil for $619 million.