Rank #890
Igor Kesaev
Net worth $4.8B
Tobacco distribution, retail · Russia
- Born
- Oct 30, 1966
- Age
- 59
- Source
- Tobacco distribution, retail
- Residence
- Moscow
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Master, Moscow Institute of International Relations
Net worth over time
Biography
- Megapolis, the company established by retail magnate Igor Kesaev and his partner Sergei Katsiev, controls 70% of Russia's cigarette market.
- Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco International bought 40% of Megapolis for $1.5 billion in 2013 in one of the biggest deals in the Russian consumer market.
- In 2019, he merged his Dixy supermarket chain with a chain of alcohol stores Krasnoe & Beloe to create one of the largest retailers in Russia.
- He founded Mercury, which began as a food and alcohol importer, in 1991.
- Kesaev was sanctioned by EU and U.K. in April 2022
- Kesaev enjoys heli-skiing and mountain climbing.