Rank #296
Mikhail Prokhorov
Net worth $11.0B
Investments · Russia
- Born
- May 03, 1965
- Age
- 61
- Source
- Investments
- Residence
- Frauenfeld
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Economics, Moscow Institute of Finance
Net worth over time
Biography
- Mikhail Prokhorov sold a 49% stake in the Brooklyn Nets to Alibaba executive Joseph Tsai in a $2.3 billion deal in 2018.
- Much of Prokhorov's fortune stems from the 2008 sale of his stake in metals giant Norilsk Nickel.
- He has stakes in Russian insurance and banking sectors.
- He ran against Vladimir Putin in Russia's 2012 presidential race, gaining 8% of the vote.
- He sold his last block of shares in UC Rusal one month before sanctions were imposed against the company by the US Treasury.
- The 6-foot-8 bachelor enjoys martial arts, skiing and windsurfing.
- Prokhorov got Israeli citizenship in 2022.