Leonid Mikhelson
Leonid Mikhelson · Economics & Business
Chairman of Novatek
1955, Kaspiysk, Russia
Russia
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Leonid Mikhelson is a Russian businessman and the founder and chairman of Novatek, Russia's largest independent natural gas producer, and a major shareholder of the petrochemical company Sibur. He built his fortune from post-Soviet privatization of the gas sector, becoming one of Russia's wealthiest people. He was born in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, to a Jewish family; his father was Viktor Zelmanovich Mikhelson.
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Chairman of Novatek
Source: Forbes Billionaire 2025
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