Roman Abramovich
Roman Abramovich | |
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| Роман Абрамович | |
Abramovich in 2008 | |
| Governor of Chukotka | |
| In office 17 December 2000 – 3 July 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Nazarov |
| Succeeded by | Roman Kopin |
| Member of the State Duma from Chukotka constituency | |
| In office 10 January 2000 – 17 December 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Vladimir Babichev |
| Succeeded by | Vladimir Yetylin |
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| Born | 24 October 1966 Saratov, Soviet Union |
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| Party | Independent |
| Spouses | Olga Lysova
(m. 1987; div. 1990) |
| Children | 7, including Arkadiy Abramovich |
| Education | Moscow State Law University Russian State University of Oil and Gas |
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (born 24 October 1966) is a Russian business oligarch and politician. He is the former owner of Chelsea, a Premier League football club in London, England, and is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse. He has Russian, Portuguese and Israeli citizenship.
He was formerly Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug from 2000 to 2008. According to Forbes, Abramovich's net worth was US$14.5 billion in 2021, making him the second-richest person in Israel. Since then, his wealth decreased to $6.9 billion (in 2022) before rising again to $9.2 billion in 2023. Abramovich enriched himself in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, obtaining Russian state-owned assets at prices far below market value in Russia's controversial loans-for-shares privatization program. Abramovich is considered to have a good relationship with Russian president Vladimir Putin, an allegation Abramovich has denied.