Forbes magazine named the richest businessswomen in Russia. The rating is led by Yelena Baturina, the wife of Moscow’s former mayor, Yuri Luzhkov. Her fortune is estimated at $1 billion.
Yelena Rybolovleva, the ex-wife of Russian billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev, finished in second. She’s worth an estimated $600 million and amassed her wealth as part of a divorce settlement.
Third place went to Natalia Fileva, chairman of the board of directors of S7 Airlines, whose personal wealth was also calculated to be $600 million.
Earlier, Forbes named the richest Russians in general.