Kerimov vs Lisin
Polyus and NLMK.
The differences
- Forbes puts Suleiman Kerimov about $0.2B ahead of Vladimir Lisin.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
- Vladimir Lisin is about 10 years older than Suleiman Kerimov.
- Suleiman Kerimov has held a public or government advisory role; Vladimir Lisin has none on record.
Put someone else on either side
Side by side
Kerimov
LisinThe money
- Net worth, Forbes
- $25.7BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- $25.5BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
- Net worth, Bloomberg
- $10.2BBloomberg, 15 Oct 2026
- $21.2BBloomberg, 15 Oct 2026
- Forbes rank
- No. 93Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- No. 94Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
- Billionaire since
- 2006Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: No. 72 on the 2006 World's Richest People with $7.1 billion; an earlier listing isn't ruled out
- Not stated
Where it came from
- How it started
- Built it upBought control of the former state oil trader Nafta Moskva in 1998, then built stakes in Gazprom, Sberbank, Uralkali and Polyus
- Built it upBecame NLMK chairman in 1998 and, using profits from metals trading, acquired about 90% of the company by 2004
- Main source
- Proceeds of investments in Polyus and other Russian assetsForbes lists gold as his source of wealth
- NLMK stockBloomberg: most of his fortune is his 79.3% NLMK stake; he also owns First Port and the baby-food maker Progress
- Companies
- Polyus, Nafta MoskvaPolyus: None; Nafta Moskva: Owner
- NLMKNLMK: Chairman of the board
- Biggest stake
- PolyusStake not stated
- NLMK79.3% owned
The person
- Born
- 12 Mar 1966Derbent, Dagestan, Russia
- 6 May 1956Ivanovo, Russia
- Country
- RussiaLives in Moscow, Russia
- RussiaLives in Moscow, Russia
- Education
- Graduate degreeMaster of economics, Dagestan State University
- Graduate degreeDoctorate, Russian Academy of Economics; degree from the Siberian Metallurgical Institute (1979)
- Parents
- Not stated
- Not stated
What they give
- Giving Pledge
- Not a signer
- Not a signer
- Foundation
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Lifetime giving
- Not stated
- Not stated
Role and record
- Role now
- OwnerMember of Russia's Federation Council for Dagestan; owner of the Nafta Moscow group
- Chair of the boardChairman of NLMK's board
- Successor
- Not stated
- Not stated
- Public office
- Member of the State Duma; Member of the Federation Council, representing Dagestanfrom 1999; 2008-
- None found
- Legal record
- 2018: US Treasury (OFAC); 2022: Council of the European Union; 2022: UK governmentDesignated on 6 April 2018 under Executive Order 13661 as an official of the Russian government; also listed under Executive Order 14024. Added to the EU sanctions list on 15 March 2022. Sanctioned by the UK in March 2022, per Forbes.
- None found
