4 Russian oligarchs who didn't trade their devoted wives for young girlfriends

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The stereotyped image of a typical oligarch looks like this: a man of mature age with a multimillion fortune, who adores luxury and leads an idle lifestyle. And a prerequisite: a young companion (or several) with a doll face, an ideal figure and high demands. However, not all rich people believe that there should be a long-legged model next to them. Among them there are those who are sure that the family should be a reliable home front. Once they chose women as companions who were ready to go with them fire, water and copper pipes, they never changed their choice.

Irina Viner Alisher Usmanov

She is the world's best rhythmic gymnastics coach, he is one of the richest people in Russia, the founder of USM Holdings, the general sponsor of the CSKA football club, the president of the International Fencing Federation. And together this couple is 45 years old.

Alisher and Irina met at school. He practiced fencing, and once drew attention to Viner, who was already the champion of Uzbekistan in rhythmic gymnastics. However, then the young man did not dare to meet a popular girl.

Their next meeting has already taken place in Moscow, where Usmanov studied at MGIMO. According to Irina, she immediately fell in love with Alisher, although at that time she was going through a divorce from her first husband and raised her son alone. However, the young people did not manage to get married right away.

In 1980, a high-profile trial was held in Uzbekistan over the "golden youth", including Usmanov. As a result, he received 8 years in prison. However, Wiener promised to wait for the chosen one. And he, in turn, sent his beloved from prison a silk scarf, which meant a marriage proposal. The girl left the gift, thereby giving her consent. Alisher was released from prison six years later. Although he himself assured that the case against him was fabricated. By the way, in 2000 the court agreed with this and fully rehabilitated the businessman.

Soon the lovers got married. And even then, Usmanov said that responsibility to his beloved wife helped him achieve success in business: he simply could not let down the one that had been waiting for him for six whole years. Now Irina is a successful coach, Alisher is an equally successful businessman. It would seem that it would be difficult for two strong personalities to get along. But Wiener is sure that the husband in the family should be the main one. And the spouse's task is to believe that everything will work out for him.

Irina and Araz Agalarov

Irina - the wife of one of the richest people in Russia, the president of Crocus Grop Araz Agalarov - met her future life partner at school: the couple studied in the same class. Young people decided to get married while still students: he graduated from the Polytechnic Institute, she is a pedagogical one.

The young family first lived in Baku, and then moved to Moscow. By that time, Araz had already begun to develop his business, and Irina worked as an English teacher, then got a job as a translator. But even after the birth of her son Emin and daughter Sheila, Agalarova did not want to become a housewife: she tried herself in real estate, opened a clothing store, a beauty salon and tried herself in other projects. But, despite the successes, the woman admits that her family always comes first.

Naturally, Irina is constantly asked questions about how to keep the family together. She believes that one should always strive to reach a compromise and harmony. And she succeeds, because the Agalarovs have been together for 40 years.

Marina and Viktor Vekselberg

Marina, the wife of the president of the Skolkovo Foundation and the chairman of the board of directors of the Renova group of companies, Viktor Vekselberg, cannot be met at social gatherings, since the woman leads a completely non-public lifestyle and tries to remain in the shadow of her husband. The couple does not cover their personal life either. It is only known that the future spouses studied at MIIT and met in one of the campaigns. Immediately after graduation, young people got married, and since then, for more than 30 years, they have raised a son and daughter together.

Marina refused to appear in public for a long time, and once even a curious incident occurred: during the opening of the children's somatic clinic in Severouralsk, the oligarch's wife was not immediately recognized. And she preferred to stand modestly on the sidelines.

But despite the fact that Weskelberg does not like to talk about her life, it is known that she is the head of the Good Age charity foundation, which helps people with mental disorders. Victor himself is also trying once again not to "shine" in public. Perhaps this is the secret of his strong family.

Lyudmila and Vladimir Lisin

The marriage of Lyudmila and Vladimir Lisin is another vivid example of the fact that school love can grow into something more. The future spouses sat at the same desk at school. The young man immediately drew attention to a pretty classmate, but she did not immediately reciprocate. Therefore, Vladimir had to make a lot of effort to achieve the location of the chosen one. And he succeeded, and since then the lovers have not parted.

However, Lyudmila prefers not to talk about her personal life. It is known that they have three sons with Vladimir. And the oligarch's wife herself is fond of art and is the owner of the private art gallery "Seasons". But Vladimir himself has repeatedly admitted that he owes his success in business to a reliable rear: a family built on love and trust. Lisin regularly enters the Forbes lists and owns the assets of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant and the Universal Cargo Logistics Holding.

Galina and Nikolay Tsvetkov

Now Tsvetkov is known as a successful businessman, the former owner of the Uralsib bank and other large companies. But once he chose a military career and served in Afghanistan. And all this time, next to him was his wife Galina, who traveled with him to the garrisons and shared all the hardships of nomadic life.

Nikolai retired to the reserve when he was a little over 30 years old. In the 90s, the country was in a fever, and the young family was sorely lacking money. For a long time, the Tsvetkovs lived only on the salary of Galina, who worked in the post office. Then the couple decided to move to Moscow. In the capital, my husband got a job as a teacher at an institute and at the same time studied the prospects for the development of stock markets in the country. Soon Nikolay and his friend decided to open an investment consulting company. But it needed money. Then Galina came to the rescue again, who sold her village house and contributed the necessary amount to open the Brokinvest company.

Soon things went uphill for Tsvetkov, and he was able to put together a big fortune. Galina, who has always supported her husband in everything, is now engaged in charity work and is reviving the Imperial Porcelain Factory. The couple raised two daughters.