Against the backdrop of the crisis, sanctions and the November slush, it’s nice to know that there are people in Russia who continue to live normally and in some places even well. Evidence of this is the extremely interesting list of remunerations published by the Russian Forbes magazine at the end of November for the most important Russian managers and company executives. Forbes continues to delight readers with the sight of other people's money for a year - the rating started in 2012. However, five years ago, the dollar was lower and the rewards higher. If in those days managers were enriched by $ 1.89 billion annually, then in 2016 their salaries have decreased by more than half.
Total in official ranking of the richest Russian top managers In 2016, 70 heads of non-owner companies participated. The assessment was made on the basis of the following criteria: short-term payments (salaries, bonuses, etc.), long-term (shares income) and bonuses from participation in the boards of directors of subsidiaries.
All data obtained are summarized in a table. Based on the totals, places are ranked.
10. Ruben Aganbegyan
The Director General of Otkritie Holding OJSC in 2015 received $ 6 million. This is a significant change compared to 2014, when his remuneration amounted to almost double the amount. However, he was more fortunate than the former head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin and others who had dropped out of the ranking altogether.
9. Andrey Akimov
Akimov has chaired the board of Gazprombank for a long time - more than 14 years. And the company pays its old and honorary member, respectively - in 2015, he received 6.3 million dollars. In 2014, Andrei had more money - his remuneration then amounted to 8 million.
8. Mikhail Zadornov
In 2015, a ski lover and part-time chairman of the board of VTB24 earned $ 6.5 million. This is $ 2 million less than in 2014.
7. Mikhail Shamolin
Apparently, in connection with the crisis, AFK Sistema, whose general director is Shamolin, used original tactics. Its top managers are now required to put their hard earned shares and company assets. It is not known how profitable such a system will be and whether it will help keep Sistema afloat, but its unchanged president since 2011 is one of the highest paid leaders in the country. In 2015, his remuneration amounted to 7.4 million dollars.
6. Vladislav Soloviev
As a child, Vladislav dreamed of becoming an ice cream maker, but, fortunately for himself, he changed his mind and instead became the CEO of UC Rusal two years ago. Unlike the majority of those participating in this top 10, his income in 2015 was more than in 2014 - if he had previously received $ 4.4 million, then last year - 7.4.
5. Ivan Streshinsky
The CEO and old friend of Alisher Usmanov, the owner of the USM holding, where Ivan receives his modest income of 10 million, also suffered from the crisis. If compared with 2014, it costs the company less than $ 5 million.
4. Dmitry Razumov
In 2016, Dmitry overtook German Gref in the St. Petersburg race in the historic city center. But in the competition, the CEO of the Onexim group lagged behind German by the amount of payments to the richest managers in Russia, taking only 4 positions. True, only a million - in 2015, Dmitry received 10 million (exactly one third less than in 2014).
3. Herman Gref
Gref’s income in 2015 decreased relatively slightly - instead of $ 13.5 million, they amounted to 11 million. However, even this modest small amount provoked a protest from the Sberbank press service: she believes that Gref’s income is greatly exaggerated.
2. Igor Sechin
Being the head of Rosneft is profitable - last year Sechin received a reward of $ 13 million (and in 2014, his income amounted to $ 17.6 million). But according to a spokeswoman for Rosneft, Forbes greatly embellished the real figure. At the end of 2016, Sechin led the charts of Russian media in connection with the detention of Alexei Ulyukaev, suspected of receiving a bribe from the head of Rosneft.
1. Alexey Miller
Since 2001, the permanent head of Gazprom has by a wide margin won the revenue race of top managers of the Russian Federation in 2016, remaining number one. Last year, it cost the company $ 17.7 million - almost 33% cheaper than in 2014 ($ 27 million). All Gazprom chief managers received $ 78.3 million for 2015, and the company's total revenue last year amounted to $ 140.4 billion.
