Place of birth: Russia

Company: RusA 1

Industry: chemical industry

Forbes ranked ninth in the rich list.

Deripaska is a Russian aluminum tycoon, and his RusA 1 group is the largest aluminum company in Russia and the third largest steel producer in the world. Last year, Deripaska cooperated with another Russian financial oligarch, Vikseberg, and the two aluminum companies merged into the world's largest aluminum company with total assets of 22 billion US dollars. A series of actions led to a surge in wealth under Gemdry Pascal's name.

10 billion dollars bought Yukos as the head of the Russian aluminum company (hereinafter referred to as "Rusal"), and 38-year-old Deripaska also had a holding company "basic elements", which won him considerable profits because of the sharp rise in international prices.

1995, Russia launched the "loan-for-stock" program to privatize state-owned enterprises, and many wealthy businessmen succeeded at that time and became billionaires. Deripaska bought the whole Yukos oil company for $300 million, and later expelled some minority shareholders from the company, thus laying a solid foundation for his industrial kingdom.

Threatening more than Alcoa

Although Deripaska is a household name in Russia, he is still unknown abroad. However, he and his collaborators are preparing to enter the international market, and his generosity is particularly impressive.

In 2005, the company's profit increased by 56%, reaching $6543.8+65 million. Deripaska is ambitious, threatening to increase overseas investment and strive for "Rusal" to replace Alcoa before 20 13 and become the world's leading aluminum company.