The rating of the richest women includes co-owners of business in the agro-industrial complex. Almost all of them are in the top ten.

The next FORBES ranking of the top 25 richest women in RUSSIA, including co-owners of companies in the agro-industrial complex and related sectors. So, the third place in the list was taken by the former wife of the founder of the Cherkizovo group, Igor Babaev, Lidia Mikhailova and family. Forbes estimates her fortune at $ 1.3 billion. In 2016, Babaev left the business, transferring shares to his family, now she owns about 88% of the shares of the agricultural holding. At the end of 2020, Cherkizov's revenue amounted to 128.8 billion rubles, net profit - more than 15 billion rubles. The company is the largest MEAT producer in the country, according to the Agroinvestor rating.

Sixth on the Forbes list was investor Olga Belyavtseva with a fortune of $600 million. She is a co-owner (35%) of the Progress company, which produces products under the FrutoNyanya and Lipetsky Byuvet brands. Belyavtseva also owns 70% of the Agronom-Sad company, which grows apples, including organic ones. Another co-owner (39%) of Progress - Svetlana Bortsova - took 16th place in the ranking with a fortune of $ 350 million. The company's revenue in 2020 exceeded 29 billion rubles. (26.4 billion rubles in 2019), net profit amounted to 2.4 billion rubles. (4.3 billion rubles in 2019).

The seventh line of the rating, also with a capital of $600 million, is occupied by the co-owner (4.82%) of PhosAgro Evgenia Guryeva. PhosAgro is the largest producer of phosphorus-containing fertilizers in Russia and Europe. Forbes links the increase in Guryeva's capital with the growth of the company's shares: from July 13, 2020 to July 12, 2021, they rose in price on the Moscow Exchange from 2550 rubles. up to 4789 rubles. for paper.

In the ninth position of the list is the co-owner and co-founder of the Commonwealth group Natalia Lutsenko. Her fortune is also estimated at $600 million. Sodruzhestvo is engaged in the processing of soybeans and rapeseed, trading in grain and oilseed crops. The company's production assets are located in Russia, Belarus, Brazil and Turkey. At the end of fiscal 2020, the group's revenue exceeded $3 billion, net profit - $55 million.

In addition, the rating includes Valentina Schneider and her family, who own the Svetofor discount chain. Forbes put it in fifth place with a fortune of $650 million. According to the Infoline agency, at the end of 2020, Svetofor became the fastest growing grocery chain: the company's revenue increased by almost 39% to 201 billion rubles. Tatyana Bakalchuk, the founder and owner of the largest Russian online store Wildberries, took the first place in the Forbes list by a wide margin, her fortune is estimated at $13 billion.