Dmitry Rybolovlev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevgenyevich and the family name is Rybolovlev.

Dmitry Rybolovlev
Дмитрий Рыболовлев
Rybolovlev in 2012
Born
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev

(1966-11-22) 22 November 1966 (age 57)
Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussian, Cypriot
Known for
Spouse
Elena Rybolovleva
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(m. 1987; div. 2015)​
ChildrenEkaterina and Anna[1]

Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev (Russian: Дмитрий Евгеньевич Рыболовлев, IPA: [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ rɨbɐˈlovlʲɪf]; born 22 November 1966) is a Russian oligarch, billionaire businessman, and investor.

Rybolovlev became chairman of the Russian fertilizer producer Uralkali in 1995.[2] In May 1996, Rybolovlev was arrested for allegedly organizing the murder of his business partner, Evgeny Panteleymonov.[3] He was released in 1997 after accusations against him were withdrawn.[4] In 2010, he sold his majority share of Uralkali to three Kremlin-linked oligarchs for $6.5 billion.[5] As of 2021, Rybolovlev had a reported net worth of $6.7 billion, which ranked him 391st on Forbes's list of billionaires.[6][7]

In 2008, Rybolovlev acquired a Palm Beach mansion owned by Donald Trump for $95 million, which Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigated as part of a larger probe into Trump's ties with Russia.[8] In 2018, the US Treasury listed Rybolovlev as an individual close to the Russian regime in its recommendations of Kremlin-linked entities that should be sanctioned.[9]

In 2011, Rybolovlev became the majority owner and President of football club Monaco.[10] He was also embroiled in a ten-year dispute with Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier, known as The Bouvier Affair. As part of his dispute with Bouvier, Rybolovlev was arrested and investigated in Monaco for corruption and influence peddling, as part of the largest scandal in the history of Monaco, called "Monacogate."[11][12] As a result of his dispute with Bouvier, Rybolovlev is under criminal investigations in Switzerland, Monaco and France.[13] He is also at the heart of a corruption scandal in Cyprus involving former President Nicos Anastasiades.[14]

  1. ^ a b Conn, David. "Monaco have plenty of money and ambition but not many supporters". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Crowley, Michael (28 July 2016). "Trump and the Oligarch". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ Gross, Michael (10 March 2015). House of Outrageous Fortune: Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address. Simon & Schuster. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-4516-6620-5. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Milan, chi è Rybolovlev l'ultimo supposto pretendente all'acquisto della società rossonera". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  5. ^ "AS Monaco: Dmitry Rybolovlev and His Influence in Monaco". Der Spiegel. 16 November 2018. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Dmitry Rybolovlev". Forbes. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  7. ^ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  8. ^ Clough, Alexandra. "Did the Russian who bought Trump's Palm Beach property make any money?". Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  9. ^ Clark, David. "The West needs a more united approach to sanctioning Putin's elite". The Atlantic Council. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  10. ^ Conn, David (20 September 2013). "Monaco have plenty of money and ambition but not many supporters | David Conn". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  11. ^ "The Bouvier Affair: A perfect story about the art of deception". The Independent. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  12. ^ "$1B feud involving Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' reveals dark side of the art world". CNN. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Russian Billionaire Faces Swiss Probe Over Monaco Arrest". Bloomberg. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Cyprus to Probe Graft Allegations against Former President Nicos Anastasiades". OCCRP. Retrieved 16 July 2024.


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