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Russian Yelena Baturina upstages Oprah Winfrey on the richest people list

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Entrepreneur and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov’s wife, Yelena Baturina, has become one of the world’s three richest business women, according to “Forbes.”

Entrepreneur and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov’s wife, Yelena Baturina, has become one of the world’s three richest business women, according to “Forbes.”

© RIA Novosti . Sergey Berezin / Go to the mediabankEntrepreneur and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov’s wife, Yelena Baturina, has become one of the world’s three richest business women, according to “Forbes.”
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Entrepreneur and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov’s wife, Yelena Baturina, has become one of the world’s three richest business women, according to “Forbes.”
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Korobeynikov / Go to the mediabankBaturina’s wealth is assessed at 2.9 billion dollars. Chinese Wu Yajun is the richest woman in the billionaires’ club with 3.9 billion dollars earned in real estate. Rosalia Mera, who co-founded the Zara empire and earned 3.5 billion dollars, is ranked second.
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Baturina’s wealth is assessed at 2.9 billion dollars. Chinese Wu Yajun is the richest woman in the billionaires’ club with 3.9 billion dollars earned in real estate. Rosalia Mera, who co-founded the Zara empire and earned 3.5 billion dollars, is ranked second.
© RIA Novosti . Oleg Lastotchkin / Go to the mediabankThe Moscow mayor’s wife upstaged such famous businesswomen as TV host Oprah Winfrey, whose net worth is estimated at 2.4 billion dollars; Doris Fisher, the owner of The Gap, Inc. (with 3,000 retail outlets) along with its Old Navy and Banana Republic brands; Giuliana Benetton, who owns the Benetton brand with 2.1 billion dollars; and the richest writer JK Rowling who earned 1 billion dollars for the Harry Potter books and movies. Photo: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, with his wife Yelena Baturina and daughters, at a polling station, 1999.

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The Moscow mayor’s wife upstaged such famous businesswomen as TV host Oprah Winfrey, whose net worth is estimated at 2.4 billion dollars; Doris Fisher, the owner of The Gap, Inc. (with 3,000 retail outlets) along with its Old Navy and Banana Republic brands; Giuliana Benetton, who owns the Benetton brand with 2.1 billion dollars; and the richest writer JK Rowling who earned 1 billion dollars for the Harry Potter books and movies. Photo: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, with his wife Yelena Baturina and daughters, at a polling station, 1999.

© RIA Novosti . Aleksandr Polyakov / Go to the mediabankBaturina started her career as a plant worker; later she founded the Inteco and Patriot companies.
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Baturina started her career as a plant worker; later she founded the Inteco and Patriot companies.
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankThe Moscow mayor’s wife is ranked third on a short list with only 14 names of women who themselves earned over 1 billion dollars. “Forbes” list of billionaires totals 1,011 people.
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The Moscow mayor’s wife is ranked third on a short list with only 14 names of women who themselves earned over 1 billion dollars. “Forbes” list of billionaires totals 1,011 people.
© RIA NovostiBaturina was a research scientist at the Institute for Economic Problems of Integrated Development of Moscow National Economy and chief specialist at the Moscow State Executive Committee for Cooperatives and Self-Employment.
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Baturina was a research scientist at the Institute for Economic Problems of Integrated Development of Moscow National Economy and chief specialist at the Moscow State Executive Committee for Cooperatives and Self-Employment.
© RIA NovostiIn 1991, Yelena Baturina registered the Inteco cooperative. At first Inteco was a small cooperative that produced furniture, dishware and fixtures made of plastic. Later the company grew into a building giant. Photo: Yelena Baturina at a meeting on national project implementation and demographic policy, 2007.
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In 1991, Yelena Baturina registered the Inteco cooperative. At first Inteco was a small cooperative that produced furniture, dishware and fixtures made of plastic. Later the company grew into a building giant. Photo: Yelena Baturina at a meeting on national project implementation and demographic policy, 2007.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankIn 1991, Baturina married then the future Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov. Photo: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, with his wife Yelena Baturina, at Luzhkov’s 70th birthday party.
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In 1991, Baturina married then the future Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov. Photo: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, with his wife Yelena Baturina, at Luzhkov’s 70th birthday party.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankYelena Baturina plays tennis with her husband in her free time. She is also keen on horseracing. Photo: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and his wife Yelena Baturina watching The President’s Award Horse Races at the Moscow Central Race Track, 2006.
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Yelena Baturina plays tennis with her husband in her free time. She is also keen on horseracing. Photo: Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and his wife Yelena Baturina watching The President’s Award Horse Races at the Moscow Central Race Track, 2006.
© RIA Novosti . Ruslan Krivobok / Go to the mediabankRussia’s only female billionaire does not think that her career is amazing and calls herself an idler.
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Russia’s only female billionaire does not think that her career is amazing and calls herself an idler.
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