Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska is a Russian oligarch and industrialist. He is the founder of Basic Element, one of Russia’s largest industrial groups, and Volnoe Delo, Russia’s largest charitable foundation. Until 2018, he was the president of En+ Group, a Russian energy company, and until 2018 headed United Company Rusal, the second-largest aluminum company in the world.
Media outlets have provided various estimates of Deripaska’s net worth. According to Forbes, Deripaska’s net worth is about $4.9 billion, others estimate his assets to be worth $3 billion. He was previously one of the richest Russians but lost much of his net worth in the 2008 financial crisis.
In 2001, Deripaska married Polina Yumasheva, the daughter of Boris Yeltsin’s chief of staff, Valentin Yumashev. Polina is also the stepdaughter of Yeltsin’s daughter, Tatyana. In 2017, Deripaska and Polina divorced. The couple has two children.