Deripaska was born in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Soviet Russia and grew up in Ust-Labinsk, Krasnodar Krai. Deripaska grew up on the family’s small farm, where from the age of 5 or 6, he learned how to live off the land from his grandparents, who primarily raised him after his widowed mother, an engineer, had to leave to find work.
Who is Oligarch Oleg Deripaska?
Oleg 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.
Is Oleg Deripaska wealthy?
Oleg Deripaska is very wealthy. Oleg Deripaska’s net worth is $5 billion, reports Forbes. He is the 775th billionaire on the Forbes list.
He was once Russia’s richest man and the 9th richest man in the world but lost a lot of his fortune after the 2007-2008 financial crisis and heavy debts. Oleg has donated over $250 million to various causes including, educational causes.