Vasily Anisimov

Metals and real estate investor mulled several deals this year, including selling his 20% stake in steel producer Metalloinvest --the majority of his fortune -- to buy assets from Inteko billionaire Yelena Baturina; rumors persist about both. In the 1990s was one of the best-known Russian businessmen, co-owner of aluminum plants and the bank Rossiyskiy Kredit. In 2000 sold all his holdings in Russia; laid low for four years. In 2004 made a comeback as co-owner of Metalloinvest with fellow billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Andrei Skoch.