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Abramovich lost his parents as a child, dropped out of college and then made a fortune in a series of controversial oil export deals in the early 1990s. His fortunes took off in 1995, when he teamed up with Russia's most powerful crony capitalist, Boris Berezovsky, to take over oil giant Sibneft at a fraction of its market value. When Berezovsky fled Russia in 2000 to escape fraud charges, he sold out to Abramovich. Now besides Sibneft, Abramovich has interests in aluminum, TV and automobiles—all held by British-registered Millhouse Capital. Recently blocked merger of Sibneft with rival Yukos (controlled by imprisoned oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky); sold part of his auto and aluminum business to partner Oleg Deripaska. These days spending his fortune conspicuously—including paying $400 million for London's Chelsea football club and some of the world's best players.

Other Lists:
Abramovich, Roman	# 49 on World's Richest People 2003 , # 127 on World's Richest People 2002 , # 363 on World's Richest People 2001 , # 2 on Russia 100 2004

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For billionaires with publicly traded fortunes, net worths were calculated using share prices and exchange rates from February 6, 2004.