it's a chelski invasion.
Now, it's not every day I go about making posts about Russian billionaires. But I make exceptions.
Net Worth:$8.5 bil
Fortune:self made
Source:oil
Country Of Citizenship:Russia
Education:Drop Out
Anyway, I am soon to write a letter to the owner of. . .
As I am on a mission to sign the sixth food group up. First, let us re-introduce ourselves with this fine man.
#51 Roman Abramovich
(And this is a feel good bio from Forbes.com).
"Lost more than half his fortune in the past year, mostly due to disastrous performance of Russia's second biggest steel company, Evraz, in which he has a large stake. Russian government had to loan Evraz money so it could pay a tax bill in the fourth quarter of 2008; its stock has dropped almost 90% in the past year."
"Owns U.K. soccer team Chelsea; has spent $1.5 billion trying to boost team but hasn't helped."
(Forbes was also written by a Man United fan).
(Don't drop that on his head now).
Divorced two years ago, recently helped fund his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova's art gallery. She just named editor of Pop magazine.
Reportedly bought two homes last year in Colorado ski village, Snowmass. Orphaned as a child, Abramovich dropped out of college, then made fortune in a series of controversial oil export deals in early 1990s. And wound up with this:
Teamed up with Boris Berezovsky to take over oil giant Sibneft at a fraction of its market value.
In 2003 to 2004, sold stake in Russian Aluminum to Oleg Deripaska. Sold 73% stake in Sibneft to gas titan Gazprom for $13 billion in 2005. Later bought stake in Evraz. Sold part of his stake in Highland Gold, a U.K. mining company with operations in Russia, to two of his business partners.
More importantly, however, he is known for his hilarious faces:
Worried?
Constipated and/or meditating/pensive.
Worried and/or constipated.
Fiercer than you are.
Actually, this post was just an excuse to post this Roman .gif I promised.
thebridge2009: SIGN HIM UP ROMAN ABRAMOVICH.
RUSSIAiz2cool4u: lol.