Igor Albertovich Kesaev (born 30 October 1966) is a Russian

billionaire A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least 1,000,000,000, one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The ...

retail businessman.

Net worth

On the ''

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'' 2022 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #1196 with a net worth of

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2.6 billion.

Personal life

Kesaev's home town is

Vladikavkaz Vladikavkaz (russian: Владикавка́з, , os, Дзæуджыхъæу, translit=Dzæwdžyqæw, ;), formerly known as Ordzhonikidze () and Dzaudzhikau (), is the capital city of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. It is located in ...

and he resides in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. He received a bachelor's degree from the

Moscow Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

. Kesaev is married and has three children.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

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References

1966 births Living people Russian oligarchs Russian billionaires Place of birth missing (living people) Russian emigrants to Cyprus Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions People from Vladikavkaz {{Russia-business-bio-stub