{"id":"andrey-melnichenko-industrialist","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrey-melnichenko-industrialist","language":"en","name":"Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)","name_en":"Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)","name_ne":null,"description":"Russian businessman and billionaire","headline":"Russian businessman and billionaire","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko (Russian: Андрей Игоревич Мельниченко, romanized: Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko; Belarusian: Андрэй Iгаравiч Мельнічэнка, romanized: Andrey Iharavich Myel′nichenka; born 8 March 1972) is a Soviet-born billionaire entrepreneur, financier, and industrialist. He is the founder and ex-beneficiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem Group and coal producer SUEK. He served as non-executive director in both companies until 9 March 2022.","summary_more":["In 2022 Forbes and Bloomberg estimated his net worth at $15.8 billion and $17.4 billion respectively, which makes him one of the richest persons in Russia. In the 2023 ranking, for the first time, he took first place among Russian billionaires with a fortune of $25.2 billion (58th place in the world). In February 2024, his net worth was about $21.9 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. As per Forbes list of The Richest People In The World 2024, Andrey Melnichenko ranked #91 with a net worth of $21.1 Billion and 2026 is estimated with a net worth of 20.1 Billion."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"8 March 1972","date":"1972-03-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Gomel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2678"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Russia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159"},{"text":"United Arab Emirates","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q878"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"patron of the arts","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15472169"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Plekhanov Russian Economic University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2004114"},{"text":"Lomonosov Moscow State University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13164"},{"text":"Kolmogorov's School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4431076"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Aleksandra Melnichenko","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15137788"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P26"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Decoration \"For Beneficence\"","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2080884"},{"text":"Order of Alexander Nevsky","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q612907"},{"text":"Order of the Star of Italy","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3885347"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Melnichenko_(industrialist)","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist) born?","a":"Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist) was born on 8 March 1972 in Gomel."},{"q":"Where did Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist) study?","a":"Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist) was educated at Plekhanov Russian Economic University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Kolmogorov's School."}],"related":[{"name":"Gérard Depardieu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gerard-depardieu"},{"name":"Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hamdan-bin-mohammed-al-maktoum"},{"name":"Noura Al Kaabi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/noura-al-kaabi"},{"name":"Sulaiman Al-Fahim","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sulaiman-al-fahim"},{"name":"Anwar Gargash","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anwar-gargash"},{"name":"Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hamdan-bin-rashid-al-maktoum"},{"name":"Sultan Al Jaber","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sultan-al-jaber"},{"name":"Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sultan-ahmed-bin-sulayem"},{"name":"Mohamed Alabbar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-alabbar"},{"name":"Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-bin-saeed-al-maktoum"},{"name":"Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/nahyan-bin-mubarak-al-nahyan"},{"name":"Hussain Sajwani","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hussain-sajwani"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/andrey-melnichenko-industrialist-efd3a4aca1.jpg","width":500,"height":630,"license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","credit":"Maxim Marmur","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melnichenko_Andrey_1.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Melnichenko_(industrialist)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q502071","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q502071","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Melnichenko Andrey 1.jpg by Maxim Marmur (CC BY-SA 4.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Melnichenko_Andrey_1.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Melnichenko Andrey 1.jpg — Maxim Marmur, CC BY-SA 4.0.","cite":"\"Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/andrey-melnichenko-industrialist. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrey-melnichenko-industrialist","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrey-melnichenko-industrialist","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/andrey-melnichenko-industrialist?lang=ne"}}