Imperfect wives of oligarchs and billionaires

Popular wisdom says: the greater the spouse's wealth, the more painful the divorce will be. In order to save “everything that was acquired by back-breaking labor,” the oligarchs are ready to do such things in relation to their wives that more than one action-packed film script could be written. Although, most likely, they will be about the same thing: first, the banal story of Cinderella’s transformation into a princess, or even more likely into a “socialite,” and then the reverse metamorphosis - from a “lioness” into a “stray cat.” AiF.ru talks about women who experienced all the “charm” of divorce from wealthy people and were left without a livelihood. Some of them were able to get out of the situation with dignity, while for others their lives went downhill.

Women of Vladislav Doronin

Vladislav Doronin , 57 years old. Co-founder and co-owner. His net worth in 2011 was $220 million, according to Finance magazine.

Vladislav Doronin was officially married once. The oligarch lived with his wife Ekaterina for more than 20 years, which, according to American law, gave the woman the right to half of the entrepreneur’s fortune. In 2009, the ex-couple managed to reach an agreement - the divorce, according to media estimates, cost Doronin $10 million.

Amid the separation from his missus, Vladislav dated Naomi Campbell. “Black Panther,” despite collaborations with Cavalli, Valentino, D&G, Versace, a substantial fortune ($60 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth) and titles as the most beautiful model of all, is not trying to be perfect. Due to stress and endless styling, Naomi began to lose her hair. Campbell wears a wig—but isn't shy about taking it off to show off his receding hairline.

Imperfect wives of oligarchs and billionaires: Naomi Campbell showed herself without a wig. Photo: Instagram

Things didn’t work out for Doronin with the British model, although things were heading towards a wedding. Now next to the billionaire is 25-year-old Kristina Romanova. A native of Volgograd gave birth to her actual husband two children, which affected her figure: stretch marks appeared on her chest and buttocks. “And, you know, there’s nothing wrong with that,” the model noted under the honest photo. - Everyone has shortcomings. Everyone has".

Imperfect wives of oligarchs and billionaires: Doronin’s beloved Kristina Romanova showed stretch marks. Photo: Instagram

Olga Karput

This woman is one of the first to try on new fashion items. Thus, she recently demonstrated thong jeans, promoted by Bella Hadid and other Western stars. By the way, Olga Karput is the founder of the Kuznetsky Most 20 store and the wife of oligarch Pavel Te. By the way, she met him in a cafe in a shopping center. The couple have three children together, although the age difference between them is 20 years.

Mark Zuckerberg's wife - Priscilla Chan

Mark Zuckerberg , 36 years old. Programmer, IT entrepreneur, founder of Facebook. His net worth in 2021 is $77 billion, according to Forbes USA.

If there is love at first sight, then for Mark and his wife it is love at first joke - intellectually, of course. Priscilla Chan, like Zuckerberg, studied at Harvard, but in biology. However, she understood something about computers - and at a student party she attracted the attention of her future husband with a subtle joke about programming.

The couple got married in 2012 - and Priscilla's photographs became the subject of public discussion. The billionaire's wife was examined under a microscope; full hips, short legs, inexpressive features are just a small part of the characteristics that were “awarded” to the entrepreneur’s wife. Fortunately, Mark is indifferent to the opinions of critics; he himself is not averse to joking about his wife’s appearance - for example, publicly and jokingly telling that Chan sometimes forgets to shave his legs.

Imperfect wives of oligarchs and billionaires: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan. Photo: Imagespace/Globallook

Stella Kesaeva (Igor Kesaev)

Another beautiful wife of a Russian oligarch is Stella Kesaeva. The girl is actively engaged in business, like her husband. Her main passion is art. Stella was born in Vladikavkaz and graduated from the Faculty of Economics. Unlike most wives of oligarchs, Stella has nothing to do with the fashion business. Igor and Stella have three children. It is ironic that Igor himself has a cool attitude towards art, but for the sake of his beloved wife he began to sponsor her project and at first did not think that she would go so far. And now Stella’s name is known not only in Russian bohemian circles, but also internationally. The couple's children also actively show interest in art and, quite possibly, will follow in the footsteps of their mother, not their father.

Ex-wife of Roman Abramovich

Roman Abramovich , 53 years old. The main owner of the investment company Millhouse, owner of the Chelsea club. Net worth: $12.4 billion (Forbes, 2021)

As soon as an attractive woman appears at a social event next to the oligarch, she is immediately listed as Roman’s potential chosen one. Although Abramovich never married beauty icons. Daria Zhukova, the tycoon’s third wife, of course, was among the top stylish, was involved in design and art, but the word “model” was not on her track record. And her predecessor, Irina Malandina, was not at all part of the celebrity crowd, working as a flight attendant before marriage.

Imperfect wives of oligarchs and billionaires: Roman Abramovich’s ex-wife Irina. Photo: Instagram

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I don’t want to be a pillar noblewoman! Rublev's wives no longer want to indulge in luxury mansions

Svetlana Beloshapkina

An extravagant trend of modern times: the last bastions of house-building are collapsing. Rublev's wives no longer want to spend time idly in luxurious mansions, supervising housekeepers, gardeners and governesses. They - imagine! — they want to become individuals. Individuals who would be perceived separately from their husbands - great and terrible supermen with coffers stuffed with millions.

The wolf hunt is underway

A successful Russian entrepreneur is the most exclusive product on the capital’s matrimonial market. Even if he is as tall as a sitting cat. Even if he is over fifty, and his health is in such a state that it cannot be improved even with his income. And these incomes are so great and so attractive that those who managed not only to bring their owner to the registry office, but also to bring him back with the appropriate note in the passport, are perceived by others as celestials.

Further, according to the scenario of any fairy tale, follows a happy family life with regular trips to London, the Maldives and Sardinia, the purchase of “that wonderful sable fur coat” and diamonds the size of a chicken egg. But it's not that simple.

The most exclusive product does not lose its attractive qualities even when ringed. There are so many people in the secular society of the Mother See who want to receive a sable fur coat, an apartment, or even just money for food as a gift, that even married rich men are being hunted. In every decent restaurant and nightclub, even the most homely individual in the “ears, tummy and wallet” style is besieged by dozens of young beauties from Vitebsk and Tambov. After all, he can immediately fulfill all their dreams of beauty, since even his suit costs more than any of them with all the giblets!

Only a saint can resist such pressure. Jealousy torments Rublev's wives: where is he? With whom? But what gnaws at them even more is the fear of being left alone, without the status of a spouse, with a minimum monthly allowance.

In order not to lead to “sin,” wives constantly keep their finger on the pulse. On the pulse of her husband. Leaving your husband alone in Moscow and going shopping in Milan is the number one taboo for any new Russian wife. Taboo number two is to let him go anywhere beyond the office alone.

Women, tormented by suspicions, are trying their best to be interesting to their husbands: they receive a second degree at Balzac’s age, attend various design schools, study the art of ban sai, cram foreign languages and spend a full day working in beauty salons and fitness clubs in succession.

If it glitters, it means gold

And yet, Rublev’s wives are stubbornly perceived by their faithful primarily only as a beautiful decoration. Which is worth how much they invested in it (!), and nothing more. Modern men value not smart and beautiful women, but successful and famous women. A woman with status that is prestigious to have. And which must first be conquered. Therefore, successful entrepreneurs with sparkling eyes pursue, for example, Zhanna Friske, who has already turned into a living fetish.

In general, all girl pop groups, especially Blestyashchiye and Factory, are natural VIP marriage agencies. Their participants are young, beautiful, famous, they have high self-esteem, and in order to impress them, men, even the wealthiest ones, have to try hard. And their efforts do not go unnoticed.

Pop stars, of course, are less prestigious than ballerinas, but the main bride of the country (after Ksenia Sobchak), Anastasia Volochkova, alas, left the list of “objects of desire” of wealthy men for a long time. “Brilliant” Anya Semenovich - a red-haired “bombshell” with forms as curvy as a roller coaster - is today’s number one object of desire. Her competition comes only from girls with similar talents - TV presenters Masha Malinovskaya and Tatyana Arno.

Gymnast Alina Kabaeva performs in a heavier category - she is an international star. But no one can compare in terms of “acquaintance requests” with tennis player Maria Sharapova: 18 years old, natural blonde, magnificent figure, plus a multimillion-dollar fortune and fame as a symbol of Russia. And the girl herself confirmed that she does not have a boyfriend!

With such competition, “ordinary” Rublev girls had to seriously come to their senses. After all, respect (and therefore a husband’s affection) can only be aroused in one way - through your own, albeit small, career. Independence and self-reliance are the new fetishes of these women, groomed to the tips of their nails. Although in order to walk around with a business card, they are even ready to give up a manicure.

The example of Oksana Robski, from an ordinary landowner of a Rublevka property who turned into a successful writer, simply stings the eyes of her neighbors. Primarily by the fact that their husbands perceive her as an equal. She earned money and became famous, but what could be more important for our city, mired in pathos?

Please your loved one

For self-affirmation at work, Rublev's wives choose what is commonly called women's business - managing their own SPA centers, sports clubs, jewelry boutiques, inventing designer clothes and interior items. In short, business and pleasure, business card included.

The idol of all working girls is Olga Slutsker. The former athlete, who had successfully married at the height of perestroika, quickly became bored, and her loving husband (now Senator Slutsker) paid for her to create a small but elite fitness center.

Olga enjoyed playing at being a businesswoman for some time, however, preferring to travel and shopping in the jewelry capitals of the world to this activity, until she suddenly noticed with surprise that her World Class gym no longer accommodates everyone. The entrepreneur husband clearly explained that the toys had run out and it was time to expand the business or close the shop if the desire to travel to boutiques still prevailed. Business won, and today clients of numerous World Class clubs have no idea that the cool business lady Slutsker, a social star and model for the famous photographer Helmut Newton, did not build a fitness empire with her own sweat and blood.

The husband’s money and connections are the secret of 99.9 percent of women’s careers in the Rublevo-Uspensky direction. And who else can steal the right to sell the Roberto Cavalli brand, so beloved in Russia, from under the noses of powerful distributors of designer clothing? Only a very serious businessman Mikhail Maniovich, whose wife wanted to have the most visited boutique in Moscow.

The secular popularity of the blond beauty Svetlana Maniovich immediately skyrocketed. Philip Bedrosovich Kirkorov himself became the face and body of her outlet. And when the distributors, who were tearing their hair out from lost profits, pressed the old man Cavalli himself, Ms. Maniovich got an exclusive on the advanced Americans Dsquared2 and got all the golden youth, obsessed with advanced brands, as clients.

What does it feel like to literally “change your career” for the woman you love? Olga Rodionova wanted more than anything to become a star. She opened fashion boutiques and posed for their advertisements, finally naked for Playboy magazine! But this was not enough for her. As they say, I don’t want to be a pillar noblewoman. And Sergei Rodionov created his own publishing house, buying one glossy magazine after another.

And, of course, each of them considers it an honor to place on their pages a portrait of Ms. Rodionova, who is now not only a businesswoman and an erotic model, but also a singer, actress, and in the near future, a TV presenter.

Alexander Gafin is distinguished by the same self-sacrifice. Secular gossips simply shed tears of emotion, contemplating the vice-president of Alfa Bank, hung with bags with his wife’s latest designer creations. Irina Gafina, in her twentieth year of marriage, decided to become a hat designer. To begin with, she began modernizing antique hats, then decorated elite baseball caps with rhinestones, while simultaneously demonstrating her creations wherever asked. And they ask Ms. Gafina so often and so kindly that Alfa Bank’s PR service is already working for her. You can call and check.

The wife of restaurateur and TV presenter Arkady Novikov, Nadezhda, after decades of a relatively modest existence in the shadow of her famous husband, suddenly took her maiden name Advokatova and became interested in gardening. The main clients of her “Flower Studio 55” in the village of Zhukovka are her husband’s numerous restaurants. Which is natural, since he gave her the flower shop, and the money should go back to the family. Now Ms. Advokatova clearly says that a successful marriage is not everything in a woman’s life, and with her economic education, she professionally does accounting and deals with personnel.

There are many such economists in Rublyovka. Oksana Yarmolnik creates summer clothes and enjoys elite gardening. The widow of Vlad Listyev and the current wife of Andrei Razbash, Albina Nazimova, makes beaded jewelry and interior accessories. Elena Presnyakova is already showing her collections as part of Fashion Week in Moscow. Elena Malikova unexpectedly acquired the profession of a producer and, with a businesslike air, attends the filming of her husband’s video clips. And the wife of Andris Liepa, head of the Maris Liepa Foundation, Ekaterina simply introduces herself as a businesswoman.

Weapon? Oil? Women?

But the most popular profession among Rublev’s wives is TV presenter. This activity does not require any financial contributions from often not the most generous husbands.

Newly-minted writer Oksana Robski, having appeared in a couple of programs about the lives of the rich and idle, now has her own talk show. Actress Sati Spivakova (whoever names at least one film with her participation will receive a prize), using the connections of her husband, world-famous musician Vladimir Spivakov, wrote a book about her meetings with the legends of our days, then became a representative of the Luis Vuitton brand in Russia and, finally, TV presenter. Anastasia Chukhrai, aka Ms. Tabakova, is already hosting her second television program. The artist Alexandra Vertinskaya, the wife of businessman Emelyan Zakharov, who has never been seen on lists of well-dressed or at least fashionably dressed people, now tells mere mortals from the silver screen about how to dress. Fyodor Bondarchuk’s wife Svetlana also has her own TV show about fashion.

Under the pressure of society ladies thirsting for recognition, the printed press also fell. The wife of musician Sergei Mazaev Galina became a secular columnist for the men's magazine GQ! I still can't get over the shock. And the magazine Hello! gave his secular department to Maria Vernik, the young wife of showman Igor Vernik.

True, Masha recently left the mouthpiece of international gossip, and then the news of her divorce from her husband swept across Belokamennaya. But with the right positioning, even such a terrible nightmare of Rublev’s wives as divorce can be safely survived, provided there is desire and skillful hands. For example, writer, TV presenter and even actress Oksana Robski - three marriages and three divorces. Former fashion model Ekaterina Polyanskaya, after breaking up with Andrei Kobzon, took up clothing design, while at the same time reminding the secular press of herself with an affair with football player Dmitry Bulykin. But the most rapid career in the media was made by businesswoman Marina Kuzmina. A faded blonde in her forties with traces of numerous plastic surgeries on her face and body, the ex-wife of a mysterious and super-rich entrepreneur, intensively cultivates rumors among the masses about her own business, very successful and very masculine (weapons? oil? women?).

She reinforced her “reputation” with the most discussed “friendship” last year - with TV presenter Andrei Malakhov. And this year - an alliance with a certain young man Kirill, who is even fit to be Malakhov’s son.

In a word, of all the elite wives today, only Elena Kozyreva (husband is ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Kozyrev), Alla Mikhalkova (husband - restaurateur Stepan Mikhalkov), Olga Krutaya (husband - producer Igor Krutoy) and newlywed Anastasia Yastrzhembskaya are not embarrassed to admit that they are just housewives. I wonder how long they will last?

Rely only on yourself

Well, Rublev’s wife will always find a way to express herself. And what about their sworn enemies - young unmarried beauties who are ready to do anything to “make their dreams come true”?

A successful Russian entrepreneur will think ten times before destroying a cozy family hearth. But he can dismiss his “friend of his heart” after the slightest unplanned whim on her part. Which coincided with his next attack of gastritis. And why waste time on trifles, when there is a queue of those wishing to take the place of the “heart friend”. Therefore, every present, every trip to St. Tropez and payment of a monthly allowance comes with such hard work and psychological overload that even the order-bearing milkmaids have never experienced.

The basic law of capitalism states that only exclusive goods are sold at a high price, but how exclusive is it when thousands of girls are ready to orally please their benefactor for $300 in the toilet of any nightclub?! Thus, at the very height of capitalism, “girls in search of a sponsor” finally realized that they could only rely on themselves. And only through your own efforts will you return potential husbands to the stable.

20-year-old model Maria Kravtsova, vice-Miss Moscow and regular star of the “Wild Orchid” fashion show (at the age of 16, she had SUCH diamonds that those around her were dying of envy, and celebrated her 18th birthday with the pomp of a public holiday) today earns her living among the presenters MTV under the pseudonym MariKa. And so that those in the know do not forget about her main talents, last month she exposed herself for Playboy magazine.

Party girl and gold miner Anna Subbotina diligently writes social reviews for the Kommersant newspaper. Bazhena Rynska (in Izvestia) and Natalya Luchaninova (in Vogue) are not far behind her.

Designer Nadezhda Silenskaya, better known as Nadya Skazka, who in my memory has presented the only clothing collection in recent decades, unexpectedly opened a store of this very clothing. And this after Mr. Yakushkin Jr. (son of Boris Yeltsin’s press secretary) and millionaire musician Ilya Lagutenko were alternately her fans!

The sister of the famous oilman Vladimir Ruga, Alla, is knocked off her feet by promoting her own PR agency.

Blonde vamp Ulyana Tseytlina, who was Ksenia Sobchak’s friend for a long time and competed with her in the art of undressing in public, after furnishing her own country house, declared herself an interior designer.

Everyone is looking forward to Ulyana’s acquisition of new real estate, after which, apparently (bet is already being accepted), she will introduce herself as the owner of her own architectural design bureau.

Married after suffering

Like any normal parents, Rublev's fathers and mothers sleep and see their daughters married. The daughters resist this with all their might. Girls want to have fun until they drop, spend money, travel whenever and wherever they want... And so that the always dissatisfied dad does not exceed the limit on his credit card, they come up with a “business”.

The eldest granddaughter of the President of the USSR, Ksenia Gorbacheva, has her own opinion regarding marriage with a rich heir. She literally celebrated her recent divorce from Kirill Solod, the son of influential businessman Vadim Solod. After two years of scandals and numerous betrayals of her husband, Ksenia is today making a career in the production company of Joseph Prigozhin. The first position is deputy director.

24-year-old heiress Daria Zhukova, a friend of Marat Safin, and a party girl with almost ten years of experience, is today launching her own brand of luxury jeans, Kova & T. She spends all her free time on business trips between Moscow, London and Los Angeles, and claims that She's no longer interested in hanging out. Of course, with such a boyfriend!

All the thoughts of the young singer Alexa, in the world - Alexandra Chvikova, the daughter of a Donetsk oligarch, are busy with career, career and once again career. A graduate of “Star Factory-4” is recording another album, drawing up a tour schedule and planning to study to become an actress. There is no time even to relax with parents, not to mention a hectic personal life. However, after a widely publicized affair with rapper Timothy, not the poorest young man in our city, Alexa does not stutter about her personal life.

Leonid Ilyich’s great-granddaughter, 19-year-old student of the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University Alina Brezhneva dreams of becoming the head of a large enterprise.

Alexander Lebedev's wife - Elena Perminova

Alexander Lebedev , 60 years old. Chairman of the Board of Directors of CJSC National Reserve Corporation, owner of the British publication Independent and the London Live channel. Net worth: $400 million (Forbes, 2015)

What kind of complexes can a 33-year-old model with blond hair, 180 cm tall and indecently slender legs tell about? That in her youth she suffered from being thin, but time turned it into a trump card? Excuse me, we hear this from every second beauty on the cover.

The imperfect wives of oligarchs and billionaires: Elena Perminova looks impeccable in the photographs, although she does not deny problems with her skin and body. Photo: Instagram

However, Perminova does not consider herself ideal. Firstly, somehow, in pursuit of an enviable body, Elena overdid it in the gym and turned from a thin and ringing woman into a powerful woman. I had to sin - by the standards of Internet realities - and reduce my buttocks and thighs in Photoshop. Lena’s second problem is subcutaneous acne, which she managed to overcome by giving up milk. And at the beginning of the year, the model underwent surgery to remove diastasis, a hernia, and at the same time stretch marks on her abdomen - Lebedev’s actual wife encountered this deficiency after three births, like many women.

Yana Prezhevskaya

In 2015, the entire social scene of the capital shuddered at the news of the sudden death of Yana Prezhevskaya. The former common-law wife of oligarch Yevgeny Frolov was found in the apartment in a terrible state: a naked woman was lying under the bed and could not even speak. The cause of this was a severe traumatic brain injury. While doctors fought for seven days for the life of once one of the brightest socialites in Moscow, people from her former entourage lamented the sad life of the “poor thing,” discussed her alcohol addiction and the complete lack of money in which the 41-year-old woman found herself after breaking up with a rich man spouse. On February 14, Prezhevskaya passed away. Yana was accompanied on her last journey by a fairly small circle of people: her mother and several friends from her past life in Rublyov. The ex-husband and his sons never showed up at the grave, although, according to rumors, it was he who paid all the expenses associated with the burial of the deceased. Looking at this whole picture, it was difficult to believe that just a few years ago the woman lying in the coffin had everything she wanted and needed nothing. Thanks to the impressive fortune of her common-law husband, Cinderella from Norilsk in a short time became a real princess from Moscow. She shone at the social ball for exactly 15 years, until businessman Frolov decided to break up with her. Two versions have been put forward as the main reason for the breakup. The first says that Prezhevskaya drank heavily and cheated on Evgenia, the second says that the businessman found another woman. Yana was replaced by the ex-wife of Ukrainian football player Ruslan Rotanya Maria.

Former socialite Yana #Prezhevskaya died from beatings https://t.co/8mn1gLp0qz #360tv #360tv pic.twitter.com/9U06Y8sdt8
— TV channel 360° (@360tv) February 17, 2015

From elite housing, the socialite with all her impressive luggage in the form of fur coats, branded items and expensive jewelry had to move to a rented apartment. Where these “remnants of former luxury” went after the woman’s death is unknown. Apparently, next to Prezhevskaya for the last two years there have been dishonest people who robbed her completely. If you believe the rumors about alcohol addiction, then it was not difficult to do this. However, all this no longer matters. Three years have passed since her death and few people remember both Yana herself and how she died.

Larry Page's wife - Lucinda Southworth

Larry Page , 47 years old. Co-founder of Google. Net worth: $48.8 billion (Forbes, 2021)

About 10 years ago, Larry married a blonde 7 years younger than himself. Pretty, but not perfect - with asymmetrical facial features, thin lips and an overly open smile. They say that the billionaire fell in love with his companion not for her appearance, but for her extraordinary mind - Lucinda, by the way, studied at the Faculty of Biomedical Informatics. Otherwise, the life of Page’s wife is a big secret for the press.

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DARIA ZHUKOVA

The wife of the notorious Roman Abramovich. Both spouses were very wealthy people at the time they met, so money was not the reason for their rapidly developing romance. For Daria's sake, Roman left the family and now carefully protects their personal life.

In addition to obvious beauty, Daria has a career as a successful designer - the creator of the elite brand Kova & T and many business projects. The couple has two children.

Andrey Melnichenko's wife - Alexandra Melnichenko

Serbian model Sandra met the billionaire in 2003.

Two years later they got married on the Cote d'Azur - a copy of the ancient chapel was built for them. There were about 300 guests at the wedding, who were accommodated in a five-star hotel. Stars such as Julio and Enrique Iglesias and Whitney Houston performed in front of the newlyweds. The groom spent about $30 million on the wedding.

After the wedding, Alexandra no longer appeared on the podium; she was completely immersed in household chores.

NAOMI CAMPBELL

The wife of Vladislav Doronin and one of the sexiest wives of oligarchs in the world. Vladislav met the already world-famous model Naomi in 2008. No one thought that the romance between the calm billionaire and the exotic, extravagant model would last long, but the couple is still happily married. Moreover, Naomi is delighted with Russian culture, snow, baths... In Russia, the model has many offers for filming, but lately Naomi has devoted almost all of herself to charity and orphans.