Roman Abramovich Biography: Sports Career And Net Worth

Roman Abramovich is a British-based Israeli-Russian billionaire businessman and politician with a huge interest in the Steel industry and soccer.
Roman was born on October 24, 1966, to a Jewish family. Abramovich is the father of seven children and has by far being separated from three marriages with the recent one being in 2018.

Roman Abramovich Business Career
Roman Abramovich started his life as a military man and when he was eventually out of the Russian army, he started the building of a multibillion-dollar business empire as a street trader and mechanic at a local factory where he sold imported ducks from his Moscow apartment. Today he owns controlling share owner of the English soccer team, Chelsea football club and owns stakes in the steel giant EVRAZ.

Aside from business, Roman has served as the governor of Chukotka from 2000 to 2008 during which time, the resident of Chukotka saw an improvement in their living condition, an example is the increment of their salaries from about US$165 (€117/£100) per month in 2000 to US$826 (€588/£500) per month in 2006.

Roman Abramovich Net Worth
According to Forbes, Roman Abramovich is worth $12.5 billion making him the 113th richest person on earth.