There have been allegations that Putin secretly owns a large fortune. According to former Chairman of the Russian State Duma Ivan Rybkin in 2004 and Russian political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky in 2007, Putin controlled a 4.5% stake (approx. $13 billion) in Gazprom, 37% (approx. $20 billion) in Surgutneftegaz and 50% in the oil-trading company Gunvor....
It is difficult to distinguish between the personal and Crown wealth of several ruling monarchs upon this list, particularly in countries ruled by an absolute monarch that do not have a need or practicality to separate the two. Many constitutional monarchies require a distinction between a monarch’s personal finances from the monarch’s state finances as...
The following list of individuals comprises former heads of state and government. The dollar amounts are not adjusted for inflation, but are nominal dollars accurate to the year given.
