Net worth
$28.3B
Forbes Real-Time · as of Sep 24, 2026
Latest moves
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Recent SEC filings
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Footprint
Companies
Novatek (PAO NOVATEK)NVTK · Moscow Exchange · Chairman of the management board · 24.6% · as of 2026
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- Ticker
- NVTK
- Exchange
- Moscow Exchange
- Role
- Chairman of the management board (CEO) and largest shareholder; London listing ended March 2023
- Stake
- 24.6%
- Stake as of
- 2026
Sibur HoldingChairman of the board and largest… · 30.6% · as of 2026
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- Role
- Chairman of the board and largest shareholder (private; merged with TAIF Group's petrochemical assets in 2021)
- Stake
- 30.6%
- Stake as of
- 2026
Stakes
Arctic LNG 2 (indirect, via Novatek's 60% stake)
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Mikhelson transferred a 2.5% stake in Novatek and the GES-2 cultural centre to a family member (reported Jan 2023…Jan 2023
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- Mikhelson transferred a 2.5% stake in Novatek and the GES-2 cultural centre to a family member (reported Jan 2023; older than 2 years, included for control context).
- Date
- 2023-01
Trophies
GES-2 House of Culture, Moscow: a former power station across from the Kremlin turned into a contemporary art centre…
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- In full
- GES-2 House of Culture, Moscow: a former power station across from the Kremlin turned into a contemporary art centre (Renzo Piano design; over $470M spent; opened late 2021)
V-A-C Foundation, a contemporary art foundation that has partnered with museums such as Tate and Whitechapel Gallery
source ↗Superyacht Pacific (owned asset)
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UK sanctioned Mikhelson personally in 2022 over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
source ↗US: Novatek has been on the Treasury Sectoral Sanctions Identifications (SSI) list since July 16, 2014; Mikhelson was…
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- US: Novatek has been on the Treasury Sectoral Sanctions Identifications (SSI) list since July 16, 2014; Mikhelson was named in the Jan 29, 2018 CAATSA report to Congress (a list, not a sanction).
US placed Arctic LNG 2 under blocking sanctions on Nov 2, 2023 (engineering/construction suppliers were sanctioned…
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- US placed Arctic LNG 2 under blocking sanctions on Nov 2, 2023 (engineering/construction suppliers were sanctioned Sept 14, 2023); UK sanctioned the project on Feb 22, 2024. Production was suspended in 2024, and regular deliveries to China began in August 2025.
Poland sanctioned Novatek and its subsidiary Novatek Green Energy on April 26, 2022; the Polish subsidiary was later…
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- Poland sanctioned Novatek and its subsidiary Novatek Green Energy on April 26, 2022; the Polish subsidiary was later sold.
Giving
V-A-C Foundation (contemporary art)
source ↗Research gaps: The session ran out of web searches, so sanctions were not checked against primary lists (OFSI/OFAC), and Australia/Canada/EU status was not confirmed. Personal US sanctions on Mikhelson were not confirmed and were left out. Stakes come from the Wikipedia/Forbes 2026 figures (Novatek 24.6%, Sibur 30.6%); Wikipedia's Novatek page gives an older ~28% figure. No holding vehicles, real estate or 2024-2026 deals could be sourced.
What to watch
New US/UK/EU sanctions packages on Russian LNG (Arctic LNG 2 cargoes, shadow-fleet tankers) and the EU phase-out of…
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- New US/UK/EU sanctions packages on Russian LNG (Arctic LNG 2 cargoes, shadow-fleet tankers) and the EU phase-out of Russian LNG imports
Arctic LNG 2 shipments to China via the Northern Sea Route before the winter ice seasonNov 2026
source ↗Novatek Q3 2026 IFRS resultsOct 2026
source ↗Any revival of a Sibur IPO (postponed indefinitely)
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