Roman Abramovich
Orphaned as a child, Abramovich dropped out of college, then made a fortune in a series of controversial oil-export deals in the early 1990s. His fortune took off in 1995 when he teamed up with Boris Berezovsky to take over oil giant Sibneft at a fraction of its market value. (When Berezovsky fled Russia in 2000 to escape fraud charges, he sold out to Abramovich.) His British-registered Millhouse Capital also has holdings in pharmaceuticals and heavy industry. Spending his fortune conspicuously—in the past two years he has spent an estimated $700 million on expensive playthings like the Pelorus yacht and the Chelsea Football club.

有「全球揮霍冠軍」封號的俄羅斯石油大亨阿布拉莫維奇昨日又增加「全球現金王」的封號，根據報導，他已將在西伯利亞石油公司的所有持股以131億美元(新聞)（約合台幣4400億元）賣給俄羅斯國營天然氣公司（Gazprom），成為世上坐擁最多現金的人，如果他將這些錢全部存進英格蘭銀行，以目前0.045％的基本年利率計算，每年可賺取約198億台幣的利息，相當於每天生息5400萬台幣！
阿布拉莫維奇如今手頭銀彈充足，英國傳媒指他身價雖然無法與比爾蓋茲或巴菲特等世界頂尖富豪相比，不過可以確定的一點是：他是手頭擁有最多現金的富豪。報導引述專家指出，以流動資產（現金）計算，目前能與阿布拉莫維奇相提並論的恐怕只有沙烏地阿拉伯皇室。現年38歲的俄羅斯首富阿布拉莫維奇，早年孤苦伶仃，18個月大時喪母，3歲時喪父，在當年共產主義下的俄羅斯，這個孤兒要排隊輪候食物。可是長大後他變成俄羅斯的石油和鋁業大亨，移居英國後，成英國與俄羅斯首富。