Dmitry Rybolovlev — businessman with roots in the USSR
Dmitry Rybolovlev is a Russian-Monégasque billionaire who built his fortune in potash fertilisers through Uralkali — Russia's largest potash producer — before becoming one of Monaco's most prominent citizens as owner of AS Monaco football club. He is also known for historic art acquisitions, including the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
Tracing the roots — Perm (Russia)
Born in Perm in 1966 as the son of a cardiologist, Rybolovlev trained as a doctor before pivoting to business during the Soviet collapse. His Monégasque citizenship and ownership of AS Monaco represents the fullest expression of a Russian oligarch's reinvention as Western cultural patron — from Soviet Perm to the Côte d'Azur in one generation.
Perm (Russia). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.