Dmitry Rybolovlev
Dmitry Yevgenyevich Rybolovlev is a Russian businessman and investor. Rybolovlev owned the potash producer Uralkali and, in 2011, became the President of Monaco’s football club AS Monaco. He has two daughters, Ekaterina and Anna Rybolovleva.
- Rybolovlev’s fortune comes from Uralkali, Russia’s largest producer of potassium fertilizers. He sold his stake for $6.5 billion in 2010.
- In October 2018, Rybolovlev sued Sotheby’s; he is demanding $380 million in compensation for fraud assistance from swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier.
- In November 2018, the Monaco police detained Rybolovlev for two days, questioning him in the case against his former art dealer Yves Bouvier.
- After a nasty years-long divorce battle, Rybolovlev was ordered to pay his ex-wife $605 million. In Oct. 2015 they reached an undisclosed settlement.
- Rybolovlev apparently paid more than $300 million for La Belle Epoque, a Monaco penthouse where he lives. He also owns Greek Island Scorpios.
- Rybolovlev went into business with his scientist father in 1990 after studying medicine at Russia’s Perm Medical Institute.
