MOSCOW - A teenager and two children under six head up a list of Russia's richest heirs published on Monday, led by 17 year-old Yussuf Alekperov who stands to inherit a whopping 12.3 billion dollars (9.0 billion euros).
Yussuf is the sole heir of his father's fortune, Vagit Alekperov, owner of Lukoil oil group, estimated at 12.3 billion dollars (9 billion euros), according to the list in Finans magazine.
A brother and sister took second and third place, with six-year-old Piotr Deripaska and four-year-old Marina each in line to inherit 10.6 billion dollars from their father, aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska.
The five children of billionaire Roman Abramovich, the richest man in Russia and the owner of London's Chelsea football club, came 23rd to 27th on the list with an estimated inheritance of 4.2 billion dollars each.
The Abramovitch siblings live with their mother in London, after their parents divorced.
The list tallies a total of 70 children from 36 Russian billionaires whose capital totals 240 billion dollars. Illegitimate children were not included.
The majority of the young billionaires study abroad, in London or the US, according to the article.
09/03/2007 15:42 GMT