Russia’s second-richest man pledges to leave all his money to charity

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    Billionaire Mikhail Fridman, whose net worth is $13.3 billion according to Forbes, is to leave his children out of his will.The businessman said he wants his children to create something on their own.

    “I'm not a big fan of such public statements, but I can say that I am going to transfer all my money to charity. I don’t plan to transfer any money to my children,” Fridman said, responding to a question from the audience at the Forbes club.

    He says giving a young person large amounts of money risks ruining his life. He also doesn’t want his children to participate in his Alfa Group business.

    Fridman said he wants his children to follow his footsteps and create something of their own. Another reason for that is that he doesn’t want his elder daughter Laura, who is now 22, to become a focus of people with bad intentions.

    The tycoon added that the same decision was made by his business partners. Fridman has four children. The youngest is 10 years old, the eldest is 22.

    In 2016, Forbes Russia estimated Fridman’s wealth at $13.3 billion; he is ranked second among the richest Russians. He is the principal owner of Alfa Group, which includes Russia’s largest private commercial bank Alfa Bank, X5 Retail Group that has a chain of supermarkets in Russia, A1 TV Channel and the LetterOne investment holding.



     
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    ඌ කියලා තියෙන කථාව- තරුණ කෙනෙක්ට සල්ලි ගොඩක් එකපාර දෙන එක විනාශයකට මුල පිරීමක් කියලා - ටිකක් ඇත්ත නමුත් හැමෝම එහෙම කරයි කියලා හිතන්න බෑ බන්. සමහර වෙලාවට ඌ ඒක දෙගුණ තෙගුණ කරලා ගන්නත් බැරි නෑ හරියට අර රෝත්චයිල්ඩ් ෆැමිල් එක වගේ. ඒක ඉතින් ළමයගේ හැටියට තමයි. සිරාටවට මම ඌගේ ළමයා වගේ නම් :P මට දේපොළ හම්බ වෙනවා නම් මම කරන්නේ බිස්නස් තව නග්ගලා ගන්නවා සුපිරි වාහන, බඩු වලට වියදම් කරනවා වෙනුවට. ඊට පස්සේ ඒකෙන් ලැබෙන මුදල් වලින් කොටසක් රුසියාවේ දුප්පතුන්ගේ ජීවන මට්ටම උසස් කරන්න වියදම් කරනවා. දැන් අහන්න එපා ඇයි ලංකාවේ දුප්පතුන් අමතක වෙලාද කියලා? :P ඇයි යකෝ මම ඌගේ ළමයා උනා නම් ලංකාවේ එකෙක් නෙවෙයිනේ, එතකොට වෙන රටවල ප්‍රශ්න විසදන්න යන්නේ මොකද තමන්ගේ රටේ ප්‍රශ්ණ විසදනවා මිසක්.
     

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    Hmm but in this economy you should give some to the poor kid.

    you mean to his children.? im sure he will give sufficient amount to his kids for their education, and to lay a foundation for their development.. it's better than giving billions and spoiling them... i think...
     

    Rage Guy

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    you mean to his children.? im sure he will give sufficient amount to his kids for their education, and to lay a foundation for their development.. it's better than giving billions and spoiling them... i think...

    Hmm yeah it's true.getting spoiled also depend on the child right.Why everyone needs go through the same cycle when you have the chance to make your kids life blissful without ever having to work in this misery cycle.Just my thoughts.
     

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    Billionaire Mikhail Fridman, whose net worth is $13.3 billion according to Forbes, is to leave his children out of his will.The businessman said he wants his children to create something on their own.

    “I'm not a big fan of such public statements, but I can say that I am going to transfer all my money to charity. I don’t plan to transfer any money to my children,” Fridman said, responding to a question from the audience at the Forbes club.

    He says giving a young person large amounts of money risks ruining his life. He also doesn’t want his children to participate in his Alfa Group business.

    Fridman said he wants his children to follow his footsteps and create something of their own. Another reason for that is that he doesn’t want his elder daughter Laura, who is now 22, to become a focus of people with bad intentions.

    The tycoon added that the same decision was made by his business partners. Fridman has four children. The youngest is 10 years old, the eldest is 22.

    In 2016, Forbes Russia estimated Fridman’s wealth at $13.3 billion; he is ranked second among the richest Russians. He is the principal owner of Alfa Group, which includes Russia’s largest private commercial bank Alfa Bank, X5 Retail Group that has a chain of supermarkets in Russia, A1 TV Channel and the LetterOne investment holding.




    Does anybody see some suspicion in this statement of his? Could he be just pretending to be offering to charity to the public to keep his daughter safe from some underlying incident?:shocked::shocked:
     

    G.D.1.nirmal

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    Hmm yeah it's true.getting spoiled also depend on the child right.Why everyone needs go through the same cycle when you have the chance to make your kids life blissful without ever having to work in this misery cycle.Just my thoughts.

    Imagine the way his children would accuse him when they are going through financial hardships:P:D
     

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    Hmm yeah it's true.getting spoiled also depend on the child right.Why everyone needs go through the same cycle when you have the chance to make your kids life blissful without ever having to work in this misery cycle.Just my thoughts.

    i think he dosen't see working hard and climbing the ladder as a misery... because he done the same thing and now really sucessfull specially financialy.. he want his children todo the same may be...
     

    G.D.1.nirmal

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    i think he dosen't see working hard and climbing the ladder as a misery... because he done the same thing and now really sucessfull specially financialy.. he want his children todo the same may be...

    Also maybe they are spoiled brats already so he might have decided to punish them......:P
     

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    i think he dosen't see working hard and climbing the ladder as a misery... because he done the same thing and now really sucessfull specially financialy.. he want his children todo the same may be...


    Quite true.But so all he did was work hard towards earning money+experience and giving them back again.May be he thinks that's how life should be fulfilled and that what makes life beautiful.Looking at other side he could have made their kids the time of their life without putting them through the same process.