8 - Yuri Gushchin
Names: Yuri Gushchin
Wealth: $1.6bn
Company: United Confectioners (Obyedinennye Konditery)
Age: 70
World Richlist: #1125
Businessman Yuri Gushchin bought a controlling stake in Russia’s biggest confectionery player United Confectioners in the late Nineties. The company was established in 1804 and owns around 70% of trademarks from the Soviet era such as Alyonka and Burevestnik. United Confectioners operates 19 confectionery plants in Russia and commands an 18% share of the domestic chocolate market, joint top with Mars.
