Forbes Woman published a ranking of Russias 20 richest women, and Irkutsk Oil Company CEO and minority shareholder Marina Sedykh made the top ten, taking sixth place with 285 million dollars. The article also says who topped the list and gives details about Sedykhs career, her work as a deputy, and the charity projects she supports.
On August 20, 2015, Forbes Woman magazine published a ranking of the 20 richest women in Russia. Among the ten richest women in Russia was the CEO and minority shareholder of Irkutsk Oil Company, Marina Sedykh.In first place in the Forbes Woman ranking is the wife of former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Elena Baturina, president of Inteco Management, with her billion dollars.
In second place is Natalya Lutsenko, co-owner of the Sodeistvie Group, whose fortune was estimated by the magazine’s experts at $550 million; the top three is rounded out by Guzelia Safina, deputy general director of TAIF OJSC, with $430 million.
Marina Sedykh — General Director of Irkutsk Oil Company, her fortune is $285 million, which allowed her to take sixth place. Marina Sedykh was surpassed in income by such celebrities as the founder of Kaspersky Lab, Natalya Kaspersky, whose income is $270 million; Maria Sharapova, a tennis player, $240 million.
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Marina Sedykh graduated from ISU with a degree in law. She worked for a long time in the legal department of IZTM, then as chief legal counsel at GUGP Vostsibneftegazgeologiya. Since the very beginning of Irkutsk Oil Company’s work in 2000, Sedykh has been its general director. Since 2013, she has been a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region.
Since 2013, she has financed the Nizhneilimsky district public organization that helps children with disabilities and developmental differences, “Ray of Hope.” Marina Sedykh’s charitable foundation provided financial assistance in creating a dance theater for children with disabilities (the “Dance with Me” project) in Irkutsk; the theater opened at the end of June this year. Marina Sedykh supports young entrepreneurs in the Nizhneilimsky District.
Hobbies: classic science fiction, psychological detective novels, musical compositions by L. E. Webber, A. Rybnikov, bard songs, paintings by Impressionists and Surrealists.