We wrote about stars who love to piss off fans by posting photos on social networks demonstrating a beautiful and simply very beautiful life. Here you will find gold toothbrushes, private islands and white leather car interiors. And today we invite you to take a look at the Instagrams of those who really have money. Well, at least a few million dollars. Let's see what the wives of Russian millionaires brag about and how they spend their time. And we count how many golden brushes they have!
Katarina Konks, model, husband - head of the petrochemical holding Sibur Dmitry Konov, $5.5 million
Katarina doesn’t forget to form her lips like a duck even in the gym. Otherwise, everything is as it should be - dresses, dogs, gym. Oh no, not all!
Katarina had a long-term affair with the general director of Sibur. 15 years ago, Conx became Playboy's Girl of the Year according to readers, and today she leads a very secretive lifestyle. The former model does not communicate with the press, and appears at social events exclusively in the company of her husband. True, Katarina is an active user of the Instagram network. If you believe the photographs, the businessman’s wife has at least 3 dogs. Katarina also loves quests on the Ferrari. Having sat comfortably behind the wheel, the girl competes with other players. Participants in the quest must solve detective riddles, look for a missing item, or complete other tasks in the same series. Well, the former model still loves to pose for the camera. True, in work clothes.
Elena Perminova, model, husband - Alexander Lebedev, chairman of the financial and industrial holding National Reserve Corporation, $400 million
Elena says that her husband chooses photos for Instagram personally. He seems to be doing pretty well.
Readers of women's magazines know Elena as a model who married a millionaire and bore him three children. And those who follow crime chronicles may remember that many years ago the beauty found herself at the center of a scandal and almost ended up in prison for 6 years for drug trafficking. But now all the troubles are in the past. In addition to raising children, Lena travels a lot around the world, participates in photo shoots for famous brands and does charity work. Despite the huge number of haute couture dresses in which the model is regularly photographed, Elena claims that she does not spend extra money on clothes and generally knows how to count and value money.
“When I started raising funds for charity, I realized that I couldn’t go and just buy a bag if this money could help someone,” the model admitted to Hello!
Alexandra Melnichenko, model and singer, husband Andrei Melnichenko, owner of Eurochem and Siberian Coal Energy Company, $8.2 billion
Sandra and her husband never post photos of their only daughter. But yourself - please!
Serbian top model and Models member Sandra Melnichenko, née Nikolic, married a Russian billionaire in 2005. For the wedding, Alexander gave his beloved a tiara with diamonds from the museum, made for Princess Grace Kelly of Monaco. On Valentine's Day, he presented his wife with a Maltese dog, and on her 30th birthday, Sandra and her guests were entertained by Jennifer Lopez. According to the former model, today her life is devoted to caring for her husband, daughter and household chores. And there are quite a few of the latter - Melnichenko has three houses in different countries, and for each he needs to create a unique style. Sandra's other passions are couture dresses and healthy eating. In her free time from taking care of the house, the ex-model not only attends fashion shows, but regularly and with great pleasure buys elite dresses, shelling out 15-20 thousand euros for each new item.
— This type of investment is my personal investment style. I have “picture” outfits that I admire, that I really love, but never wear. And I hate talking about the futility of Haute Couture,” Alexandra honestly admitted to reporters.
Sandra tries to teach healthy eating not only to her family, but also to her pets. She jokes that in their house even the dog happily eats carrots.
Polina Deripaska, chairman of the board of directors of the media holding, husband - Oleg Deripaska, owner, chairman of $2.1 billion
Polina does not have an Instagram account. Even on the official page of her husband Oleg Deripaska it is impossible to find a photo of his wife. So, we are content with what can be found in publications of various publications
Polina Deripaska (daughter of Boris Yeltsin's former adviser Valentin Yumashev) is very unlike most wives of successful businessmen. She does not maintain accounts on social networks, and communicates with journalists only for work. At one time, Polina purchased a publishing house with her husband’s money and turned it into a successful enterprise. Now Forward Media Group (formerly OVA-Press) brings Polina at least ten million dollars annually. The businessman’s wife leads a very measured life and tries to return home every day by 19:30 to have dinner with their children, Peter and Maria. Polina hates social events; she only goes there for work. And in everyday life she prefers to remain invisible and wear discreet things.
Daria Zhukova, designer, publisher, husband - Roman Abramovich, $7.6 billion
Daria is simply obliged to maintain Instagram - the title of the ten most stylish people according to American Vogue obliges her. True, don't expect luxury from it.
Daria, on the contrary, does not try to lead a secretive lifestyle: she attends social events with all her might and enjoys communicating with celebrities. For example, a couple of years ago, paparazzi caught a girl in the arms of actor Leonardo DiCaprio. And after that, rumors began to circulate about a separation from Abramovich, but the rumors soon died down. Today, the businessman’s wife is raising two children and runs her main brainchild, the Garage center for contemporary art in Moscow, and devotes the rest of her time to fashion: working on her own clothing brand, Kova & T.
Irina Viner, head coach of the Russian rhythmic gymnastics team, husband - Alisher Usmanov, founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings, $14.4 billion
Irina Viner has a fan page on Instagram. And Irina is wonderful there. He doesn’t boast about his luxurious life, just sports and a few outfits.
Irina and Alisher met in a gym in Tashkent, where she was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics from the age of 11, and he was engaged in fencing. They later met in Moscow, when Wiener was already working as a gymnastics coach, and Usmanov was a student at MGIMO. Usmanov made his marriage proposal while sitting in prison after he was sentenced to 8 years in prison in the so-called “cotton case” (in 1989, the court overturned Usmanov’s conviction, and in 2000, the Supreme Court of Uzbekistan recognized that the conviction 1980 is unfair. Thus, the billionaire was found innocent of the crimes charged to him and has no criminal record). From the conclusion, Usmanov sent Wiener a handkerchief, which, according to Uzbek custom, means a marriage proposal. They got married in 1992. Before her marriage to Alisher, Irina managed to be married twice. Son Anton bears his mother’s surname, was educated abroad and is already a father twice. Irina trained a number of famous gymnasts, including Yana Batyrshina, Yulia Barsukova, Alina Kabaeva, Evgenia Kanaeva and many others.
— My girls often call me mom, not even the second, but sometimes the first. And I consider them my own children, because it’s worth a lot if a child calls you mom,” Irina Viner is convinced.
Stella Kesaeva, collector, philanthropist, husband - Igor Kesaev, owner of the group, $3 billion
It seems that all the colors of the world are at her feet, but no, Stella prefers classic black, white and red, which does not prevent her from remaining one of the most stylish wives of millionaires.
Stella is an economist by training. Now she owns the largest collection of Western and Russian artists in Russia, which includes 1,500 works. In 2004, Kesaeva organized the first exhibition of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov in Russia - “An Incident in a Museum and Other Installations” in the Hermitage. Founder of the Stella Art Foundation, commissioner of the Russian pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale.
“I grew up in the North, where my father worked as a geologist; there was no art there, only stones and the northern lights. During the holidays I went to Moscow and Leningrad, stood in lines at film festivals. And after getting married and moving to Moscow, there was absolutely nothing to do: children, housekeeping, no money, and it was unclear how to live further. In the early 1990s, we moved abroad, and I started visiting museums in New York and Geneva. Contemporary artists have become a real discovery for me. In general, what is more interesting to me is what cannot be explained, then the brain begins to work,” says Stella in an interview.
Stella and her husband have three children.
