Roman Abramovich

 This Russian has dared the richest of the world to be amongst them. Roman Abramovich, is the well known owner of Chelsea Football Club. Despite being known all over the world he has maintained a low profile. Roman Abramovich was born in Siberia to impoverished parents. He lost both his parents at a young age. He moved to Moscow with his sister where he did his basic education. There after he was drafted for military service. After military service he earned a degree from Moscow State Law Academy.He started his commercial activities in 1980. He owned and operated small co-operative initially. Thereafter he specialized in trading of oil and oil products. Roman diversified his business and established a company known as Millhouse Capital. Gradually his company acquired significant stakes in Aeroflot and several Aluminum Companies. They also invested in several smaller companies in the automobile industry, pharmaceuticals, food processing, real estate and other sectors.

With his huge wealth, Roman is known to have controlled the world of football. He took over Chelsea and infused huge funds into it. The club has been notorious in buying football players for huge sums. Shevchenko joined Chelsea in 2006 for a record transfer fee of around £30m. Roman is also well known for charity.