In early September Apple will introduce new iPhone. Forbes found out what phones are Russian businessmen. This has proved almost as difficult as to quantify their condition. Many billionaires have been reluctant to share information, their press-service explained the failure of too personal nature of the question.
In the end we found out that the iPhone is the most popular communication tool of the oligarchs. At the same time, the old school business or almost do not use mobile as Usmanov, Prokhorov, or use classic Nokia and Motorola, as Michelson and Yakobashvili, or alternate push button with iPhone. What does this mean — the force of habit, conservatism or caution (because push-button phones are harder to hack), I only know themselves billionaires.
1. Leonid Mikhelson — touch Nokia
The main shareholder of the largest independent gas producer in Russia NOVATEK and petrochemical holding “SIBUR”
2. Alisher Usmanov is iPad only
The founder and main shareholder of USM Holdings
3. Roman Abramovich — the iPhone 6
Private investor
4. Mikhail Prokhorov (no phone)
The owner of the group “ONEXIM”
5. Sergey Galitsky — the iPhone 6
General Director of OJSC “Magnit”
6. Vladimir Yevtushenkov iPhone 6
Chairman of the Board of Directors of AFK “Sistema” (pictured right, with Victor Vekselberg)
7. Oleg Deripaska — Blackberry, iPhone 6s
The President of UC Rusal, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of “Basic element”
8. Oleg Boyko — Blackberry
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the investment holding Finstar
9. Kirill Shamalov — the two iPhone 6s
A Board member of petrochemical holding “SIBUR”
10. David Yakobashvili — Motorolla razrv3
Private investor
11. Andrey Bokarev – Vertu, iPhone 6
Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZAO “Transmashholding”
12. Anatoly Sedykh — touch Nokia
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the United metallurgical company
13. Andrey Kostin — iPhone 6s
The President — Chairman of VTB Bank
14. Igor Sechin — Vertu
President, Chairman of the Board NK “Rosneft”
15. Sergey Chemezov is finally switched from iPhone to YotaPhone
General Director of state Corporation “rostec”
