Meet Russia's richest woman, a billionaire whose e-commerce company is being targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes
Tatyana Kim, the founder of Russia's largest e-commerce retailer Wildberries, has become the country's richest woman with a net worth of $8.1 billion. Despite her success, her business infrastructure is currently facing direct threats from Ukrainian drone strikes amid the ongoing war.
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It highlights the intersection of extreme private wealth and geopolitical conflict, showing how major commercial entities are becoming targets in modern warfare.
Tatyana Kim. Elena Chernyshova/Bloomberg via Getty Images Tatyana Kim is Russia's richest woman with an estimated net worth of $8.1 billion. She founded e-commerce retailer Wildberries, Russia's version of Amazon that sells a range of items. Wildberries warehouses have been targeted by Ukrainian strikes. In 2004, Tatyana Kim spent $700 to create a website for Wildberries, an e-commerce business she started out of her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave. Today, Wildberries is considered the Russian equivalent of Amazon , a booming online retailer that Forbes estimated earned $9 billion in revenue in 2024, and Kim is Russia's richest woman, with an estimated net worth of $8.1 billion. Yet, despite her immense wealth, Kim, 50, keeps a low profile and apparently lives modestly. Amid Russia's war with Ukraine, Kim's warehouses have come under fire from Ukrainian strikes targeting the retail facilities. Here's how Kim makes and spends her fortune.
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