Vagit Alekperov Quote

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

Vagit Alekperov

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

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About Vagit Alekperov

Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov (Azerbaijani: Vahid Yusifoviç Ələkbərov, Russian: Вагит Юсуфович Алекперов; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian businessman of Azerbaijani origin and an oligarch. He was the President of the oil company Lukoil from 1993 until 2022.
As of March 2025, according to the Forbes magazine, Alekperov has an estimated net worth of US$28.7 billion, making him the wealthiest person in Russia and the sixty-third in the world. Alekperov previously owned a 36.8% stake in football club Spartak Moscow. Fellow former Spartak owner Leonid Fedun is Alekperov's close associate. Alekperov also owned superyacht builder Heesen Yachts until 2022.
As part of the international governmental responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have imposed sanctions against Alekperov.