Meet Russia’s richest woman, the self-made billionaire who started her e-commerce company while on maternity leave

Today, Wildberries is considered the Russian equivalent of Amazon, a dynamically developing online store that earned $6 billion in 2023, and Bakalchuk is the richest woman in Russia, Bloomberg reports.

However, despite her enormous wealth, 48-year-old Bakalchuk does not attract attention and apparently lives modestly – she apparently does not have a house, preferring to rent.

This is how Bakalchuk earns and spends his fortune.