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Vagit Alekperov

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Vagit Yusufovich Alekperov (Azerbaijani: Vahid Yusifoviç Ələkbərov, Russian: Вагит Юсуфович Алекперов; born 1 September 1950) is an Azerbaijani oligarch. He was the President of the oil company Lukoil from 1993 until 2022. As of September 2024, according to Forbes billionaires list by Forbes magazine, Alekperov has an estimated net worth of US$27.6 billion, making him the 3rd wealthiest person in Russia and the fifty-ninth in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vagit Alekperov has received more than 668,310 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Vagit Alekperov is the 226th most popular businessperson (up from 235th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the most popular Azerbaijani Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Vagit Alekperov ranks 226 out of 847. Before him are Jesse Livermore, Andrew Grove, Karl Baedeker, Karl Rapp, Steve Fossett, and Sheldon Adelson. After him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Josep Lluís Núñez, Guy de Rothschild, John Sculley, Ivar Kreuger, and Srettha Thavisin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Vagit Alekperov ranks 119. Before him are Frank Stallone, Loredana Bertè, Ernesto Samper, Neil Jordan, Roberto Bettega, and Péter Esterházy. After him are Camarón de la Isla, Willy DeVille, Juan Gabriel, Steve Hackett, Bernie Taupin, and Andrzej Szarmach.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Vagit Alekperov ranks 38 out of 232. Before him are Gavriil Ilizarov (1921), Hovannes Adamian (1879), Zeynab Khanlarova (1936), Mir Jafar Baghirov (1896), Gara Garayev (1918), and Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906). After him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1838), Ziba Ganiyeva (1923), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Fikret Amirov (1922), and Musa Manarov (1951).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Azerbaijan

Among businesspeople born in Azerbaijan, Vagit Alekperov ranks 1. After him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1838), Boris Hagelin (1892), Isabel dos Santos (1973), and Igor Ashurbeyli (1963).

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