Vahid Alekperov

Heading since 1993 the Russia\'s famous Lukoil company V. Alekperov is the only Azerbaijani billionaire recognized in the world officially. He worked during 1990-1991 as Vice-minister of oil and gas industry of the USSR, during 1991-1992 as 1st Deputy the minister of oil and gas industry of the USSR. At the end of 1991 V.Alekberov could achieve the signing of a contract between the plants in Perm, Volgograd and Majeyski (Lithuania), i.e. with the Langenpasneftgas, Urayneftgas and Kogalımneftgas (later the head letters in the names of these plants tuned to be the name of the Lukoil company), thus established the first  oil concern in Russia.