Roman Abramóvich's powerful connections are due, at least in part,
to the fact that he moved mega tons of commodities,
like oil and aluminum.

How he came to own so many shares is controversial, but legal.
He was in the right place, at the right time, with the right stuff.

He was there with the money after much of Russia had become privatized
and share prices had become very, very depressed.

He was there with the license, skills and connections
when Russia wanted to sell oil and aluminum to foreigners.

He managed to divorce the mother of his 5 kids with much
less pain than Seattle's Craig McCaw went through, it seems,
paying only .3 giga dollars, instead of the 11 gig everyone expected.

This is his Boeing 767:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...763_P4-MES.jpg

His M/Y Eclipse ( due out this year ) has a 12-person submarine that
exits the hull through the bottom, so he can come and go in privacy.

Costing .3 giga dollars, it will be the world's largest megayacht,
as the M/Y Dubai is not private.