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Forbes Daily Briefing

Russia’s Richest Woman Handed Over A Third Of Her Fortune. Then Things Turned Deadly.

Forbes Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The richest woman in Russia left her husband in April and quietly gave away a third of her company, Wildberries, in a surprising merger in July. Now two people are dead. Here’s the inside story of what may have led to the tragedy.

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Here is your Forbes Daily Briefing for Friday, September 20th.

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Today on Forbes, Russia's richest woman handed over a third of her fortune,

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then things turn deadly.

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One of Russia's most compelling entrepreneurial tales has turned into a deadly nightmare.

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On Wednesday, at least two people died and seven others were injured after a shooting at the Moscow

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headquarters of Wild Berries, Russia's largest online retailer, according to media reports.

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Tatiana Bacalchuk, the self-made billionaire who founded Wildberries, the 5.9 billion dollar

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in sales retailer comparable to Amazon in the U.S. blamed her estranged husband and co-founder, Vladislav Bakalchuk, who she said led a group of armed people into the

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e-commerce giant's headquarters in an attempt to seize operations.

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In a telegram post in the hours after the shooting that Forbes translated into English,

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Pekalchuk, the richest woman in Russia, said, quote,

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this is a hostile takeover or rather an unsuccessful attempt.

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She added that she's appealed to law enforcement, quote,

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to take control of this situation.

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Both of the people killed were Wild Berry's security guards, according to Russia's Interfax News Agency.

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On Thursday, Vladislav was arrested and charged with murder, the outlet reported, citing his defense team.

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Dozens of others were also arrested in connection with the shooting.

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Vladislav has maintained his innocence, arguing that Wildberry's officers fired on him and his security team unprovoked

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when he arrived for a pre-organized meeting, leaving some of those who joined them wounded.

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Wednesday's tragic events appear to be the latest escalation in a month's long battle between

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the Bacalchucks, who have been married for at least 20 years, over the future of the

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e-commerce giant they long ran together.

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