Forbes published another ranking of celebrities, this time Russian. When compiling the rating, the following indicators were taken into account: income from creative or sports activities, the number of references in paper media and the number of Yandex requests.
We bring to your attention the top ten rating of Russian celebrities 2013.
10. Andrey Arshavin
Income of the famous football player over the past 12 months amounted to $ 6.4 million. According to the Yandex search engine, Arshavin was searched more than 1.3 million times. In addition to sports, Andrei has been paying attention to business for a long time - he is a co-owner of several St. Petersburg companies selling cars and food.
9. Natalia Vodianova
One of the most popular top models of our time for a year earned $ 8.6 million. In Yandex, for the year Natalia was searched 348 thousand times. Vodianova is the head of the Naked Hearts foundation, which provides assistance to sick children and helps in the construction of playgrounds throughout Russia.
8. Nikolay Baskov
Despite the fact that many Basques are extremely annoying, in Yandex over the year his name is typed more than 1.3 million times. The artist's revenues exceeded $ 8.9 million in 12 months. Basque is a national artist of Chechnya, Ukraine, Russia, Ingushetia and Moldova.
7. Ksenia Sobchak
Socialite, TV presenter and writer Ksenia Sobchak earned about $ 1.4 million for the year. In Yandex, more than 4 million requests in 12 months are devoted to her. In addition to generating income from participating in television shows and selling books, Ksenia successfully earns money from the restaurant business.
6. Stas Mikhailov
The Honored Artist of Russia earned $ 9.8 million for the year, they searched Yandex Mikhailov 5 million times in the search engine Yandex. In 2013, the loudest event related to the singer was the trial. Mikhailov appealed to the court with a claim that the hero of the comedy "Doubler" was written off from him with the addition of offensive behavior, but the lawsuit was rejected by the court.
5. Alexander Ovechkin
The famous hockey player for the year earned $ 16.8 million. In Yandex, Ovechkin was searched 336 thousand times. About 6 million people are followers of Alexander’s Twitter page. Ovechkin is the most demanded hockey player in advertising, he has contracts with Procter & Gamble, Verizon, Nike, Coca-Cola.
4. Philip Kirkorov
Surprisingly, Kirkorov is regularly included in the ratings of the main Russian celebrities. For the year, the singer’s earnings amounted to $ 9.7 million, and in Yandex his name was searched 3.9 million times. Kirkorov is a national artist of Ingushetia, Russia, Chechnya and Ukraine.
3. Valery Gergiev
The famous conductor for the year earned $ 16.5 million. Despite the most modest number of search queries (84 thousand), Gergiev is confidently one of the three leaders in the ranking of celebrities. In addition to creative activities, income to the conductor brings 15% of the shares of Eurodon, one of the largest producers of turkey meat.
2. Gregory Leps
The performer, who has not lost popularity, earned $ 15 million over 12 months, and the number of searches in Yandex containing the name of the singer exceeded 6.5 million. By the way, the real last name of Leps is Lepsevridze. For one concert the performer receives up to $ 500 thousand.
1. Maria Sharapova
For 12 months, Maria earned $ 29 million, and Yandex searched for Sharapova 768 thousand times. By the way, the famous tennis player is the youngest among the participants in the celebrity rating, she is only 26 years old. However, by this age, according to analysts, Masha has already earned more than $ 210 million.
