Forbes has published a ranking of businessmen – the largest personal income tax payers. In the top on…

Forbes published a rating of businessmen – the largest payers of personal income tax. In the top, along with the owners of Novatek Leonid Mikhelson and Lukoil Vagit Alekperov, was, as his publication calls, “a certain Alexey Trofimov.” The personal income tax paid by this businessman amounted to at least 1.042 billion rubles in 2023, and personal income, accordingly, was at least 6.945 billion rubles. Forbes names Trofimov’s sources of income as TKLC JSC and Ost-Terminal LLC.
Transport Company Logistic Center (TKLC) is a former subsidiary of Logistic Center, owned by Dmitry Rodov (also featured in the Forbes rating with personal income tax of at least 1.554 billion rubles and income of at least 10.36 billion rubles). TKLC receives almost all of its revenue from sea freight services. Trofimov has owned TKLC since 2022. Trofimov owned or still owns shares in the companies Ost-Terminal, Opinter and Premier Finance, which are engaged in the customs business. According to Forbes, the former co-owners of these companies were Sergei Batekhin (CEO of Interros Holding Company LLC and member of the board of directors of Norilsk Nickel) and Yaroslav Potanin (Kommersant calls him the younger brother of the managing shareholder of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin).

Trofimov also owned Newity LLC (developer of the platform for trading DFA Atomize, sold to Interros), Sistema LLC (real estate management, sold to Rodov), Vostok Steel Plant LLC (transformed into a joint-stock company, founder hidden) , together with the former general director of Interros Sergei Barbashev, was a co-owner of Valga LLC, which was engaged in the wholesale trade of computers and software.