Bloomberg's Billionaires Index takes a look at Mikhail Prokhorov's wealth and finds that the Nets owner is slowly but surely moving the bulk of his billions to the U.S. and specifically, to New York and Brooklyn. His interest in the Nets is likely to be more than just rooting, suggests Bloomberg. Instead, it's becoming the heart of his financial empire.
Noting that the oligarch has been the target of several police raids on his companies' offices in recent months, Bloomberg writes that Prokhorov is selling out of his Russian assets. It started with his sale of a stake in Uralkali, the world's biggest potash minor, and has now extended to his longtime holding, a 17 percent stake in Rusal, the world's largest aluminum company.