Nataliya Vasilyeva, Paul Sonne, Alina Lobzina and Oleg MatsnevAug 8, 2026 – 3.55pmShe built Russia’s answer to Amazon. She navigated wartime Kremlin politics. And she outmanoeuvred her ex-husband – the father of her seven children – in a rancorous business feud that involved a deadly shooting near Red Square.But Tatyana Kim, billionaire co-founder of the online marketplace Wildberries and the richest woman in Russia, is now facing a far greater challenge. Ukrainian airstrikes are decimating her company’s facilities and threatening her business empire’s survival.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
She’s Russia’s richest woman. Ukraine is burning her empire to the ground
As Ukraine repeatedly strikes warehouses of the e-commerce site Wildberries, Tatyana Kim, its billionaire co-founder, faces her biggest test yet.
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