Tatyana Bakalchuk sits in front of a microphone at an event
Russian billionaire Tatyana Bakalchuk.
  • Tatyana Bakalchuk is Russia's richest woman with an estimated net worth of $7.4 billion.
  • She founded e-commerce retailer Wildberries, Russia's version of Amazon that sells a range of items.
  • Bakalchuk is developing a payment platform to bolster Russia's economy amid international sanctions.

In 2004, Tatyana Bakalchuk spent $700 to create a website for Wildberries, an e-commerce business she started out of her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave.