FX.co ★ Female Executive: top 7 Russian businesswomen

Tatiana Lukovetskaia is the CEO of the Russia's largest car dealer - GC "Rolf", the 56th place in the private companies' rating. There are 5,646 people under her management, and the company's turnover for 2015 was 114.1 billion roubles.

Marina Sedykh has been showing her leadership skills for a long time. Since 2000 the businesswoman has been serving as General Director at LLC Irkutsk Oil Company. The woman holds 11% stake in the company. The company's turnover for 2015 reached 107.7 billion roubles.

Since 2013 Marina Sedykh has been holding the deputy position in the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk region from the United Russia party.

Since 2013 Ksenia Sosnina has been working as the CEO in the Russian chapter of the American International Paper. At the same time, the woman became a member of the board of directors of the Ilim company. Today, she owns 50% of the Ilim's shares. In June, 2016, Sosnina was appointed CEO in the LLC Ilim Group.

The company's revenues for 2015: 102.5 billion roubles.

Employees under management: 17,000 people.

Tatiana Volodina is the CEO of the Course company. This name will tell you nothing, but a lot of people know the chain of perfumery & cosmetics shops L'etoile. The founder of this chain is Maksim Klimov, but he dealt only with strategic issues and didn't run the company. After his death Tatiana became the head of GC Course.

The company's revenues for 2015: 72.4 billion roubles.

Employees under management: 10,000 people.

Julia Prince is the head of Rive Gauche, one of the largest perfumery & cosmetics chains in Russia.

The company's revenues for 2015: 38 billion roubles.

Employees under management: 7,500 people.

Tatiana Bakalchuk: from the English teacher to the internet sales sector. Since 2004 together with her husband she has been developing one of the largest internet clothes shops in Russia - Wildberries. Today, Tatiana is the third in the list of the Russia's richest women for 2016 and has the capital of $500 million.

The company's revenues for 2015: 36.5 billion roubles.

Employees under management: 7,500 people.

Valentina Stanovova serves as the CEO in the company Capital Group. During the time that she worked in the company she implemented dozens of projects in the residential and commercial real estate.

The company's revenues for 2015: 35 billion roubles.