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'''Aleksandra Melnichenko''' ({{nee|'''Nikolić'''}}; {{lang-sr|Александра Мељниченко, {{nee|Николић}}|translit=Aleksandra Meljničenko, {{nee|Nikolić}}}}; born 21 April 1977) is a philanthropist, and a former Yugoslavian singer and model. She is the wife of Russian billionaire entrepreneur [[Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)|Andrey Melnichenko]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ONA je najbogatija Srpkinja na svetu! {{!}} Poznati |url=https://direktno.rs/zabava/poznati/303130/sandra-meljnicenko-modelsica-najbogatija-srpkinja.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Direktno |language=sr}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=NAJBOGATIJA SRPKINJA ne štedi samo za OVU STVAR: Evo ZA ŠTA je Sandra Meljničenko izdvojila neverovatnih 110 MILIONA DOLARA |url=https://www.srbijadanas.com/zena/vesti/najbogatija-srpkinja-ne-stedi-samo-na-ovu-stvar-evo-za-sta-je-sandra-meljnicenko-izdvojila-2021-11-01 |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=www.srbijadanas.com |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/andrey-melnichenko/?list=billionaires|title=Andrey Melnichenko|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-07-13|language=en}}</ref>
'''Aleksandra Melnichenko''' ({{nee|'''Nikolić'''}}; {{lang-sr|Александра Мељниченко, {{nee|Николић}}|translit=Aleksandra Meljničenko, {{nee|Nikolić}}}}; born 21 April 1977) Serbian born-Russian billionaire,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-31 |title=Sandra Meljničenko: Modelsica koja je postala milijarderka - Ljudi - Dnevni list Danas |url=https://www.danas.rs/ljudi/sandra-meljnicenko-modelsica-koja-je-postala-milijarderka/ |access-date=2022-05-31 |language=sr-RS}}</ref> philanthropist and a former singer and model. She is the wife of Russian billionaire entrepreneur [[Andrey Melnichenko (industrialist)|Andrey Melnichenko]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=ONA je najbogatija Srpkinja na svetu! {{!}} Poznati |url=https://direktno.rs/zabava/poznati/303130/sandra-meljnicenko-modelsica-najbogatija-srpkinja.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=Direktno |language=sr}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=NAJBOGATIJA SRPKINJA ne štedi samo za OVU STVAR: Evo ZA ŠTA je Sandra Meljničenko izdvojila neverovatnih 110 MILIONA DOLARA |url=https://www.srbijadanas.com/zena/vesti/najbogatija-srpkinja-ne-stedi-samo-na-ovu-stvar-evo-za-sta-je-sandra-meljnicenko-izdvojila-2021-11-01 |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=www.srbijadanas.com |language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/andrey-melnichenko/?list=billionaires|title=Andrey Melnichenko|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-07-13|language=en}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 17:28, 31 May 2022

Aleksandra Melnichenko

Aleksandra Melnichenko (née Nikolić; Template:Lang-sr; born 21 April 1977) Serbian born-Russian billionaire,[1] philanthropist and a former singer and model. She is the wife of Russian billionaire entrepreneur Andrey Melnichenko.[2][3][4]

Early life

Aleksandra Nikolić was born and grew up in Belgrade, the capital of former Yugoslavia, to a Serbian father and a Croatian mother. Her father was an architectural engineer and her mother was an artist.[3][5] Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, Aleksandra held both Serbian and Croatian nationality.[2][6]

Sandra was educated at the 11th Belgrade Gymnasium, prior to enrolling in the Faculty of International Management in Belgrade.[3]

Career

At the age of 15, while still in high school and before enrolling into Belgrade University’s Faculty of Management, Aleksandra launched herself into a successful first career in fashion, winning international recognition as a model and, from 1996, regional fame as a member of the original cast of the Balkans’ leading girl band “Models”. She returned to full-time modelling in 1998, working with leading international agencies while living in Europe’s fashion capitals.[7][8][6][9]

Aleksandra Melnichenko has focused on philanthropy, mainly supporting children’s education and the arts. The family’s foundation and the companies the Melnichenko family invested in have over time donated nearly 500 million US dollars to charity.[10]

Personal life

In 2003, in France, Aleksandra met entrepreneur and investor Andrey Melnichenko, whose life story mirrored Aleksandra’s: born in 1972 in the USSR’s Republic of Belarus to a Belarussian father and a Ukrainian mother, he was selected from his native small town of Gomel in Belarus to attend a prep school for academically gifted children in Moscow.[11][10]

The couple married two years after their first meeting, in September 2005, and started to spend an international life between different continents and countries.[12][6]

Aleksandra and Andrey have since welcomed a daughter (2012) and a son (2017), whom they raise "as cosmopolitan citizens of the world". The children speak Aleksandra’s mother tongue as well as English, Russian and French.[13][6]

Aleksandra and Andrey Melnichenko own two superyachts designed by Philip Starck: Sailing Yacht A and Motor Yacht A which reportedly cost $500 million and $350 million to build respectively,[11][14] and are considered to be "one of the most advanced superyachts on the water" with "environmentally-friendly innovations."[15]

References

  1. ^ "Sandra Meljničenko: Modelsica koja je postala milijarderka - Ljudi - Dnevni list Danas" (in Serbian). 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  2. ^ a b "ONA je najbogatija Srpkinja na svetu! | Poznati". Direktno (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  3. ^ a b c "NAJBOGATIJA SRPKINJA ne štedi samo za OVU STVAR: Evo ZA ŠTA je Sandra Meljničenko izdvojila neverovatnih 110 MILIONA DOLARA". www.srbijadanas.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  4. ^ "Andrey Melnichenko". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ^ Татьяна Якимова 20 Июля 2010 в 12:09. "Сандра Мельниченко: быть женой миллиардера | Интервью и фотосеты | Наши люди | Tatler – журнал о светской жизни". Tatler.ru. Retrieved 2014-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b c d "RODIO SE NAJBOGATIJI SRBIN NA SVETU! Porodila se Sandra Meljničenko, a kada saznate GDE..." espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  7. ^ "Aleksandra Melnichenko Video | Interviews". Ovguide.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  8. ^ "Sandra Meljničenko Biografija". Biografija.org (in Serbian). 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  9. ^ Tozev, Ljubomir. "NEZAMISLIVO JE KOLIKO PARA IMAJU, "KUPAJU" SE U NOVCU: Sandra Meljničenko je i zvanično NAJBOGATIJA SRPKINJA!". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  10. ^ a b "About the foundation". aimfoundation.info (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  11. ^ a b "Aleksandra Melnicheko Interview - Inside Aleksandra Melnicheko's Megayacht - Harper's BAZAAR Magazine". Harpersbazaar.com. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2014-01-11.
  12. ^ Derek Blasberg, Smooth sailing: Aleksandra Melnichenko, Harper's Bazaar, November 16, 2011
  13. ^ [https.www.glossy.espreso.co.rs/poznati/vesti/103635/na-ovo-se-cekalo-pet-meseci-otkriveno-ime-sina-sandre-i-andreja-meljnicenka].Glossy.rs, 23.8.2017.
  14. ^ "The world's most expensive superyachts come with helipads, movie theaters, and swimming pools — take a look". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  15. ^ Dobson, Jim. "World Superyacht Awards: The Best Motor And Sailing Yachts For 2018". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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