Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg has acquired a 50% stake in the historic Villa Feltrinelli building for EUR 40 mln. The Villa was sold by the American investor Bob Burns to Vekselberg's energy company Renova. It is understood that the front-runners in the bid for the Villa were Viktor Vekselberg, who ranked 44 in Forbes' list of the world's richest people in 2006, and Roman Abramovic, also listed by Forbes magazine as the richest man in Russia and owner of English's Chelsea football club.
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