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ROMAN ABRAMOVICH

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I grew up with nothing. No parents, no money, no connections. Everything I built came from taking chances others wouldn't.

resilienceriskCourt testimony, 2012

I didn't buy Chelsea to make money. I bought it because I love football and I wanted to build the best club in the world.

footballpassionRare interview, 2005

In Russia in the 1990s, there were no rules. You either figured it out or you disappeared.

entrepreneurshipriskCourt deposition, 2012

I have invested more in Chukotka than any government program ever did. Sometimes you have to spend your own money on things governments won't.

governancephilanthropyPress conference, 2006

Twenty-one trophies in nineteen years. Whatever happens next, nobody can take that away.

achievementlegacyStatement through spokesperson, 2022