MOSCOW: Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, 50, the owner of Chelsea soccer team, and his wife, gallery owner Daria Zhukova, 36, have separated, the couple said in a statement on Monday.
“After 10 years together, the two of us have made the difficult decision to separate, but we remain close friends,
parents, and partners in the projects we developed together,” the statement said.
Abramovich had two previous marriages.
The couple met in 2005 and were married a few years later, according to the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Zhukova and Abramovich, who is ranked number 139 in the Forbes magazine list of the world’s richest people, have two children together.