Galitskiy & Galitskiy
After building Russia's largest retail chain, Forbes billionaire Sergey Galitskiy turned to wine as his legacy project—not for profit, but to prove Russian terroir could produce world-class quality. His son-in-law already owns 49%, the Moscow flagship opened in September 2025, and vineyards are expanding from 68.5 to 110 hectares.
When you’ve already built Russia’s largest retail empire, what’s left to prove? For Sergey Galitskiy, the answer wasn’t another Magnit store—it was creating “Great Russian Wine” that could stand beside French and Italian peers. This isn’t a profit play.
Strategic Context: Galitskiy & Galitskiy represents a new category in Russian wine—billionaire legacy capital meeting generational succession planning. When Forbes-ranked founders deploy unlimited resources with 51/49 succession structures and Moscow flagship retail expansion, they’re building brands designed to outlast the founder. The terroir is cool-climate exceptional. The succession isn’t theoretical. The capital is unlimited. The legacy is being written.