If not for Roman Abramovich, Chelsea wouldn’t have been where they are in world football.

When the billionaire bought the Premier League club in 2003, few had heard of the businessman outside of Russia.

And while many of the country’s oligarchs lost their wealth when Vladimir Putin became the president, Abrahmovich managed to maintain his.

The below video from uMAXit Football’s official YouTube channel explains just how he made his fortune, how he kept it, and looks into the reasons why he bought Chelsea, other than for the fact that he was “bored”.