Wednesday, March 02, 2022

The Ukrainian Oligarchs

 

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While we get to hear a lot about Russian oligarchs, we hear very much less about Ukrainian oligarchs.

“In total, the top 100 wealthiest business people in Ukraine control around $44,5 billion, according to Forbes, which accounts for 27% of Ukrainian GDP in September, 2021.”


The top 10 Ukrainian oligarchs:

RankOligarchValueNotes
1Rinat Akhmetov$7,6 billionEnergy generation and distribution, coal and iron ore mining, metallurgy, media industry
2Victor Pinchuk$2,5 billionSteel rolling, media industry
3Kostyantyn Zhevago$2,4 billionBanking, vehicle manufacturing, iron ore mining
4Ihor Kolomoyskyi$1,8 billionBanking, crude oil
5Henadiy Boholyubov$1,7 billionBanking
6Oleksandr and Halyna Hereha$1,7 billionRetail
7Petro Poroshenko$1,6 billionVehicle manufacturing, confectionery
8Vadym Novynskyi$1,4 billionMetallurgy, shipbuilding, Russian Orthodox Church
9Oleksandr Yaroslavsky$820 millionReal estate, metallurgy
10Yuriy Kosiuk$780 millionAgriculture, food industry

Ukrainian oligarchs - Wikipedia

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