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Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov is a Ukrainian oligarch, billionaire and businessman. He is the founder and president of international investment group System Capital Management (SCM), and is the wealthiest man in Ukraine.
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Born 21 September 1966 · Q60805
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2026· 9 entries
“Russia is an aggressor and Putin is a war criminal. It’s because Ukraine has always been a peaceful country, and has never attacked anyone.”
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“My most important wish was always that Ukraine stays unified, free, democratic and thriving, and becomes a member state of the EU.”
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“I arrived in Kyiv on 23 February to attend a meeting organised for businessmen by President Zelenskyy. A journalist asked me what, if there would be a full-scale invasion tomorrow, my actions would be. I responded: “I will stay in Ukraine, I will not leave or travel anywhere, I will be helping our military and our army to stand strong, and I’ll be helping civilian people to survive.”
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“inherited a vast financial empire from Bragin”
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EADaily: Loomer bought an American blogger for $ 3 million and brought her to Ukraine Akhmetov — Panchenko
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The Guardian: ‘I was five seconds from death’: Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, on owning Shakhtar and resisting Russia
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At the end of March 2026, businessman Rinat Akhmetov met with the Supervisory Board of his charitable foundation in Kyiv.
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Purchased a €471 million ($554 million) apartment in Monaco, an amount representing 7% of his net worth
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2024· 4 entries
“I am in Ukraine and I am not going to leave the country. I share the same feelings with all Ukrainians: I am sincerely waiting for the victory of Ukraine in this war.”
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It became known that Akhmetov's fortune is estimated at $4 billion (via Forbes)
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Akhmetov purchased a five-floor apartment with 21 rooms in the “Le Renzo” building in Monaco
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Reached nearly $1 billion, primarily focused on restoring and enhancing the security of key enterprises
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2023· 7 entries
It became known that starting from February 24, 2022, Akhmetov's companies sent more than 6
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Yahoo: Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov begins arbitration against Russia for captured assets, including Donbas Arena
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Akhmetov was not afraid to complete the first stage and to start building the second stage of the Tylihul wind farm, the largest in Europe
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Leaked documents revealed that Akhmetov bought a two story penthouse in Belgravia, London, for approximately $122 million
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In 2023, leaked documents revealed that Akhmetov bought a two story penthouse in Belgravia, London, for approximately $122 million.
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DTEK commenced operations of the first phase of 565MW Tylihul Wind Power Plant —the world's first wind farm built during a war, situated just 100 km from the front line
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Reported net worth: $6.6B (as of 2023).
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2022· 6 entries
londonlovesbusiness.com: Rinat Akhmetov says he will spare no expense in helping Ukraine
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Akhmetov's DTEK has been supplying free electricity worth ₴350 million (later $10 million) to medical and military facilities in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk oblasts
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“never been involved with any criminal organizations, I have never been prosecuted and no criminal charges were pressed against me.”
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“proper compensation for all losses and lost business”
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“s war against Ukraine is that civilians are suffering and dying. And Russia”
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FC Shakhtar had to sign a stadium lease agreement with Legia Warsaw, because the Russia's war in Ukraine made it impossible to host international matches
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2020· 2 entries
Help expanded its support to the entire country and forwarded its resources to help all residents of Ukraine, in order to protect them from the threat of the COVID-19 epidemic
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In March 2020, Rinat Akhmetov began to financially help in the fight against COVID-19.
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2019· 3 entries
Published “Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial” in The Lancet — cited 2,671 times.
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Gruppo Campari sold Villa Les Cèdres in Cap Ferrat, France, to Akhmetov for €200 million
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Ukrainian hospitals received 200 ambulances
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2018· 2 entries
Akhmetov's fortune was valued at approx
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On 28 February 2018, the assistance the Rinat Akhmetov Humanitarian Center provided in the non-government controlled territory was put on hold and later banned at all.
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2017· 1 entry
The club's home stadium Donbas Arena served as a centre of humanitarian aid in Donetsk
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2014· 3 entries
Following the occupation of Donbas, Rinat Akhmetov decided not to attend the team’s matches until it returned to Donbas Arena
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In August 2014, on the basis of the Foundation for Development of Ukraine, Rinat Akhmetov Humanitarian Center Pomozhem was created, which provides humanitarian assistance in the form of food packages, medicines, and psychological assistance to citizens.
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Rinat Akhmetov's support of the peace process in Donbas and his assistance to civilians in Donetsk and Luhansk regions were highly appreciated by the United States
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2013· 1 entry
Akhmetov's legal representatives issued a press release in response to accusations in the media, which cited politicians and journalists, that implicated Akhmetov in the 1996 murder of Donetsk-based Ukrainian oligarch Ye
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2012· 1 entry
Donated $19 million to build an oncology research center
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2011· 2 entries
Together with its subsidiaries Metinvest and DTEK, it entered the top five of the Index of Transparency and Accountability of Companies in Ukraine
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Hennadiy Moskal, who in 2005 acted as the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, gave an interview to Ukrainian magazine Профиль (profil-ua), where he claimed to have been under Presidential orders in 2005 to in
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2010· 2 entries
The French daily newspaper Le Figaro issued a retraction of false allegations it published on 18 January 2010 regarding Akhmetov, due to a lack of evidence to support their claims, and issued an apology
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Allegations that Akhmetov had ties to organized crime
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2009· 1 entry
Donbas Arena stadium was built in Donetsk at Rinat Akhmetov's initiative
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2008· 3 entries
Since March 2008, the fund has been separated from the company and operates as a personal charitable foundation of Rinat Akhmetov, it maintains a partnership with SCM.
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A judgment was obtained from the High Court of Justice in London after Obozrevatel, a Ukrainian language Internet publication refused to retract false and libelous statements alleging that Akhmetov was connected to crimi
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The Donetsk Appellate Court ruled that the book was a work of plagiarism
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2007· 5 entries
The Kyiv Post, the primary English language daily newspaper in Ukraine, published an article relating to Akhmetov's business transactions relating to the Dniproenergo thermoelectric generator and the Kryvorizhstal steel
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During 2007–2013 there was the Foundation for Effective Governance founded by Rinat Akhmetov.
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The German language Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung ("NZZ") retracted defamatory statements from published earlier article regarding Akhmetov's early business career in the 1990s, noting that "there is no connection
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For the release of three members of the Party of Regions, including former Sumy Governor Volodymyr Shcherban, who was accused of election rigging, extortion, tax evasion and abuse of office
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Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (2007–2012).
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2006· 4 entries
Since 2006, Akhmetov has been among the leading philanthropists of Ukraine.
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Amid a significant rise in political power by the former, and the cooperation of the Yuschenko government, ending Akhmetov's exile
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Career landmark: People's Deputy of Ukraine (2006–2007).
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That the Party of Regions, which "enjoyed deep pockets, being largely financed by billionaire Donetsk boss Rinat Akhmetov" is partly composed of "pure criminals" and "criminal and anti-democracy figures"
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2005· 3 entries
Re-privatization was carried out: the plant was bought by Mittal Steel Company for $4
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On the initiative of Rinat Akhmetov, the SCM corporate charitable foundation Development of Ukraine was created (since 2018, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation)
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In 2005, on the initiative of Rinat Akhmetov, the SCM corporate charitable foundation Development of Ukraine was created (since 2018, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation).
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2004· 1 entry
Akhmetov and Pinchuk privatized Kryvorizhstal for $0
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2001· 1 entry
Studied at Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Starting from the year 2000, Rinat Akhmetov and his friend Igor Krutoy have been involved in a charity campaign on Saint Nicholas' Day in Donetsk and Donetsk Oblast, visiting children deprived of parental care, orphans and children in hospitals.
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1997· 1 entry
Persuaded Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma to appoint Viktor Yanukovych governor of Donetsk oblast, who then made Haiduk his deputy
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1992· 1 entry
Akhmetov said he and two partners started a company called ARS, which processed coal into coke — a key material in producing steel
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1966· 1 entry
Born 1966-09-21.
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1965· 1 entry
Rinat Akhmetov is married to Liliya Nikolaievna Smirnova (born 1965), and has two sons with her, Damir (born 1988) and Almir (born 1997).
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