Among the men who achieved many fortunes at a young age, they are the ones who have achieved their dreams that they made a reality, our article today about the small Ukrainian businessman with great wealth Konstantin Valentinovich Zhivago.
Kiev. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – March 17, 2021 – Entrepreneurs
He was born on January 7, 1974, in the village of Iultin. He is a Ukrainian economist, politician, and billionaire.
According to Forbes magazine, in 2015 it ranked ninth in the ranking of the richest people in Ukraine with a fortune of $ 0.735 billion, and in 2017 it ranked fourth with a fortune of $ 1.2 billion, as one of the largest financial-industrial groups in Ukraine controls the “Finance and Credit” group. He has been the People’s Deputy of Ukraine since 1998, and Honorary President of FC “Vorskla.”
He was born in Ilten village in the Magadan region, Russia, to a family of mining engineers. He spent his childhood in the Zaporozhye region, Ukraine.
Since 1991 he has been educated at Kiev State Economic University, majoring in accounting and analysis of foreign economic activity. In 1996 he graduated with a master’s degree in economics.
In 2003 he presented his doctoral thesis on “International Investments and Effective Economic Development” at Kiev State Economic University.
During his studies, from 1993 to 1996, Konstantin Zhivago began his career as CFO of CJSC Finance and Credit.
In 1996-1998, he held the chairmanship of the CJSC Financial and Credit Board. Vice-Chair of the OJSC “Poltava Mining and Processing Plant”; And a member of the Supervisory Board of OJSC Ukrnafta.
Konstantin Zhivago, a 34-year-old investor, became the first to bring one of his companies, Ferrexpo, to major stocks on the London Stock Exchange, in Ukraine and Russia. In the fall of 2007, Ferrexpo plc was listed in the FTSE 250 Index, a London Stock Exchange index based on share prices of the 250 largest companies.
Forbes magazine considered Konstantin Zhivago the youngest billionaire in Europe who made his fortune himself because his bank of “finance and credit” is one of the 10 largest Ukrainian banks with hundreds of branches in Ukraine, where he controls the developed and successful companies in the mining and metallurgical industries, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering and the production of heavy vehicles. And the pharmaceutical and food industry in Ukraine, as well as in Western Europe and Central Asia. And owns the soccer team of the Ukrainian Premier League forskla.
In the 2012 elections for the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, he ran as a self-candidate in the majority one-state constituency of the Poltava region and was elected.
It is worth noting that Konstantin Zhivago ranked third in the ranking for the year 2020, as his fortune increased from $ 1.1 billion to $ 2.1 billion.
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Source: Ukrgate
