Rinat Akhmetov, with a capital of $4.4bn, has topped the rating of Ukraine’s richest businessmen, the Forbes Ukraine website has reported.
According to the ranking, Akhmetov’s fortune dropped from $13.7bn to $4.4bn in 2022. His largest assets are the Metinvest company and the DTEK group. Akhmetov’s agricultural, energy and metallurgical businesses suffered from the war, in particular Azovstal and Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol were lost.
The second and third place went to co-founders of the IT company Grammarly, Maxim Litvin and Oleksiy Shevchenko. The state of each decreased from $4 to $2,3 billion during the war.
Next in the ranking is Victor Pinchuk, whose fortune has decreased from $2.6 billion to $2.2 billion. His fortune is provided by his company Interpipe, real estate and cash, according to Forbes.
Konstantin Zhevago is at the bottom of the five richest people. His fortune dropped from $2.1 billion to $1.4 billion. His largest asset is the company Ferrexpo.
Also in the ranking are co-founders of the Epicenter K Group Alexander and Galina Geregi ($1.2bn), co-owner of fintech startup Revolut Vlad Yatsenko ($1.1bn), owner of Smart Holding Vadim Novinsky ($1bn), Hennadiy Boholyubov ($1bn) and Sergiy Tihipko ($870m).
The publication specifies that Ihor Kolomoyskyy, who was fourth in the ranking of the richest businessmen last year, was not included in the list in 2022 due to his loss of Ukrainian citizenship.
