Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest will invest $500 million as an anchor investor in one of the green energy-focused investment funds now being formed by Black Rock to rebuild Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Rostislav Shurma said at the Kyiv International Economic Forum on Thursday.
“Now there should be the first anchors who will invest the first hundreds of millions of dollars and show by their real actions that they believe in Ukraine. There is an Australian multibillionaire, the second richest man in Australia, Andrew Forrest, founder of Fortescue, one of the largest mining companies in the world, one of the largest investors in hydrogen technology, has publicly committed to invest the first $500 million in one of the funds that Black Rock is now preparing,” Shurma said.
According to him, the size of the fund is still difficult to name exactly, but it is estimated between $25 billion and $100 billion.
