Rinat Akhmetov

Rinat Akhmetov Leonidowytsch ( born September 21, 1966 in Donetsk ) is a Ukrainian businessman and politician of Tatar origin. With a fortune estimated at 16 billion U.S. dollars ( 2011) is the richest person Akhmetov Ukraine, he is also regarded as the most influential oligarch of the country.

Life

Akhmetov was born the son of a miner and a saleswoman in Donetsk. He studied at the Donetsk University of Economics in 1995 was co-founder of Dongorbank in Donetsk and rose within a short time at the helm of one of the three major money - clans of Ukraine. Akhmetov is a former professional boxer. As head of the holding company " System Capital Management" ( SCM) Akhmetov controlled with its network of companies from more than 30 companies, large parts of the eastern Ukrainian steel and coal industries. After the acquisition of Mariupol metal combine in July 2010 to " System Capital Management " belonging Metinvest Group rose to become the largest steel producer in the CIS. Also in the food industry and the transport industry Akhmetov is a leader, and he also has great influence on the regional media. In June 2011, he announced with his business partner Vadim Nowinskij and its "Smart -Holding" entry into the agricultural market. For this purpose they founded the HarvEast holding, inter alia, has more than 200,000 ha of land.

Since 1996 he has been president of the football club Shakhtar Donetsk. With massive financial support Shakhtar Akhmetov has done next to Dynamo Kiev for Ukraine's leading football club, which plays regularly even in the Champions League. As a gift to the city a new five- star stadium was built according to international standards in the city center, including some hectare forest were cut down, without having to create replacement surfaces. The Donbass Arena was opened on August 29, 2009.

Akhmetov said to have used in the Ukrainian election campaign of 2004 massive for Viktor Yanukovych, whom he has known since his time as governor of the Donetsk region. Since the parliamentary elections of March 26, 2006 Akhmetov was also deputy led by Viktor Yanukovych " Party of Regions ". In the early elections in 2007 he again reached a mandate, however, was characterized by frequent absence at the meetings of Parliament. In the 2010 presidential election, his influence on the Party of Regions was not quite so big. Nevertheless, he was on to the main financiers of the election campaign Yanukovych. In the parliamentary elections in 2012 Akhmetov did not run for the Verkhovna Rada.

Akhmetov is married and has two children.

In April 2011, he acquired one of the most expensive apartments in the world in London for the purchase price of approximately 156 million euros.