The war in Ukraine significantly affected the well-being of not only ordinary people, but also billionaires. Read more about who is now the richest person in Ukraine in the ICTV Facts material.
Who is the richest person in Ukraine according to Forbes
Rinat Akhmetov according to Forbes Ukraine remains the richest man in Ukraine, but his fortune has decreased significantly. All other billionaires on the list also lost money over the year.
Forbes ranking of Ukrainian billionaires:
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- Rinat Akhmetov (DTEK, “Metinvest”) — $4 billion (785th place), lost $1.7 billion in a year.
- Victor Pinchuk (Interpipe) — $2 billion (1623rd place), lost $100 million in a year.
- Vadim Novinsky (Smart Holding) — $1.2 billion (2410th place), lost $200 million in a year.
- Konstantin Zhevago (Ferrexpo) — $1.2 billion (2410th place), lost $100 million in a year.
- Gennady Bogolyubov (“Privat”) — $1 billion (2692nd place), lost $100 million in a year.
Igor Kolomoisky, whose fortune is $1 billion, dropped out of the list. The total number of Ukrainian billionaires in 2024 was 5 people.
How the fortunes of the richest man in Ukraine have changed since the beginning of the war
The richest Ukrainian suffered huge material losses due to the war. Metallurgical, energy and agricultural assets suffered significantly. Media business – “Media Group Ukraine” – Akhmetov closed.
After the Russian invasion, he remains in the country, although before the war Akhmetov spent a lot of time abroad. He has a house in London, which is now worth about $240 million, and a villa in France, Les Cedres, worth $200 million. Metinvest, co-founded by businessman Vadim Novinsky, is the basis of Akhmetov’s business empire.
Akhmetov’s factories in the Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions are not operating at full capacity. Thermal power plants of Akhmetov, part of the DTEK group, came under attack from Russian missiles.
Akhmetov remains first on the Ukrainian Forbes list. He hopes to compensate for losses at the expense of Russia, against which he filed a lawsuit in the ECHR. The total amount of the claim could reach $20 billion.
