Rinat Akhmetov

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Рінат Леонідович Ахметов
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occupation = Business oligarch
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children = Almir Akhmetov (1997)
Damir Akhmetov(1988)

Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (born on 21 September, 1966) is a Ukrainian business man, multi-billionaire, and president of SCM Holdings, as well of the Ukrainian football club, Shakhtar Donetsk. He graduated from Donetsk National University with a degree in economics in the mid 1990s.

According to "Korespondent" magazine, Ukraine’s Top 50 richest people has Rinat Akhmetov ($31.1 billion) number one as the richest man in the CIS, as well as the richest man in Europe

Biography

Business career

Akhmetov was born in Donetsk, Ukraine. He became the head of Donetsk City Bank and a specialist in the banking sector. In 1996 he became the president of the football team, FC Shakhtar [ [http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=512461 Goal.com "Shakhtar Aim To Bounce Back", 12/13/2007] ] and has held this post since then. Since March 2004 Rinat Akhmetov has been president of System Capital Management Group(SCM), which he also founded [ [http://www.scm.com.ua/en/publish/article/41406 SCM’s Website] ] . Akhmetov founded SCM in 2000, and is has grown to be one of Ukraine’s leading financial and industrial firms [ [http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content_print.asp?ContentID=5567 "Europe-Special report-Responsible business in Ukraine – From orange revolution to black economy", By Toby Webb] , Ethical Corporation, December 11, 2007] ] with revenues of $6.719 billion dollars in 2006 [ [http://www.scm.com.ua/en/publish/printable_article/41406;jsessionid=F236D5E1F52311EE402C326A5D8837D3 SCM Article] ] .

Philanthropy

In 2007, Akhmetov founded the Foundation for Effective Governance [ [http://www.feg.org.ua/en FEG website] ] to support economic development of Ukraine. On December 6, 2007, FEG was launched in Kiev with a goal to improve the standard of living of each Ukrainian citizen [ [http://eng.for-ua.com/news/2006/02/23/140022.html "Rinat Akhmetov: I am not an oligarch, Ukrainian tycoon. I want Ukraine to become rich, no poor people"] , for-ua.com, February 23, 2006] ] . Among the figures who addressed the opening of the foundation were Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres and Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto [cite news |url=http://www.feg.org.ua/ru/news/foundation_press/6.html |title=Everyone Leave the Shade |publisher=Delovoy |date=2008-01-01] .

Akhmetov is involved with charities and philanthropies that are often humanitarian, and often to support causes that assist Ukrainian citizens. The Foundation for the Development of Ukraine is stated to be "determined to eliminate the roots of social problems..." in the Ukraine [ [http://www.ukraine-observer.com/articles/227/973 The Observer's "Persons of the Year" 2006 by James Hydzik] , "The Ukraine Observer"] . The foundation donated nearly $900,000 to families of victims of gas explosion that tore through an apartment complex in Dnipropetrovsk [ [http://ostro.org/shownews_ks.php?id=42439&lang=en&lang=en "Rinat Akhmetov’s foundation is giving 4.4 million hryvnas to the families that lost their relatives when there was an explosion in Dniepropetrovsk"] , "Ostrov News", 10/29/2007] ] . It has been reported the organization is planning to spend $150 million to fulfill its programs [ [http://www.unian.net/eng/online/104/2049552.html "Rinat Akhmetov’s charity foundation “Development of Ukraine” plans to spend $150 million to fulfill a variety of programs.] "Unian", March 20, 2008 "] , and that Akhmetov will be the foundation's president.

Politics

Akhmetov played an important role in the 2004 presidential election as a sponsor of Viktor Yanukovych, who was the prime minister at the time.

ee also

* Viktor Pinchuk
* Leonid Kuchma

References

Foundation for Development of Ukraine Websitehttp://www.fdu.org.ua/

External links

* [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/10/billionaires08_Rinat-Akhmetov_JIRK.html Forbes.com: The World's Billionaires - #127 Rinat Akhmetov]

Persondata
NAME= Akhmetov, Rinat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Ахметов, Rinat Leonidovich Akhmetov
Рінат Леонідович
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Business oligarch
DATE OF BIRTH= 21 September, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH= Donetsk, Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
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