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Ukrainian-born businessman (born 1963) In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Valeriyovych and the family name is Kolomoyskyi . Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( Ukrainian : Ігор Валерійович Коломойський , romanized : Ihor Valeriiovych Kolomoiskyi ; Hebrew : איגור קולומויסקי ; born 13 February 1963) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli billionaire businessman, once considered the leading oligarch in Ukraine. Already an entrepreneur in the last years of Soviet Ukraine , in 2010 Kolomoyskyi was rated as the second richest person in Ukraine, and as one of the country's most influential oligarchs . In 1992, he had co-founded PrivatBank and its informal stable of companies, Privat Group . From 2014 till 2016, Kolomoyskyi served as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast until his dismissal by President Petro Poroshenko . That year, his undercapitalised bank was declared a threat to Ukraine's financial security and taken into state ownership. In 2019, Kolomoyskyi's media power and funding supported Volodymyr Zelenskyy 's successful presidential campaign to unseat Poroshenko. In 2020, he was indicted in the United States on charges related to large-scale bank fraud. In 2021, the U.S. banned Kolomoyskyi and his family from entering the country, accusing him of corruption and being a threat to the Ukrainian public's faith in democratic institutions. Zelenskyy reportedly stripped Kolomoyskyi of his Ukrainian citizenship in 2022. Later that same year, those of Kolomoyskyi's assets deemed to be of strategic value to the state in light of the Russian invasion were nationalised. In 2023, Kolomoyskyi was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on charges of money laundering and fraud, and placed under pre-trial arrest. Ukrainian president reshuffles Azarov's government , Interfax-Ukraine (24 December 2012) (in Ukrainian) Колєсніков Дмитро Валерійович , DA-TA "Ukraine governor Kolomoisky sacked after oil firm row" .
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Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( ; born February 13, 1963 in Dnipropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian businessman and former chairman of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and a dollar-billionaire listed by Forbes (in 2007) as the 799th-richest man in the world (with 3.8 billion dollars , in 2008 Kyiv Post estimated his wealth at $6.55 billion ). Married, has two children.
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Slavic name Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( ; Russian: Игорь Валерьевич Коломойский , Igor Kolomoisky; born February 13, 1963) is a Ukrainian - Cypriot - Israeli business oligarch of Jewish descent and the former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast .A multibillionaire , Kolomoyskyi is rated as the second or third richest person in Ukraine (after Rinat Akhmetov and/or Viktor Pinchuk ) since 2006. and 377th richest person in the world by the Forbes (as of 2011).In March 2015 The Economist listed his net worth as $1.36 billion.Kolomoyskyi is the leading partner of the Privat Group and a de facto chairman of the FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk ."L'oligarque " genevois " qui défie Poutine" .Three's a crowd for Dynamo and Shakhtar , guardian.co.uk (August 28, 2007)
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Slavic name Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( ; Russian: Игорь Валерьевич Коломойский , Igor Valerevich Kolomoisky; ; born 13 February 1963) is a Cypriot-Ukrainian billionaire business oligarch and the former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast .Kolomoyskyi is rated as the second or third richest person in Ukraine (after Rinat Akhmetov and/or Viktor Pinchuk ) since 2006. and 1941st richest person in the world according to the Forbes magazine list of billionaires (as of 2019). In March 2015 The Economist listed his net worth as $1.36 billion. Kolomoyskyi is the leading partner of the Privat Group and a de facto chairman of the FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk . In 2019, Ihor Kolomoyskyi was included in the list of the 100 most influential Ukrainians by Focus magazine , taking the 3rd place. "L'oligarque " genevois " qui défie Poutine" . Three's a crowd for Dynamo and Shakhtar , guardian.co.uk (August 28, 2007) "100 самых влиятельных украинцев" .
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Israeli–Cypriot and former Ukrainian businessman and politician In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs , the patronymic is Valeriyovych and the family name is Kolomoyskyi .Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( ; ; born 13 February 1963) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli–Cypriot billionaire businessman, once considered the leading oligarch in Ukraine.Already an entrepreneur in the last years of Soviet Ukraine , in 2010 Kolomoyskyi was rated as the second richest person in Ukraine, and as one of the country's most influential oligarchs .In 1992, he had co-founded PrivatBank and its informal stable of companies, Privat Group .Between 2014 and 2016, Kolomoyskyi served as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast until his dismissal by President Petro Poroshenko .That year, his undercapitalised bank was declared a threat to Ukraine’s financial security and taken into state ownership.In 2019, Kolomoyskyi's media power and funding supported Volodymyr Zelenskyy 's successful presidential campaign to unseat Poroshenko.In 2020, he was indicted in the United States on charges related to large-scale bank fraud.In 2021, the U.S. banned Kolomoyskyi and his family from entering the country, accusing him of corruption and being a threat to the Ukrainian public's faith in democratic institutions.Citing the ongoing U.S. criminal investigation, Zelenskyy stripped Kolomoyskyi of his Ukrainian citizenship in 2022.Later that same year, those of Kolomoyskyi's assets deemed to be of strategic value to the state in light of the Russian invasion were nationalised.In 2023, Kolomoyskyi was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on charges of money laundering and fraud, and placed under pre-trial arrest.Ukrainian president reshuffles Azarov's government , Interfax-Ukraine (24 December 2012) (in Ukrainian) Колєсніков Дмитро Валерійович , DA-TA "Ukraine governor Kolomoisky sacked after oil firm row" .
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ukrainian businessman and former chairman of fc dnipro dnipropetrovsk and a dollar-billionaire listed by forbes
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ukrainian-born israeli billionaire businessman
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