Igor Kolomoisky
Igor Kolomoisky (billionaire, oligarch) | |
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Born | 13 February 1963 Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Ukraine, Israel, Cyprus |
Interest of | Gonzalo Lira |
Subpage | •Igor Kolomoisky/Threat |
Igor Kolomoisky (aka Ihor Kolomoyskyi) is a Ukrainian–Israeli–Cypriot billionaire, businessman, and politician, the former Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.[1]
Igor Kolomoisky is rated as the second or third richest person in Ukraine (after Rinat Akhmetov and/or Viktor Pinchuk), his net worth estimated at $1.3 billion in March 2015. Kolomoisky is the leading partner of Privat Group, which controls thousands of companies of virtually every industry in Ukraine, the European Union, Georgia, Ghana, Russia, the United States and other countries. He has a 24.9% stake in 1+1 Media Group.[2]
US ban
In 2021 the US banned oligarch Igor Kolomoisky and his family from entering the country due to "significant corruption", with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claiming that he was "involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Ukrainian public's faith in their government's democratic institutions and public processes, including using his political influence and official power for his personal benefit" and that he "poses a serious threat to the future of Ukraine."[3]