Igor Kolomoisky



Igor Valeryevich Kolomoisky, or Ihor Kolomoysky (born February 13, 1963), is a Ukrainian-Cypriot-Israeli business oligarch of Jewish descent and the former Governor of Dnepropetrovsk Oblast.

A multibillionaire, Kolomoisky 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. Kolomoisky is the leading partner of the Privat Group and a de facto chairman of the FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov founded PrivatBank with $1 million in capital in the early 1990s. Over the years it grew to be a key bank in Ukraine, handling more than a third of private deposits and serving approximately half of the country's entire population. Then in 2016, Ukraine's government nationalized the bank. Their Privat Group still has other assets including gas stations and oil refiner, among others. He was forced to step down as governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region in March 2015. The partners also settled a lawsuit with billionaire Viktor Pinchuk who had sued them for damages for unfulfilled pledges on mining investments. He is a generous donor to jewish causes.

 
 

North Korean missiles have Ukrainian roots

Governance28.08.2017

Drawings of missile engines were probably obtained by Kim Jong-un from Igor Kolomoisky and Anton Gerashchenko.

Who was the killer of Voronenkov

Crime27.03.2017

Rosbalt found out the details of the biography of the killer, testifying about his possible connection with the Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky.

Accrued interest for the Crimea

Business09.11.2016

The inhabitants of the peninsula will have to pay for the Ukrainian credits.

Hague Arbitration Court started to examine the "Crimean" claims against Russia

Business12.01.2016

Igor Kolomoisky and 12 Ukrainian companies demand the compensation of losses.   

Ukraine is still ruled by money

Society28.08.2015

By agreeing to give immunity to the "gas lobby", Poroshenko has sown the seeds of future counter-revolution.

Kolomoisky's bank told about the lawsuit to Russia over the Crimea

Business09.07.2015

Privatbank, the largest bank in Ukraine, co-owned by billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, says it had filed a lawsuit against Russia "for the protection of the lost investments in the Crimea." Earlier it was reported about a similar lawsuit from Oschadbank.

Kolomoisky earned $200 million on ferroalloys in Russia in 2015

Business27.03.2015

Russia intends to halt deliveries to Ukrainian ferroalloy from the oligarch's enterprises oligarch; the Eurasian Economic Commission has already initiated an anti-dumping investigation against them. 

Oligarchic war: Igor Kolomoisky quarreled with Petro Poroshenko

Governance24.03.2015

The conflict over control of the two major oil companies in Ukraine between Kiev and Igor Kolomoisky has provoked a political crisis.

Kolomoisky unleashed an oligarchic war

Business20.03.2015

The governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region, accompanied by machine gunners, captured the office of Ukrtransnafta in Kiev.

How the "master of Donbass" Rinat Akhmetov does business in war

Business30.09.2014

Rinat Akhmetov is leading by a wide margin in all rankings of the richest people of Ukraine. None of the financial and industrial groups of the country can not be compared with his business empire, System Capital Management.

In Moscow, Ukrainian oligarch Kolomoisky's property has been arrested

Business02.09.2014

On Monday, the bailiffs have seized Hotel Tavria in the Crimea, which belongs to the governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Kolomoisky earns money on the Moscow real estate

Business01.08.2014

The company Elit-holding founded by the Ukrainian oligarch and his partners in the Privat Group, leases a luxury building on the Arbat.

Privattank: billionaire Kolomoisky is fighting a private war for the unity of Ukraine

Society26.05.2014

Forbes reports from Dnepropetrovsk about a private army of the Ukrainian oligarch Igor Kolomoisky. How is it organized and how does it fight with the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics?

Russian Strategic Missile Forces named after Kolomoisky

Business13.05.2014

Oligarch and the governor Igor Kolomoisky essentially cancelled the prohibition of the Ukrainian government for the continuation of the military and technical cooperation with Russia.