Kostyantyn Valentynovych Zhevago (Ukrainian: Костянтин Валентинович Жеваго, Russian: Константин Валентинович Жеваго, born January 7, 1974) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, the youngest self-made billionaire in Europe. He was the first Eastern European to present one of his companies — Ferrexpo to the London Stock Exchange. Zhevago controls the “Finances and Credit” group — one of largest[citation needed] conglomerates of Ukraine; holds a post of FC Vorskla honorary president. He has been a member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament of Ukraine) since 1998.
Biography
Early years
Kostyantin Zhevago was born on January 7, 1974 in Iul’tin village (Magadan Oblast, Russia) in the family of a mining engineer.
Education
In 1991 Kostyantin Zhevago entered the Kyiv National Economic University, taking «Accounting and analysis of external economic activity» specialization. In 1996, he graduated with a master’s degree in economics.
In 2003 Kostyantin Zhevago defended a candidate’s dissertation «International investments and effective economic development» in the Kyiv National Economic University.
Business
While studying Kostyantin Zhevago began a career in the position of “Finances and Credit” chief financial officer (Ukrainian: ЗАТ “Фінанси та Кредит”, Russian: ЗАО “Финансы и Кредит”), holding this post from 1993 to 1996. From 1996 to 1998 he holds posts of “Finances and Credit” president, public corporation “Poltava ore-dressing and processing enterprise” (Ukrainian: ВАТ «Полтавський ГЗК», Russian: ОАО «Полтавский ГОК») council deputy and is member of public corporation “Ukrnafta” (Ukrainian: Dfn «Укрна́фта», Russian: ОАО «Укрна́фта») supervisory board.
Kostyantin Zhevago, 35-year-old investor, was the first of the Ukrainian multimillionaires to present one of his companies — Ferrexpo to the London Stock Exchange. In autumn 2007 Ferrexpo was added to the FTSE 250 Index.
Forbes magazine named Kostyantin Zhevago the youngest billionaire in Europe, who made his fortune by himself. His bank “Finances and Credit” is one of the TOP-10 largest Ukrainian banks with hundreds of branches across Ukraine. He controls developed and successful enterprises in mining and metallurgical, shipbuilding, engineering, heavy car production, pharmacology and food industries in Ukraine and countries of Western Europe and Middle East. Owns the football team of Ukrainian Premier League FC Vorskla Poltava.
Kostyantin Zhevago net worth: Kostyantin Zhevago is a Ukrainian entrepreneur who has a net worth of $1.5 billion. Kostyantin Zhevago is the son of a mining engineer. Kostyantin Zhevago took the lead of Poltava Iron Ore Mining Refinery (PGOK), the largest exporter of pellets in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in 1996, when he was only twenty two. Eleven years later, he took his mining company Ferrexpo public, thus being the first Eastern European to present one of his companies to the London Stock Exchange. Although the stock price of the refinery is down 10% over the past year, due to the decline of iron ore prices, Zhevago still has a net worth that places him among the richest and most influential people in his country. Apart from PGOK, he holds the control of “Finances and Credit” group, which is one of the Ukraine’s biggest conglomerates, as well as he owns FC Vorska football where he serves as honorary president. What’s more, Zhevago has been the State deputy of Ukraine ever since 1998, the year when he was elected. As for his private life, Kostyantin Zhevago is married with two children.
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