Victor Pinchuk
Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk (Ukrainian: Віктор Михайлович Пінчук, Viktor Mykhailovych Pinchuk; born 14 December 1960) is a Ukrainian businessman and oligarch. As of January 2016, Forbes magazine ranked him as 1,250th on the list of wealthiest people in the world, with a fortune of US$1.44 billion.
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Віктор Пінчук | |
Pinchuk at the 2010 Time 100 Gala | |
| Born | Віктор Михайлович Пінчук Viktor Mykhailovych Pinchuk 14 December 1960 |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Alma mater | Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (doctorate) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Interpipe Group EastOne Group LLC |
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| Children | 4 |
Pinchuk is the founder of EastOne Group LLC, an international investing, project funding and financial advisory company based in London, and of Interpipe Group, one of Ukraine's leading pipe, wheel and steel producers. Pinchuk is the owner of four TV channels and a popular tabloid, Fakty i Kommentarii. He has been a member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, for two consecutive terms from 1998 to 2006. He is married to Olena Pinchuk, the daughter of former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma.