Yuriy Vitrenko
Yuriy Yuriyovych Vitrenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Юрійович Вітренко; born 17 September 1976) is a Ukrainian businessman.
Yuriy Vitrenko | |
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Юрій Вітренко | |
Born | 17 September 1976 |
Education | INSEAD MBA |
Occupation(s) | Ukrainian economist and businessman |
Family | married, 3 children Nataliya Vitrenko (mother) |
Vitrenko was born and raised in Kyiv before completing his education abroad. He spent his early professional career as a management consultant, investment banker, and private equity manager at international companies in Kyiv and London.
Vitrenko is closely associated with Ukraine's post-2014 energy sector reforms and efforts to enhance the country's energy independence. He played a key role in Naftogaz's landmark multi-billion dollar 2018 international arbitration court victory over Russia's Gazprom and has been a vocal opponent of the Nord Stream II pipeline project. From December 2020 until April 2021, Vitrenko served as Ukraine's Acting Minister of Energy. From April 2021 to November 2022 Vitrenko was the CEO of Naftogaz of Ukraine.