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Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (born 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian billionaire and businessman. He is the founder and president of international investment group System Capital Management (SCM), and is the wealthiest man in Ukraine. Akhmetov is the owner and president of the Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar Donetsk. As of July 2025, he was listed as the 390th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$7.9 billion. Since 2014, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation has provided 13 million food kits to the residents of Ukraine, and aid has reached more than 18 million people.
SCM businesses, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, and Shakhtar Football Club have collectively provided $315 million (UAH 11.3 billion) to aid the country, its military, and civilians during three years of war.
From 2006 to 2007 and 2007–2012, Akhmetov was a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) for the Party of Regions.
Rinat Akhmetov was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, to a working-class family. He is an ethnic Volga Tatar and a practicing Sunni Muslim. His father, Leonid Akhmetov, was a coal miner. His mother, Nyakiya Nasredynivna, was a shop assistant.
Akhmetov had an older brother, Ihor, who also worked as a coal miner but had to resign due to work-related health complications. Ihor died on 24 January 2021.
Akhmetov earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Donetsk National University in 2001.
Akhmetov is married to Lilia Smirnova. They have two children.
Details regarding Akhmetov's past, how he obtained his wealth after the fall of communism in Ukraine, and his activities between 1985 and 1995, remain controversial. Akhmetov has stated in interviews that he successfully made risky business investments in the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (born 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian billionaire and businessman. He is the founder and president of international investment group System Capital Management (SCM), and is the wealthiest man in Ukraine. Akhmetov is the owner and president of the Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar Donetsk. As of July 2025, he was listed as the 390th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$7.9 billion. Since 2014, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation has provided 13 million food kits to the residents of Ukraine, and aid has reached more than 18 million people.
SCM businesses, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, and Shakhtar Football Club have collectively provided $315 million (UAH 11.3 billion) to aid the country, its military, and civilians during three years of war.
From 2006 to 2007 and 2007–2012, Akhmetov was a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) for the Party of Regions.
Rinat Akhmetov was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, to a working-class family. He is an ethnic Volga Tatar and a practicing Sunni Muslim. His father, Leonid Akhmetov, was a coal miner. His mother, Nyakiya Nasredynivna, was a shop assistant.
Akhmetov had an older brother, Ihor, who also worked as a coal miner but had to resign due to work-related health complications. Ihor died on 24 January 2021.
Akhmetov earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Donetsk National University in 2001.
Akhmetov is married to Lilia Smirnova. They have two children.
Details regarding Akhmetov's past, how he obtained his wealth after the fall of communism in Ukraine, and his activities between 1985 and 1995, remain controversial. Akhmetov has stated in interviews that he successfully made risky business investments in the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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