Zhevago Konstantin Valentinovich (photo can be seen below) - a famous Ukrainian businessman and politician. It is considered the youngest European billionaire. Owns dozens of commercial structures and enterprises. He is the people's deputy of Ukraine of the VІI convocation. In this article, we describe a brief biography of an entrepreneur.
Education
Zhevago Konstantin Valentinovich was born in the village of Iultin (Ukraine) in 1974. But the youth of the future billionaire was held in the city of Dnieper. In 1996, Konstantin received a diploma from Kiev State University. Zhevago specialized in accounting and analysis of foreign economic activity. In 2003, the young man defended his thesis. Here is how her theme sounded: "Effective development of the economy and international investment."
Business
At the age of 19, Zhevago Konstantin became the director of ZAO Finance and Credit. One version says that his incredible take-off was due to his classmate and future business partner Sergey Skull. The father of the latter held high posts in the field of transport and construction. According to another version, his elder brother named Oleg helped start Konstantin in business. But there is no reliable evidence for this.
In 1996, Zhevago became the head of the board of ZAO Finance and Credit. Also, the young man took the post of deputy chairman of the board of OJSC Poltava Mining Plant. It was with the privatization of this enterprise that the first scandal in the career of an entrepreneur was connected. In business, Konstantin is described as a rather tough person. He has a lot of litigation. Zhevago was repeatedly accused of bribing justice workers, taking over companies and even bringing Mikhail Polyakov to death (chairman of Luganskkoblenergo, who died of a heart attack after a business negotiation with Konstantin).
The “Finance and Credit” group includes about 60 commercial structures and enterprises. Among them are Kyivmedpreparat, OJSC Galichfarm, Stakhanovsky Zavod, AvtoKrAZ, Poltava GOK and others.
condition
Today Zhevago Konstantin leads a group of companies under the brand name “Finance and Credit” and is one of the richest Ukrainians. In 2006, the Korrespondent publication estimated his fortune at $ 1.9 billion. With this indicator, Konstantin took the fifth line of the rating. And in 2007, with assets of $ 1.9 billion, the businessman was on the eighth line of the list of the richest compatriots compiled by Focus Magazine.
International level
Zhevago Konstantin Valentinovich has long looked towards Western markets. According to the businessman, only 2-3 of the financial and industrial groups available in Ukraine seriously consider international investment as a tool to increase the efficiency of their own capacities inherited from the USSR.
In early 2009, the entrepreneur joined the board of directors of one of the largest coal companies in Central Europe, NWR (Netherlands).
Zhevago Konstantin was the first in Russia and Ukraine who was able to bring shares of his own company (Ferexpo) to the London Stock Exchange. The businessman receives a salary of $ 240,000 from this company for charity.
Forbes Magazine recognized Konstantin as the youngest European billionaire who independently made his capital.
At the end of 2013, Ferexpo acquired a 14.4% stake in the metallurgical company Ferrous Resources. This Brazilian company is developing iron ore deposits in Minas Gerais. Zhevago also controls 15% of the pellet market in Japan.The businessman’s company has its own representative office in Tokyo.
Politics
Zhevago Konstantin was twice elected a deputy (March 1998, May 2002) in the Poltava region. The entrepreneur does not have constant political convictions and is not active in lawmaking. For example, in the Verkhovna Rada of the third convocation, Konstantin visited the factions "PRP Reforms-Congress", "Revival of the Regions" and the NDP. The next time it was already "Regions of Ukraine", PRP, "European Choice".
In the 2006 election, Zhevago still went to parliament. He was listed at number 62 on the list of the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT). Also, Konstantin was a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committees on Legal Policy and Parliamentary Cooperation between the European Union and Ukraine. According to some media reports, the entrepreneur is among the people's deputies who rarely attend meetings of the Verkhovna Rada.
In the 2007 election, he entered parliament under No. 62 on the BYuT election list. Some media reported that Zhevago is the main sponsor of the Tymoshenko bloc.
In December 2012, became the people's deputy of Ukraine of the VII convocation. In the single-member constituency No. 150 in the Poltava region, Konstantin went to parliament as a self-nominated candidate. Zhevago is a member of the Verkhovna Rada Legal Policy Committee, non-factional, non-partisan.
After the events of Euromaidan, the entrepreneur announced his readiness to allocate money for the reconstruction of the center of Kiev.
Personal life
Zhevago Konstantin Valentinovich, whose biography is presented above, is married. Raises two children: daughter Sofia and son Ivan.
