Rinat Leonidovich Akhmetov Рінáт Ахмéтов
Born	September 21, 1966 (1966-09-21) (age 41) Donetsk, Soviet Union
Occupation	Business oligarch
Political party	Party of Regions
Spouse	Liliya Nikolayevna Smirnova
Children	Almir Akhmetov (1997) Damir Akhmetov(1988)

Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (born on 21 September 1966 in Donetsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian business man, multi-billionaire, and President of SCM Holdings, as well of the Ukrainian football club, Shakhtar Donetsk. He graduated from Donetsk National University with a degree in economics in the mid 1990s. is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... For Donetsk in Russia, see Donetsk, Russia. ... Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term business magnate. The choice of the word oligarch denotes the significant influence such wealthy individuals may have on the life of a nation. ... Ukrainian Party of Regions emblem The Party of Regions ( Ukrainian: , Russian: ) is a Ukrainian political party created in March 2001. ... is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... For Donetsk in Russia, see Donetsk, Russia. ... A billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of currency, such as United States Dollars (USD), Pounds or Euros. ... System Capital Management or SCM (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukrainian company that belongs to local tycoon Rinat Akhmetov and controls his stakes in companies in the country and around the world. ... Categories: Stub | Ukrainian football clubs ... Donetsk National University shield Donetsk National University (DonNU) (Ukrainian: , Donets’kyi Natsional’nyi Universytet) is the leading higher educational institution in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. ...

Biography

Business Career

He became the head of Donetsk City Bank and a specialist in the banking sector. In 1996 he became the President of the football team, FC Shakhtar ^[1] and has held this post since then. Since March 2004 Rinat Akhmetov has been President of System Capital Management Group(SCM), which he also founded^[2]. FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian: Russian: ) is a Ukrainian professional football club, playing in the city of Donetsk, the capital of Donetsk region. ... System Capital Management or SCM (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukrainian company that belongs to local tycoon Rinat Akhmetov and controls his stakes in companies in the country and around the world. ...

Akhmetov founded SCM in 2000, and is has grown to be one of Ukraine’s leading financial and industrial firms ^[3] with revenues of $6.719 billion dollars in 2006^[4].

Social Activism

In 2007, Akhmetov founded an organization called The Foundation for Effective Governance^[5][6] to Support Economic Development of Ukraine. On December 6, 2007, FEG was launched in Kiev with a goal to improve the standard of living of each Ukrainian citizen^[7]. Among the figures who addressed the opening of the Foundation were Nobel Laureate Shimon Peres and Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto^[8]. Akhmetov's stated aim is to develop and implement long-term projects and programs which encourage economic growth in Ukraine. The Foundation will also initiate public discussion of the important issues concerning Ukraine’s economic growth. To achieve these goals, the Foundation will attract leading Ukrainian and international experts with proven experience, strong expertise, and excellent reputations. The Foundation’s budget, provided by Akhmetov, will amount to $50M over five years. The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... For the Spanish conquistador, see Hernando de Soto (explorer). ...

Philanthropy

Akhmetov is involved with charities and philanthropies that are often humanitarian, and often to support causes that assist Ukrainian citizens. He founded a think tank called the Foundation for Effective Governance^[9][10], which has as its goal to create a better government structure for the Ukraine. Among its board members are former U.S. Senator Lincoln Chafee, former Canadian Prime Minister, Kim Campbell and former president of the National Bank of Hungary György Surányi ^[11]. Another charity he founded, the Foundation for the Development of Ukraine, is stated to be "determined to eliminate the roots of social problems..." in the Ukraine^[12]. For example, the foundation donated nearly $900,000.00 to families of victims of gas explosion that tore through an apartment complex in Dnipropetrovsk^[13]. Lincoln Davenport Chafee (IPA pronunciation: , [CHAY-fee]) (born March 26, 1953) is a former United States Senator from Rhode Island. ... This article is about the former Canadian Prime Minster. ... Location Map of Ukraine with Dnipropetrovsk highlighted. ...

See also

• Viktor Pinchuk
• Leonid Kuchma

Viktor Mykhaylovych Pinchuk (Ukrainian: ), one of the Business oligarchs who control post-Communist Ukraine, is the son-in-law of the ex-President Leonid Kuchma. ... Leonid Kuchma Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (Ukrainian: Леонід Данилович Кучма; born August 9, 1938) was the second President of Ukraine from July 19, 1994, to January 23, 2005. ...

References

External links

• Ukraine’s business elite... (January 2006 Kyiv Post article about Akhmetov's efforts to improve own corporate image)
• Foundation for Effective Governance Website
• Foundation for the Development of the Ukraine website
• The remarkable comeback of Rinat Akhmetov