Rinat Akhmetov place of birth Donetsk
Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (born on 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian billionaire and businessman. He is the founder and president of System Capital Management (SCM), and is the wealthiest man in Ukraine. As of April 2023, he was listed as the 460th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$5.7 billion.Akhmetov is the owner and president of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk. From 2006–2007 and 2007–2012, Akhmetov was a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) for the Party of Regions.Early life
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 Nasredinovna, was a shop assistant.
Akhmetov had an older brother, Igor, who also worked as a coal miner but had to resign due to work-related health complications. Igor died on 24 January 2021.Akhmetov earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Donetsk National University in 2001.
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