Akhmetov Rinat Leonidovich, whose photo is in this article, is a Donetsk businessman, the richest in Ukraine. He is the president of one of the Ukrainian football clubs, founded the company System Capital Management. Member of the Party of Regions. Rinat Leonidovich - the founder of two funds. One of them is charity. Forbes ranks 39th among the richest people in the world.
A family
Akhmetov Rinat Leonidovich was born on September 21, 1966 in Donetsk, in the family of a Tatar miner. His father, Leonid, is a native of the Republic of Mordovia. Mother, Nyakia Nasredinovna, for a long time worked in the seller's trade. Now - head of the SCM Supervisory Board.
After Akhmetov’s father, after getting a disease at work, he had to leave the mine. Rinat Leonidovich has a brother Igor. He worked at the mine for a long time, but due to poor health, he had to quit. There was a moment in life when Rinat Leonidovich practically saved his life.
Childhood
Akhmetov’s childhood passed in the Kuibyshevsky district, in the village of Oktyabrsky. There was almost nothing there, except heaps and mines. Their family lived in a small 20-meter room. All amenities, including the wash basin, were in the courtyard. They lived very poorly.
The neighbors remember Rinat as a quiet and calm kid, although he was never a homebody. But on the football field, he radically changed and became very energetic and “revived”. He loved to play cards with the boys. At the same time he was very focused. Usually he always won. He had another passion - boxing.
Education
Akhmetov did not study very well at school. Often skipped classes. But his memory was phenomenal. It was worth seeing the document once - it was as if he was photographing it. As a result, instead of the usual one, he graduated from a special school. But this did not stop Rinat Leonidovich from entering the University of Donetsk at the Faculty of Economics. He graduated in the early 90s. In 2001, Akhmetov received the profession of an economist and marketer.
Labor activity
Akhmetov Rinat Leonidovich began his career with a simple forwarder in a Donetsk store. Its owner was the famous crime boss Bragin, nicknamed Alec Grek. From the store his acquaintance with Akhmetov began.
Thanks to friendship with influential people, he eventually became the Donetsk billionaire. As a result of his entrepreneurial activity, in 2011, Akhmetov became the largest taxpayer in Ukraine.
In 1995, on his initiative, the Dongorbank was opened. In 2000, Akhmetov founded System Capital Management (SCM). And since 2009, became the sole shareholder of this company. Thanks to the active restructuring of the business, Rinat Leonidovich has controlling stakes in over one hundred enterprises.
Good friendship
Akhatem Bragin was a well-known criminal authority in Donetsk. They were connected with Akhmetov by a common business. Although there is another version. Many believe that Akhmetov was related to Bragin. Akhatem greatly helped Rinat Leonidovich. After Bragin’s death, he headed the Shakhtar football club, whose director had previously been Akhatem.
There is another version regarding the name of Rinat. Not so long ago, Ukrainian journalists started a rumor that he was the son of the former president of Ukraine, Rinat Akhmetov Leonidovich. His real name is Kuchma. This conjecture is motivated by the fact that their faces are very similar. Akhmetov does not pay attention to such rumors, since they do not correspond to reality.
Charity
Akhmetov Rinat Leonidovich, whose biography has a lot of information about his enormous fortune, is considered one of the largest Ukrainian philanthropists. In 2005, Rinat Leonidovich created a charity fund. He is involved in many areas - helping cancer patients, creating new projects, there is a mass communication program engaged in the restoration and reconstruction of historical sites, and much more. The second fund, Effective Management, was also created by Akhmetov to improve the lives of Ukrainians.
Political activity
For a long time, Akhmetov managed to avoid participating in the political activities of the country, despite his high position and great fortune. But in 2004, everything changed due to the beginning of the Orange Revolution. His fame obligated to respond to events.
Akhmetov Rinat Leonidovich became the main sponsor in the election race of Yanukovych. At that time, he applied for the presidency. After losing to Yanukovych, who could only take the prime minister’s chair, he became part of his administration. As a result, Akhmetov became the shadow head of the cabinet.
Since 2006, Rinat Leonidovich is a member of the Party of Regions. He gave great support to this faction. With his submission, the work of analysts and experts in the Verkhovna Rada has intensified. Akhmetov has his own official website, which helps him both in business and in politics. The work done on it is huge.
