10 Ukrainians make Forbes billionaires list, Akhmetov slips a spot

Topping the
annual Forbes list again was Mexican
Carlos Slim Helu and family, with a net worth of $73 billion, up from $69
billion in 2012. Notably, Americans Bill Gates ($64 billion) and Warren Buffet
($53.5) were ranked 2nd and 4th on the list, respectively.

In contrast
to the Forbes list, Bloomberg
Billionaires assesses Akhmetov’s net worth at a higher $21.4 billion, ranking
him 32nd on its list of the world’s richest persons.

The nearest
Ukrainian to Akhmetov on the Forbes list was Viktor Pinchuk with an estimated
net worth of $3.8 billion placing 353rd. The steel magnate and modern art philanthropist
recently committed half his wealth to charity after joining Giving Pledge, a
project formed by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates.

Rounding
out the Ukrainians on the list, in order of ranking, were:

Ihor
Kolomoyskyy, 50, banker and investor in 613th place with $2.4 billion;

Vadim
Novinsky, 49, mine owner who swapped his Russian citizenship for Ukrainian in 792nd
place with $1.9 billion;

Henadiy,
Boholyubov, 51, banker and investor in 882nd place with $1.7 billion;

Yuriy
Kosiuk, 44, farm holder in 931st place with $1.6 billion;

Petro
Poroshenko, 47, confectionery in 931st place with $1.6 billion;

Kostyantin
Zhevago, 39, banker and mine owner in 974th place with $1.5 billion;

Serhiy Tigipiko,
53, banker and farm holder in 1,175th place with $1.2 billion;

Andrey
Verevskiy, 38, farm holder in 1,342nd place with $1 billion.

Kyiv Post staff writer
Chris Miller can be reached at miller@kyivpost.com.