Yes, Akhmetov, Novinsky and Bogolyubov became twice as poor.
Seven top Ukrainian billionaire oligarchs lost 9, $ 7 billion – or 45% – of their wealth in 2022. This was reported by Forbes. The devastation caused by Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has made some billionaires twice as poor. After all, many of them have assets in the metallurgical, coal, mining, banking, etc.
Rinat Akhmetov, Vadim Novinsky and Gennady Bogolyubov lost half of their fortunes. Konstantin Zhevago, Igor Kolomoisky and Victor Pinchuk – about 40%. But Vlad Yatsenko, according to Forbes, did not become poor at all.
The publication writes that the oligarchs could have lost even more if they had not kept a significant amount of their assets outside Ukraine.
| Oligarch | The value of wealth/$ | Source of wealth /strong> | Losses after invasion/$ |
| Rinat Akhmetov | 4.2 billion | steel, coal | 4.3 billion |
| Victor Pinchuk | 1.9 billion | steel industry, diversified income | 700 million |
| Vadim Novinsky | 1.3 billion | steel | 2.2 billion |
| Constantine Zhevago | 1.3 billion | mining industry | 800 million |
| Gennady Bogolyubov | 1.1 billion | banking sector, investment | 900 million |
| Vlad Yatsenko | 1.1 billion | fintech | – |
| Igor Kolomoisky | 1 billion | banking sector, investment | 800 million |
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