Andrei Kozitsyn
Verkhniaya Pyshma, Russia
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Ural Polytechnic Institute
Russia
metals, Self Made
$4,500,000,000
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#436 Billionaires 2019
Andrei Kozitsyn is CEO of Ural Mining Metallurgical Company, one of the top Russian producers of commodities like copper, zinc, coal and gold.Kozitsyn grew up in the Urals, where he studied metallurgy and later went to work as a mechanic at Uralelectromed, now UMMC's main factory.Kozitsyn cofounded UMMC with Iskander Makhmudov, who is the group's president and his longtime partner. In January 2019, UGMK opened Korova (Cow) restaurant in the elite district of Yekaterinburg.
Owner and president of hockey club named Avtomobilist, Kozitsyn plans to build an ice arena with 15,000 seats in Ekaterinburg in 2022.Kozitsyn founded Military Equipment Museum, which has 28 tanks and armored vehicles and 17 planes of WWII era.
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