Oleg Boyko
Lipperswil, Switzerland
Master of Science, Moscow Aviation University | Master of Business Administration, Russian National Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russia
diversified, Self Made
$1,200,000,000
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#1818 Billionaires 2019
Oleg Boyko opened Moscow's first stores with credit card readers in the 1990s.His private equity firm Finstar Financial currently manages and consults portfolio companies operating in 30+ countries.His biggest investment today is 4finance, a digital consumer finance company that operates in 18 countries.In 2002 Boyko invested in a Moscow chain of gambling venues and founded Ritzio Entertainment Group, which invested in casinos and gambling. Before casinos were banned in Russia, Ritzio Entertainment Group had been the biggest operator of gambling machines in the country.When gambling was banned, Boyko sold his Russian gambling assets and moving into gambling in the European Union.
Boyko, who was injured in an accident in 1996 and often appears in a scooter-style wheelchair, is the main private sponsor of Russian Paralympics team. He invests in movie-making. His projects include Roberto Rodriguez's Sin City II and Scarlett Johansson's Summer Crossing.
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