Victor Pinchuk
Kiev, Ukraine
Doctorate, Dniepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute
Ukraine
steel pipes, diversified, Self Made
$1,400,000,000
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#1605 Billionaires 2019
Viktor Pinchuk used his Ph.D. in pipe design to found Interpipe, producer of steel products, in 1990. Privately-owned Interpipe, which lost all of its business in Russia during its occupation of Crimea, is weighed down by heavy debts. Pinchuk owns Grand Buildings, a landmark historical building on Trafalgar Square in London. He is a son-in-law of Ukraine's former president Leonid Kuchma.
Pinchuk sponsors an annual lunch on Ukraine at the World Economic Forum at Davos.His PinchukArtCentre focuses on contemporary art and sponsors a nationwide prize for Ukrainian artists younger than 35.
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