Rinat Akhmetov

Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov, born 21 September 1966, is a Ukrainian oligarch, billionaire and businessman. He is the founder and president of the international investment group System Capital Management (SCM) and is the wealthiest man in Ukraine; as of May 2026 he was listed as the 483rd richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of 7.8 billion US dollars. He is the owner and president of the Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar Donetsk. From 2006 to 2007 and from 2007 to 2012 he was a member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, for the Party of Regions, a move he later called a mistake. Since 2014 the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation has provided over 13 million food kits to residents of Ukraine, and SCM businesses, the foundation and Shakhtar together have provided 368 million US dollars to aid Ukraine, its military and civilians as of February 2026.