Rank #2186
Oleg Boyko
Net worth $1.9B
Diversified · Russia
- Born
- Sep 28, 1964
- Age
- 61
- Source
- Diversified
- Residence
- Lipperswil
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Single
- Children
- 0
- Education
- Master of Science, Moscow Aviation University; Master of Business Administration, Russian National Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Net worth over time
Biography
- Oleg Boyko's private equity firm Finstar Financial currently manages and consults portfolio companies operating in 30+ countries.
- After Russia invaded Ukraine, his mother who held all of his shares in fintech 4Finance gave 9.9% each to Ukrainian relatives and a nonprofit in Switzerland.
- She sold the rest of the family's 4Finance stake to four new, non-Russian minority shareholders.
- Boyko opened Moscow's first stores with credit card readers in the 1990s.
- In 2002 Boyko invested in a Moscow chain of gambling venues and founded Ritzio Entertainment Group, which invested in casinos and gambling.
- When gambling was banned, Boyko sold his Russian gambling assets and moved 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.