Rank #2929
Petro Poroshenko
Net worth $1.3B
confectionery · Ukraine
- Born
- Sep 26, 1965
- Age
- 60
- Source
- confectionery
- Residence
- Kiev
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Kiev State University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Petro Poroshenko served as the president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019, but made his fortune as Ukraine's "chocolate king."
- Poroshenko got his start selling cocoa beans, then purchased several confectionery plants, uniting them under the company Roshen in 1995.
- Roshen sells an estimated $800 million worth of chocolates, caramel, wafers, cakes and other confections across 35 countries.
- His net worth fell by more than half after Russia invaded Ukraine as his confectionery firm Roshen was forced to shut two factories in Kyiv and nearby Boryspil.