Rank #1507
Victor Pinchuk
Net worth $2.8B
Steel pipes, diversified · Ukraine
- Born
- Dec 14, 1960
- Age
- 65
- Source
- Steel pipes, diversified
- Residence
- Kiev
- Citizenship
- Ukraine
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Doctorate, Dniepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute
Net worth over time
Biography
- Viktor Pinchuk used his Ph.D. in pipe design to found Interpipe, producer of steel products, in 1990.
- He still operates Interpipe, which makes pipes and railway wheels, and also Starlight Media, which owns 6 TV stations.
- 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.
- PinchukArtCenter, which he chairs, is known for its biannual global contemporary art prize, Future Generation Art Prize, which awards $100K to a young artist.
- Pinchuk sponsors an annual event on Ukraine at the World Economic Forum at Davos.