{"id":"rinat-akhmetov","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rinat-akhmetov","language":"en","name":"Rinat Akhmetov","name_en":"Rinat Akhmetov","name_ne":null,"description":"Ukrainian businessman","headline":"Ukrainian businessman","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (born 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian oligarch, billionaire and businessman. He is the founder and president of international investment group System Capital Management (SCM), and is the wealthiest man in Ukraine.","summary_more":["As of May 2026, he was listed as the 483rd richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$7.8 billion. This made him one of six Ukrainian billionaires in 2026.","Akhmetov is the owner and president of the Ukrainian football club FC Shakhtar Donetsk.  Since 2014, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation has provided over 13 million food kits to the residents of Ukraine, and aid has reached more than 18 million people.","SCM businesses, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation, and Shakhtar Football Club have collectively provided $368 million (UAH 13.5 billion) to aid Ukraine, its military, and civilians as of February 2026.","From 2006 to 2007 and 2007–2012, Akhmetov was a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) for the Party of Regions. Later, in a comment to Radio Svoboda, he again called his move into politics a mistake: \"And I have no intention of making the same mistake twice\"."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"21 September 1966","date":"1966-09-21"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Donetsk","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43070"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Ukraine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"},{"text":"banker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q806798"},{"text":"industrialist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6606110"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Party of Regions (2006–2012)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4266","start":"2006","end":"2012"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80171","end":"2001"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"People's Deputy of Ukraine (23 November 2007 – 12 December 2012)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12132454","start":"2007-11-23","end":"2012-12-12"},{"text":"People's Deputy of Ukraine (25 May 2006 – 23 November 2007)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12132454","start":"2006-05-25","end":"2007-11-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4188105"},{"text":"Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29017281"},{"text":"Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29017356"},{"text":"Order of Merit, 1st class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29017353"},{"text":"Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47452388"},{"text":"Miner's Glory 1st class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28975203"},{"text":"Miner's Glory 2nd class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28975205"},{"text":"Miner's Glory 3rd class","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28975206"},{"text":"honorary citizen of Donetsk Oblast","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4375532"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Akhmetov","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Rinat Akhmetov born?","a":"Rinat Akhmetov was born on 21 September 1966 in Donetsk."},{"q":"What positions has Rinat Akhmetov held?","a":"Positions held by Rinat Akhmetov include: People's Deputy of Ukraine (2007–2012); People's Deputy of Ukraine (2006–2007)."},{"q":"Where did Rinat Akhmetov study?","a":"Rinat Akhmetov was educated at Vasyl' Stus Donetsk National University."}],"related":[{"name":"Victor Pinchuk","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/victor-pinchuk"},{"name":"Kostyantyn Zhevago","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kostyantyn-zhevago"},{"name":"Vadym Novynskyi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/vadym-novynskyi"},{"name":"Petro Poroshenko","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/petro-poroshenko"},{"name":"Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/oleksandr-yaroslavskyi"},{"name":"Viktor Medvedchuk","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/viktor-medvedchuk"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/rinat-akhmetov-d50e9fb3fc.jpg","width":447,"height":414,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Михаил Масловский","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rinat_Akhmetov2013.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Rinat Akhmetov","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinat_Akhmetov","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q60805","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60805","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Rinat Akhmetov2013.jpg by Михаил Масловский (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rinat_Akhmetov2013.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Rinat Akhmetov, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Rinat Akhmetov2013.jpg — Михаил Масловский, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Rinat Akhmetov\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/rinat-akhmetov. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/rinat-akhmetov","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/rinat-akhmetov","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/rinat-akhmetov?lang=ne"}}