Vasyl Khmelnytsky
| Vasyl Khmelnytsky Василь Хмельницький |
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10 September 1966 Bayanaul, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | entrepreneur, investor, First Vice President of ULIE, founder of K.Fund |
Vasyl Khmelnytsky is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and investor. He is the First Vice President of the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE) and founder of K.Fund
Khmelnytsky was born on September 10, 1966 in Bayanaul (now territory of Kazakhstan) to the family of a house painter and tractor driver. In 1987-1991 he worked as gas-arc welder and foreman at the construction department in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). In 1991-1998 Khmelnytsky served as head of the information department in Orimi Wood Soviet-American Joint Venture (Leningrad), director of Danapris JSC (Kyiv), and head of information and analytics department at Real Group JSC.
In 2003 he received a Law Degree at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Khmelnytsky was a Member of Parliament of Ukraine five times. He was elected in 1998 as a member of Green Party of Ukraine. Throughout his term as MP, he was a member of various parliamentary groups and factions. He left the parliament in 2014 as a member of Sovereign European Ukraine. He worked in the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE), as Vice-President in 2014. In 2015 he became first Vice President of ULIE.
″We go to Europe, where business is separate from politics. For many years the only way to do business in Ukraine was to be involved in politics. However, this model should be changed and it is natural to start with myself,″ – V. Khmelnytsky, Interfax Ukraine.
Khmelnytsky and partners founded/invested in dozens of businesses in Ukraine. Khmelnytsky prefers to do business with partners and currently cooperates with more than 20 of them.
“We have always preferred to do business with partners. It reduces risks and increases profits. Most of our projects are 25%-60% shared with partners,” – V. Khmelnytsky, Kommersant Ukraine.
Khmelnytsky focuses on real estate development business. He is a majority shareholder of UDP development company. UDP implements large-scale infrastructure projects, such as Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany), Bila Tserkva industrial park, Ocean Plaza shopping center (Kyiv), residential complexes Novopecherski Lypki, Boulevard of Fountains, River Stone and Parkove Misto.
Khmelnytsky owns a share in Star Media company (production and distribution of movie and TV shows), Biofarma (pharmaceuticals), RTM (national operator of outdoor advertising).
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