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Rinat Akhmetov is the richest person of Ukraine by version of Focus magazine

According to the version of Focus magazine, Rinat Akhmetov heads the rating of the richest people of Ukraine with a fortune at 14.62 billion dollars.

      Chief editor of Focus magazine Myhaylo Gladkyi said at a news conference in UNIAN today that Ukrainian millionaires and billionaires became richer by 25% on average during the year. The total assets of 130 Ukrainians, who entered the rating, exceeded 100 billion dollars.

      According to the information of M. Gladkyi, 39 novices with total fortune of 8 billion dollars entered to the rating of this year. He noted that 18 parliament members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine entered to rating-2008, the majority of them being from the Party of Regions.

The top ten includes: co-owner of SCM company, parliament member from the Party of Regions R. Akhmetov – his fortune is estimated at 14. 620 billion dollars as of February 2008 (compared to March 2007 – 12 billion dollars), co-owner of «East One» company Victor Pinchuk - 10.5 billion dollars (March 2007 – 4.4 billion dollars), co-owner of Pryvat Group Igor Kolomoiskyi – 4.76 billion dollars (March 2007 – 3.3 billion dollars), co-owner of Pryvat Group Gennadiy Bogolyubov – 4.5 billion dollars (March 2007 – 3.2 billion dollars), co-owner of Ferrexpo company

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