Kyiv Post's Best of Kyiv 2010: Tomas Fiala
Getting to the top of your business may be easier than staying there. Nonetheless, the Czechoslovakian-born and ethnic Moravian Tomas Fiala has managed to stay on top.
He set up Ukraine’s most successful investment bank in Dragon Capital 10 years ago, when he was only 26. According to its website, it accounts for the largest share of turnover on the Ukrainian stock market, carrying out a third of reported transactions.
Since 2005, Dragon has completed more than 50 deals, including initial public offerings, private placements and merger and acquisition transactions, raising about $2 billion. Dragon’s asset management arm has approximately $600 million under management.
Over the last decade, financial magazine Euromoney named Dragon Capital the Best Equity House in Ukraine in 2002 and 2004-2008. Thomson Reuters Extel and Institutional Investor surveys have recognized Dragon Capital analysts as a leading Ukrainian equity research team in 2007-2009. The financial publication “emeafinance” named Dragon Capital the Best Broker in Ukraine in 2010.
Dragon Capital was named Ukraine’s Stock Market Leader-2010 and the Best Online Broker-2010 by the Ukrainian Exchange. Dragon Capital ranked first in the C-bonds Awards-2010 categories of Best Equity Research and Best Equity Sales.
Other nominees were:
Natalie Jaresko,
Horizon Capital founding manager, promotes Ukrainian education and culture.
Jorge Zukoski,
longtime president of the 650-member American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, is a promoter of corporate social responsibility.
Richard Creagh,
vice president of Ukraine International Airlines, is a reliable supporter of many local charities.
Eric Aigner,
is largely credited for transforming Kyiv’s nightclub and bar scene.
David Sweere and…
….Daviel Sweere,
brought know-how to Ukraine’s agricultural industry and fostered rural development.
Michael Bleyzer,
runs a $1 billion private equity firm and is founder of a non-profit lobby that advocates for improvement in Ukraine’s business climate.
