Net Worth: $ 499 million (June 2008)

Age: 40 years old

Marital status: Married, has a son

Last year: $ 410 million

Industry: Petrochemistry,food industry

“There is no deficit of money in the world, in the world there is a deficit of ideas and people, who can manage these means”. This is how Igor Eremeev described the state of the world capitalism in his interview to Korrespondent. The businessman himself has both ideas and money. Leaving politics, where he played a key role in Volodymir Litvyn Bloc, Eremeev began to increase and nourish his business empire. 

Here is some fresh news: on May 20, a Western oil group that belongs to Eremeev (owns a network gas stations under the WOG brand) bought back 60% of shares of the Kherson oil-processing complex (NPZ) from their partners, a Russian company Alliance. Thus, two years after a compulsory sale of NPZ Galichyna, Eremeev came back to the major league of Ukrainian petroleum processors. Except for this strategic asset, the businessman from western Ukraine owns ten of dairy plants, a retail store chain and a few media outlets. He does not plan to sell anything yet. “All country is going crazy with the idea of IPO, this is the last point, where one should come”, a 40-year-old businessman summed up talking to Korrespondent.