Net Worth: $ 4.94 billion (June 2008)

Age: 42 years old

Marital status: Widower, raises daughter

Last year: $ 1.91 billion

Industry: Ferroalloys, finances, oil products

Aleksey Martynov does not spread too thin. Korrespondent asked him: “What assets do you have”? A businessman gave an answer: “I am a co-owner of assets of Privat group”. The magazine inquired: “What kind of future do you see for your business”? Martynov answered: “ferroalloy business is of particular interest”. Laconic, but rich in content. Just what one would expect from a graduate of physicotechnical department of Dnepropetrovsk State University.

Martynov shares or rather, multiplies the assets of the so-called financial and industrial group (FPG) Privat jointly with two other top Ukrainian businessmen listed in this rating, Igor Kolomoysky (#3) and Gennady Bogolyubov (#4). Unlike his friends, Martynov stayed in his native Dnepropetrovsk city and is not eager to move to the capital.

He owns a local company Solm, which is a part of FPG Privat, manages a Ukrainian financial giant Privatbank, and is incredibly interested in metallurgy, especially in ferroalloys. Any person with such a broad horizon can become a millionaire or even, a multimillionaire, as Martynov.