Net Worth: $ 271 million (June 2008)

Age: 45 years old

Marital status: Married, raises a son and a daughter

Last year: -

Industry: Investment activity, food industry, real estate

Everyone, who embarks on writing Boris Kolesnikov’s biography, unavoidably concludes saying the following “from young years has been friends with Rinat Akhmetov, the richest Ukrainian”. On the for-ua.com forum, speaking about friendship, Kolesnikov noted: “Friends can be in life, and in politics, in finance and other fields of life, friendship is a very debatable question”. However, he added “With Rinat Akhmetov we have been friends since long time ago”. Friendship will be friendship, but business is apart. Kolesnikov looks fully independent even without his connection to Akhmetov.  Requested to open his assets, the  businessman sent a simplified chart of his domains, demonstrating that he owns a company Ukrinvest, which controls a cattle-breeding complex, telecommunications, and a little of pipe leasing business and metallurgy.  

Also Kolesnikov owns 50% of the shares of a group of companies KONTI, which produces pastry, and has the same share in a firm Yug, which is engaged in real estate and transport services. Kolesnikov has 36% of shares of champagne factory Artyomovsk Winery. In other words, being friends with such a multitalented businessman is not a shame, even if you are Akhmetov.