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Victor Pinchuk
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Steel pipes, diversified
- Industry
- Metals & Mining
- Residence
- Kiev
- Education
- Dniepropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute (Doctorate)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 4
Biography
Viktor Pinchuk used his Ph.D. in pipe design to found Interpipe, producer of steel products, in 1990.
He still operates Interpipe, which makes pipes and railway wheels, and also Starlight Media, which owns 6 TV stations.
Pinchuk owns Grand Buildings, a landmark historical building on Trafalgar Square in London.
He is a son-in-law of Ukraine's former president Leonid Kuchma.
PinchukArtCenter, which he chairs, is known for its biannual global contemporary art prize, Future Generation Art Prize, which awards $100K to a young artist.
About
Pinchuk sponsors an annual event on Ukraine at the World Economic Forum at Davos.