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Yuriy Kosiuk
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- agribusiness
- Industry
- Food & Beverage
- Residence
- Kiev
- Education
- Kiev Food Industry Institute (Bachelor of Science in Engineering)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 1
Assets
- MHP S.A.63,902,000 shares @ --MHPC-GB
Biography
Yuriy Kosiuk heads MHP, Ukraine's biggest producer of poultry.
He studied food process engineering at Kiev Food Industry Institute, and got his start importing furniture and gas from Turkmenistan.
He then began trading grain after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and eventually moved into poultry in 1998 with 10 employees.
Kosiuk took MHP public in 2008; he owns about 60% of the company, which trades in London.
About
Kosiuk pays himself handsomely through dividends and has used the cash to buy airplanes, a yacht and several cars, including a Lamborghini.