Thursday 1 May 2014

BBC News - Profile: Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash

BBC News - Profile: Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash:



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One of Ukraine's richest men, Dmytro Firtash made his fortune in the Central and Eastern European chemical and energy industry, emerging as a middleman in the trading of Central Asian gas after the collapse of the Soviet Union.



The gas tycoon's business interests centre on his Group DF (Group Dmytro Firtash) - one of the biggest players in the European energy market - with branches in many countries including Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Tajikistan and Ukraine. The 48 year old also owns one of Ukraine's most-watched television channel, Inter TV.



The self-made billionaire is said to come from a humble background in western Ukraine's Ternopil region and to have worked as a fireman before he began to build his business empire in the late 1980s. By 2012, Group DF was estimated to have an annual turnover of $6bn (£3.5bn; 4.3bn euros)."



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