Rinat Akhmetov

Rinat Akhmetov

Rinat Leonidovych Akhmetov (Ukrainian: Рінат Леонідович Ахметов, Russian: Ринат Леонидович Ахметов, Tatar: Ренат Леонид улы Әхмәтов; born on 21 September 1966) is a Ukrainian businessman and oligarch. He is the founder and President of System Capital Management (SCM), and is ranked among the wealthiest men in the nation. As of October 2012, he was listed as the 26th richest man in the world with an estimated net worth of US 21.2 billion.

Akhmetov is also the owner and President of the Ukrainian football club Shakhtar Donetsk. Since the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Akhmetov has been a member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) for the Party of Regions. There have been claims Akhmetov has been involved in organized crime. In January 2008 Akhmetov won a London libel court case "for damage to his reputation" for such claims, while several other claims about an alleged "criminal past" have been retracted by the media.