Early Life
Rinat Akhmetov was born in Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR to a Tatar working-class family. His father, Leonid Akhmetov (d. 1991) was a coal-miner, and his mother, Nyakiya Akhmetova, was a shop assistant. Rinat Akhmetov has an older brother, Igor, who as well worked as a coal miner but had to resign due work related health complications.
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