Hryhoriy Oleksandr
Biography
Date of Birth: 27.06.1967
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Hryhoriy - Member of the Ukrainian Parliament of the IX Congress (Faction 'For the Future'). Co-founder of the retail network Epicenter, New Line. President of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation, Vice President of the Ukrainian Football Association.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Horodok, Chmelnytskyi region.
From 1987 to 1990, he studied at the Chmelnytskyi Cooperative Technical School. He received his higher education degree from the Lviv Trade Academy with a specialization in 'Business Management'.
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Business. In 1990-1991, Hryhoriy was an Expeditor at the Inter-district Warehouse in Horodok. In 1991, he moved to Kyiv and began entrepreneurial activities.
Co-founder of the largest Ukrainian network of hardware stores Epicenter. The first hardware store was opened in 2003 in Kyiv, and by 2018 there were 47 in Ukraine, eight of which were in the capital.
In 2013, LLC 'Epicenter K' acquired a majority stake in the construction supermarkets New Line.
Oleksandr Hryhoriy is the owner and beneficiary of companies: LLC 'Epicenter K', LLC 'New Line', LLC 'Agroholding 2012', LLC 'Karpatskaya Keramika', LLC 'CBM Osmoloda', JSC 'Logistics Center Kalinovka', LLC 'SKH Vinnytska promislova hrupa', LLC 'Respektum', LLC 'Alga Aktiv', LLC 'Atena Group', LLC 'Respektum', LLC 'Intertourism'.
The Bank for Agricultural Assets focuses on the regions of Vinnytsia, Chmelnytskyi, Ternopil, Kyiv, and Cherkasy with nearly 120,000 hectares.
Political Career. From December 2012 to November 2014, he was a deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament of the VII Congress. He won in a single-member district No. 192 in the Chmelnytskyi region as an independent. He joined the faction of the Party of Regions. At the time of the election, he was the head of LLC 'Epicenter K'. Chairman of the Subcommittee on Tariffs in the Parliamentary Committee for Tax and Customs Policy.
On January 16, 2014, he voted for the 'Dictatorial Laws' - a package of anti-democratic laws that significantly restricted the rights of citizens and curtailed freedom of speech.
On February 21, 2014, Oleksandr Hryhoriy left the faction of the Party of Regions in the Verkhovna Rada.
In the early elections to the Verkhovna Rada on October 26, 2014, he was elected as a deputy of the VIII Congress from electoral district 192 with 73.86% of the votes. He worked in the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada for Tax and Customs Policy.
Founder and co-founder of the political party 'For Concrete Things'.
Participation in the early parliamentary elections of 2019 as an independent in the majoritarian electoral district No. 192 (Chmelnytskyi region). He won the electoral district. He was the chairman of the Subcommittee on General Corporate Tax and Profit Tax Procedures, Accounting, and Audit in the Verkhovna Rada Committee for Financial, Tax, and Customs Policy.
Social Activities. In 2004, he founded the 'Epicenter for Children' Foundation, which develops social and sports schools.
In 2011, he founded the charitable foundation 'Oleksandr and Halyna Hryhoriy Foundation'.
In April 2013, he was elected president of the Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation.
On June 16, 2017, Hryhoriy was elected vice president of the Ukrainian Football Association.
Wealth Status. In spring 2013, Focus magazine estimated the net worth of Oleksandr Hryhoriy and his wife Halyna at 794.7 million US dollars (24th place in the list of '200 Richest People in Ukraine'). In 2014, Oleksandr Hryhoriy ranked 18th in the list of the richest Ukrainians according to Forbes with a net worth of 94 million US dollars.
In 2016, Oleksandr Hryhoriy ranked 18th in the Forbes list of the richest people with a net worth of 173 million US dollars.
In 2018, Oleksandr and Halyna Hryhoriy ranked 12th with 530 million US dollars in the Focus list.
In 2020, Oleksandr and Halyna Hryhoriy ranked fourth with a net worth of 1.3 billion US dollars according to Forbes Ukraine.
Awards and Honors. Honored Worker in the Service Sector of Ukraine (2009).
Order 'For Merits' II Class (June 28, 2017).
Family. Wife - Halyna Hryhoriy, former secretary of the Kyiv City Council, co-founder of the Epicenter retail network. They have two children: daughter Viktoriya and son Taras.
24.06.2022