From First to Eighth: Who Pushed Former President Poroshenko Off the Pedestal in the “100 Most Influential People in Ukraine” Ranking
In 2019, as many as 35 new names appeared on the country's list of influential people. This is a record.
On August 15, today, the list of the 100 most influential people in Ukraine was published by the magazine “New Time”.
The list was compiled based on the opinions of 74 experts. In 2019, it included 35 new names, although usually their number is no more than 5-10%. The rest of the places are occupied by familiar figures.
First place went to newly elected President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. Second place went to Andriy Bohdan, head of the Office of the President. And bronze went to Rinat Akhmetov.
At the bottom of the list are 24 Ukrainian sailors whom Russia seized in the Kerch Strait in 2018. To this day they remain held against their will.
Billionaires and “classic oligarchs” of Ukraine remained stable: Rinat Akhmetov, Ihor Kolomoisky, Viktor Pinchuk, and Petro Poroshenko, etc.
Top 10 most influential people in Ukraine according to New Time:
- Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine
- Andriy Bohdan, Head of the Office of the President
- Rinat Akhmetov, owner of the SCM group of companies, the richest man in Ukraine
- Ihor Kolomoisky, businessman, co-owner of the Privat financial and industrial group
- Viktor Pinchuk, businessman, founder of EastOne Group
- Arsen Avakov, Minister of Internal Affairs
- Sergiy Shefir, First Assistant to the President
- Petro Poroshenko, former president, businessman, deputy of the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from the European Solidarity party
- Dmytro Razumkov, head of the Servant of the People party, deputy of the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada
- Viktor Medvedchuk, businessman, politician, deputy of the 9th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada from the Opposition Platform — For Life
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