Four Ukrainians are among the richest immigrants in the United States according to Forbes
15 July 17:22
Ukraine is among the ten countries with the largest number of immigrant billionaires in the United States. Four Ukrainians were included in the Forbes ranking: Ian Koum, Leonid Radvinsky, Mykhailo Polsky, and Max Levchyn, reports "Komersant Ukrainian".
Who they are:
- Jan Koum is the co-founder of WhatsApp, ranked 9th in the ranking. His fortune is estimated at $16.9 billion. After WhatsApp was sold to Meta (formerly Facebook) in 2014 for $22 billion, Koum stepped down as CEO in 2018 and now invests through his own company, Newlands, which owns shares in Meta and supports startups.
- Leonid Radvinsky is the owner of the OnlyFans platform, ranked 50th, with a net worth of $3.8 billion. The platform brought in $1.3 billion in revenue in 2023, and Radvinsky himself paid himself $1.1 billion in dividends over three years.
- Michael Polsky is the founder and CEO of Invenergy, a renewable energy company. He ranks 75th with $2.5 billion. Invenergy is implementing large-scale projects in Kansas and across the United States, including wind turbines and power lines worth $7 billion.
- Max Levchin is the co-founder of PayPal and CEO of Affirm, a purchase credit company. Ranked 85th with $2.1 billion. Levchin also founded the startups Slide and Glow, and owns almost 11% of Affirm.
Context:
According to Forbes, a record number of immigrant billionaires are now living in the United States – 125 people from 41 countries. The top three are Elon Musk (South Africa, $393.1 billion), Sergey Brin (Russia, $139.7 billion), and Jensen Huang (Taiwan, $137.9 billion).
Ukrainians in the global ranking of billionaires:
The April Forbes global ranking includes seven Ukrainian billionaires. The richest among them is Rinat Akhmetov ($7.9 billion, 390th place), followed by Victor Pinchuk ($3.2 billion), Petro Poroshenko, Andriy Verevsky, Vadym Novynsky, Kostyantyn Zhevago and Vlad Yatsenko. Gennadiy Boholyubov dropped out of the list.
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