Lviv is a wonderful city with its rich history, which has gone through a thorny path of ups and downs. Today, this city is an important historical and cultural center in Ukraine. There are valuable architectural monuments in the city of Leva. Unsurpassed temples, cathedrals, churches, and unique museums work here, interesting exhibitions are organized, and large-scale festivals are held here.
This city is firmly among the leaders in terms of tourist attraction, which is why it is a good place for doing business. So this year, in the ranking of cities by Forbes, Lviv took the third place (after Kyiv and Vinnytsia). So it is not surprising that it is in the top five TOP-20 of the National Influence Rating-2021 The Lviv region has more millionaires who are among the hundred richest Ukrainians.
The first step was headed by the richest Lviv businessman Vitaly Antonov with a fortune of more than 600 million US dollars. The 58-year-old entrepreneur owns a controlling stake in Concern Galnaftogaz JSC, which owns the OKKO gas station network. Antonov is also the owner of the construction companies "Vash Dim" and "Progresstekhbud" and the concern "Khlibprom".
The second on the list among Lviv residents is Zinova Kozytskyi with a fortune of 297 million US dollars. The assets of the 64-year-old businessman are combined in the Zahidnadraservice group of companies, which specializes in extractive and alternative energy. In addition, this company plans to build the first plant for the production of "green hydrogen" in Ukraine.
The current mayor of Lviv took the third step Andrey Sadovy, who has firmly established himself in this position and has been holding it for 15 years. During this time, he was elected mayor of the city three times and has a fairly high level of support among residents. Sadovoy's image was most damaged by the garbage crisis, when Lviv garbage was dumped all over the country. However, Andriy Sadovy has considerable influence in the city and outside it. In addition, in fact, he owns the TRK "Lux" formally registered to his wife. It includes radio Lux FM, internet newspaper Zaxid.net, TV channel 24, Radio 24 Football 24 and an advertising agency.
The 55-year-old co-owner of one of the largest Ukrainian IT companies took fourth place Taras Kytsmey with a fortune of 160 million US dollars. More than 12 employees work in SoftServe's offices in 10 countries, but the company's headquarters is located in Lviv.
The top five is rounded off by a Ukrainian entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist and People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 7th convocation Ihor Krivetskyi. It was he who contributed to the functioning of the Euromaidan main stage. He calls himself the main financier of the Revolution of Dignity on the part of Svoboda. Kryvetsky manages his own private enterprise, works in the market of hotel, restaurant and agrarian business. It also has assets in agriculture, residential construction and energy. Since the beginning, the ATO has been providing permanent volunteer assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to various estimates, the amount of aid reaches 50 million hryvnias.
The head of the Lviv Regional State Administration took sixth place Maxim Kozytskyi. The 40-year-old politician is the son of Zinoviy Kozytskyi, a well-known businessman from the All-Ukrainian rating. Before his political activity, he worked in the energy business.
The seventh place in the ranking was taken by a restaurateur, the owner of the famous coffee shops "World of Coffee" and the production of freshly roasted coffee of the same name, which is prepared by dozens of coffee shops in different parts of Ukraine Markian Bedrin. Today, "World of Coffee" is two coffee shops and a roasting shop in Lviv and another coffee shop in Kyiv.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk took the eighth place. The politician comes from the city of Rava-Ruska in the Lviv region, where she was the mayor from 2010 to 2015.
The current deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, co-chairman of the parliamentary group "For the Future" took ninth place Taras Batenko. Political scientist by education. He is the author of about 300 publications. Considerable publicity in scientific circles was caused by his expert research on political personalities, in particular, the political portrait of Vladimir Putin, in which Batenko strongly criticized the authoritarian regime in Russia. However, in the parliament, he was distinguished by his push-button skills.
Rounding out the top ten is the current 41-year-old People's Deputy from "Servant of the People". Yuriy Kamelchuk. It is known that before politics he was a development coach. Currently, Kamelchuk is a strategic advisor to Ukrainian and international startups, charitable foundations, and managers of small and medium-sized businesses. He is also an organizer of business forums and seminars. Of interest: last year, Yuriy spoke out against the legalization of prostitution because, according to him, it "takes away energy. This is what is written in the Vedic sciences."
In the second ten, on the 11th step, there is the rector of the Lviv National University named after I. Franka Volodymyr Melnyk. The chief prosecutor of the region, Anton Voytenko, took the twelfth place. He is followed by Bohdan Kopitko, a Lviv businessman and owner of PJSC "Lviv Refrigeration Plant". On the 14th place - the star of show business, politician and frontman of the group "Ocean Elsa" Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. Then there is Taras Lopushanskyi, director of the Lviv TU NABU. The 16th place was taken by Lviv entrepreneur and philanthropist, director of Vynnykiv Tobacco Factory LLC, president of Rukh FC Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi.
Bohdan Dubnevich, president of Lviv APP LLC, deputy of the Lviv Regional Council of the V-VI convocations, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the VIII convocation, took 17th place.
Borys Plotnytskyi, head of the Western Commercial Court of Appeal, took 18th place.
People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 19th convocation, Ukrainian linguist, pedagogue, political and social activist Iryna Farion took the XNUMXth place.
The top twenty is rounded out by politician, officer of the Azov Regiment, TV presenter Yuriy Mikhalchyshyn. He is known for his speeches at rallies and talk shows. Yuriy Mykhalchyshyn began his political career by joining the Lviv regional organization "Svoboda". In 2010, he ran for the position of mayor of Lviv on her behalf and took third place, gaining 42 votes.
