Victor Pinchuk is a Ukrainian businessman with an estimated net worth of $1.33 billion as of April 2016 according to Forbes. This famous philanthropist is the founder and owner of Interpipe Group, one of the leading steel industry groups in Ukraine today, and  EastOne Group Ltd, a London-based international investment advisory company.

He owns a popular tabloid and four TV channels. He has served the Ukrainian parliament for two terms from 1998 to 2006. Interpipe Group specializes on producing railway wheels and seamless pipes. Meanwhile,  EastOne's portfolio includes the production of railcar wheels, pipes, tubes, specialty steels, alloys and machineries. In 2010, he was named by TIME Magazine as one of the World's Most Influential People.