December 4, 2020

Forbes Ukraine names top-40 Ukrainian diaspora business leaders

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Forbes Ukraine, in its September issue, published a list of “40 Global Ukrainians” by Vlada Yasko, which profiled diaspora-based Ukrainian business owners and leaders. Below is a translation of excerpts from the article. The translation was prepared by Matthew Dubas.

 

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Leonard Mazur, 75, Ukrainian American co-owner of Citius Pharmaceuticals and Arkimax Pharmaceuticals, was included in a list of the top 40 “Global Ukrainians” that appeared in the September issue of Forbes Ukraine magazine.

Listed among the medium-sized businesses by Forbes Ukraine, Mr. Mazur and his work have been at the forefront of combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.  This work includes helping people who suffer from acute pulmonary complications.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has praised the practices of his companies, which have accelerated the procedures for registering new medicinal offerings.

His family fled from western Ukraine during World War II, and Mr. Mazur’s parents met as displaced refugees in Germany – his father escaped Soviet occupying forces, and his mother was taken to forced-labor camp in Germany.

Born in West Germany, Mr. Mazur grew up in Philadelphia, graduated from Temple University, and worked for 10 years with the medical firm Cooper Laboratories. In 2007 he founded the research company Citius Pharmaceuticals and the manufacturing company Arkimax Pharmaceuticals. The two companies have released 13 prescription drugs. Citius is unique because Ukrainian Americans comprise its management team, Mr. Mazur said. Among those recognized from his company in the Forbes Ukraine story are Myron Holubiak, chief operations officer, and Myron Chuchman, head physician and acting vice-president.

In the large-sized business category, business leaders included the following individuals: the Pritsker family, Hyatt Hotels Corp. (U.S.A.) ($31 billion); Mikhail Fridman, LetterOne Holdings, Alpha-Group (Russia) ($15.2 billion); Viktor Vekselberg, Renova (Russia) ($11.7 billion); Jan Koum, WhatsApp (U.S.A.) ($10 billion); German Khan, LetterOne Holdings, Alpha-Group (Russia) ($9.9 billion); Vlad Shmunis, founder and CEO of the telecommunications company RingCentral (U.S.A.) ($2 billion); Alex Rovt, owner ROZA 14W (U.S.A.) (real estate and hotels) ($1.3 billion); Stan Owerko, president and co-owner of Petrogas Energy (Canada) ($900 million); James Temerty, Northland Power (Canada) ($970 million); Michael Polsky, found of Invenergy (U.S.A.) ($600 million); Larry Kestelman, founder of Dodo Services (Australia) ($520 million); Slavomir Smolokovski, Mercuria Energy Group (Poland) ($423 million); Gregory Jankilevitsch, co-owner of Mercuria Energy Group (Poland) ($423 million); Eugene Melnyk, owner of the National Hockey League’s Ottawa Senators, co-owner of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (Canada) ($350 million); Gustavo Grobocopatel, Grupo Los Grobo S.A. (Argentina) ($250 million); John, Richard and Charles Podpirka, JRC Management (U.S.A.) ($200 million).

Among medium-sized business leaders were the following individuals: Fedir Bremen, co-owner of BLRT Grupp (Estonia); Vitaliy Belonozhko, founder and chief sound designer, 64Audio (U.S.A.); Jose Boiko and Estefano Boiko, Garcia Brasil Sul (Brazil); Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Future Bakery and M-C Dairy (Canada); Borys Horodynsky, Horodynsky Farms (Canada); Martin and Matios Hrenuk, Rosamonte Hrenuk S.A. (Argentina); Dr. George Huculak, co-owner of Medical Pharmacies Group and vice-president of the Ukrainian World Congress (Canada); Basil Iwanyk, Thunder Road Films (U.S.A.); John Iwaniura, Caravan Group (Canada); Ian Ihnatowycz, founder of First Generation Capital (Canada); George Myhal, Windermere (Canada); Viktor Palamarchuk, Ukraine Express (U.S.A.); Michael Pocalyko, Monticello Capital and Special Investigations (U.S.A.); and Nadia Jacyk, president of Prombank Group and the Peter Jacyk Education Foundation (Canada).

In the category of Ukrainian start-up companies, the list included the following people: Nick Bilogorskiy, investment firm 408 Ventures (U.S.A.); Alexander Galitsky, Almaz Capital Partners (Russia); Rostyslav (Ross) Knap, founder and CEO of CallPage (Poland); Max Levchin, found of the fintech company Affirm (U.S.A.); Olga Oleinikova and Kyrylo Medvediev, marketing service Persollo (Australia); Mike Petryshyn, organizer of the Riot Fest music festival (U.S.A.); Oleg Rogynskyy, founder and CEO of the sales-management platform People.ai (U.S.A.); Bogdan Suchyk and Mykola Lobanov, co-founders of Mobalytics (U.S.A.); Alexey Chernikov, founder of the online-translation serve Mate Translate, Reji (Germany); and Vlad Yatsenko, co-founder and technical director for the neobank Revolut (Great Britain).

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