Background
Khmelnytsky was born on September 10, 1966 in Bayanaul (now territory of Kazakhstan) to the family of house painter and tractor driver.
Khmelnytsky was born on September 10, 1966 in Bayanaul (now territory of Kazakhstan) to the family of house painter and tractor driver.
In 1987-1991 he worked as gas-arc welder and foreman at the construction department in Leningrad (now Saint St. Petersburg). In 1991-1998 Khmelnytsky occupied positions of head of information department in Orimi Wood Soviet-American Joint Venture (Leningrad), director of Danapris Joint-stock company (Kyiv), and head of information and analytics department at Real Group Joint-stock company. In 2003 he received a Law Degree at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He has been working in the Ukrainian League of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (ULIE), as Vice-President since 2014.
From 2015 – first Vice President of ULIE. ″We go to Europe, where business is separate from politics.
Foreign many years the only way to do business in Ukraine was to be involved in politics. However, this model should be changed and it is natural to start with myself,″ – V. Khmelnytsky, Interfax Ukraine.
Khmelnytsky prefers to do business with partners and currently cooperates with more than 20 of them. “We have always preferred to do business with partners.
lieutenant reduces risks and increases profits.
Currently Khmelnytsky focuses on real estate development business. He is a majority shareholder of UDP development company which implements large-scale infrastructure projects. Among them are development of Kyiv International Airport (Zhuliany).
Building of Ocean Plaza shopping center (Kyiv), residential complexes Novopecherski Lypki, Boulevard of Fountains, River Stone, and Parkove Misto.
Vasyl Khmelnytsky owns a share in Star Media company (production and distribution of movie and television shows), Biofarma (pharmaceuticals), RTM (national operator of outdoor advertising), and Kreshchatyk Bank. He finances a number of educational projects: Kyiv International Economic Forum (KIEF), the Osvitoria Social Organization, modern comprehensive school Novopecherska School in Kyiv, the first in Ukraine inter-corporate Information Technology university BIONIC University, Master Program in Public Administration at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, online iLearn platform for students from orphanages and low-income families, publishing project Khmelnytsky’s Library.
In 2015, Vasyl Khmelnytsky united his public activities into K.Fund. In 2015 Forbes Ukraine ranked Khmelnytsky 35th among 100 Wealthiest People in Ukraine with a fortune of $148 million.
According to Focus magazine, Khmelnytsky is ranked 83rd among the most influential people in Ukraine.
Vasyl Khmelnytsky is married to Zoya Lytvyn – a chair of Osvitoria non-governmental organization. She runs social projects mainly in educational sphere. Khmelnytsky raises two sons – Oleksandr and Ivan.
As for now, Khmelnytsky doesn’t belong to any political party.
Vasyl Khmelnytsky has been a Member of Parliament of Ukraine five times. First he was elected in 1998 as a member of Green Party of Ukraine. Throughout his term as Member of Parliament, he was a member of several parliamentary groups and factions.
He left the parliament in 2014 as a member of group Sovereign European Ukraine.