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List Of Richest Cypriots
The following is a list of Cypriot billionaires. It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets compiled and published by ''Forbes'' magazine in April every year. 2023 Cypriot billionaires source: 2023 ''The World's Billionaires'' 2022 Cypriot billionaires source: 2022 ''The World's Billionaires'' 2021 Cypriot billionaires source: 2021 ''The World's Billionaires'' 2020 Cypriot billionaires source: 2020 ''The World's Billionaires'' 2019 Cypriot billionaires 2016 Cypriot billionaires source: 2016 Cyprus billionaires See also *Economy of Cyprus *List of wealthiest families *List of countries by number of billionaires * List of Greeks by net worth References External linksForbes The World's Billionaires by Country: Cyprus {{DEFAULTSORT:Cypriots by net worth billionaires by net worth Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Penin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stelios Haji-Ioannou
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou ( el, Στέλιος Χατζηιωάννου, translit=Stelios Hatziioannou; born 14 February 1967) is a Greek Cypriot entrepreneur. Born into a wealthy ship-owning family, he is best known for founding the low-cost airline easyJet and the Stelmar shipping line with start-up funds provided by his father, Loucas. easyJet's foundation in 1995 marked the beginning of a series of ventures marketed under the "easy" brand, managed by easyGroup and chaired by Haji-Ioannou. Early life Stelios Haji-Ioannou was born in Athens on 14 February 1967, the second of three children of Nedi (née Potsos) and Loucas Haji-Ioannou. He has an elder brother, Polys, and a younger sister, Clelia. Both of his siblings have a large stake in easyJet. His father's family originates from the village of Pedoulas high in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus, while his mother is from the village of Laneia at the foot of the mountains. After his secondary education in Athens, he stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihor Kolomoyskyi
Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( uk, Ігор Валерійович Коломойський, translit=Ihor Valereriyovych Kolomoyskyi; he, איגור קולומויסקי; born 13 February 1963) is a Ukrainian-born billionaire, business magnate, and politician. He has been rated as the second or third richest person in Ukraine, and was seen as one of the most influential oligarchs. He co-founded PrivatBank and its informal extension of companies, Privat Group, in 1992, and acquired extensive media holdings. Kolomoyskyi served as Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast from 2014 until his dismissal by President Petro Poroshenko in 2016. That year, following charges against him of large-scale fraud, PrivatBank was taken into state ownership. Kolomoyskyi's media power and funding then supported Volodymyr Zelenskyy's successful 2019 campaign to unseat Poroshenko. In 2021, the US banned Kolomoyskyi and his family from entering the country, accusing him of corruption and being a th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Mishin
Nikita Mishin (born 1971) is a Russian billionaire businessman, who with Konstantin Nikolaev and Andrey Filatov, owns one-third of Globaltrans, Russia's largest train operator. Early life and career Mishin received his bachelor's degree from Moscow State University. He is the founder of Severstaltrans, and a former member of the Expert Council of Russia. He acquired Cypriot citizenship Cypriot nationality law details the conditions by which a person is a national of Cyprus. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Republic of Cyprus Citizenship Law, 1967, which came into force on 28 July 1967. Regulations app ... in 2015. In December 2017, he sold his shares in Global Ports, exiting the port business. References Living people 1971 births Cypriot billionaires Russian billionaires Russian business executives Naturalized citizens of Cyprus Russian oligarchs Moscow State University alumni Russian businesspeople in Cyprus {{Russia-business- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Kyrenia
University of Kyrenia ( tr, Girne Üniversitesi) is the first university of Northern Cyprus specializing on maritime studies was established in 2013 in Kyrenia Kyrenia ( el, Κερύνεια ; tr, Girne ) is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. While there is evidence showing that the wider region .... There are now 12 faculties, 3 vocational schools, 3 graduate schools and an academy, in total 58 programs. Faculties Faculty Of Maritime Studies * Maritime Transportation Management Engineering (Deck) * Marine Engineering Faculty Of Marine Sciences * Fishers Technology Engineering Faculty Of Maritime Management And Administration * Maritime Management Administration Faculty Of Dentistry * Department of Dentistry Faculty Of Education * English Language Teaching * Psychological Counseling And Guidance * Special Education Teaching * Turkish Language Teaching Faculty Of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suat Gunsel
Suat is a Turkish given name mostly for males. The name is the Turkish written form of the Arabic given name Suad. People named Suat include: * Suat Aşani (1916–1970), Turkish Olympic fencer * Suat Atalık (born 1964), Turkish chess player * Suat Derviş (1904 or 1905–1972), Turkish female novelist, journalist, and political activist * Suat Günsel (born 1952), Turkish Cypriot entrepreneur, businessman and founder of the Near East University * Suat Kaya (born 1967), Turkish footballer * Suat Kılıç (born 1972), Turkish lawyer, journalist, and politician * Suat Kınıklıoğlu (born 1965), Turkish politician, writer and analyst * Suat Mamat (1930–2016), Turkish footballer * Suat Okyar (born 1972), Turkish football coach and former footballer * Suat Serdar (born 1997), German footballer of Turkish descent * Suat Suna (born 1975), Turkish pop singer and composer * Suat Türker (born 1970), Turkish-German football player * Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903–1981), Turkish politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ponomarenko
Alexander Anatolyevich Ponomarenko (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Пономаре́нко) (born 27 October 1964) is a Russian-Cypriot billionaire businessman who made his fortune in banking, sea ports, commercial real estate and airport construction. Early life Alexander Ponomarenko was born 27 October 1964 in Crimea, Belogorsk City, Soviet Ukraine. He earned a bachelor's degree from Simferopol State University, followed by a master's from Russian State Academy of Management. From 1983 to 1985, Ponomarenko served in airborne divisions of the armed forces. By the end of the 1980s, he was the junior boxing champion of Ukraine. Career Ponomarenko has worked for much of his career with fellow billionaire Aleksandr Skorobogatko. In the late 1980s, the duo founded an enterprise in the Crimea that specialised in perfume products and building materials. The two later moved to Moscow and founded the Russian General Bank in 1996. In 2006, according to Vedomosti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basic Element (company)
Basic Element Ltd. ( rus, Ба́зовый элеме́нт, Bazovy element, ˈbazəvɨj ɨlʲɪˈmʲent, or simply ) is one of the largest diversified industrial groups in Russia. The company was founded in 1997 and is owned by Oleg Deripaska. It is based in the British tax haven of Jersey and is headquartered in Moscow. It was known as Siberian Aluminum until 2001. Overview Basic Element manages Oleg Deripaska's investments into the six economic sectors of energy and mining, manufacturing, financial services, construction and real estate, agribusiness, and airport and airline management. Over 150,000 people work at the group's companies in Russia and the CIS, Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, and Latin America as of 2014. In 2007 the company's revenues were US$26.8 billion, representing 45% growth relative to the previous year, and it had US$45 billion worth of assets. In 2012 the company's revenues were US$27 billion. Basic Element built several Olympic facilities for 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Deripaska
Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (russian: Олег Владимирович Дерипаска; born 2 January 1968) is a Russian billionaire and an industrialist. Deripaska enriched himself on previously state-owned assets that were privatized in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union. He is the founder of Basic Element, one of Russia's largest industrial groups, and Volnoe Delo, Russia's largest charitable foundation. He was the president of En+ Group, a Russian energy company, and headed United Company Rusal, the second-largest aluminium company in the world, until he quit both roles in 2018. He has been characterized as a victor in the "aluminium wars" in Russia during the 1990s, which were frequently violent conflicts between businesspeople to obtain state-owned assets. In 2000, Deripaska founded Rusal, the result of a partnership between Sibirsky Aluminium and Roman Abramovich's Millhouse Capital. In 2007, Rusal merged with SUAL Group and Glencore International AG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teddy Sagi
Teddy Sagi ( he, טדי שגיא; born 1971) is an Israeli billionaire businessman based in London and Cyprus. Sagi is the founder of the gambling software company Playtech and owner of London's Camden Market. His personal wealth is estimated at US$5 billion, with interests in real estate, gambling software, payments processing, and digital advertising. Personal life Sagi was born in 1971 in Tel Aviv, the only child of Ami Sagi, a businessman who owned a travel agency, and his wife Lizi, a cosmetician who sold make-up. He grew up in Tel Aviv's Shikun Lamed neighborhood. In 1996 Sagi received a nine-month prison sentence after being convicted in Israel of bribery and fraud. In 2009 Sagi obtained Cypriot citizenship as part of a 'golden visa' scheme by Cyprus government. As Cyprus is part of the European Union, Sagi obtained a Passport of the European Union. In 2013, ''The Guardian'' reported that Sagi had "been based in Cyprus for some years". Since 2010, Sagi has been living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shipping
Freight transport, also referred as ''Freight Forwarding'', is the physical process of transporting Commodity, commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been extended to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well. "Logistics", a term borrowed from the military environment, is also used in the same sense. Modes of shipment In 2015, 108 trillion tonne-kilometers were transported worldwide (anticipated to grow by 3.4% per year until 2050 (128 Trillion in 2020)): 70% by sea, 18% by road, 9% by rail, 2% by inland waterways and less than 0.25% by air. Grounds Land or "ground" shipping can be made by train or by truck (British English: lorry). In air and sea shipments, ground transport is required to take the cargo from its place of origin to the airport or seaport and then to its destination because it is not always possible to establish a production f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Near East University
Near East University (NEU; tr, Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as YDÜ) is a private university located in North Cyprus. It was founded in North Nicosia in 1988, by Suat Günsel, a Turkish Cypriot who is the 100% owner of NEU. The chairman of the board of trustees is his son, Irfan Günsel. The Near East University currently has 16 faculties with 98 departments, 4 vocational schools, 2 high schools and 4 graduate schools offering programs at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. With over 25,000 students, it is the largest university in Northern Cyprus. History The Near East University was founded by Günsel in 1988. It started higher education studies with two faculties and subsequently established 14 more faculties, four graduate schools, and 15 research centres. The Faculty of Medicine was established in 2008. Campus All the facilities and educational institutions of the university are located in the campus, along with the Near East College (middle an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
