Viktoriya Viktorivna Tihipko ( uk, Вікторія Вікторівна Тігіпко;

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Lopatetska; born 17 August 1973) is a Ukrainian businesswoman and public figure.

Biography

Viktoriya was born on August 17, 1973. Her father, Viktor Lopatetskyi, was a military musician and a music teacher, and her mother, Lidiya, a

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. In 1996, Viktorivna Tihipko graduated from the faculty of International Economic Relations and Law from the

Kyiv Institute of National Economy The Kyiv National Economic University ( uk, Київський національний економічний університет імені Вадима Гетьмана, lit=Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University) is a self-govern ...

with honors. She furthered her studies in Austria, at the

Vienna University The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public university, public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the Geogra ...

and the Vienna Economic University, where she studied financial management and international insurance. Viktoriya also completed an Executive Education program at the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...

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. While still a freshman, Viktoriya worked as a broker at the Ukrainian universal trade stock, and as an English interpreter in a banking school at the International Management Institute. She is founding partner and managing director of the venture capital firm TA Ventures,Команда
— TA Venture. president of the private investment club ICLUB Global, president of the

Odesa International Film Festival The Odesa International Film Festival ( uk, Оде́ський міжнаро́дний кінофестива́ль) is an annual film festival held in the middle of July in Odesa. Since 2016 the festival program has consisted of three parts: ...

, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the

Ukrainian Film Academy The Ukrainian Film Academy ( uk, Українська кіноакадемія) is a Ukrainian association of experts and professionals in the field of cinema and film production. It was founded in 2017 to support and develop modern Ukrainian cinema ...

, planner of the "IDCEE. Internet technologies and Innovations" conference (2010–2014). In 2018, Viktoriya Tihipko, together with Veroslava Novosilnaya, created Wtech - an international community for women leaders in tech and online business. Since 2021, she has been the Chairman of the Board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund.

Distinctions

* 2010: Ranked 23rd most successful business woman in Ukraine by ''Focus.ua'' * 2011: Ranked 13th most influential women in Ukraine by ''Focus.ua'' * 2012: Top 100 most influential Ukrainians * 2012: Ranked 5th most influential person on the Ukrainian web by ''Ain.ua''

Personal life

She married the Ukrainian politician and finance specialist

Serhiy Tihipko Serhiy Leonidovych Tihipko ( uk, Сергій Леонідович Тiгiпко; born 13 February 1960) is a Ukrainian politician and finance specialist who was Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. Tihipko was Minister of Economics in 2000 and subse ...

in 2004.

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