Yury Chyzh ( be, Юрый Чыж, russian: Юрий Чиж, Yury Chizh, born 1963) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian businessman, believed to be one of the country's richest people. According to estimates, he is the second-wealthiest businessman in Belarus, the first being Vladimir Peftiev. On March 23, 2012, Chyzh was included in EU's travel ban list because of his alleged ties to the regime of

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

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Early life

Yury chyzh was born in the village Sabali,

Biaroza Raion , native_name_lang = , settlement_type = District , image_skyline = , image_alt = , image_caption = , image_flag = , flag_alt = , image_shield = ...

Brest Province Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cent ...

in south-western Belarus. He graduated from the electronic technical faculty of the

Belarusian Polytechnical Institute Belarusian National Technical University (BNTU) is the major technical university in Belarus. History * 1920 — establishment of ''Belarusian State Polytechnic Institute'' on the basis of a ''Minsk Polytechnic school''. * 1922 — reorganise ...

. After graduation he made a career at the Minsk Tractor Plant and became head of energy supply of one of the factory's facilities.

As a businessman

In 1994 Yury Chyzh established his company, Triple, which is active in construction business and production of construction materials. In the following years his business expanded into production of non-alcoholic drinks (AquaTriple), production of aluminium constructions, transport and several other areas. Yury Chyzh owns the prominent restaurant and brewery Rakauski brovar in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...

. In 1999 Chyzh became member of the Council on development of entrepreneurship under the President of Belarus

Social activity

Yury Chyzh is president of the

FC Dinamo Minsk FC Dinamo Minsk ( be, ФК Дынама Мінск, ''FK Dynama Minsk''; russian: link=no, ФК Динамо Минск) is a professional football club based in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. It was founded in 1927 as part of the Sovi ...

. Since 2008, he is head of the Belarusian national wrestling federation.

Family

Yury Chyzh is married with two sons and a daughter.

References

External list

Найбагацейшыя людзі Беларусі

Triple Group
official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Chyzh, Yuri People from Byaroza District Belarusian businesspeople 1963 births Living people FC Dinamo Minsk