Jolanta Blažytė (born 1 May 1965) is a Lithuanian business executive and entrepreneur, chairwoman and shareholder of the Lithuanian company UAB Vikonda and (as of June 2013) the richest Lithuanian woman. According to the weekly "Ekonomika.lt", her assets are Lt 250 million (EUR 72.4 million).

Biography

Blažytė's parents were both engineers. Her father was a civil engineer. Her mother ran a restaurant in

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. After graduating from high school, Blažytė graduated from the

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with a degree in civil engineering. She did a student internship in

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. After graduating, Blažytė worked at the gas construction company "Kauno dujotiekio statyba", where she met her future husband. She became commercial director at Vikonda. Blažytė was married to Viktor Uspaskich, a politician and former Minister of Economic Affairs. They have two daughters Laura and Justė and divorced in 2017. She lives in

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.Jolanta Blažytė-Uspaskich: iš egzotiškosios Azijos – į šokių partnerio glėbį (papildyta gruodžio 17 d.)
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