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Boris Lozhkin
Борис Ложкін
Lozhkin in March 2011
Secretary of the National Investment Council
In office
29 August 2016 – 7 February 2018
Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
In office
10 June 2014 – 29 August 2016
Preceded bySerhiy Pashynskyi (acting)
Succeeded byIhor Rainin
Personal details
Born (1971-10-23) October 23, 1971 (age 52)
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
SpouseNadezhda Shalomova
ChildrenAnastasia (b. 1994)

Boris Lozhkin (Ukrainian: Борис Євгенович Ложкін; born on October 23, 1971 in Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, philanthropist and author.[1] He is President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine  and Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress.[2]

Business Activity

Lozhkin founded the United Media Holdinga (UMH) Group, a publishing and advertising company in 1994[3], and grew it into one of the largest multimedia businesses in Eastern Europe.[1] UMH Group’s portfolio consists of internet, radio, and print, including the local rights to Forbes and Vogue.[4][5] In 2008 The UMH Group became the first Ukrainian media group to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (under Advantest PLC[6] ) [7]. In 2013 Lozhkin sold UMH to the VETEK Group[8]  at an estimated value of $400-$500 million.[9][10]

In 2017 Lozhkin launched an asset management and investment company together with Andriy Pyvovarsky. The company focuses primarily on the private sector.[11]

Public Activity

In 2014, after the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, Lozhkin was appointed Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. He served in this capacity until 2016.

An apolitical person himself, Boris spearheaded a fundamental shift in Ukrainian politics by bringing into Government a new generation of inspirational and politically unaffiliated reformers. During his two-year mandate, Ukraine implemented more reforms than it had in the 20 years since independence.[12]

In 2016, while resuming his business and philanthropic activities, Lozhkin took on the role of Ukraine's Secretary of the National Investment Council[13] where he worked to attract foreign investment to Ukraine.[14][15]During the same year Lozhkin co-chaired the organizing committee of the 75th Memorial Day of the Babi Yar tragedy,[16] and published "The Fourth Republic: Why Europe Needs Ukraine and Ukraine, Europe ",[17] a political non-fiction bestseller in Ukraine. The book came out in Ukrainian, Russian, English and German[18]  and received an award from Oleksandra Koval, President of the International Publishers' Forum in Lviv.

In May 2018 Lozhkin was elected President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine (JCU)[19] and appointed Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress.[20] In this capacity he and James Temerty, Founder and Chairman of the Ukrainian Jewish Encounter, awarded Ronald Lauder, President of the Word Jewish Congress, with the Andrey Sheptytsky Medal for his extensive contribution to the Ukrainian Jewry.[21]

As head of JCU, Lozhkin's main objectives are to strengthen the organisation, and help and honor Ukraine’s Righteous Among the Nations.[22]

Lozhkin spoke at the 2018 Kiev International Economic Forum.[23]  

Philanthropy

Boris has a long history of giving back to the community through his charitable foundation[24], which focuses on helping children and the elderly, as well as the arts.

The foundation has been holding an annual "Arts-for-Life" auction of contemporary Ukrainian art since 2015. Proceeds are used to buy medical equipment for pediatric health care facilities[25].

In 2016 the Lozhkin Charitable Foundation and Supplies Over Seas (SOS) transferred $152,000 worth of medical supplies and equipment to four Kharkiv medical facilities[26].

In October 2018, the Lozhkin Foundation donated medical equipment worth $325,000 to the Illia Yemets Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery[27].

Boris Lozhkin is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Tabletochki Fund, which supports families and children suffering from cancer[28].

Family

Boris is married to Nadia Shalomova, and they have one daughter.

References

  1. ^ ""Kyivpost":Lozhkin, Pyvovarsky to jointly launch investment business".
  2. ^ Congress, World Jewish. "World Jewish Congress". www.worldjewishcongress.org. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved January 27, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  4. ^ "Forbes to launch Ukraine edition".
  5. ^ "Ukraine's UMH Group to Publish Local Vogue Edition". Bloomberg.
  6. ^ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved January 27, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  7. ^ "UMH Group has become the first Ukrainian media company with the shares listed on international stock exchanges". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Lozhkin targets takeover of Volia, other broadband/TV players". Telegeography. Retrieved January 27, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ "Ukrainian Tycoon Buys Magazine That Investigated Him". Bloomberg.
  10. ^ "The gas king turned media mogul". The Economist. June 28, 2013. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  11. ^ "Lozhkin, Pyvovarsky to jointly launch investment business - Jul. 06, 2017". KyivPost. July 6, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  12. ^ "Lozhkin - Participants - 15th YES Annual Meeting: "The Next Generation of Everything" - Yalta Annual Meeting - YES". yes-ukraine.org. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  13. ^ "President invited American business to Ukraine: Now is the right time and place to invest". Official website of the President of Ukraine. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  14. ^ "President invited American business to Ukraine: Now is the right time and place to invest".
  15. ^ "Ukraine:Investment chief says govt should use more tools to attract investors".
  16. ^ "World Jewish Congress". web.archive.org. January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  17. ^ Lozhkin., Boris (2016). THE FOURTH REPUBLIC. Why Europe Needs Ukraine and Ukraine, Europe. Ukrain: Фолио (2016). ISBN 6176350824.
  18. ^ "The book of Boris Lozhkin "Fourth Republic" became a bestseller". Ukrop News 24. September 19, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  19. ^ Borys Lozhkin became the president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, UNIAN (25 May 2018)
  20. ^ "Borys Lozhkin has become the Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress".
  21. ^ "Boris Lozhkin and James Temerty Award Ronald Lauder Sheptytsky Medal | Jewish Confederation of Ukraine". jcu.org.ua. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  22. ^ Oryszczuk, Stephen. "One man's aim to honour those who helped Ukraine's Jews in the Shoah". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  23. ^ "Borys Lozhkin | speakers | Kyiv International Economic Forum". forumkyiv.org. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  24. ^ "CHARITY ORGANIZATION BORYS LOZHKIN CHARITY FUND (CO BORYS LOZHKIN CHARITY FUND)". You Control. Retrieved February 4, 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  25. ^ "Art-for-Life Charitable Auction | Boris Lozhkin Charitable Foundation". www.lozhkin.foundation. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  26. ^ Dovhopiata, Oksana (February 9, 2016). "Kharkiv hospitals received equipment for 152.000 USD". The Kharkiv Times. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  27. ^ "Boris Lozhkin Foundation has donated equipment worth UAH 9 million to the Pediatric Cardiology Center". www.unian.info. Retrieved February 4, 2019.
  28. ^ "Lozhkin, zagori and Shapovalov joined the Board of Trustees of Fund "Tabletochki" | world.24-my.info". Retrieved February 4, 2019.
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