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Leonid Kryuchkov

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Leonid Kryuchkov
Born (1979-09-18) 18 September 1979 (age 45)
NationalityUkrainian
Occupationentrepreneur

Leonid Kryuchkov (born September 18, 1979, Kyiv)[1] is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and owner of one of the largest private tug fleet operators in Ukraine.[2] He is also known as investor in number of projects and companies, involved in litigation funding and non-performing loans business. Owner of Contour Development[3] and co-owner of HEMPY.UA.[4]

Biography

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Education

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Kryuchkov graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University in 2001 with a master's degree in International business administration.[5]

From 2001 to 2006 he studied at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute majoring in “Industrial Marketing”. 2006 — Ph.D. in economics: “Mergers and acquisitions in high-tech sectors”.[6]

Career

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2001-2003 worked in Raiffeisenbank Ukraine.[7][8]

In 2003 joined efforts with his brother Dmytro Kryuchkov. Brothers became active players in M&A market.[9]

From 2005 to 2008 brothers took over a vast list of construction companies from different sectors: civil construction, energy, telecom, oil&gas etc., namely:[10]

  • “Kyivrekonstruktsia” one of the oldest construction companies in Ukraine. In 2004 Leonid became CEO of this company and left his position in 2008 after sale of controlling stake of shares.[9]
  • JSC Naftogazbud – largest oil&gas construction company in Ukraine;
  • SVEMON - a monopoly in telecom networks construction in Ukraine, Leonid became a head of supervisory board.  
  • CJSCo Ukrnaftogazbud - oil&gas construction company with contracts overseas;
  • Kharkivskii Enerhoproekt – brothers managed to buy 30% of the main project designer for the South Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plants.
  • Main construction companies for Rivne, Khmelnyskyi and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plants and many others

After separation of business with his brother, Leonid runs his own projects, mostly in real estate development, energy sector and maritime logistics.[9][11]

From 2015 to 2016, Kryuchkov was the deputy general director of Ukrinmash, part of the state-owned Ukroboronprom.[12]

In 2016, he founded ORUM, a management company of a group of enterprises that provided a full range of services of cargo logistics and ship maintenance in the Mykolaiv port area, namely services of towage, mooring, vessel bunkering, railroad freight transportation inside the port (delivery/removal, dispatching of rolling stock, repair works of rolling and tractive rail stock), stevedoring services (cargo transshipment).[12][13]

ORUM also started development of an investment project for construction of grain and liquid cargo transshipment terminals in the Mykolaiv Sea.[2]

Leonid Kryuchkov is the owner of Contour Development, a Kiev-based real estate development company.[14]

His name is often mentioned in media as investor and co-owner of projects and companies, involved in litigation funding and non-performing loans business:[15]

  • investor in bankruptcy of DIALIR – big real estate development project in Kiev;
  • seizing of USD 65 mln from Ukrtransgas;[16]
  • seizing of USD 125 mln from Ferrexpo;[17]
  • acquisition of 33% shares in UkrTVS – development company for production of fuel for nuclear power plants in Ukraine.[18]

In May 2024 Leonid Kryuchkov also became a shareholder of industrial part HEMPY.UA,[19] focused on R&D and processing of fiber hemp, systematic cultivation and selection of new industrial hemp varieties, as well as production an entire range of different types of products from industrial hemp.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "ТОВАРИСТВО З ОБМЕЖЕНОЮ ВІДПОВІДАЛЬНІСТЮ СТАРБІЛД". opendatabot.ua. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  2. ^ a b БізнесЦензор (2019-09-02). "Кому принадлежит рынок буксирных услуг в морпортах". БізнесЦензор (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  3. ^ "CONTOUR DEVELOPMENT". Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  4. ^ "HEMPY UA Industrial park". HEMPY UA (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  5. ^ "Крючков Леонід Васильович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  6. ^ "Крючков Леонід Васильович — вся правда Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Декларація". www.chesno.org. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  7. ^ "Крючков Леонід Васильович — Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Політична Агітація | ПолітХаб". www.chesno.org (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  8. ^ "Крючков Леонід Васильович — вся правда Біографія, Балотування, Фракції, Декларація". www.chesno.org. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  9. ^ a b c БізнесЦензор (2019-04-18). "Леонид Крючков: "Он остается моим братом. Поэтому давать оценку не буду"". БізнесЦензор (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  10. ^ "Леонід Крючков - досьє, біографія, фото, останні новини". Парламент.UA (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  11. ^ "Братья Крючковы нацелились на "Укртелеком" — DSnews.ua". www.dsnews.ua (in Russian). 2007-05-10. Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  12. ^ a b Каплюк, Катерина (2017-11-24). "Нацполіція і бізнес: державні порти на двох (розслідування)". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  13. ^ "Контроль над украинскими портами: кто сколько зарабатывает | FaceNews.ua: новости Украины". www.facenews.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  14. ^ "CONTOUR DEVELOPMENT". Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  15. ^ "ІПС ЛІГА:ЗАКОН - система пошуку, аналізу та моніторингу нормативно-правової бази". ips.ligazakon.net. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  16. ^ ""Нафтогаз" затвердив Малютіна генеральним директором "Укртрансгазу"". Interfax.
  17. ^ "Ferrexpo готове брати участь у відновленні України та підтримує проведення європейських реформ". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-14. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  18. ^ "Леонид Крючков и Нурулислам Аркаллаев попали под облучение". Олигарх (in Russian). 2018-12-19. Retrieved 2024-09-19.
  19. ^ "HEMPY UA Industrial park". HEMPY UA (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  20. ^ "В Україні зареєстрували індустріальний парк виробника тканин з коноплі". LIGA (in Ukrainian). 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-09-18.