Alexander Ponomarenko

Alexander Anatolyevich Ponomarenko (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Пономаре́нко) (born 27 October 1964) is a Russian-Cypriot billionaire businessman who made his fortune in banking, sea ports, commercial real estate and airport construction. Early life Alexander Ponomarenko was born 27 October 1964 in Crimea, Belogorsk City, Soviet Ukraine. He earned a bachelor's degree from Simferopol State University, followed by a master's from Russian State Academy of Management. From 1983 to 1985, Ponomarenko served in airborne divisions of the armed forces. By the end of the 1980s, he was the junior boxing champion of Ukraine. Career Ponomarenko has worked for much of his career with fellow billionaire Aleksandr Skorobogatko. In the late 1980s, the duo founded an enterprise in the Crimea that specialised in perfume products and building materials.