Rinat Akhmetov
Rinat Akhmetov is a Ukrainian businessman, founder and largest shareholder of the industrial and financial group Metinvest and the energy company DTEK. Widely regarded as the wealthiest person in Ukraine, his assets are concentrated mainly in metallurgy, coal mining, and electricity generation. He is known for his charitable activities through the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation.
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U.S. development finance agency approves €85 million loan to DTEK for battery storage in Ukraine
The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has approved a €85 million loan (about $97.5 million) for DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, to expand battery energy storage capacity. The deal is part of a broader $8 billion DFC investment package covering Ukraine, Jordan and several African countries, and is described as one of the largest corporate debt deals in Ukraine and the largest in its energy sector since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.