Ihor Surkis
| Ihor Surkis Ігор Суркіс | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
November 22, 1958 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine) |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | Chairman, Dynamo Kyiv |
| Net worth | €3.5 billion (March 2015) |
| Children | 2 |
Ihor Mikhaylovich Surkis (Ukrainian: Ігор Суркіс) (born November 22, 1958 in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian businessman best known for being a chairman of Dynamo Kyiv since 2002. His brother, Hryhoriy Surkis, is the head of the Football Federation of Ukraine.[1]
Early age
Born into the family of military doctor Mykhailo (Rakhmil) Davidovych Surkis and Rima Yanivna (née Gorinshtein) a daughter of the Kievan football commentator and fan Yan Petrovych Gorinshtein.[2] Surkis family settled in Kiev after moving there from the Soviet Central Asia.
Kievan "Wonderful Seven"
Along with his older brother Ihor is a member of so-called Kievan Wonderful Seven or Surkis and Co. The group included a former Kiev mayor Valentyn Zghursky, Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Yuriy Karpenko, Yuriy Lyakh, and Bohdan Hubsky.[3][4] After fall of the Soviet Union, the Surkis and Co was involved in a ponzi scheme "Ometa 21st century" similar to the MMM in Russia. Later its members along with the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk participated in a political project the Social Democratic Party of Ukraine (united) that had its own faction in the parliament.
Anti-jewish taunts
During a cup match against Karpaty Lviv in 2006, opposing fans hurled anti-Jewish insults at Surkis. It resulted in a USD $5,000 fine for their club.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 "Ukraine's Karpaty Lviv fined" (PDF). Reuters. 2006-04-19. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
- ↑ Gorinshtein Yan: 22 and a football. fanat1k.ru. 26 January 2012
- ↑ Bohdan Hubsky: brilliant scoundrel! Argumentua. 23 December 2011
- ↑ Versiya. Empire of the Surkis and Co clan. Kompromat.ru. 6 June 2000