In 1996, while visiting his friends Volodya and Olga Slutskers in their country house in Monte Carlo, he fell off the eaves and fell from the height of the second floor, while suffering a spinal injury. After the incident, despite partial paralysis and the practical loss of business, he overcame both psychological and material problems, retained and increased his capital, did not lose interest in entrepreneurial activity, although he ceased to be the same as before a public figure.
According to friends, when there was a crisis, he never panicked, but argued that the crisis was a renewal. Boyko's personal fortune was estimated at $1.5 billion in 2015, and he was ranked 61st on the list of the richest Russians.
Childhood and family of Oleg Boyko
The future defendant of the "golden hundred" of Russian billionaires was born in the capital on September 28, 1964. The head of their family was the general director of the Vzlet flight test enterprise, and their mother was a researcher at the Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 
Parents assigned their son to a physics and mathematics school. Since childhood, he had not only outstanding abilities in mathematics, but also a host of other talents. For example, in martial arts - he earned a black belt in karate, in business - he embodied the idea of creating in educational institution section on this Japanese martial art and gained the first experience of entrepreneurship.
Career development of Oleg Boyko
In 1981, Oleg entered the Moscow Aviation Institute at the Faculty of Radio Electronics aircraft". Already from the 2nd year, he worked simultaneously with his studies in the information and computing center of Moscow State University. After receiving a diploma of a domestic sample, he studied abroad - in Britain and the USA. Then he created a cooperative for the sale of computers and software. 
Before suffering a spinal injury, he could simultaneously engage in almost a dozen projects in parallel, including the OLBI-Diplomat chain of foreign exchange stores, real estate transactions, banking institutions, fruit imports, shares of TV channels, a share in the Izvestia publishing house, Ogonyok magazine , a luxury club "Metelitsa" with a casino Cherry, politics, the lands of NPO "Rise". And then in the fall of 1996 he got a life-changing injury, he stopped being a public figure.
In 1999, in partnership with metal trader Sasha Abramov, Oleg took up debt swapping metallurgical plants on their shares by establishing Evrazholding. He subsequently sold his stake in the venture for $600 million.
In 2001 he started creating his own main business, who made him a billionaire, acquired together with Boris Belotserkovsky, a manufacturer of video game machines, the Vulkan gambling network, on the basis of which the Ritzio gambling holding was established, operating in several foreign countries.
In 2003, together with the ex-governor of the Tver region Dmitry Zelenin, he acquired the Latvian banking institution VTV, opened its network foreign missions and then sold to an American diversified company for $120 million.
In 2007, Oleg Viktorovich created the Finstar company, which was renamed Finstroy in 2009, which specialized in the implementation of projects in the field of retail real estate, gambling and worked, in addition to the Russian Federation, in the CIS countries, in Europe, Latin America, and the USA. In addition, he created retail network"Smak" acquired "Almond" supermarkets located in the cities of Samara, Tolyatti, Zhigulevsk. He also owned the Rive Gauche perfume and cosmetics chain, which he sold a controlling stake in for $140 million in 2012.
Personal life of Oleg Boyko
The billionaire is divorced, and nothing is known about his wife. After an injury, Oleg Viktorovich is forced to move around on an electric scooter, which does not prevent him from leading an active lifestyle, traveling the world and turning his numerous business ideas into reality. 
Oleg is the owner of an extensive collection of stained glass figurines, antique books, ultra-modern and elegant real estate, including the 44-meter Blade yacht, an apartment in Riga, an apartment in Dubai, a comfortable bachelor's apartment in Kyiv, a penthouse in Monaco, a villa on the Italian Lake Como.
He also had an apartment in the capital of the United Kingdom, located in the same house where Prince Charles lived. And he even drove a Dampler car of the same model as the Prince of Wales, but black, unlike the royal, who preferred blue. vehicle. Among the hobbies of the oligarch are playing cards and roulette.
The businessman's friends (Pyotr Aven, Mikhail Fridman, Igor Shuvalov, Arkady Murashev, now deceased Boris Berezovsky) characterized him as a strong, talented person capable of amazing deeds.
Oleg Boyko today
In 2011, the billionaire, through his structures, bought out a stake in a rapidly developing company Latvia 4finance to provide short loans, later, being the founder of the Parasport charity organization, the head of the commission to improve the Paralympic movement in the Russian Federation and the sponsor of the national team, acquired the rights to hold draws in their support on the eve of the Sochi 2014 Olympics.Oleg Boyko about his condition
In the early 2000s, the oligarch sold his shares in Russian lotteries - Sportloto, Sportbeg, Patriot (Ukraine). The entrepreneur also announced in 2014 the decision to finance Hollywood movie star Scarlett Johansson's first directorial work, Summer Cruise. He previously invested in Hollywood in Sin City 2. In 2015, he completed the final stage of the deal for the implementation of the Pobeda state lotteries. In connection with the tightening of the policy in the gambling sector, the businessman parted with all his gambling assets in Russia.
Oleg Boyko - Heroes of our time
In 2016, Boyko, through his Finstar fund, invested in the German Internet service Spotcap, which operates in the Netherlands, Spain and Australia and specializes in business lending. The deal between the online bank and the Russian billionaire and venture capital fund Holtzbrinck Ventures amounted to more than $30 million.
Chairman of the Council of Baltic Trust Bank Oleg Boyko may soon leave the top of the most eligible suitors in Russia. According to Kompromat sources, he is soon going to marry a girl from Latvia.
How to get a groom like Oleg Boyko? The newspaper "Vechernyaya Moskva" tells about this in the article "New Russian Courtesans".
According to one of the recent opinion polls, every fifth Russian woman sees only one way to "decently arrange her life" - through marriage with a wealthy man. Some only dream about it, while others lie down with bones (in the literal sense of the word) in order to fulfill their dream. Numerous ratings of the richest and most enviable Russian suitors only add fuel to the fire of female greed: now even in Tmutarakansk they know that almost one hundred thousand dollar millionaires live in the capital city. And girls dreaming of rich suitors flock to best city earth.
The nibble starts in the afternoon
Today, all the elite institutions in Moscow are overflowing with young beauties who are ready for anything, if only they would be noticed by uncles in expensive suits and with a retinue of submachine gunners on the street. In view of the obvious numerical superiority of girls, wealthy men are rapidly losing their human appearance, turning into sexual monsters: from now on, a woman is nothing more than a consumer item for them.
And the saddest thing is that women have accepted the rules of the game. So, before the eyes of the astonished public, the profession of a whore became prestigious, and pimps or, as they call themselves, model producers, became respected secular characters.
And in fact, “girls of marriageable age” seem to be models, students, aspiring actresses - these are those who are younger and can still pretend to be inexperienced fools to whom a generous man will open Magic world big money.
Those who are older, and whose experience cannot be erased from their faces by any plastic surgery, boldly display their skills and diamonds in all their glory, portraying secular ladies and presenting themselves as interior designers, business women and producers.
Euphemistic society observers call them gold miners, girls in search of a sponsor, and those who are more educated - ladies of the demimonde or new courtesans.
Starting at about nine in the evening, these ladies wander from one fashionable establishment to another, eating everything that the capricious Moscow fashion prescribes to eat on this particular evening and in this particular place. And they carefully look around, always ready to pay favorable attention to any suitable “purse with legs”.
But the most enterprising do not wait for the evening, but start looking for a potential sponsor in the afternoon. For example, the Vanilla, Gallery, Mario and Vogue-cafe restaurants are crowded with rich and very rich businessmen during a business lunch.
Catering outlets in expensive shopping malls or five star hotels. For example, the Samosan restaurant in the Radisson-Slavyanskaya hotel offers an excellent view of fashionable shops and their customers.
Bold bite and in the most expensive supermarket in Moscow "Stockmann". Strolling between the stalls, the new courtesans scrutinize the contents of the carts of single men to determine how rich they are and whether they have a family.
But of course the first hallmark suitable victim - his appearance. Wealthy Russians are morbidly addicted to very expensive clothing brands.
A girl who wants to achieve something in Moscow must thoroughly understand their comparative merits. And usually one careful glance is enough for her to evaluate a potential sponsor - a suit, shoes, and, of course, a watch worth the price of a good bomber. And in order to attract the attention of the nouveaux riches, who, like little children, fall in love with everything bright, colorful and shiny, gold miners go hunting dressed like comrades from the movie “Pretty Woman”: thigh-high boots, a maxi-belt skirt, and, of course, a bare stomach. Chests of the fourth size, half-face silicone lips and ironed white hair to the waist are also welcome.
I rested on a yacht with Abramovich
Queen of the Moscow demi-monde - Ulyana Zeitlina. She has long blond curls, the shortest mini and the deepest neckline. Even a superficial glance notes well-made chest and lips and piercing blue contact lenses. Ulyana appeared in Moscow five years ago and declared herself as a close friend of Ksenia Sobchak.
Rumor has it that she is from St. Petersburg, a model, and back in the 80s she left for Australia, where she lived with one South Korean authority. According to other sources, she had a very serious dad in certain St. Petersburg circles, and she had to go to the ends of the world in order to stay alive and, if possible, healthy.
But even with such a past, even the most seasoned secular characters of Moscow are still confused by the question: how did Ulyana manage to organize a phenomenal lifestyle in a matter of months - with a luxurious house on Rublyovka, a habit of fashionable restaurants and a passion for custom-made Hermes bags (from $ 10 thousand and ad infinitum).
However, Mademoiselle Zeitlina is not picky, as she said in a recent interview with one of the fashion publications: “A protruding tummy is easily covered by the sail of your own yacht, preferably with a helipad. And having your own beach will save the owner of crooked legs from sidelong prying eyes.
This position in life shocked secular Moscow so much that Ulyana became a favorite of glossy magazines even before her Rublev mansion was completed.
But even this seemed to Ulyana not enough: during the holidays in St. Tropez, she clung to the company of a famous Hollywood actor, having seated photographers in the bushes in advance. And then in Moscow, shaking a pack of pictures, with a blue eye she said: everything is so serious that she is waiting for a pretty ring as a gift from day to day. Everything would be fine, but exactly a week later the entire world secular press came out with headlines that the prospective groom had been dating Pamela Anderson for a long time.
The next victim of Ulyanin's vanity was the new Prince of Monaco, Albert. She not only attended the coronation, but also waltzed with the prince until the morning at the subsequent reception.
Favorite tale of another “marriable girl” - Anna Subbotina: I was relaxing on a yacht with Abramovich. Naive, of course, but what do you want from a person who started by participating in the first beauty contests, and then for almost 10 years clung to a modest chemical oligarch from the provinces?
In the end, the unfortunate man gave in, divorced his wife, and suddenly married our Anya. Having settled down and looking around, the newlywed suddenly felt homesick: while she was fighting for the title of a provincial wife, Moscow was simply overflowing with single billionaires.
How much time has been lost! A year later, a divorce followed, and Anna, left with some diamonds, a modest jeep and even more modest real estate, set off in search of new adventures.
Another beauty with a turbulent past is Lena Lenina. For many years, thanks to the financial support of one male person, the former fashion model Lena chirped from TV screens about “business fevers” and “Parisian revelations”, starred in French films and furnished Parisian mansions.
But then her sponsor found other interests for investment, and Lena remained on the beans: they don’t invite her to TV, her film career didn’t work out, and the mansions had to be sold for debts. The beauty tore her hair out of her innocence when she interviewed big Russian businessmen and imported movie stars. But in the end, she decided to play for broke: to write the book "New Tsars", for which she interviewed several dozen Russian oligarchs with far-reaching goals. We are waiting, sir.
Masha Kravtsova does not write, does not sing or dance, but she has the most beautiful body in Moscow and the most enviable prospects for intercepting the title of “The Most Expensive Blonde in Russian Federation". Masha began her female career as a teenager, participated in beauty contests and lingerie shows, then registered in the gossip column as a "Moscow beauty", and recently raised the stakes to heaven, appearing under the pseudonym MariKa on music television.
In war as in war
Last year was dramatic for the capital's gold miners: the two most enviable men in the country were lost to them, if not irretrievably, then for a long time.
The 33-year-old co-owner of MDM Bank Andrei Melnichenko, whose fortune was estimated by Forbs magazine at $ 1.6 billion, married the former Miss Yugoslavia Alexandra Kokotovich. And Mikhail Khodorkovsky went to even more remote places. Although he was tightly married, but still: such a handsome man!
However, there are still enough single billionaires left in Russia, and the first among them is Mikhail Prokhorov from Norilsk Nickel.
But marriage is perfect. The hunt is also on ringed billionaires, each of whom can make even a fleeting acquaintance rich. In addition, there are much more married wealthy men than single men, and they are more sensitive to girlish attention.
Therefore, under the scrutiny of the girls in search of a sponsor are all the regulars of the "golden hundred" Forbs: the owner of the Novolipetsk Iron and Steel Works Vladimir Lisin, Viktor Vekselberg, who became famous for buying the collection easter eggs Faberge, head of Severstal Group Alexey Mordashov, philanthropist and head of Interros holding Vladimir Potanin, the richest State Duma deputy, head of Nafta-Moscow company Suleiman Kerimov, head of Surgutneftegaz Vladimir Bogdanov, president of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company Iskander Makhmudov, the head of Gazprominvestholding Alisher Usmanov, the head of the National Reserve Corporation and the failed mayor of Moscow, Alexander Lebedev, and others, and others.
The position of the mistress is provided with a serious monetary content, expensive gifts and no less expensive real estate. In a successful version for the new courtesan, a second family is organized, and in an even more successful version, a divorce and official marriage.
Therefore, girls go all out: as I already wrote, they don’t get out of expensive restaurants, but most often they brazenly get acquainted with men who are literally left unattended by their legal half for a few minutes.
A case from my own practice: in the First club, as soon as I left to powder my nose, my beloved and his companion, co-owner of the San Michel restaurant, were instantly hung like New Year trees, persons without specific occupations, but with specific goals. When I returned, the girls fluttered aside, but not too fast, so I had time to assess the damage. Apparently, my appearance did not inspire a sense of impunity for what was happening, and both men squeaked guiltily something like: oh, they came up to us themselves. At the same time, both of them giggled happily, like cats that have eaten too much valerian.
This served as a lesson for me: henceforth, I carried out “painting work” right at the table, and if necessary, to visit the ladies’ room for its intended purpose, I suffered it to the house or first sent my beloved to the boys’ room and only then left the post with relief.
And what do you want: in war as in war. Other women do the same - become a shadow of their husband or simply turn a blind eye to everything. Mysteriously absent for three days, the husband, upon returning, presents his missus with a Bulgari pendant or simply doubles the credit on the card. And no questions: money is the best incentive for family well-being.
Since, after a divorce, a man gives only what he wants, and not what is prescribed by law, the patience of a legal wife is endless.
Russia's richest suitors Mikhail Prokhorov, 40, $4.7 billion
Co-owner of MMC Norilsk Nickel. Despite the fact that for Last year Mr. Prokhorov has lost part of his fortune, he remains the most enviable groom of the Russian Federation. What he uses without a twinge of conscience: Mikhail is available for female attention both in Moscow and at numerous Russian parties around the world, of which he is a regular.
Alexey Kuzmichev, 42, $2.7 billion
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Alfa-Eco and the Russian Technologies Foundation. Spends a lot of time in London.
Sergei Popov, 33, $1.6 billion
Co-owner of MDM Bank and shareholder of many coal industry enterprises. The youngest single billionaire in Russia.
Oleg Boyko, 40, $960 million
The creator of the largest network of gambling halls (Volcano, X-Time, Million, Metro-Jackpot, King), he also has several casinos and a couple entertainment centers. Active recreation enthusiast.
Rustam Tariko, 44, $830 million
Head of Russian Standard Bank, also engaged in alcohol business. Active beyond the money: the main organizer of Russian parties in all parts of the world, generous in paying for reporting on them and no less generous in relation to himself, his beloved, he was the first to purchase a new Mercedes SLR, costing $600,000. In other words, he strenuously sculpts himself " Russian Great Gatsby. The image somewhat spoils Mr. Tariko's predilection for posing in the company of all the surrounding secular girls.
Ural Rakhimov, 43, $550 million
Shareholder of petrochemical companies. The son of the President of Bashkiria Murtaza Rakhimov, because of a quarrel with whom he lost a significant part of his assets. But native blood is not water, and the Urals still remain the crown prince.
Igor Babaev, 56 years old, $480 million
President of APK "Cherkizovsky". An economic man in the prime of his life, who owns 9 meat processing plants, 10 poultry farms, 5 pig farms and more than 100 thousand hectares of arable land in the Penza region.
Oleg Boyko - Russian entrepreneur, businessman, billionaire, producer, president of Finstar investment holding.
Biography of Oleg Boyko
Oleg Viktorovich Boyko was born on September 28, 1964 in Moscow in the family CEO NPO "Rise" and senior researcher Institute of Medicinal Plants RAS.
Future Entrepreneur Graduated high school physical and mathematical profile. He earned his first money after organizing a karate section at the school. He has a black belt in karate.
Graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute with a degree in radio electronics. During his studies, he worked at the computer center of the Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov.
He was also educated in the US and UK.
Start commercial activities Oleg Boyko - buying up bakery and vegetable shops, on the basis of which the Olbi-diplomat chain of stores was later created.
In 1988, he decided to go into business and founded a PC trading cooperative. In addition, the cooperative was engaged in the development and implementation of mathematical programs for computers.
At one time, he even owned a stake in the Izvestia publishing house, and since 1994 he has been a member of the board of directors of ORT. During the same period, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank.
Oleg Boyko's partner in the OLBI concern in the early 1990s was Igor Shuvalov, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. During this period, the businessman created several banks.
In September 1996, he received a severe spinal injury, falling from the second floor of his friends' villa in Monte Carlo, after which he practically ceased to appear in public and be an open public figure. Moves in a special chair for the disabled.
The injury did not stop Oleg Boyko, he continued to develop the business, slightly revising directions and priorities.
In 1999, he created OJSC EvrazHolding together with Alexander Abramov. Until 2004, he headed the Board of Directors.
In 2002, on the basis of his personal share in the Moscow network of gambling salons Vulkan, he created the gambling business company RitzioEntertainmentGroup. Four years later he became its President.
In 2006 creates another successful project- development holding "Finstroy", which aims to implement projects in the field of professional retail real estate throughout Russia.
A couple of years later, Oleg Boyko acquired the Almond supermarket chain for joint use.
In 2011, Boyko's assets were 75% of the shares of the Latvian micro financial company 4finance. Today, this company has become one of the largest in the online lending market in the world.
In addition, the businessman owned many lotteries and bookmakers, both in Russia and Ukraine. However, by 2014, he sold all gambling assets in Russia and left the capital associated with lotteries.
In 2013, his investment holding Finstar acquired a stake in FashionTV, which manages 13 channels in different countries.
At the beginning of 2015, a major transaction took place, according to which the Boyko family trust reduced its stake in 4finance to 49% (previously it was 75%). An interesting fact is that there is no open information about the amount of the transaction, nor about the names of the buyers.
In the same year, he invested about 15 million Euros in the Finnish company Euroloan Group. The main direction of the company is e-commerce.
Last year, Finstar Boyko acquired stakes in the Finnish financial company Eurolan, as well as stakes in the German online service Spotcap for 31.5 million euros, and the Spanish company PrestamosPrima. Spotcap provides investment services to small and medium businesses.
According to estimates, the total number of borrowers 4finance, where the company operates, and these are 15 countries, is 4.6 million people.
To date, the main capital of the billionaire is the shares of the 4finance holding, Finstroy, as well as Ritzio International. owns trading network"Rive Gauche".
Personal and public life of Oleg Boyko
The billionaire is officially divorced, no children
Oleg Boyko has an unusual hobby for a man - he collects figurines from colored glass. There are over 100 items in the collection. There is a personal yacht, the cost of which is estimated at 20 million dollars. By the way, it is rented: 125-139 thousand euros per week. The price depends on the season. According to rumors, he is the owner of an apartment in London, in the area where the apartment of Prince Charles is located.
He is a patron and investor of cultural projects.
In 2010, Sportloto LLC, whose beneficiary at that time was Oleg Boyko, received a state contract to hold several lotteries in support of the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014.
So, in 2015 it charitable foundation Parasport became the official general sponsor of the IWAS World Games in Sochi, in which more than 400 disabled athletes from 36 countries took part.
In 2014, he became an investor in the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson - the film "Summer Cruise" based on the novel by Truman Capote. He is also the producer of the film "Sin City -2".
In the same year, on his initiative, the talk show "Heroes of Our Time" was filmed at the XI Paralympic Games in Sochi. In the center - the stories of people who have achieved success, despite external or internal problems, stereotypes and circumstances.
In 2015, the billionaire joined the Development Committee of the International Federation of Amputee and Wheelchair Users IWAS. By the way, this federation is a co-founder of the International Paralympic Committee and a co-founder of the Paralympic Games.
He was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree.
Boyko Oleg ViktorovichBoyko Oleg Viktorovich - owner of Ritzio Entertainment Group. President of investment holding Finstar. Chairman of the Board of the National Credit Bank. Head of the Commission for the Development of the Russian Paralympic Movement under the Russian Paralympic Committee.
Assets
The main assets of Oleg Boyko are concentrated:
- finance and investments (National Credit Bank, Finstar investment holding);
- recreation and entertainment, gambling business (Ritzio Entertainment Group, Russian Lotto CJSC, Sportloto LLC);
- cosmetics and perfumery (Rive Gauche - 75% of the shares);
- real estate (GK "Finstroy" - 92% of the shares).
Property
Owns land in the suburbs, Leningrad region, in Ukraine .
Oleg Boyko is the owner of an apartment in a fashionable area of London worth $4.5 million. The Prince of Wales Charles has an apartment in the same house.
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Biography
Education
Career
1982-1986 - worked in the computer center of the Lomonosov Moscow State University.
1988 - founded a cooperative for the sale of computers and the development and implementation of mathematical computer programs. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Association of Business Cooperation "Convent".
Organized by the bank "Moskovia".
1991 - registered the bank "Industry-service" (later it was transformed into branch No. 1 of the bank "National Credit").
1990-1993 - created a network of stores united in CJSC "Concern" OLBI "and the OLBI-Diplomat network (opened jointly with UPDC - the Department for the Service of the Diplomatic Corps, in which Boyko's father worked then), trading on debit currency cards and worked as Chairman of the Board of the company.
1990-1995 - Founder and Chairman of the Board of the National Credit Bank.
Member of the board of directors of ORT (since 1994) and supervisory board Sberbank.
Sponsored by the magazine "Spark".
1994-1995 - Chairman of the Executive Committee of the movement "Democratic Choice of Russia".
Owns the Rive Gauche perfume retail chain.
2010 - Sportloto LLC, the ultimate beneficiary of which is Oleg Boyko (through Russian Lotto CJSC, owned by Ritzio Entertainment Group (99%) and Milan Group of Companies (1%)) received a state contract to conduct two draw lotteries (with a draw ) and 10 non-circulation (instantaneous) in support of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014.
Oleg Boyko: business secrets
Social and political activity
In June 1994, Boyko became chairman of the executive committee of the Democratic Choice of Russia, but in January 1995 he left this post due to disagreement with the position of the FER in relation to the hostilities in Chechnya.
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Biography, life story of Boyko Oleg Viktorovich
Boyko Oleg Viktorovich - Russian businessman, philanthropist.
Early years. Education
Oleg Boyko was born in Moscow on September 28, 1964. He attended a school with a physics and mathematics bias, after which in 1981 he easily became a student at the Moscow Aviation Institute. Boyko also graduated from the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. A little later he studied in the United States.
Career
For some time Oleg Viktorovich worked in the Moscow state university, in the computer center. In the early 1990s, the enterprising Boyko began to engage in private business and within a few years became one of the eight most influential businessmen in Russia.
In 1999, Oleg Boyko became one of the co-owners and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the mining and metallurgical complex of OJSC Evraz-Holding. He remained in this position until 2004.
Oleg Viktorovich is the founder and owner of Finstar investment holding. Finstar is engaged in projects in various fields of activity. This includes and financial business, and investment, and entertainment, and real estate, and the perfumery and cosmetics chain of stores "Rive Gauche". Management Company Oleg Boyko extends its influence to the territories from the countries of Eastern Europe and Latin America. The fund's assets are over $2 billion. In 2015, Nick Jordan, ex-co-head of the Russian office of Goldman Sachs, became the CEO of Finstar.
In the 2010s, Oleg Boyko began to focus on the development of the financial and investment direction of his business. For example, Bank Trust, controlled by Boyko, owns 49% of 4finance, a Latvian financial company. 4finance is considered the most major player on the European financial market, it operates in 16 countries. In 2016, in just 9 months, the company's revenue amounted to 287 million euros, which is 25% higher than the revenue of the previous year.
In 2015, the Finstar holding invested 15 million euros in the Euroloan Group, a Finnish company. In the same year, the financial company DFI was created, the geography of which extends to the markets of Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia.
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2016 was an extremely productive year for Finstar. Thus, the company, together with investment fund Holtzbrinck Ventures, invested 31.5 million euros in the German online lending platform Spotcap. Spotcap provides investment services to the SME sectors. Also, around the same time, Finstar bought stakes in Prestamos Prima, a financial company in Spain, and in P2P, the online platform Viventor. Also in 2016, Finstar invested $3 million in Rocket10, a company that allows you to significantly increase the effectiveness of advertising on mobile devices.
In 2016, Finstar management announced that it plans to create its own FinstarLabs incubator.
Philanthropy and charity
Oleg Boyko is a well-known philanthropist and philanthropist, who pays special attention to solving the problems of the disabled. So, Mr. Boyko is the head of the commission for the development of the Russian Paralympic Movement, created under the Paralympic Committee. In 2005, the entrepreneur founded the Paralympic Movement Support Fund called Parasport. The main activity of the foundation is to support people with disabilities in the pursuit of active image life and sports. The foundation also provides all possible assistance to Paralympic sports teams and makes every effort to develop the Paralympic movement in society. By tradition, every year Parasport, with the support of the Paralympic Committee, holds a ceremony for Paralympic athletes and coaches of the national teams of the Russian Federation "Return to Life".
Parasport and RBC TV presented the Heroes of Our Time talk show at the XI Paralympic Winter Games. The essence of the project is to create in society an idea of a strong person who, despite his physical disabilities, confidently strives to achieve his goal. The program is also designed to increase the level of respect of society for people with disabilities. The hosts of the show were Oleg Boyko, Alexander Lyubimov, a television journalist, and a conversational artist.
Cinema
In 2014, Oleg Viktorovich Boyko produced the film Sin City-2: A Dame to Kill For, which was released in Russian cinemas on August 21 of the same year. Other producers include Sergey Bespalov and Alexander Rodnyansky. The film's directors and Frank Miller have created a captivating adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novels from the Sin City cycle. Miller himself, the author of the original work, became the screenwriter. The main roles in the film were played by such stars as, and.
The first Sin City, which hit the big screen in 2005, was commercially successful. The film's budget was $40 million, while the collections exceeded $158 million. But at the same time, Oleg Boyko is sure that even in Hollywood it is impossible to speak in advance about the success of a project. " The most important and unpleasant law of the film industry is that out of 10 films made, seven lose money, one goes to zero and only two earn. That is, in essence, venture capital investment. I've been trying to find producers and directors who have a steady multi-year track record of making money. I must say, the sample turned out to be unexpected: not at all those who could be expected. In general, there are very few such people - for whom every film project is profitable. Even the most talented directors fail. It's not a science, but an art”, Oleg Boyko admitted. The film industry as an area for financing is very interesting to Oleg Viktorovich, but he is terribly upset because he cannot predict the result of the project being developed in advance: “ Cinema is a thing that cannot be fully calculated. For me, this was the second unpleasant discovery - it is very difficult to make a predictable business out of cinema. We need to build a vertically and horizontally integrated corporation with own production, distribution and financial division", Boyko said.
Among those financed by Oleg Boyko, one can also single out the directorial debut of a talented actress
