Oleg Boyko was born in Moscow in 1964 and educated at the Moscow Aviation Institution beginning in 1981, where he specialised in radio electronics.
18 Facts About Oleg Boyko
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Oleg Boyko worked at the Lomonosov Moscow State University between 1982 and 1986.
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Oleg Boyko has a diverse portfolio having successfully invested in multiple industries including financial services, banks, IT, retail, real estate, entertainment and steel.
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From a young age, Oleg Boyko was interested in the financial sector and he began his career in the IT and finance sectors whilst he was a student.
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Oleg Boyko is credited for introducing the first stores with credit card readers into Moscow in the 1990s.
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In 1999, Oleg Boyko was a joint investor in EvrazHolding alongside Alexander Abramov, combining three steel mills and thereby creating one of the world's largest vertically-integrated steel producers as a result.
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In 2002, Oleg Boyko founded Ritzio Entertainment Group, investing in casinos and gaming, a business that expanded across Russia before going internationally.
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In 2010, Oleg Boyko became an investor in lottery businesses in Russia and Ukraine, including the national lottery to support the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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Oleg Boyko has subsequently disposed of all his lottery interests.
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In 2006 Oleg Boyko entered the real estate market through a new holding company, Finstroy.
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Oleg Boyko was involved in film production and served as a co-producer on Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For in 2014, and is a co-producer in Scarlett Johansson's forthcoming directorial debut for the film Summer Crossing, which is based on a Truman Capote novel.
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Oleg Boyko's current focus is on the digital financial services, fintech and financial technology sectors, strengthened by his extensive banking experience.
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Oleg Boyko, therefore, continues to expand and strengthen his activities in technology-based, data-driven transformational financial services platforms and business alternatives to the conventional banking sector.
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Oleg Boyko is determined to take advantage of changes in global consumer behaviour, advances in technology and data science, and harness the growing power and availability of mobile devices, in order to offer an alternative banking option to those consumers who do not have access to traditional financial services and banks.
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Oleg Boyko founded the Parasport foundation in 2006, during the Paralympic Winter Games in Turin.
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In 2016, Oleg Boyko co-hosted its 10th anniversary celebration with an event in Moscow, attended by Paralympic Committee representatives from 25 countries.
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Since 2006 Oleg Boyko has been the Head of the Paralympic Movement Development Committee of the Russian Paralympic Committee.
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In December 2021, Oleg Boyko pursued through the Moscow court an order for Google to remove the search results for a site that, he claims, contains misleading information.