Davos Ukrainian Breakfast: EVENTS
20.01.2023 22:33:00
Davos Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion 2023
On 19 January 2023, in Davos (Switzerland), the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, and international investment advisory group EastOne, hosted the Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion, their traditional private event organized on the occasion of the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the audience via video link. Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, moderated the discussion. Among the speakers were the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lawrence Fink, Chairman & CEO of BlackRock, Bill Ford, Chairman & CEO of General Atlantic, Andrew Forrest, Executive Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group, Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia for Ukrainian Catholics in the United States and President of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, David Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of the Carlyle Group, David Solomon, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs, Yulia Svyrydenko, 1st Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Partners of the Davos Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion 2023:
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is a $150 million regional fund, a pioneer in Ukraine and Moldova with over 25 years of successful experience in investing in small and medium-sized companies. WNISEF was funded by the U.S. government via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since its inception, WNISEF’s cumulative investments total over $188 million to 136 companies employing 26,000 people and made it possible to unlock $2.3 billion for companies in Ukraine and Moldova. In 2015 WNISEF has launched a $35 million legacy program focused on export promotion, local economic development, impact investing and economic leadership. WNISEF is funding innovative, high-impact, reform focused programs and aims to support Ukraine and Moldova at this critical period by developing sound economic policy and leadership.
The International Renaissance Foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in Ukraine. Since 1990 we have been helping to develop an open society based on democratic values in Ukraine. During its activity, the Foundation has supported about 20 thousand projects, to which more than 65 thousand activists and organizations of Ukraine have joined. The funding amounted to over $ 250 million.
Horizon Capital is the leading private equity firm in Ukraine, backed by over 40 institutional investors with over $1.2 billion under management in six funds from investors with a capital base exceeding $570 billion, raising over $580 million in growth capital to back visionary entrepreneurs from Ukraine and Moldova in just over 5 years. Horizon Capital-managed funds have invested in over 160 companies employing more than 77,000 people in the Region.
Horizon Capital is a value-added investor, backing visionary entrepreneurs leading transformational businesses in Ukraine and the near region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the audience via video link. Fareed Zakaria, host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, moderated the discussion. Among the speakers were the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lawrence Fink, Chairman & CEO of BlackRock, Bill Ford, Chairman & CEO of General Atlantic, Andrew Forrest, Executive Chairman of Fortescue Metals Group, Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia for Ukrainian Catholics in the United States and President of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Chair of the Center for Civil Liberties, Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands, David Rubenstein, Co-Founder & Co-Chairman of the Carlyle Group, David Solomon, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs, Yulia Svyrydenko, 1st Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine.
Partners of the Davos Ukrainian Breakfast Discussion 2023:
Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF) is a $150 million regional fund, a pioneer in Ukraine and Moldova with over 25 years of successful experience in investing in small and medium-sized companies. WNISEF was funded by the U.S. government via the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Since its inception, WNISEF’s cumulative investments total over $188 million to 136 companies employing 26,000 people and made it possible to unlock $2.3 billion for companies in Ukraine and Moldova. In 2015 WNISEF has launched a $35 million legacy program focused on export promotion, local economic development, impact investing and economic leadership. WNISEF is funding innovative, high-impact, reform focused programs and aims to support Ukraine and Moldova at this critical period by developing sound economic policy and leadership.
The International Renaissance Foundation is one of the largest charitable foundations in Ukraine. Since 1990 we have been helping to develop an open society based on democratic values in Ukraine. During its activity, the Foundation has supported about 20 thousand projects, to which more than 65 thousand activists and organizations of Ukraine have joined. The funding amounted to over $ 250 million.
Horizon Capital is the leading private equity firm in Ukraine, backed by over 40 institutional investors with over $1.2 billion under management in six funds from investors with a capital base exceeding $570 billion, raising over $580 million in growth capital to back visionary entrepreneurs from Ukraine and Moldova in just over 5 years. Horizon Capital-managed funds have invested in over 160 companies employing more than 77,000 people in the Region.
Horizon Capital is a value-added investor, backing visionary entrepreneurs leading transformational businesses in Ukraine and the near region.
