9 - Petro Poroshenko
Name: Petro Poroshenko
Wealth: $1.3bn
Company: Roshen
Age: 48
World Richlist: #1125
Ukraine’s new president Petro Poroshenko is a self-made billionaire and owner of Ukraine’s leading chocolate firm Roshen. Poroshenko began as a cocoa trader and later purchased several confectionery plants to establish Roshen in 1996. He became a Ukrainian member of Parliament in 1998 and later founded left-of-center political party Solidarity. He was elected Ukraine’s president earlier this year after voicing his support for anti-government protests. Poroshenko previously said he would sell Roshen if elected president.
