Leonid Kryuchkov

Leonid Kryuchkov (born September 18, 1979, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian entrepreneur and owner of one of the largest private tug fleet operators in Ukraine.

Education
Kryuchkov graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University in 2001 with a master's degree in International business administration.

From 2001 to 2006 he studied at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute majoring in “Industrial Marketing”. 2006 - Ph.D. in economics - “Mergers and acquisitions in high-tech sectors”.

Career
In 2003, together with his brother Dmytro Kryuchkov, took over “Kyivrekonstruktsia” one of the oldest construction companies in Ukraine. In 2004 Leonid became CEO of this company and left his position in 2008 after sale of controlling stake of shares.

From 2005 to 2009 brothers acquired a vast list of construction companies from different sectors: energy, telecom, oil&gas etc., namely:


 * JSC Naftogazbud – largest oil&gas construction company in Ukraine;
 * SVEMON - a monopoly in telecom networks construction in Ukraine, Leonid became a head of supervisory board.
 * CJSCo Ukrnaftogazbud - oil&gas construction company with contracts overseas;
 * Kharkivskii Enerhoproekt – brothers managed to buy 30% of the main project designer for the South Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plants. Main construction companies for Rivne, Khmelnyskyi and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plants and many others.

After separation of business with his brother, Leonid runs his own projects, mostly in real estate development, energy sector and maritime logistics.

From 2015 to 2016, Kryuchkov was the deputy general director of Ukrinmash, part of the state-owned Ukroboronprom.

In 2016 he founded ORUM, a management company of a group of enterprises that provided a full range of services of cargo logistics and ship maintenance in the Mykolaiv port area, namely services of towage, mooring, vessel bunkering, railroad freight transportation inside the port (delivery/removal, dispatching of rolling stock, repair works of rolling and tractive rail stock), stevedoring services (cargo transshipment).

ORUM also started development of an investment project for construction of grain and liquid cargo transshipment terminals in the Mykolaiv Sea.

Politics
From 2006 to 2007 Leonid Kryuchkov was a member of the Kyiv City Council.

Private life
Leonid Kryuchkov is divorced since 2016. He has two children: daughter and son.