Boris Lozhkin

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevhenovych and the family name is Lozhkin.

Boris Lozhkin
Борис Ложкін
Lozhkin in 2011
Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine
In office 10 June 2014 – 29 August 2016
President	Petro Poroshenko
Preceded by	Serhiy Pashynskyi (acting)
Succeeded by	Ihor Rainin
President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine
Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress
First Vice-President of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress
Personal details
Born	(1971-10-23) October 23, 1971 (age 54) Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Ukrainian

Boris Yevhenovych Lozhkin (Ukrainian: Борис Євгенович Ложкін; born October 23, 1971) is a Ukrainian businessperson and philanthropist.^[1] He is the President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine,^[2] Vice-president of the World Jewish Congress,^[3] First Vice-president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.^[4]

Business activity

He founded a small media company in 1994. It eventually grew into one of the largest multimedia businesses in Eastern Europe. UMH Group's portfolio encompassed internet, radio, and print, including the local rights to Forbes and Vogue.^[5][6] It was the first and only Ukrainian media group to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.^[7] The company, which had been valued at around $400 million, was sold in 2013.^[8][9]

Public activity

In 2016, Boris resumed his entrepreneurial activities and expanded his philanthropic efforts. He has been focusing high-growth investments in Ukraine and internationally. He also served for a year as the pro bono Secretary of the National Investment Council to attract foreign investment in Ukraine.^[10]

Lozhkin was elected President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine in 2018,^[11] and appointed vice-president of the World Jewish Congress.^{[12][non-primary source needed]}

President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine

In May 2018, Borys Lozhkin was elected president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine^[13]. In September 2018, the confederation announced the launch of the project “Righteous of My City”, which involved renaming streets, squares and parks after the Righteous of the Nations who lived in Ukraine. There are 2.6 thousand Righteous in Ukraine.

Lozhkin is also vice-president of the World Jewish Congress^[14].

In 2019, at the initiative of Lozhkin, the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine launched the international forum “Kyiv Jewish Forum” to discuss issues facing Jewish communities.

References

1. ""Kyivpost":Lozhkin, Pyvovarsky to jointly launch investment business". July 6, 2017.
2. "Official site of JCU".
3. "Official site of WJC".
4. "Official site of EAJC". Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
5. "Forbes to launch Ukraine edition". September 2010.
6. "Ukraine's UMH Group to Publish Local Vogue Edition". Bloomberg.
7. "UMH Group has become the first Ukrainian media company with the shares listed on international stock exchanges". Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.
8. "Ukrainian Tycoon Buys Magazine That Investigated Him". Bloomberg.
9. "Top 10 M&A deals in Ukraine for the first half of 2013. Forbes.ua". Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
10. "President invited American business to Ukraine: Now is the right time and place to invest".
11. Borys Lozhkin became the president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine, UNIAN (May 25, 2018)
12. "Borys Lozhkin has become the Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress".
13. "Boris Lozhkin became the president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine". June 1, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
14. "Boris Lozhkin has summed up the results of KJF 2020 and announced holding the third Forum". September 10, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2026.

Political offices
Preceded by Serhiy Pashynskyi	Head of the Presidential Administration June 10, 2014 – August 29, 2016	Succeeded by Ihor Rainin