Olena Pinchuk

Olena Kuchma Pinchuk (, Olena Leonidivna Pinchuk; born December 3, 1970; often written in the Russian form Елена Пинчук, Elena Pinchuk) is the daughter of Ukrainian second president Leonid Kuchma, founder of ANTIAIDS Foundation, and Head of the Supervisory Board of the biggest Ukrainian media group, StarLightMedia. Biography Olena Pinchuk was born on December 3, 1970 in Dnipropetrovsk (now known as Dnipro). She attended physicotechnical and economics faculties at Dnipropetrovsk National University, and graduated in "Economics and Sociology". Within 1995-1996, she worked in Department for economics at PrivatBank. From 1997 - 2002, she was the marketing director of Kyivstar. In 2003, she founded ANTIAIDS Foundation, aimed at fighting AIDS epidemic in Ukraine. It is the first and only Ukrainian charity fund that exists thanks to the private funds and donations. The Foundation is widely known for the national media promotional campaigns and attracting Ukrainian and international celebrities to the problem. In 2010, she joined the UNAIDS High Level Commission on HIV Prevention. Honours November 2007 - ranked the 17th among 100 most influential Ukrainian women, according to Ukrainian magazine Focus December 2012 - 3rd place at the same rating