Entrepreneur of the Year

Olha Nikitenko is an entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the field of sustainable packaging, specializing in the development and implementation of environmentally friendly solutions aimed at reducing the use of plastic and switching to biodegradable materials. She has developed and patented industrial solutions that have been implemented in more than 1,600 retail […]

Oleksandr Trotsenko is an e-commerce entrepreneur whose success is proven by scale and reproducible results. Oleksandr Trotsenko is a top-level e-commerce entrepreneur whose activities are distinguished not only by scale, but also by stable, measurable business results. His approach is to systematically build a business based on data, analytics, and solutions that can be reproduced, […]

The story of Oleksandr Leshchyner is an example of how a Ukrainian engineering school, professional consistency, and the ability to create world-class technological solutions can lead to success even in one of the most competitive markets in the world — the US construction technology market. Today, Oleksandr is the founder and CEO of BWDS LLC […]

For Vitaliy Ivanov, entrepreneurship is not so much about the product as it is about the ability to make complex, often unpopular, but strategically correct decisions. By launching the Spell chocolate brand in Kyiv in 2016, he entered a field that at that time did not actually exist as a separate industry: a professional gift […]

Anna Veselovskaya and PetsGoTravel: the story that created a new industry In 2025, the Ukrainian Business Award recognized Anna Veselovska as the “Entrepreneur of the Year in the Field of International Pet Transportation.” This is recognition of a person who did not just open a business, but created a new niche and built a culture […]