Welcome to the website of the holding company of BGV Group Management and ATB Corporation —
BGV Group Limited
BGV Group Limited is BGV Group Management’s and ATB Corporation’s main investment company, based in Cyprus.
The company’s owner and investor is Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist Gennadii Butkevych, who has built a large business in the country with a turnover of over $5 billion annually. Today, Gennadii Butkevych is one of the largest private investors in the Ukrainian economy and one of the largest donors to charitable causes.
Our company is mainly focused on investments in retail and exploration and/or production of rare minerals and metals with additional investments in development, energy, education and sports. We build partnerships and attract foreign investment by developing projects internationally: Gennadii Butkevych’s companies work with partners around the world, from Canada and the United States to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and the Indo-Pacific region.
A group of large Ukraine-based companies operating in areas such as asset management, retaile, grocery business.
ATB Market
ATB-Market LLC is an enterprise of ATB Corporation, the largest and fastest growing chain in Ukraine. Every day, more than 3 million Ukrainians make purchases in the stores of the ATB network. Today the company employs more than 44,000 people.
Favorit Plus
Favorit Plus Meat Processing factory is a large-scale modern meat preparation and preservation enterprise. Favorit Plus Meat Processing Factory LLC commenced its operations in July 2011 and now takes the lead in top 10 players of the Meat Product Manufacturing industry of Ukraine
Confectionery
factory “Kviten”
Logistics Confectionery factory “Kviten” is one of the leading multifunctional enterprises in the food industry of Ukraine. Every day, the enterprise produces 27 tons of various confectionery products.
Logistics
189 600 SQ.M – total area of 9 distribution centres
BGV Group Management is an investment group founded in 2015 in Ukraine to create innovative, advanced, high-performance businesses focused on creating products with high added value.
The investment group has five business directions, within which it develops mining, development, energy, retail, and educational projects. Today, BGV has over 2,000 employees in nine regions of Ukraine, where the company’s facilities are located. Investments in extraction and further processing of raw materials are one of the group’s main focuses.
Mining
13 deposits in 5 regions of Ukraine. Focus on rare earths minerals and critical materials (green field projects). Oil & Gas extraction since 2018.
Energy
Active investment in various areas of the energy sector (CCGI, Renewables). In 2024: two deals to be closed.
Retail
Fast-growing convenience store retail chain KOLO’. 82M USD sales and 240 stores in 2024. Launched in 2017, present in Kyiv and Odesa.
Development &
Recreation
230K м2 of housing real estate area. 33K м2 of commercial real estate area. 6 ha of recreational space — restaurants, hotels, stables. Driving range and Golf Academy.
Education
American University Kyiv — private university powered by Arizona State University. Undergraduate, graduate, and lifelong learning programs (IT and business management). Development of regional education: scholarship programs, improvement of the material and technical base, funding of accelerators for students.
Gennadii Butkevych is the owner of BGV Group Limited. He is a well-known Ukrainian
businessman, ranked 15th among the 100 richest Ukrainians in 2021 according to Forbes Ukraine with $513 million. Mr. Butkevych was born in 1958 in Dnipro, Ukraine. Graduated from the Prydniprovs’ka State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Oles Honchar Dnipro National University, Legal Department. Co-owner of ATB Corporation and owner of BGV Group Management.
Gennadii Butkevych is included in a number of ratings of the largest investors in the Ukrainian economy. In particular, in both 2022 and 2023, BGV Group Management and Gennadii Butkevych have invested UAH 2.6 billion [more than $65 mіllion] in developing Ukrainian projects.
Gennadii Butkevych actively supports the development of education in Ukraine. He is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the State University “Zhytomyr Polytechnic , as well as the first Ukrainian investor of an international-level educational institution American University Kyiv. In addition, Gennadii Butkevych is the President of the football club Polissia, which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League and, starting in 2024, in the European Cups.
The charitable foundation of Gennadii Butkevych’s family is among the 50 largest charitable organizations in Ukraine. To date, Gennadii Butkevych’s businesses contribute $80M in aid.
Awarded with numerous social honors by the President of Ukraine, the Parliament of Ukraine, ministries and agencies of Ukraine, trade organizations and foundations. Provided financial support for the development of local Christian churches, restored and donated the building of an old synagogue to the Jewish community.
At BGV Group Limited aim to guarantee that we work ethically, considering human rights and the social, economic, and environmental impacts of what we do as a business. Our key values and expertise, as well as strategic mindset tell us that we must do our work in a way that will deliver sustainable, long lasting results and benefits.
We must also contribute to local and national economies by paying competitive wages, treating our suppliers fairly, investing in our local communities and paying our share of taxes. And we do that in a way that ensures the profitability of the operations in the long term, not only so we can meet our commitments to our shareholders, but so that we can continue to invest in areas important to our other stakeholders, including safety, climate change mitigation and workforce training. These beliefs are the foundation of our views on sustainability.
We integrated sustainability approach to our long-term value chain and strategy. This strategy ensures our commitment to maintaining high standards, sometimes that drive us to go beyond the legal requirements on the sustainability issues that are material to our business, our employees, the communities that host us and the customers that buy and use our products.
We collaborate with others to build respectful relationships and enable long-term benefits where we operate – working with governments at all levels and community partners to help make a difference in people’s lives. We feel that in a prosperous society business grows exponentially.
As such, this pillar includes issues that lay at the heart of our business. Safety is our top priority because, simply put, we care for the people we work with as employees, partners, communities. And we feel at heart that running a safe, responsible business that effectively ensures profitability is the strategy that is beneficial in the long run.
We are committed to safeguard and comply with all applicable laws and regulations that govern issues as health safety, environment and community impact and consequences in the areas of our operations, and we try to exceed them where our internal protocols are more stringent.
By investing in cutting-edge businesses and developing strategic projects, we believe we are helping to solve some of society’s biggest challenges – ensuring that tomorrow is safer and better than today. We aim to contribute to a more sustainable future – both by reducing our own global carbon footprint, by addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, by forming smart partnerships focused on technology and value chains, and by producing materials essential to a low-carbon economy, such as lithium batteries.