Kozlovskyy Hryhoriy

Ukrainian businessman, philanthropist, honorary president of soccer club “Ruh”, volunteer, head of Charitable Foundation “Merciful Home”.

Hryhoriy Petrovich Kozlovskyy was born on February 1, 1971, in the village of Gorodyslavychi, Lviv region.

He received his diploma of higher education in 1994 after graduating from the Lviv Institute of Trade and Economics with the degree in “Accounting and analysis of economical activity”.

Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy began his career immediately after graduation at the age of 21. In the same year he was employed at the customs clearance department of the Lviv tobacco factory (1994-2000), which was owned by the American corporation R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

According to Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy’s recollections: “During the collapse of the Soviet Union the corporation faced serious problems with the customs clearance of goods. The turnover had stagnated, and the factory could have lost about four billion (in coupons) because of it.” In just one month Kozlovskyy managed to save more than 2 billion. In gratitude, the factory’s director gave him a $100 bonus. He was then appointed head of the department of foreign economic activity.

• In 2010 Hryhoriy became a co-owner of the company and the director of the Lviv tobacco factory.
• From 2000 to 2004 he worked as a commercial manager at “Vynnykivska tobacco factory”. In the period from 2006 to 2010 he held the post of the director of the construction company “Mega Evrostroy” LLC.
• In 2009 he founded the hotel and restaurant complex “Sviatoslav” in Vynnyky, and since 2013, he has been a co-owner and general director of the Lviv hotel “Grand Hotel”.
• Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy expanded his already successful restaurant business in 2018 by opening another one-of-a-kind establishment with live sharks – 36Po in the center of Lviv.
• Since 2012, he has been vice president of the Dynamo Waterpolo Club.
• Hryhoriy is an active public figure and volunteer. Back in 2010 Kozlovskyy founded the Svyatoslav Folk Dance Ensemble and remains its honorary president.
• Since 2009 he took under his patronage the adult and junior team of the soccer club Ruh in Vynnyky, actively sponsors and supports its development. Hryhoriy himself is a four-time champion of the Premier League of Lviv region among amateurs (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
• As Hryhoriy sincerely fell in love with his “brainchild”, he began building up the soccer academy with high hopes for its future. The academy is the first of its kind so far and has no analogues in Ukraine. He believes that the academy will develop and become independent of his financial support.
• Since February 24, 2022, due to the invasion of multiple Ukrainian cities, the academy started looking after about 350 children, who were unable to return home. As a result of Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy’s insistence, the Academy took the children under its patronage providing them with housing, food, education and everything they needed to live.
• In October 2010, a monument to Ogienko was unveiled on the site of the Markiewicz family home.

• In September 2015, from the publishing house “Apriori” Kozlovskyy published a gift book-photo album dedicated to the celebration of the 660th anniversary of the first written mention of the town of Vynnyky.
• Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian War, he has been active in volunteer activities. In 2022 he founded the Charity Foundation “Merciful Home”, which specializes in providing humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians affected by the russian military operations in Ukraine.
• In April 2022, representatives of the Foundation, having visited Kyiv region, in the cities most affected by russian aggression, provided humanitarian aid to the locals. By Easter, the Foundation organized and conducted the #Easter_for_the_Defender campaign and, thanks to the funds raised, sent Easter gifts to the frontline soldiers in Lviv.
• In the spring of 2023, according to YouControl, Kozlovskyy exited his co-ownership of “Vynnyky Tobacco Factory LLC.”

At the “Ruh” football club base, Kozlovskyy established a hub to assist displaced persons, where Ukrainians could receive essential supplies, food, hot meals, and support.

Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy – Family

Hryhoriy Kozlovskyy is a proud father of five children. From his first marriage, he has three children: a son and two daughters. After his divorce, he remarried Yuliya Dumanska, and together, they are raising two children—a son and a daughter.