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Andriy Zhurzhiy

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Andriy Zhurzhiy
In office
27 November 2014 – 29 August 2019
Personal details
Born (1978-03-19) March 19, 1978 (age 46)
Uman
NationalityUkrainian
Political partySamopomich Union
Alma materOdesa Academy of Law
OccupationFounder and CEO of the investment REIT company Inzhur

Andriy Valertiyovych Zhurzhiy (born March 19, 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and lawyer, former members of Parliament of the 8th convocation as a member of the parliamentary faction Samopomich Union.[1] He is the founder and CEO of the investment REIT company Inzhur.

Biography

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Zhurzhiy was born in the town of Uman, Cherkasy Oblast.

In 2004 he graduated from the Odesa Academy of Law.[2]

From 2005 and until 2014 Zhurzhiy worked as the Director of the Law Department at Fozzy Group. Additionally, he was the president of Investment Partners Group. Zhurzhiy's Law Department in the Fozzy Group has been recognised as the best in FMCG by the newspaper Legal Practice in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013. In 2008 and 2013 was named the best corporate lawyer by the newspaper Legal Practice. The same newspaper has named Zhurzhiy one of the three best lawyer in taxation. In 2013 Russian journal Corporate Lawyer has named the Law Department of Fozzy Group the best among trade companies law departments in CIS.[3]

In 2008, he founded the asset management company "Investment Partners".[4] In 2009, he founded Inzhur Capitals — an official depository institution that deals with the sale and storage of securities. As of 2024, the total amount of concluded securities transactions reached ₴65 billion.[5][6]

In 2016, he founded Smile Development (now Inzhur) — a construction company that, as of early 2024, has built 39 commercial premises for "Silpo", "Fora", and McDonald's, as well as 19 sections of the RC "Optimisto" (another 6 sections are currently under construction).[7][8]

In 2022, 10 days before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Andriy Zhurzhiy launched Inzhur — Ukraine's first investment company operating under the REIT business model, which allows private investors to buy shares in large and profitable real estate objects and receive dividends from rental payments. In the first 10 days, Inzhur attracted $1.3 million in investments for the startup project — a supermarket in Lisnyky.[9][10][11] As of May 2024, the company has launched 6 investment funds, 4 of which have already been fully sold.[5] Available as of July is the Inzhur Zhytniy fund[12] and Inzhur Ocean for the buyout of the Ocean Plaza shopping center from the state.[13][4]

Political Career (2014—2018)

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From November 27, 2014 to July 2018, he was a MP of the 8th convocation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a member of the parliamentary faction Union "Self Reliance", and the first deputy head of the Committee on Tax and Customs Policy.[14][15]

In this position, he primarily focused on lobbying new laws for Ukrainian businesses. In particular, these include the law on public procurement (Prozorro),[16] the law on reducing tax pressure (reducing the USC on wages),[17] and opposition to the restoration of the tax police.[18]

In 2017, he was one of the initiators of the law ensuring the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language.[19] In July 2018, he submitted a resignation request on his own accord.[20]

In 2024, the publication NV.ua included Andriy Zhurzhiy in the list of "100 People of the Decade",[21] which brings together Ukrainian citizens who played a key role in the life of the country since 2014 — for lobbying the Prozorro public procurement reform.[22]

Civil activities

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He is an active participant in the public campaign to save the Zhytniy Market. On March 19, 2024, the Kyiv Department of Municipal Property announced an auction to find a tenant for Zhytniy Market with a starting price of ₴2.5 million, and the auction was scheduled for March 25.[23] After its postponement due to public campaign pressure, Andriy Zhurzhiy advocated for the cancellation of the auction, deeming it untrustworthy, and its replacement with a privatization auction.[24][25][26]

Over the years, Andriy Zhurzhiy has been a member and headed several associations and committees, including:

In 2023, he assisted the NGO "Fond Velykyi Lioh" in the search for the burial of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and the archaeological excavations of the Epiphany Cathedral, where the burial of Petro Sahaidachny may be located.[31]

Personal life

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Zhurzhiy is married and has three children.[32]

References

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  1. ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. ^ "Андрій Журжій : Об'єднання "Самопоміч"". samopomich.ua. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. ^ "Андрій Журжій : Об'єднання "Самопоміч"". samopomich.ua. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  4. ^ a b "Lawyer-MP-Financier. How Andriy Zhurzhiy plans to raise several billion hryvnias needed for the privatization of confiscated Ocean Plaza assets". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  5. ^ a b "Inzhur plans to attract up to 10 thousand investors for the privatization of the "Ukraine" hotel". Economic Truth (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  6. ^ June 6, 2024. "Investment Fund Inzhur plans to attract up to 10 thousand investors for the privatization of the "Ukraine" hotel". interfax.com.ua. Retrieved 13 August 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Ukrainian landlords. Interview with Andriy Zhurzhiy, founder of the REIT company Inzhur, which allows small investors to jointly own large real estate objects — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-11-23. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  8. ^ "Andriy Zhurzhiy, Inzhur: about cooperation with "Silpo" and McDonald's, plans for the Ocean Plaza shopping center, and more". ucsc.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  9. ^ "REIT investment roadmap: stories of Inzhur co-owners". special.ain.ua. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  10. ^ "Budget real estate investments: how to become the owner of 3 square meters and earn up to 8% annually". minfin.com.ua. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  11. ^ "The first service for joint acquisition of real estate objects — Inzhur — appeared in Ukraine". Economic Truth (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  12. ^ "Inzhur company sells investment certificates to buy out "Zhytniy Market"". ucsc.org.ua (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Council of Shopping Centers. 2024-06-17. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  13. ^ "Inzhur real estate funds".
  14. ^ "MP requests — Andriy Valeriyovych Zhurzhiy — Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th convocation". Official portal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  15. ^ "Promises of the land of wonders. How MP Andriy Zhurzhiy works". Slovo i Dilo (in Ukrainian). 2024-08-13. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  16. ^ "Zhurzhiy achieved transparency in public procurement".
  17. ^ "The deputy explained the essence of the reforms of the State Fiscal Service and the tax changes proposed by the Ministry of Finance".
  18. ^ Solonina, Yevhen (2017-02-24). ""Berkut" for business or detectives: what is the alternative to the tax police?". Radio Liberty (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  19. ^ "Draft Law on Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language".
  20. ^ "MP Zhurzhiy submitted a resignation request".
  21. ^ "People of the Decade. NV named 100 Ukrainians who have shaped the country's life and led it forward since 2014". nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  22. ^ "People of the Decade. NV named 100 Ukrainians who have shaped the country's life and led it forward since 2014".
  23. ^ "Zhytniy Market in Kyiv's Podil district put up for auction".
  24. ^ ""Zhytniy must live"".
  25. ^ "From a dilapidated building to the center of attraction for Ukrainians. How Inzhur plans to save Zhytniy Market by buying it out from the city — Forbes.ua". forbes.ua (in Ukrainian). 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  26. ^ "Ukrainian company plans to buy Zhytniy Market. Anyone can become an investor". tvoemisto.tv. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  27. ^ "Andriy Valeriyovych Zhurzhiy". chesno.org. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  28. ^ "MP from "Self Reliance" wrote a resignation letter". TSN.ua (in Ukrainian). 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  29. ^ "MP Zhurzhiy decided to resign". LB.ua. 2018-07-18. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  30. ^ "Andriy Zhurzhiy". liga.net (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  31. ^ "Remains of the Epiphany Cathedral of the Kyiv Brotherhood Monastery are being studied in the capital on the territory of "Mohylyanka"".
  32. ^ "Андрій Журжій : Об'єднання "Самопоміч"". samopomich.ua. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
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