Serhii Fedorovych Koretskyi. Ukrainian manager and entrepreneur in the energy sector.
Chairman of the Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine since May 2025.
Born on March 14, 1978, in Lutsk.
His father worked as an engineer at a local factory, and his mother worked in retail.
In 2001, he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Lutsk State Technical University, and in 2005, from the Faculty of Business at the same university.
From 1997 to 2018, he worked at the fuel holding company “Kontinium” (Lutsk), where he rose from an employee in the analytical department to CEO.
In 2002, he became head of the joint venture “Western Oil Group,” and from 2007 served as CEO of the management company of the “Kontinium” group.
In 2013, Koretsky became CEO of WOG and held that position until 2018.
In 2018, he focused on developing his own business, notably founding Idealist Coffee Co., which also includes the Idealist coffee shop chain.
From 2019 to 2022, he was a co-founder and chairman of the board of the energy trading company Centurion Group SA in Switzerland.
In November 2022, Koretskyi took the helm of Ukraine’s largest oil producer, Ukrnafta, as well as UkrTatNafta (the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery).
In 2024, he received 26.659 million hryvnias in salary (approx. 2.22 million hryvnias per month).
In April 2025, the supervisory board of Naftogaz of Ukraine appointed Koretsky as chairman of the board.
He is married; part of the family business is registered under the names of his wife, Iryna, and daughter, Ulyana.
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