Sergey Tigipko was born in 1960 in Moldova, in 1982 he graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute, held senior positions in the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Committee of the Komsomol .. Since the early 1990s, he has been engaged in business, was one of the founders of the financial and industrial groups "Privat" and "TAS" .. He worked in the government of Ukraine, headed the National Bank. Since 2007 Chairman of the Board of OJSC “Svedbank” (successor of JSCB “TAS-Commercial Bank”) . In 2009, Sergei Tigipko left all posts, fully focused on political activity and intends to run for the post of President of Ukraine.