In 2010, Bogolyubov was reported as being the third richest Ukrainian, having a net worth of $5.429 billion.[7]
He has interests in ferroalloys, petrochemicals, and finance, and owns the largest manganese miner in Australia, Consolidated Minerals.[7]
In April 2015, it was reported that he had settled out of court with his rabbi, Yonah Pruss, who had sought over £20 million, over "two major London property deals".[8]
Bogolyubov and fellow Ukrainian billionaireIgor Kolomoisky were being sued by another Ukrainian billionaireViktor Pinchuk in the largest damages claim before London's High Court, for about US$2 billion, settling the case a few days before the trial was due to start.[8][9]
In 2025, PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sanctions on multiple oligarchs and individuals including Boholyubov on suspicion of "high treason" and assisting a terrorist organization, particularly their role in compromising national security through unfavorable business agreements with Russia.[10] The next day, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office announced the opening of criminal investigations against him and other sanctioned individuals.[11]
Bogolyubov has established the Bogolyubov Foundation, "a charitable organisation rooted in authenticTorah values".[12] In 2014, his foundation funded an educational center for Jewish history in a hall excavated under Jerusalem'sMuslim Quarter, among mainlyMamluk remains connected by underground spaces to theWestern Wall tunnel. Bogolyubov financed the excavation and refurbishing of the underground area with ca. $20 million out of his own wealth.[1][2] Bogolyubov funded theMenorah Centre, a 56,000 square meter Jewish community center withattached synagogue inDnipropetrovsk,Ukraine.[13]
Bogolyubov was married[7] and has six children.[13] He separated from his wife in 2023.[14] He resided onBelgrave Square inBelgravia, London, England,[8] until 2023, paying his ex-wife £7m to move out of the country in an attempt to avoid legal action over alleged fraud at Privatbank by severing his ties to the United Kingdom, threatening to cut off child support to their children if she did not comply.[15] He led asecular life until his mid-40s when he rediscoveredJudaism and is a practicing Jew today.[13]
It was reported inThe Guardian that Bogolyubov had acquired Cypriot citizenship in 2016 through a "Golden visa" scheme, "as a result of him having made substantial investments in the country (via certain companies) and being fully compliant with the legal requirements at the time".[16]
^ab"Report from Jerusalem #61".Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society. London. 23 July 2014. Educational Centre in Grand Hall of Temple Mount Tunnels.Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved22 October 2020.
