Oleksiy Shevchenko is a Ukrainian programmer and billionaire, co-founder of Grammarly.
Place of Birth, Education
He received higher education at the International Christian University in Kyiv.
After that, he enrolled in a master’s program in Toronto, Canada.
Career
In 2004, Shevchenko, together with Maksym Lytvyn, launched MyDropbox in Toronto. Her service checked student papers for plagiarism. By 2007, it was used by about 800 universities.
In 2008, they sold MyDropbox to Blackboard.
In 2009, together with Lytvyn and Dmytro Lider, he founded Grammarly , an online service for checking the spelling of English-language texts.
Fortune
In 2020, Forbes estimated Shevchenko’s fortune at $250 million. In the ranking of the richest Ukrainians, he ranked 36th.
In February 2022, his fortune was estimated at $4 billion, and in December of the same year – at $2.3 billion. According to Forbes, Shevchenko ranked 2nd among the richest Ukrainians.
