Alexander Levin

Vice President of Euro Asian Jewish Congress. An Ukrainian American businessman, philanthropist, president of Kiev Jewish Community, founding president of the World Forum of Russian-Speaking Jewry and a leader of the US Russian-speaking community. Levin was born in 1968 in Odessa (Ukraine), to a Jewish family. In 1988 Levin emigrated to America, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1993. In 1994 Alexander Levin returned to Ukraine, where he got involved in the real estate development sector. He is a board member of the Ukrainian Construction Association (UCA). In 2007, Levin with his partners organized the largest real estate development group in Kiev – KDD Group NV – becoming the chairman of the board of directors. As of December 2011 Levin owned 22.63% of KDD Group NV. In June 2010, he became head of the Kiev Jewish religious community, Brodsky Central Synagogue. Levin is president of the board of the Babi Yar Memorial Fund. Alexander (Aaron) Levin was elected as president of the “Keren Hayesod” (Israel National Fund in Ukraine), and in 2013 in Jerusalem Levin received Chabad Man of the Year Award