Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet with William Ackman, the head of Pershing Square Capital; Ken Griffin, CEO Citadel; Jonathan Gray, CEO of Blackstone; and Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, to raise money for Ukraine, per FOX.
The meeting was put together by JPMorgan, the big bank serving as Zelenskyy’s financial adviser to attract private capital for a new investment fund to rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure destroyed in its war with Russia, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Earlier in the afternoon, Zelenskyy met privately with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the sources say. BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager and has also been advising Zelenskyy on how to attract U.S. private sector money for the rebuilding effort.
Other invitees include Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots; Dan Lubetzky, founder and executive chairman of snack maker Kind LLC; Henry Kissinger, the renowned diplomat; and celebrity Chef Jose Andres, whose work with the relief organization World Central Kitchen earned him the Ukrainian Order of Merit award from Zelenskyy last year.
