Andrey Anatolyevich Kozitsyn

Andrei Anatolyevich Kozitsyn (born 1960) is a Russian billionaire, former (until 19 July 2022) CEO of Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC), Russia's leading zinc miner and second-biggest copper producer. Kozitsyn also founded Top Motorcycles Ekaterinburg LLC and Intellect LLC building company, both in April 2021, as well as Healthy Food Factory LLC in August of the same year.

Early life Kozitsyn grew up in Verkhnyaya Pyshma in the Urals. Kozitsyn has a master's degree in engineering from Ural Polytechnic Institute.

Personal life Kozitsyn is married, with one child, and lives in Verkhnaya Pyshma. and of the UMMC basketball club, an honorary freeman of the town of Verkhnyaya Pyshma and the vice president of Sambo, a Russian martial arts federation. In 1999 the president of the Russian Federation awarded Kozitzyn the Order of Friendship in recognition of his contributions to the development of the metallurgical and mining industry in Russia.

He has also been recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church, which has named him to the Order of Sergius of Radonezh in the 3rd degree, the Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow in the 3rd degree, and the Order of Great Prince St. Vladimir, Equal of the Apostles, in the 3rd degree, the latter for his charitable activities and his contributions toward building churches.