KIEV, July 3 ??“ Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine??™s wealthiest businessman, may be worth 6.9 times more than had been earlier estimated by Forbes magazine, according to a research by the country??™s top investment bank.

Akhmetov is probably worth $11.7 billion as opposed to $1.7 billion that had been earlier this year estimated by Forbes, suggesting the Ukrainian controls much greater business empire than had been earlier thought.