L. Koszarny Receives Tryzub Leadership Award
On Sat. May 9, 2024, Lenna Koszarny, daughter of longtime members — Victor and Tamara Koszarny — was recognized for her leadership in the Ukrainian business community with the Tryzub Leadership Award. We congratulate her on this impressive accomplishment and pray that God may continue to guide her in her work. Многая літа!
Read more about Lenna and her work below. Excerpted from the Tryzub website. About Lenna
Lenna Koszarny is Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Capital, the leading private equity firm in Ukraine with over $1.6 billion in assets under management, backed by over 40 institutional investors with a capital base exceeding $700 billion. Under her leadership, Horizon Capital has raised over $800 million for investment in Ukraine in 6 years, including raising $350 million for the first and largest fund since the full-fledged invasion which backs visionary Ukrainian entrepreneurs with capital now, not when the war is over. In March 2024, she was recognized as first in the Business Category for Ukrainska Pravda’s «Top 100 Power Women Leaders»; in November 2023, was included in Ukrainska Pravda’s «Top 100 Leaders of Ukraine During Wartime», and in May 2023, in Forbes Ukraine’s «Top 50 Women Leaders Leading Ukraine to Victory».
In February 2022, Horizon Capital was honored as 2021 Firm of the Year for Central and Eastern Europe by Private Equity International, and in July 2022, Ms. Koszarny was recognized in Private Equity International’s 2022 Women of Influence in Private Markets list, 1 of 10 women selected in the private equity category. Lenna is also Executive Vice-President of Western NIS Enterprise Fund, a $285 million US-government backed fund; Chair of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine with over $50 billion invested in Ukraine; and, a Member of the Advisory Board of the Ukrainian World Congress. She is also a Member of the Board of the Ukrainian Startup Fund launched by the Government of Ukraine; a Member of the Supervisory Board of Ukrainian Leadership Academy; and, served as the first Vice-Chair of the Advisory Council of Kyiv-Mohyla Business School.
Ms. Koszarny is committed to promoting gender equality in an industry approaching $12 trillion USD where only 15% are senior women, inspiring greater engagement of women in private equity and investing. Under Ms. Koszarny’s leadership, HCGF IV is the first 2X Flagship Fund in Central and Eastern Europe promoting gender-smart investing, 1 of circa 10 in total, and 1 of only 2 globally that are led by a woman Founding Partner & CEO. She is a Member of the Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN), bringing together 600+ senior women leaders in private equity with over $3 trillion AUM, and a Founding Member of the all-female Ukraine House Davos Organizing Committee.
On August 24, 2020, the 29th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Ms. Koszarny with an Order of Merit for Service to Ukraine, third level, for her contribution to the country’s economy and investment climate. She is also a recipient of a Commemorative Medal issued on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Independence by the President of Ukraine.
Born in London, Ontario, Ms. Koszarny is a CPA and a 1991 HBA graduate of the Ivey Business School in Canada. She is married for 20 years to her husband Andrius, is the proud mother of Naomi and Felix, and has lived and worked in Kyiv, Ukraine for 30 years.
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