This week, we speak with Kyivstar CEO Oleksandr Komarov about the company’s $2.2 billion dollar combination with Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I (NASDAQ:CCIR).
Few companies have been had to forge themselves in the flames recently quite like Ukraine’s leading telecom and digital services provider Kyivstar. Now, Kyivstar is not only telling that story but pitching it to public market investors.
Oleksandr explains how the company has maintained high EBITDA margins despite the many disruptions unleashed by Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
He gets into why he decided now was the right time to make Kyivstar the first pureplay Ukraine stock to be listed in the US, and how its listing would give investors a chance to participate in the company’s industry consolidation plans as well as the eventual reconstruction of Ukraine.
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