Vitaliy Borysovyvch Antonov (born December 12, 1962, in Stryi, Lviv Oblast) is an entrepreneur from Western Ukraine the founder of OKKO Group. Education Antonov studied at Stryi School Number 4 from 1970 to 1978. In 1988 he graduated from Ternopil National Economic University with honors with a specialization in “Finance and Credit”. He defended a dissertation on the topic “Activation of the Attraction of Foreign Direct investment into Ukraine's Economy in the Condition of Global Competition” and received a scientific degree, a Ph.D. in economics in 2011. Career Antonov is an Honorary General Consul of the Republic of Lithuania in Lviv and he holds a Ph.D. in Economics. In 1988–1990 Antonov was the head of the mountaineering and tourist club in his hometown; in 1990–1992 he worked as the head of the Lviv Regional Rescue Service of the Red Cross Society in Stryi. In 1992, Antonov started his own business. He became the director of the private company Karat, which carried out wholesale trade in various groups of goods. Soon one of his main specializations was the trade in petroleum products. In 1995, Vitaliy Antonov became the President of OJSC Galnaftogaz, in 2001-2021 the head of the supervisory board of OJSC Concern Galnaftogaz. In 1999, Antonov opened the first filling station under the OKKO brand in Stryi. In 2000, the first large OKKO filling station complex with a shop, cafe and portal car wash was opened in Lviv on Zelena Street - a prototype of the modern format of filling stations in the OKKO network. From 2004 to 2009, Antonov was the president of the Universalna Investment Group. From 2006 to 2021, he has been a member of the supervisory board of Concern Khlibprom. From 2008 to 2019 - head of the supervisory board of insurance company "Universalna". In 2010–2012, Antonov was recognized three times in a row as the best among the heads of oil and gas companies in the Top-100 ranking of the best managers in Ukraine, compiled by InvestGazeta and Ekonomika publications. At the same time, in 2011 he was among the top three best managers in Ukraine, and in 2012 he was recognized as the best manager in the category "Seller and Marketer" - according to the above-mentioned edition "Top-100". According to the results of online voting on the portal of the newspaper Delo in 2012, Antonov took third place in the national rating "Responsible Leader".