Jolanta Blažytė

Jolanta Blažytė (born 1 May 1965) is a Lithuanian business executive and entrepreneur, chairwoman and shareholder of the Lithuanian company UAB Vikonda and (as of June 2013) the richest Lithuanian woman. According to the weekly "Ekonomika.lt", her assets are Lt 250 million (EUR 72.4 million).[1]

Jolanta Blažytė
Born (1965-05-01) 1 May 1965
Kaunas, Lithuania
Occupation(s)business executive and entrepreneur
Known forchairwoman of Vikonda
Spouse
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(m. 1991; div. 2017)​
Children2

Biography

Blažytė's parents were both engineers. Her father was a civil engineer. Her mother ran a restaurant in Kaunas.[2]

After graduating from high school, Blažytė graduated from the Kaunas University of Technology with a degree in civil engineering. She did a student internship in Leningrad, Russia. After graduating, Blažytė worked at the gas construction company "Kauno dujotiekio statyba", where she met her future husband. She became commercial director at Vikonda.[3]

Blažytė was married to Viktor Uspaskich, a politician and former Minister of Economic Affairs. They have two daughters Laura and Justė[4] and divorced in 2017.[5] She lives in Kėdainiai.[6]

References
  1. "Turtingiausių Lietuvos moterų sąraše karaliauja Jolanta Blažytė ir Irena Matijošaitienė". Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  2. "Jolanta Uspaskich: "Nesėkmės manęs negąsdina". Archived from the original on 2015-11-23. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. "Milijonieriaus kelio pradžioje - kroviko ir siuvėjos duona". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. "Jolanta Blažytė: "Kas mūsų nesunaikina, padaro mus stipresnius". Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  5. "Oficialiai išsiskyrė Viktoras Uspaskichas ir Jolanta Blažytė". TV3 Lithuania. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
  6. Jolanta Blažytė-Uspaskich: iš egzotiškosios Azijos – į šokių partnerio glėbį (papildyta gruodžio 17 d.)
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