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The book tells about the key moments of the twenty-five years of PrivatBank's development - from 1992 to 2016. It is based on forty exclusive interviews, archival materials and insider information. This is the first independent book about a well-known Ukrainian company.

The first independent account of the history of Ukraine's largest private bank, Privatbank. The book is based on forty exclusive interviews, archival materials and insider information covering the key moments of the bank's activities from 1992 to 2016. Every second interviewee, when asked to talk about Privat, changed his or her face and suggested meeting in "thirty years" or simply ignored calls and emails. Many agreed to talk only on the condition of anonymity. And one former bank employee demanded that he be included in a witness protection programme.

The story begins with former Komsomol member Serhiy Tihipko's idea to set up a bank and ends with the nationalisation of Privat. Between these events, Verka Serdyuchka helps the bank buy up vouchers, bankers meet with Crimean bandits, Pavlo Lazarenko gets his share, salaries are paid in vodka, Privat sets the course of the Belarusian "bunny", becomes the most technologically advanced in Ukraine and withdraws money from the country.