Ukrainian Telecom’s Nasdaq Debut Powered by Wartime Resilience
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, from left, Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko, Kyivstar Group President Oleksandr Komarov, Nasdaq Vice Chair Bob McCooey and Veon Chief Executive Officer Kaan Terzioglu during Nasdaq’s opening ceremony commemorating the US listing of Kyivstar.
Photographer: Vanja Savic/NasdaqIt’s not often that the Nasdaq’s market-opening ceremony includes a prime minister and a call to prayer. Then again, it’s just as rare for a Ukrainian company to list on an American stock exchange.
But that was the setup on a late-August morning in Times Square, as the war-ravaged country’s largest mobile network operator celebrated its US listing and the audience, which included Ukrainian head of government Yuliia Svyrydenko, observed a moment of silence for the war’s victims.