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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors Ken Griffin and Bill Ackman, who oversee billions of dollars in private funds, are meeting with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy in New York, according to two sources briefed on the event scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Zelenskiy addressed the United Nations Security Council earlier on Wednesday about Russia’s February 2022 invasion of his country and its consequences.
The financiers, who are often invited to weigh in by central bankers and policy makers on political issues, were invited to speak with Zelenskiy along with other Wall Street investors, the sources said.
Fox News first reported his meeting with the investors.
Representatives for Griffin’s Citadel, and Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management and JPMorgan declined to comment.
A spokesperson for Zelenskiy and Ukraine’s mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ackman, whose great-grandfather emigrated to the United States from Ukraine, in February pledged $3.25 million to help buy more than a dozen ambulances for Ukraine, according to his college friend Whitney Tilson who leads the project to buy the vehicles.
Griffin, who last week laid out a roadmap for his philanthropic giving, last year pledged to donate $3 million for scholarships to support Ukrainian students study science, technology, engineering and math.
Before the meeting in New York, the White House appealed to Congress to approve billions of additional dollars of support for Ukraine.
