Michael Polsky, founder and CEO of Invenergy, gives a tour of the company in the Loop to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal after a roundtable with U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery Penny Pritzker and business leaders, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Michael Polsky, right, founder and CEO of Invenergy, gives a tour of the company in the Loop to Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal, left, after a roundtable with U.S.
He cited World Bank estimates of $486 billion needed for recovery over the next decade. For example, more than 250,000 residential buildings that have been damaged or destroyed since RussiaPenny Pritzker, former U.S. Commerce secretary, said the U.S. aid package is critical to save Ukraine’s economy and win the war.
She said the mission was also personal with her family’s Ukrainian roots. The Pritzkers are heirs to their family’s Hyatt hotel fortune. Their great-grandfather fled Kyiv, Ukraine, more than 140 years ago, Penny Pritzker said.