Ruslan Shostak, president of TERWIN Corporation, founder and co-owner of EVA and VARUS, shared his thoughts on the role of education in shaping entrepreneurs.

24.04.2026

Since you didn't provide a text in this turn, I will translate the last piece of content you shared if that's what you meant! Based on your ongoing posts, here is the English translation of the text about the student meeting at AUK Dnipro Campus, keeping its authentic, inspiring, and business-focused tone:

I recently held a meeting with students at the AUK Dnipro Campus—a modern educational space of the American University Kyiv. Here, they study according to American standards, entirely in English, and prepare for global careers right here in Ukraine.

Meetings like this truly recharge me. Their curious minds, openness to new ideas, and vibrant interest give me immense energy. And, importantly, they sometimes provide answers to questions I have been searching for myself for a long time.

One of the strongest signals of our time is that top-tier, world-class education is becoming accessible within the country. You don't need to move abroad to think globally. We need many universities like the AUK Dnipro Campus all across the country—in every single region. We must provide high-quality education in Ukraine for our own people, as well as export this service. Universities like AUK, KSE, and others provide an excellent blueprint for how this can be done. There are countless models and universities worldwide ready to partner with Ukraine. All it takes is high-quality management of this process. And political will.

It is particularly telling that one of AUK's core focus areas is retail. And there is a clear logic to this—the first retail university in Ukraine emerged precisely in Dnipro, the birthplace of major retail chains like ATB, Comfy, EVA, VARUS, and many others.

What is on the students' minds?

• How to build capital.

• How to create a unique business.

• How to be effective.

• How to choose the right partner.

These are exactly the right questions.

My formula remains unchanged: success in business is a combination of three factors—partnership, people, and the idea. And yes, there is always a fourth element—the luck factor. You cannot calculate it, but you can be prepared for it.

The university's management is on the right track by giving students the opportunity to learn directly from the country's key business leaders. Prior to my visit, the students had already met with: Olha Ustynova (CEO of Vodafone Ukraine), Olena Kutyna (CEO of PepsiCo Ukraine), Serhiy Martynchuk (General Manager of Cisco), Yaroslav Kvilinskyi (CEO of Bunge Ukraine), Volodymyr Popereshnyuk (Co-owner of Nova Poshta), Taras Panasenko (Co-founder of Aurora group of companies), Oleh Khaidakin (CEO of Carlsberg Ukraine), and Andrey Fedorov (Founder of Fedoriv Group).

I am convinced that among the students we spoke with are the future entrepreneurs who will shape the country's economy. Some of them will definitely end up on the Forbes lists. And perhaps—even Fortune.