Ukrainian entrepreneur and investor
Aleksandr Katsuba
Owner of the gas producer Alpha Gas and the agroholding Landex Agro. A new-generation entrepreneur: he brings IT and artificial intelligence into traditional industries.
Aleksandr Katsuba in the media
Comments and interviews in Ukrainian and international media
Businessman Katsuba's Landex Agro expands acreage under niche crops
In the 2027 season Landex Agro moves from experiments to scaling up: the area under oilseed flax, chickpeas and soybeans will grow to over 5.1 thousand hectares.
Aleksandr Katsuba's Landex Agro enters the Forbes Next 250 list
The agroholding, operating in the de-occupied territories of eight communities in Kharkiv region with a land bank of 52.8 thousand hectares, has been included in the Forbes Next 250 ranking of promising companies.
A license without gas production must be returned to the state — Katsuba
200–300 "dormant" licenses are the industry's main internal problem. The "use it or lose it" principle: if production has not started within 3–5 years, the special permit goes to auction.
How to unlock Ukraine's frozen gas potential?
Hundreds of fields have gone undeveloped for years: owners hold special permits as an asset "for sale". The problem is not a shortage of subsoil resources but their inaccessibility to real investors.
Ukraine's energy independence is a consequence of industrial decline, not of production growth
The decline in gas imports is not a sign of growing domestic production but a consequence of falling consumption caused by the stagnation of heavy industry.
Aleksandr Katsuba: missiles, personnel shortage and "dormant" licenses — what is happening in the gas industry
A major interview: why Ukraine has still not become a "European Norway", how private producers protect facilities under constant attack, and why the "2050" strategy looks like fiction today.
About Aleksandr
Aleksandr Katsuba is a new-generation Ukrainian entrepreneur and investor.
He runs gas production and agriculture as digital businesses: IT, data and artificial intelligence in the most traditional industries.
- Born
- 8 September 1986, Kryvyi Rih
- Family
- Parents: Volodymyr Mykhailovych and Nataliia Ivanivna Katsuba; brother: Serhii Volodymyrovych Katsuba. Three children
- Education
- Karazin Kharkiv National University — Finance (2008); Yaroslav Mudryi National Law Academy — Law (2009); Candidate of Law and Candidate of Economics (2013)
- Companies
- Alpha Gas (gas production), Landex Agro (agriculture), Nadra-Geoinvest (managed since 2014, co-owner since 2026), SpaceCrew Finance (finance, managed since 2014), Autocentre and AB (media)
Energy and agriculture
Company owner
Energy
Alpha Gas: four subsoil licences in the Poltava region, proven gas reserves of 13.5 bcm, wells deeper than 5,000 m.
Agriculture
Landex Agro: 52,800 ha in eight communities of the Kharkiv region; in 2026 on the Forbes Next 250 list.
- Media
- Autocentre and AB (since 2021) — the largest automotive media in Ukraine.
- Investments
- Nadra-Geoinvest (managed since 2014, co-owner since 2026), one of the three largest private gas producers in Ukraine. Earlier — fintech: Credit365 and MyCredit; the TAS group bought a stake in MyCredit in 2019.
Publications
Columns and comments: energy and the economy
Columns, interviews and comments by Aleksandr Katsuba on gas production, energy security and agriculture — in short form, with a link to the original.
Gas Facilities Should Be Protected on a Par With Military Ones
Comment for The Page: since 2025, strikes have shifted from generation to gas infrastructure, and protection must become part of the system itself.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
A Licence Without Gas Production Should Return to the State
Comment for The Page on subsoil-use reform: 200–300 "dormant" licences are the industry's main internal problem.
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Aleksandr Katsuba
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The Future of Energy Independence: Ukraine as Europe's Small Nuclear Hub
Column for NV: why nuclear generation should become the base of the new power system, with renewables, gas and storage as its flexible layer.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
How to Unfreeze Ukraine's Gas Potential
Expert piece for TSN: why hundreds of promising fields are idle and what needs to change in the rules of the game for production to grow.
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Aleksandr Katsuba
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Energy Independence as a Result of Industrial Decline, Not Production Growth
Comment for UNIAN: Ukraine imports almost no gas not because production has grown, but because chemical and metallurgical plants have stopped.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
Ukraine's Economy on the Path to Recovery: Challenges, Investment, Energy
Interview for Kyiv Post: the state of the economy during the war, investment niches in infrastructure and renewable energy, and business access to financing.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
Economic Recovery: Business, Investment and Energy in Wartime
Interview for Devdiscourse: business adaptation to the war, gas production of over 1 million cubic metres per month, renewable energy and crisis management.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
The Transformation of Ukraine's Labour Market During the War: Facts and Figures
Column for Business Matters: migration of over 14 million people, 23% unemployment in 2022, 40% of companies moving to remote work and growing demand for IT specialists.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
Supporting Ukrainian Producers Now Is Common Sense
Comment for VSN: the state should load Ukrainian business with military orders to preserve jobs and return money to the economy.
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Aleksandr Katsuba
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What to Invest in During Wartime: Four Instruments
Column for Modern Diplomacy: farmland, domestic government bonds, gold and business expansion as instruments for a balanced wartime portfolio.
Written by
Aleksandr Katsuba
Strong businessCharity
is not only profit.
It is responsibility
to the communities where it works.
Since 2022: 130+ vehicles for the Defence Forces, school and road repairs in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions, clean water for 1,000+ residents of frontline villages.
Charity
2022–2026
Vehicles for the Defence Forces
130+
vehicles for the Defence Forces
Communities of the Poltava and Kharkiv regions
8
de-occupied communities of the Kharkiv region
Clean water for frontline villages
1 000+
residents of frontline villages got clean water
Blagomay foundation: children’s homes
UAH 93 m
directed to charity over 11 years, by the foundation’s data
Vehicles for the Defence Forces
130+
vehicles for the Defence Forces
Communities of the Poltava and Kharkiv regions
8
de-occupied communities of the Kharkiv region
Clean water for frontline villages
1 000+
residents of frontline villages got clean water
Blagomay foundation: children’s homes
UAH 93 m
directed to charity over 11 years, by the foundation’s data
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