Alexander Anatolyevich Ponomarenko (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Пономаре́нко; born 27 October 1964) is a Russian-Cypriot billionaire businessman who made his fortune in banking, sea ports, commercial real estate and airport construction.

[4] Following the financial crisis in 1998, they started buying up shares in cargo companies that eventually combined to form Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP), which became the largest seaport in Russia.

In 2007, NCSP had its initial public offering, listing 19.3% of total equity on the London Stock Exchange for US$955 million.

In 2013, the above trust acting in the interests of the families of Ponomarenko and Skorobogatko established TPS Avia Holding to invest in infrastructure development at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport.

[8] In September 2021, Alexander Ponomarenko for the third time in a row was named to Kommersant’s list of the top business leaders in Russia.

[12] On 28 February 2022, in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union blacklisted Ponomarenko and had all his assets were frozen.