Iryna Terekh
Iryna Terekh | |
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| Born | 1992 (age 33–34) Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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| Organization | CEO of Fire Point |
Iryna Terekh (born 1992) is a Ukrainian architect and business executive. After training as an architect and running a company that produces outdoor furniture and architectural concrete, she rose to attention upon becoming the Director of Production of casting group-turned-defense contractor Fire Point after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Since then, she became the CTO of Fire Point and currently serves as CEO.
Biography
[edit source]She was born and raised in Kharkiv.[1] She has discussed how her first serious job was selling phones at the age of 14, a job she stated she got "through fraud".[2]
She studied at the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture, where she studied architecture,[3] but left after her third year. She later explained this decision was to focus on her business and her two children, and that she had decided studies could wait.[2]
She worked for Andriy Vavrish at his development company Saga Development as a director,[4][2] before developing her own company, TEREKH.group. It first produced architectural models, but after the Maidan, she decided to change to architectural concrete and expand to street furniture and modern street spaces. Main products included concrete pots, landscape decorations, and washbasins. She also ran a real estate agency.[2][5][6]
She is also the co-owner of sporting goods manufacturer Poshupark, experimental production and R&D company Stellar Jet, and Falcon Technologies, and also runs Frieden Ukraine, which provides meals and distributes aid.[2]
She began working at Fire Point,[5] which had recently transformed from a casting agency into a defense company,[7] in 2023,[5] where she served as the Head of Production.[8] She became known as the mind behind the long-range FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile,[9] better known as the Pink Flamingo[10] because it was painted pink during testing.[11] She later also became the CTO of Fire Point,[12] and simultaneously served as CEO.[13][14] She has been a major voice to the media.[15][16]
She has been embroiled in the corruption probe around Fire Point.[17]
In 2024, she left Fire Point to run her own collaborating company due to disputes between her and other leaders, but the company was bought by Fire Point in May 2026.[18]
As of June 2026, she is CEO of Fire Point.[19] She has worked on constructing a chemical plant in Denmark in addition to the dozens of factories in Ukraine.[20]
She participated in the 2026 Bilderberg Conference, which was held in April in Washington, DC: she was the only woman from Ukraine listed in attendance.[21]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "A Ukrainian startup develops long-range drones and missiles to take the battle to Russia". AP News. August 21, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "The architect who creates lethal weapons. Who is Irina Terek, who now manages the production of Flamingo missiles?". dev.ua. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "From FP-1 to FP-7: How Ukraine's Drone and Missile Program Went Ballistic". UNITED24 Media. March 13, 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Billion per quarter: how Fire Point's CTO Iryna Terekh built the profitable empire "Stellar Jet"". antikor.ua. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Melchior, Jillian Kay (November 7, 2025). "Opinion | The Brains Behind Ukraine's Pink Flamingo Cruise Missile". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Kyiv, Andrew E. KramerReporting from; Ukraine (October 26, 2025). "3 Years Ago It Was a Casting Agency. Now It Has $1 Billion in Drone Contracts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "How a Ukrainian casting agency became a drone powerhouse striking deep inside Russia". Ynetglobal. October 27, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Kullab, Samya; Lukatsky, Efrem (August 21, 2025). "A Ukrainian startup develops long-range drones and missiles to take the battle to Russia". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Fire Point, the drone company building Ukraine's answer to Russia's Shahed". Le Monde.fr. Archived from the original on April 16, 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Ukraine's Famed Flamingo Missile Maker Finally Speaks Out as Scrutiny Mounts. Here's What We Know". UNITED24 Media. November 22, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "In this secret missile factory, Ukraine is ramping up its domestic arms industry". www.bbc.com. December 18, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Explainer: What's the corruption controversy around drone maker Fire Point, and what should be done?". The Kyiv Independent. May 8, 2026. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "FirePoint CTO: We can scale up production if funding is available". www.ukrinform.net. December 16, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Sudolsky, Roman (March 16, 2026). "A quick Q&A with Fire Point CEO and CTO Iryna Terekh". Defender Media. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Fire Point Localizes Production of Jet Engines for Cruise Missiles". Militarnyi. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Fire Point is building a new plant for the licensed production of jet engines for cruise missiles". dev.ua. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Maker of Ukraine's new Flamingo cruise missile facing corruption probe". The Kyiv Independent. August 29, 2025. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Ukraine's Fire Point prepares a $26 million deal to acquire an R&D company linked to its former top executive InVenture". inventure.com.ua. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ Jacoby, Tamar (June 1, 2026). "Could the Tide Be Turning in Ukraine?". Washington Monthly. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "The Flamingo missile manufacturer is constructing a chemical plant in Denmark that will produce missile components". Ukraine Business News. Retrieved June 2, 2026.
- ↑ "Participants 2026". www.bilderbergmeetings.org. Retrieved June 2, 2026.