Volodymyr Zelenskyy, born in 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, is a former comedian, actor, and screenwriter with a law degree from the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics. He starred in the TV series *Servant of the People*, playing a fictional Ukrainian president, and co-founded Kvartal 95, a production company. Elected president in 2019, he won a landslide victory as an anti-corruption, anti-establishment candidate.[](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy)