 He founded a trading company in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, eventually moving to Moscow in the early 1990s.In 2007, a private international group of companies, Group DF ("the Firtash group of companies") was formed to consolidate Firtash's business assets in different sectors.Presently, Group DF incorporates assets in the chemical industry, energy sector and real estate, and this consolidation effort is still underway.