Ukrainian duo become billionaires correcting work-from-home emails

Shevchenko and Lytvyn became friends while studying business administration at the International Christian University of Kyiv in the late 1990s

Brad Hoover wants the world to write better English — error-free, no plagiarism and, of course, with proper grammar.

He’s not a teacher or politician. Hoover, 43, is a former venture capitalist who’s now chief executive officer of Grammarly, a San Francisco-based company that uses artificial intelligence to enhance writing.

Started by three Ukrainians in 2009, Grammarly has more than 600 employees and works with more than half a million applications to analyse 14 trillion words a year for its 30 million daily active users across the globe. With the majority of English speakers worldwide located in regions where it’s not the