Kulczyk richest Pole… again

The owner of Warsaw-based Kulczyk Holding, the tycoon is currently centred on investments in a number of sectors, among them oil and gas, energy, infrastructure and real estate.

Further down the ranking is media mogul Zygmunt Solorz-Zak (around 1.99 bln euro) and Wroclaw-based entrepreneur Leszek Czarnecki (1.90 bln euro) for the second year in a row.

Yet as the publication notes, Poland’s 100 most affluent nationals have over two times less cash than the world’s wealthiest man, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helu, with a net worth hovering at 74 billion US dollars.

According to the figures released by Wprost, the top 100 millionaires in Poland have in total 100 bln zloty, an amount which would suffice for the construction of 2,100 km of highway, 61 national stadiums, and the acquisition of 250 world-class football players the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo.

The periodical has stressed that the ten top companies in Poland were set up from scratch. Several present-day tycoons had kicked off their businesses in the past by investing funds earned at summer jobs.

Most of the richest entrepreneurs’ lines of business are not in the least linked with their education, and so, a gardener became an owner of a mining company, a physician is now running businesses in the construction and health sectors, while a graduate of German philology is selling cigars, gold and suits. (aba/jb)