Energy manufacture businessman Daniel Křetínský is the richest man in the Czech Republic, with a full capital of 390 billion kroner (about EUR 15.6 billion) – stated the economical weekly Euro on Sunday, who makes lists of the richest people in the republic all year.
"The richest Czech Republic in this year's ranking [...] is Daniel Křetínský, whose property has grown from 217 billion kroner (about 8.6 billion EUR) to 390 billion kroner (about 15.6 billion EUR) in the last year. Thus, he displaced from the top rankings of Renate Kellner and her family, whose assets increased year to year by 65 billion kroner (about 2.6 billion EUR) to 350 billion kroner (about 14 billion EUR). More than another billionaires, the leader of the opposition political movement of the ANO ("The Action of Dissatisfied Citizens") and erstwhile Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, whose assets decreased by 50 billion kronor (approximately EUR 2 billion) to 85 billion kronor (approximately EUR 3.4 billion), with this indicator dropped from 5th to seventh on the list of richest compatriots", the Communication notes.
Křetínský's assets focus mainly on EP Corporate Group, in which it holds about 90% of its shares. This group includes Energy and Industrial Holding (EPH), which brings together more than 70 companies across Europe under its umbrella. The second is PPF Investment Group, which Kellnerova inherited from her husband, Peter Kellner, after his death in a chopper accident in Alaska in 2021. The 3rd on the list is Patrick Tkacs, co-founder of the J&T investment group, with a wealth of 260 billion kronor (about EUR 10.4 billion), and its assets increased by 95 billion kroner (about EUR 3.8 billion) year by year. The 4th place is Karel Komarek, the founder of KKCG Investment Group, with a wealth of 170 billion kronor (about EUR 6.8 billion), which has not changed in the last year.
Pavel Tykač, owner of the energy group Sev.en Energy, ranked fifth, increased his property by 37 billion kronor (approximately EUR 1.4 billion) to 145 billion kroner (approximately EUR 5.8 billion) over the year. The assets of the sixth ranking, owner of the property management group CPI Radovana Vitka, fell by 22 billion kronor (about EUR 880 billion) to 132 billion kroner (about EUR 5.2 billion). The seventh place is mentioned earlier by erstwhile Prime Minister Babiš, who operates in the chemical, food and agriculture industry, and his holding Agrofert is the largest in the agribusiness sector in east Europe. On the eighth place is Michal Strnad, owner of the Czechoslovak Group dealing with defence and mechanical engineering, which in 1 year increased its assets by 20.5 billion kronor (about 800 million EUR), which gives it 56 billion kronor (about 2.2 billion EUR).
The last 2 places in the top 10 richest people in the Czech Republic were taken by the owner of the Moravian Steel Group, Tomáš Hrenko and his household (nineth place), with the capital of 55 billion kroner (about EUR 2.19 billion) and the owner of the J&T Finance Group, Josef Tkáč (tenth place), whose capital is 53 billion kroner (about EUR 2.1 billion).
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