Daniel Křetínský

Daniel Křetínský (born 9 July 1975) is a Czech billionaire businessman and lawyer, who is the chief executive officer (CEO) and 94% owner of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH), the largest energy group in Central Europe[2][1] and co-owner and president of football club AC Sparta Prague.

Daniel Křetínský
Born (1975-07-09) 9 July 1975
Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
CitizenshipCzech
Alma materMasaryk University
Known forChairman and 94% owner, EPH
Co-owner and president, AC Sparta Prague
Net worthUS$3.4 billion (March 2020)[1]

Early life

His father is Mojmír Křetínský, informatics professor at Masaryk University,[3][4] and his mother, Michaela Židlická, is a lawyer and judge of the Constitutional Court.[4]

He graduated from the faculty of law of Masaryk University and started to work as legal trainee in a law firm.

Career

In 1999, he joined J&T as lawyer and became a partner in 2003.[4] Since 2004 he is chairman of football club AC Sparta Prague and he is believed to be its 40% shareholder.[5]

When in 2009 J&T founded Energetický a průmyslový holding, he became its chairman and 20% shareholder.[6] He ceased to be a partner of J&T. In 2011, he became chairman and 60% shareholder of EP Industries, that was divested from EPH.[7] In 2016, he took 94% ownership of EPH through a series of transactions including EPH's sale of a 30% stake in subsidiary EPIF where the proceeds were used to buy out other shareholders.[8]

From 2014, he is one of the owners of Czech media house Czech News Center,[9] among others publisher of tabloid Blesk, the most read newspaper in the Czech Republic.

In October 2018, staff at Le Monde learned that Křetínský had purchased 49% of Matthieu Pigasse's stake in the company. Le Monde's Independency Group, a minority shareholder that aims to protect the paper's editorial independence, had not been informed of the sale, and asked Pigasse and Křetínský to sign an "approval agreement" that would give the Independency Group the right to approve or reject any controlling shareholder. As of September 2019, they had not done so.[10][11]

On 12 March 2020, Jérôme Lefilliâtre, a French journalist, published Mister K, Petites et grandes affaires de Daniel Kretinsky (Le Seuil Editions), an investigative book about the Czech billionaire[12][13][14].

Personal life

He is dating Anna Kellnerová, daughter of his business associate Petr Kellner who is the richest man in the country.[15]

On 30 March 2020, he announced that he had tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019, so far the highest profile person to be infected during the 2020 coronavirus epidemic in the Czech Republic.[16]

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References
  1. "Forbes profile: Daniel Kretinsky". Forbes. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. "Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. - Akcionářská struktura" (in Czech). 2011-04-28. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
  3. "Personal Page prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc". is.muni.cz.
  4. Motejlek, Miroslav (4 July 2009). "Zázračný mladý muž čekající na skutečně velký obchod". MotejlekSkocdopole.com (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  5. iDnes.cz: Šéf klubu Křetínský kupuje 40 procent akcií fotbalové Sparty
  6. a.s, Economia (April 28, 2011). "Energetický a průmyslový holding se chystá za dva roky na burzu". Hospodářské noviny (iHNed.cz).
  7. EPH: The EP Industries Group finalises its shareholding structure
  8. "EPH expects a change in its shareholder structure". ENERGETICKÝ A PRŮMYSLOVÝ HOLDING, a.s. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  9. Marketing & Media: Křetínský a Tkáč převzali Ringier, přejmenují ho na Czech News Center
  10. Willsher, Kim (10 September 2019). "Le Monde journalists warn of threat to editorial independence". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  11. "" We, "Le Monde" journalists... "". Le Monde. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  12. "" Mister K " : la stratégie ambiguë de Daniel Kretinsky". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  13. "Enquête sur un milliardaire au-dessus de tout soupçon". Les Echos (in French). 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  14. "Q&A: Jérôme Lefilliâtre on the Czech oligarch cornering the French media market". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  15. Kafkadesk (2019-03-13). "Ten Czechs and Slovaks listed in Forbes ranking of world's billionaires". Kafkadesk. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  16. "Czech billionaire Kretinsky working in isolation after contracting coronavirus". Thomson Reuters Foundation. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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