Petr Kellner (born 20 May 1964) is a Czech businessman. He is currently estimated to have a net worth of US$6billion according to Forbes' latest annual list of billionaires, making him the wealthiest man in the Czech Republic.
Petr Kellner graduated from the University of Economics, Prague Faculty of Industrial Economics, in 1987. After the Velvet revolution he worked for the Czech company Impromat, an importer and seller of Ricoh photocopiers . ...
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Petr Kellner (born 20 May 1964) is a Czech businessman. He is currently estimated to have a net worth of US$6billion according to Forbes' latest annual list of billionaires, making him the wealthiest man in the Czech Republic.
Petr Kellner graduated from the University of Economics, Prague Faculty of Industrial Economics, in 1987. After the Velvet revolution he worked for the Czech company Impromat, an importer and seller of Ricoh photocopiers . While working for that company, he met Milan Maděryč and Milan Winkler.
In 1991, after the announcement of Czechoslovak voucher privatization he founded, with Maděryč and Winkler, the investment fund PPF (První privatizační fond). In 1992, PPF investiční společnost a.s. was established and the funds’ names were changed from privatisation to investment. The funds were very successful and purchased stock of more than 200 corporations with value over 5 billion CZK.
In 1995 and 1996, PPF bought a 20% stake in the largest Czech insurance company,...
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