Petr Kellner
Petr Kellner | |
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PPF Group | |
Spouse(s) | Iva Kellnerová (divorced) Renáta Kellnerová |
Children | 4, including Anna Kellnerová |
Petr Kellner (20 May 1964 – 27 March 2021) was a Czech billionaire entrepreneur, the founder and majority shareholder (98.93%) of the PPF Group. At the time of his death, he had an estimated net worth of $17.5 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic.[1]
Early life
Kellner was born in 1964 in
Career
In the late 1980s, he worked as a production assistant in Barrandov Studios, even having a cameo in the 1989 film Time of the Servants .[5][6]
After the
Investment fund PPF
In 1991, after the announcement of Czechoslovak
Česká pojišťovna
In 1995 and 1996,
Assicurazioni Generali
In 2007, PPF Group signed a contract with
In 2013 Kellner's PPF sold their remaining shares in the Generali PPF Holding (GPH) to Generali for
Central European Media Enterprises
In early September 2007, Ronald Lauder announced that Kellner held a 3% stake and was on the board of directors of Central European Media Enterprises.[18] In 2019 PPF Group acquired whole CME.
Hotel Praha
In 2013, Kellner purchased the Hotel Praha, a luxury hotel in the Dejvice section of Prague that had been built under Communist rule. Kellner demolished the hotel in 2014 and sought to turn the land into a campus of Open Gate, an elite private school he had founded.[19] The school was never built.
Relations with politicians
PPF Group has often operated in state-regulated business (insurance, banking, telecommunications), so intermingling with the politics was inherent. Three politicians are clearly linked to Kellner.[5] The first is Václav Klaus, firstly the Czechoslovak Minister of Finance during times of voucher privatization, later Prime Minister and Czech president. After he retired from active politics in 2013, his Václav Klaus' Institute was funded by PPF banka from PPF Group.[5][20] The second is Ivan Kočárník , who served as Czech Minister of Finance from 1992 to 1997, during the privatization of Česká pojišt'ovna into the hands of PPF Group.[5][20] After he retired from active politics in 1997 he was a member of the board of directors from 1997 to 2000 of Česká pojišt'ovna and a member of its supervisory board from 2000 to 2007.[21] The third is Kellner's top lobbyist Vladimír Mlynář ,[5] the first Czech Minister of Informatics, who works for PPF Group since 2010.[22]
Wealth
As of 2013, Kellner owned 98.93% of the PPF investment and financial group.[23]
In 2006, he was first time listed
In 2015, Kellner ranked #137 on the Forbes list with an estimated wealth of US$9.2 billion (2015).[33] In August 2016, he ranked #102 with US$11.4 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the Czech Republic.[34] In 2018, Kellner ranked #88, with US$15.5 billion.[35] In 2020 he ranked #68 with US$14.9 billion.[36] In October 2020, Czech Forbes listed him as the richest person in the Czech Republic with net worth 293 billion CZK (around US$13 billion at the time).[37]
In 2010 he bought a
He was an avid fan of the Jára Cimrman plays, as result PPF Group is a sponsor of Jára Cimrman Theatre since 1999.[43]
Death
Kellner died on 27 March 2021 in an
See also
References
- ^ "Forbes profile: Petr Kellner". Forbes. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
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- ^ Švamberk, Alex (29 March 2021). "Co zatím víme o nehodě Petra Kellnera" [What we know so far about Petr Kellner's accident]. Novinky.
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Further reading
- Gosling, Tom (12 May 2021). "Kellner's Death: The Beginning of the End of an Era". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 12 May 2021.