Daniel Kretinsky, a maverick | The echoes
Almost five years ago, the horrified press discovered this businessman from the East whom they had never heard of. Not only was this Czech billionaire, but he had the nerve to settle in the rubble of the Lagardère empire, “Elle” or “Télé 7 Jours”, later in “Marianne”. Worse, he dared to imagine himself in the “World”! He succeeded in doing so. France, land of welcome? Not really. “Challenges” quotes Gabriel Naouri: “The accusations that unfairly targeted Daniel remind me of those against Lakshmi Mittal. The Parisian microcosm has opened up to the world but it can still progress. »
This rather cool welcome did not dampen the Francophile enthusiasm of the former law student in Dijon. Is the memory of his mother’s fried potatoes, he showed a good appetite. His energy is just as inextinguishable, which is the least for a man who made his fortune in gas and coal. He is often a candidate for the business that arises, such as M6 or Prisma, that’s all recently interested in Atos. He also won a lot, two coal-fired power stations, 10% of Casino, 8% of TF1, Maisons du Monde, 15% of FNAC-Darty, a castle in Essonne. He supports “Franc-Tireur”, lends 14 million euros to “Libé”, even if he prefers “Le Figaro”.
new tycoon
The look on him has changed a lot. No, he doesn’t have a knife between his teeth, those who have met him judge the man to be rather pleasant, find his eclecticism of good quality. His vision of energy commands attention at a time when very ecological Germany is reopening coal-fired power plants (we will have seen it all). Here he is, at forty-seven years old, enthroned as “new tycoon of French capitalism” by “Le Figaro”. Eyeing Editis, he is clearly a candidate for a second French five-year term.
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