The 48-year-old Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is at the head of a fortune today estimated at 9.4 billion dollars. JOEL SAGET / AFP
INFOGRAPHICS – Already owner of media and first shareholder of Fnac-Darty, the Czech billionaire is in the process of buying Editis and is preparing to get his hands on Casino as well as the outsourcing branch of Atos.
Daniel Kretinsky continues to advance its pawns in France. The 48-year-old Czech billionaire, at the head of a fortune today estimated at 9.4 billion dollars (8.6 billion euros) by the magazine Forbes, s‘is built a sprawling empire in the country since its first media investments in 2018.
Its main investment vehicle, VESA Equity Investment, notably has a portfolio valued at current market prices at more than three billion euros. Overview of Daniel Kretinsky’s ets in France.
Entering France through the media gate
Already at the head of a small media empire in his country and a powerful energy group but unknown in France, the Czech magnate arrived on the French market with a bang in 2018…