Jan Wejchert
January Bohdan Wejchert (* January 5, 1950; † 31 October 2009) was an eminent Polish businessman and media entrepreneur. He was a founder of the media group ITI and committed as an investor in several other companies and construction projects. Wejchert one of 2007 's top ten richest Poland.
Training
Wejchert went on III. Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Gdansk to school. He studied at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Warsaw. In 1968 he visited England, France, Switzerland and Italy. In 1974 he began a tenure at the Frankfurt trading company Konsuprod GmbH & Co. Two years later he founded the Polish subsidiary of the company, one of the first foreign direct investment in socialist Poland. This company produced above all imported from India VCR.
Company founder
In 1984 Wejchert founded together with Mariusz Walter, the ITI Group ( International Trade and Investment ), which was initially engaged in the manufacture of potato chips. Wejchert was managing director of the company. Another shareholder was since 1991 Bruno Valsangiacomo. 1997 Wejchert was co-founder of the Polish television network TVN. He was a board member and later a board member of the broadcasting group. He also was involved in other investments the ITI group, such as the Internet portal Onet.pl in whose management he was also active. He was also co-owner of the Warsaw football club Legia Warsaw. In 2007 he resigned from his position at TVN.
In March 2008, the Warsaw District Court that the politician Antoni Macierewicz not the plaintiff for his claim about alleged connections Wejcherts with the Polish military intelligence service ( Wojskowe SLUZBY Informacyjne ) decided to litigation Wejcherts, had to apologize because Macierewicz this statement not as a private person but as state employees have made. For the false claim to the Polish Ministry of Defense ( Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej ) had to apologize to Wejchert instead.
"He was one of the founders of free media, supported culture, successfully organized business missions and thinking not only of, but acted for the Polish society. "
Wejchert died on 31 October 2009 at the age of 59 of a heart attack, where a bacterial infection and sepsis was preceded addressed. Since 1993 he had been diagnosed with leukemia. The funeral on November 9, 2009 at the Wilanów cemetery was from the pastor Adam Boniecki, chief editor of the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny ( where the ITI Group is involved) performed.
Construction Investor
Noteworthy activities Wejcherts were in construction. With his company Wejchert Investments, he was active in various projects.
- Wejchert Golf Club. In April 2008, construction began on a golf course and club in the village Brześce near Warsaw. Here is an 18 -hole championship golf course. The plant was designed by the famous golf course designer Robert Trent Jones this year. General contractor of construction work, the French company Benedetti Golf International. Is responsible for the landscaping of the golf course in the Swiss landscape architect Enzo Enea. The opening is scheduled for spring 2012. In addition, to be built at the golf course in the future luxury apartments.
- The dilapidated Sobański Palace Wejchert acquired in 1996. Later he rehabilitate him consuming.
- The former paper factory in Stara Papiernia Konstancin- Jeziorna was rebuilt under Wejchert to a modern shopping center.
Millionaire
In 2007, the Polish weekly magazine Wprost Wejchert listed as the eight richest Poland. His fortune was estimated at 3.6 billion zloty. When billionaire ranking ( "The World's Billionaires ") of Forbes Magazine's 2008 he was placed with an estimated fortune of $ 1.3 billion to place the 897 richest people in the world.
Awards and Honorary Appointments
1991 Wejchert was appointed to the U.S. -Poland Action Commission at Zbigniew Brzezinski. Wejchert was also cofounder of the Polska Rada biznesu and led this organization as the first chairman. This club is now one of the most influential private employers' organizations in Poland. In 1998 Wejchert of Aleksander Kwasniewski awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta was excellent. Already posthumously - in October 2010 - was of the PRB " Nagroda in PRB. Jana Wejcherta " ( German: Jan Wejchert price of PRB ) founded in honor Wejcherts.
Private
Wejchert lived until his death in Konstancin- Jeziorna, a suburb of Warsaw. He was married to Aldona Weichert and had five children ( Łukasz, Agata, Victoria, Bruno and Charlotte). His son Łukasz Wejchert is a member of TVN Management Board and responsible for the development of the Internet portal Onet.