Šárka Grossová (born Bobysudová on 6 November 1969) is a Czech entrepreneur, whose husband

Stanislav Gross Stanislav Gross (; 30 October 1969 – 16 April 2015) was a Czech lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic and leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party from 2004 until 2005 when he resigned as a result of h ...

was

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic The prime minister of the Czech Republic (Czech: ''Předseda vlády České republiky'') is the head of the government of the Czech Republic. The prime minister is the de-facto leader of the executive branch, chairs the Cabinet and selects its m ...

from August 2004 to April 2005. Her opaque business activities contributed to the resignation of her husband

from the post in April 2005.

Career

Šárka met Stanislav in the

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, where she worked in the cafeteria and he was a freshman member of parliament. Her business career became successful just as her husband was becoming an influential MP and subsequently the prime minister of the Czech Republic, however, her rise in the business world became the subject of controversy. In January 2004 Šárka set up a charitable foundation, ''Nadační fond Diamant dětem''.Czech commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČO) 27103471, Nadační fond Diamant dětem However, by the end of year 2005, after Gross had resigned as Prime Minister, the foundation did not register any philanthropic activity, and Grossová was accused of attempting to use the foundation for public relations purposes. Musician

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was appointed as one of the three board members. David was the co-owner of the company Cleopatra Musical, which had been among the contributors of the company in 2004.Annual report of Nadační fond Diamant dětem 200
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/ref> The largest donor sent the foundation 500,000 CZK and asked the foundation to remain anonymous. Grossová owns a $735,000 Hidden Bay condo in

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, Florida.

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