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Kulczyk Family
Kulczyk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Dominika Kulczyk (born 1977), Polish businesswoman and philanthropist * Grażyna Kulczyk (born 1950), Polish investor, art collector and philanthropist * Henry Kulczyk, American politician from Idaho * (1925–2013), Polish businessman, soldier, and social activist * Jan Kulczyk Jan Jerzy Kulczyk (24 June 1950 – 29 July 2015) was a Polish billionaire businessman. He was the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding (headquartered in Warsaw) and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments (former name: Kulczyk Inve ... (1950–2015), Polish billionaire businessman * Sebastian Kulczyk (born 1980), Polish businessman Other * Kulczyk Foundation, a Polish philanthropic foundation * Kulczyk Investments, an international investment company {{surname Polish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominika Kulczyk
Dominika Kulczyk (born 30 July 1977) is a Polish billionaire businesswoman, and the daughter of Jan Kulczyk, who was Poland's richest man. She is the co-founder and president of the Kulczyk Foundation, chair of the supervisory board of Kulczyk Holding, chair of the supervisory board of Polenergia SA, and co-founder of the Values Consulting Group. She is the author of a TV series, the ''Domino Effect''. As of August 2022, her net worth was estimated at US$1.9 billion. Early life Dominika Kulczyk is the daughter of Grażyna Kulczyk and Jan Kulczyk, and sister of Sebastian Kulczyk. She graduated from the Karol Marcinkowski Secondary School in Poznań. She is a graduate in Sinology from the Department of Oriental Studies, and in Political Sciences from the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Between 1999 and 2000, she attended a course on Mandarin Chinese at two Chinese universities, Huadong Shifan University and Peking Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grażyna Kulczyk
Grażyna Maria Kulczyk (Polish pronunciation: ; born 5 November 1950) is a Polish lawyer, investor, art collector and philanthropist. In 2015, she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for her contributions to Polish culture and the promotion of Polish art. Education and career She graduated in law and administration from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Upon finishing her studies, she began to work in the Civil Law Institute at her alma mater. After a few years, she resigned and decided to pursue a career in business. She is a supporter of contemporary art, avant-garde choreography and new technology and start-ups. She is particularly engaged in supporting entrepreneurship among women as well as the equal presence of women in STEM. She joined the board of the Modern Women's Fund Committee of the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 2015, and has been a board member of Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw for almost 10 years. In 2017, ARTnews magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Kulczyk
Henry Kulczyk is a former American politician from Idaho. Kulczyk is a former Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives. Career On November 5, 2002, Kulczyk won the election and became a Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives The Idaho House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Idaho Legislature. It consists of 70 representatives elected to two-year terms. The state is divided into 35 districts, each of which elects two representatives to separate seats. ... for District 14, seat B. Kulczyk defeated Sue Stadler and Glida Bothwell with 59.3% of the votes. Kulczyk's nickname was "Red-Light Henry". In March 2004, Kulczyk was among the protestors against the removal of controversial Ten Commandments,a 1.5 ton monument, from Julia Davis Park. Kulczyk was arrested after he allegedly refused to leave as the monument was moved. References Living people Republican Party members of the Idaho House of Representatives Year of birth miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Kulczyk
Jan Jerzy Kulczyk (24 June 1950 – 29 July 2015) was a Polish billionaire businessman. He was the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding (headquartered in Warsaw) and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments (former name: Kulczyk Investment House) with headquarters in Luxembourg and offices in London and Kyiv, Ukraine. According to ''Forbes'', Kulczyk was the richest Pole at the time of his death. Education Kulczyk graduated from VI Jan i Jędrzej Śniadeccy Secondary School in Bydgoszcz in 1968. He studied law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and foreign trade at the Poznań University of Economics and Business (then: Academy of Economics in Poznań). He received a doctorate in political sciences and international law in 1975. He was also a researcher at the Institute for Western Affairs in Poznań, where he dealt with German issues (member of the Institute's honorary committee). Business career In 1981, Kulczyk founded his first company with money from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Kulczyk
Sebastian Tomasz Kulczyk (born 16 November 1980) is a Polish billionaire businessman, and the son of Jan Kulczyk, who was the richest man in Poland, and Grażyna Kulczyk. He is president of Kulczyk Investments and specializes in the new technology sector. As of August 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.6 billion. Early life He graduated from the Karol Marcinkowski High School No. 1 in Poznań, and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, majoring in management and marketing. He has also studied at the London School of Economics. Career At age 19, Kulczyk received hundred thousand PLN from his parents and started network of Internet cafes called e24.pl, but he failed. He then went on to establish an interactive marketing agency GoldenSubmarine. From 2009 to 2010, he worked for Lazard investment bank in London, and at the digital media unit of Sony BMG in New York. In December 2013, after returning from US, he became president of Kulczyk Investments, a company tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulczyk Foundation
The Kulczyk Foundation is a Polish private foundation founded in 2013 by Grażyna Kulczyk, Jan Kulczyk, and Dominika Kulczyk, who has been the President of the foundation since its establishment. Apart from Dominika Kulczyk, the foundation is managed by Przemysław Pohrybieniuk, the managing director, and the board of directors consisting of Sebastian Kulczyk, Waldemar Dąbrowski, Janusz Reiter, and Grzegorz Stanisławski. The foundation's main objective is to fight against gender inequality and create a more equitable society for women and girls around the world through local educational initiatives, partnerships with communities, and cooperation with NGOs with similar objectives. The foundation also focuses on improving the living standards of people suffering from poverty who lack access to education, healthcare, and other basic human needs, as well as projects aimed at spreading awareness of current gender inequality issues. The foundation has completed more than 200 projects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulczyk Investments
Kulczyk Investments SA (former Kulczyk Investment House SA) is an international investment company, founded by Polish entrepreneur Jan Kulczyk in 2007, focusing on business opportunities in high-growth markets. The company's strategic sectors are energy, infrastructure, chemical industry and mineral resources. Kulczyk Holding SA is responsible for the operations of the group in Poland. History The company was founded in 2007 by Jan Kulczyk. In November 2008, the company announced a change of name from Kulczyk Investment House to Kulczyk Investments. The name of the company comes from the name of the businessman and founder of Kulczyk Holding, Jan Kulczyk, who died on July 29, 2015, and served as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Kulczyk Investments until his death. The company is led by a board which consists of: *Sebastian Kulczyk (chief executive officer); *Mariusz Nowak (Board Member at Kulczyk Investments, board member and chief financial officer at Kulczyk Holding); ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish-language Surnames
Polish (, , or simply , ) is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic subgroup, within the Indo-European language family, and is written in the Latin script. It is primarily spoken in Poland and serves as the official language of the country, as well as the language of the Polish diaspora around the world. In 2024, there were over 39.7 million Polish native speakers. It ranks as the sixth-most-spoken among languages of the European Union. Polish is subdivided into regional dialects. It maintains strict T–V distinction pronouns, honorifics, and various forms of formalities when addressing individuals. The traditional 32-letter Polish alphabet has nine additions (, , , , , , , , ) to the letters of the basic 26-letter Latin alphabet, while removing three (x, q, v). Those three letters are at times included in an extended 35-letter alphabet. The traditional set comprises 23 consonants and 9 written vowels, including two nasal vowels (, ) denoted by a reversed diacritic hook ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
