Rafał Brzoska (born 13 November 1977) is a Polish

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and

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. He is the founder and

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of InPost S.A.

Life and career

Brzoska attended Jan Kasprowicz High School in

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and later the Kraków University of Economics. During his third year at university, he founded Integer, initially a website design business, with capital of 20,000 złoty ($5,000 as of 1999). After several money-losing months, the company switched to distributing leaflets and became successful. In 2006, he founded InPost and created a network of self-serviced postal boxes known as . In 2012, he appeared on a list of the richest Poles, and in 2015 was ranked the 68th on Forbes' "List of the 100 richest Poles 2015." In 2019, Brzoska married the Polish journalist and television personality Omenaa Mensah. They have one son, Vincent, who was born in 2017. Brzoska has two daughters from a previous relationship. In 2021, Brzoska's net worth was estimated at 5 billion złoty (1.3 billion

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). In 2023, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President

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at the Belweder Palace for his "outstanding contributions to the development of Polish economy as well as his social and charity activism".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brzoska, Rafał 1977 births Living people 21st-century Polish businesspeople Kraków University of Economics alumni People from Racibórz Polish billionaires

Life and career

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