Jan Wejchert

Jan Bohdan Wejchert (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈbɔɣdan ˈvɛjxɛrt]; 5 January 1950 – 31 October 2009) was a Polish businessman and media mogul. He had a net worth of $1.3 billion (Forbes) Wejchert was the co-founder of the ITI Group, one of Poland's largest media groups, as well as the co-founder and co-owner of the TVN television network. He was also the 4th richest Pole.

Early career Wejchert graduated from the Economics Faculty of the University of Warsaw. In 1974, Wejchert began his career as a businessman by working for Konsuprod, GmbH & Co., a German trading company. Wejchert later incorporated the new Polish subsidiary of Konsuprod in 1976, the first instance of direct foreign investment in Poland, which was under Communist rule.

Career Wejchert co-founded the ITI Group in 1984 with businessman, Mariusz Walter. Wejchert became the ITI Group's first president and founding shareholder. He ran ITI in a partnership with Walter and Bruno Valsangiacomo. He later co-founded and co-owned both the TVN television network and TVN 24 television networks. He sat on the management board of TVN. He was also the co-owner and deputy president of the Onet.pl group. Additionally, Wejchert co-owned the Legia Warszawa football club. He also sponsored the construction of the Temple of Divine Providence in Wilanów, Poland where he was supposed to be buried after his death. In 1991, he was appointed to the US-Poland Action Commission, which was headed by Zbigniew Brzezinski. Wejchert was a co-founder of the Polish Business Roundtable, a business club, and served as the organization's first president. In 1998, Wejchert was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta cross for creating one of the first private TV channels in Poland, TVN Group. The Polish Business Roundtable is headquartered at the Sobański Palace, a 19th-century Warsaw townhouse owned by Wejchert since 1996. Wejchert restored the townhouse in the late 1990s. In 2008, Jan Wejchert was ranked as the 9th most influential pole by the…Citește mai mult

Personal life Wejchert was a resident of Konstancin-Jeziorna, a suburb of Warsaw. He was married 3 times, and had five children. His eldest son Jan Łukasz Wejchert worked alongside Wejchert, as Ceo of Onet.pl, which was part of Jan Wejcherts media company ITI Group. Jan Wejchert died on 31 October 2009, at the age of 59. Wejchert had fought leukemia since 1993, which he had kept secret from the public. However, the cause of his death was a heart attack due to an infection and sepsis. After his death, the Polish Business Roundtable honoured him by creating the prestigious Jan Wejchert Award, which in polish is the Nagroda Polskiej Rady Biznesu imienia Jana Wejcherta. Place on the list of the richest Poles by Wprost Magazine 2011 y. – rank 7. (2,421 billion Wejchert Family 2010 y. – rank 11. (2,6 billion 2009 y. – rank 4. (4,6 billion 2008 y. – rank 12. (3,4 billion 2007 y. – rank 8. (3,6 billion 2006 y. – rank 6. (3 billion) 2005 y. – rank 10. (1,5 billion 2004 y. – rank 7. (1,4 billion 2003 y. – rank 6. (1,35 billion 2002 y. – rank 5. (1,9 billion 2001 y. –…Citește mai mult