Sebastian Kulczyk
{{Short description|Polish businessman (born 1980)}}
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| name = Sebastian Kulczyk
| image = Sebastian Kulczyk - fot. Piotr Porebski.jpg
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| caption = Sebastian Kulczyk
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Poznań, Poland
| education = Adam Mickiewicz University
| occupation = Businessman
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| spouse = {{marriage|Katarzyna Jordan|2010|end=divorce}}
| children =
| parents = Grażyna Kulczyk
Jan Kulczyk
| relatives = Dominika Kulczyk (sister)
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Sebastian Tomasz Kulczyk{{Cite web |title=Sebastian Tomasz KULCZYK personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/rPOWBvb5oQNAeEYPuN9pbnDj108/appointments |access-date=2023-11-01 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}} (born 16 November 1980) is a Polish billionaire businessman, and the son of Jan Kulczyk, who was the richest man in Poland,{{Cite web|url=https://fakty.interia.pl/polska/news-sebastian-kulczyk-inwestowanie-z-bransonem-to-wielka-przygod,nId,2478596|title=Sebastian Kulczyk: Inwestowanie z Bransonem to wielka przygoda|website=fakty.interia.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.biz/Gieldy/1,114507,19978756,kulczyk-sprzedaje-akcje-sabmillera-transakcja-za-1-mld-funtow.html?disableRedirects=true|title=Wyborcza.pl|website=wyborcza.biz|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{cite web | url = http://100najbogatszychpolakow.forbes.pl/jan-kulczyk-lista-najbogatszych-2013,artykuly,139176,1,1.html | title = Jan Kulczyk | date = 2013-02-14 | accessdate = 2013-08-22 | publisher = forbes.pl}} and Grażyna Kulczyk. He is president of Kulczyk Investments and specializes in the new technology sector.{{Cite web|url=https://bankier.tv/gospodarka/sebastian-kulczyk-daje-60-mln-usd-na-start-upy-4398/|title=Sebastian Kulczyk daje 60 mln USD na start-upy - Gospodarka - Bankier.TV - serwis zawierający materiały video m.in. o gospodarce, finansach, komentarzach i giełdzie|website=Bankier.TV|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}} As of August 2024, his net worth was estimated at US$1.6 billion.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Sebastian Kulczyk |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sebastian-kulczyk/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=5 August 2022}}
Early life
He graduated from the Karol Marcinkowski High School No. 1 in Poznań,{{Cite web|url=https://gloswielkopolski.pl/jan-kulczyk-byl-ojcem-ktory-dawal-swoim-dzieciom-wzorce/ar/4712935|title=Jan Kulczyk był ojcem, który dawał swoim dzieciom wzorce|last=Młodziejewska|first=Nicole|date=2015-07-29|website=gloswielkopolski.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-04-05}} and the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, majoring in management and marketing. He has also studied at the London School of Economics.{{Cite web|url=http://kulczykinvestments.com/|title=Kulczyk Investments|website=kulczykinvestments.com|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}}
Career
At age 19, Kulczyk received hundred thousand PLN from his parents and started network of Internet cafes called e24.pl, but he failed.{{Cite web|last=Molga|first=Tomasz|date=2014-01-02|title=Kulczyk oddał imperium... synowi|url=http://natemat.pl/87245,kulczyk-oddal-imperium-synowi|access-date=2021-03-24|website=NaTemat.pl|language=pl}}
He then went on to establish an interactive marketing agency GoldenSubmarine.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pb.pl/kulczyk-junior-marzy-o-krzemowej-dolinie-423034|title=Kulczyk junior marzy o krzemowej dolinie|website=pb.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}}
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 that was the foundation of his father's business,{{Cite web|url=http://kulczykinvestments.com/|title=Kulczyk Investments|website=kulczykinvestments.com|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}} replacing Dariusz Mioduski who was in charge of the company from 2008. Jan Kulczyk delegated management to his son a year and a half before he died.
He is the founder of Manta Ray VC,{{Cite web|url=https://mantaray.vc/|title=MANTA RAY|website=mantaray.vc|access-date=2019-04-05}} which is investing in the new technology sector.{{Cite web|url=https://businessinsider.com.pl/technologie/nowe-technologie/sebastian-kulczyk-inwestycja-w-hyperloop-one/dg2dxfv|title=Sebastian Kulczyk zainwestował w Hyperloop One - tę samą spółkę, co Richard Branson|first1=Michał |last1=Wąsowski |first2=Marta|last2=Bellon|date=2017-10-26|website=Business Insider|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}} He initiated a number of projects focused on supporting Polish startups.{{Cite web|url=https://businessinsider.com.pl/firmy/strategie/sebastian-kulczyk-o-inwestowaniu-i-polskich-firmach-technologicznych/34kkc76|title=Sebastian Kulczyk: w Polsce nie brakuje firm z globalnym potencjałem [WYWIAD]|first1=Marta |last1=Bellon |first2=Michał|last2=Wąsowski |date=2018-01-18|website=Business Insider|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://innpoland.pl/139459,sebastian-kulczyk-startup-to-ciezka-harowka-ale-nagroda-moze-byc-wspaniala-final-akceleratora|title=Sebastian Kulczyk: startup to ciężka harówka, ale to nie pieniądze są głównym problemem|website=INNPoland.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}} He is also the originator of InCredibles accelerating program,{{Cite web|url=https://businessinsider.com.pl/firmy/strategie/sebastian-kulczyk-o-inwestowaniu-i-polskich-firmach-technologicznych/34kkc76|title=Sebastian Kulczyk: w Polsce nie brakuje firm z globalnym potencjałem [WYWIAD]|first1=Marta|last1=Bellon |first2=Michał|last2=Wąsowski|date=2018-01-18|website=Business Insider|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}} and serves as President of Jutronauci project's chapter.{{Cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/Jutronauci/7,161271,22558884,mentor-sebastian-kulczyk.html|title=Mentor: Sebastian Kulczyk|website=wyborcza.pl|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}}
His initiative has led to the emergence of Singularity University in Poland for the first time.{{Cite web|url=https://businessinsider.com.pl/firmy/strategie/singularity-university-w-polsce-kursy-cena-wykladowcy/55mxkn1|title=Wpływowy think tank wspierany m.in. przez Sebastiana Kulczyka otwiera się na Polskę|date=2017-10-16|website=Business Insider|language=pl|access-date=2019-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://incredibles.pl/singularityu-powered-sebastian-kulczyk/|title=Incredibles}}
In 2015, he became the chairman of the supervisory board of chemical company CIECH.{{Cite web |title=Sebastian Kulczyk szefem rady nadzorczej Ciechu |url=https://www.wnp.pl/chemia/sebastian-kulczyk-szefem-rady-nadzorczej-ciechu,259204.html |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=wnp.pl |language=pl}}
Personal life
On 5 June 2010, in Antibes, France, he married Katarzyna Jordan (daughter of Polish businessman Krzysztof Jordan).{{Cite web|url=https://polskatimes.pl/sebastian-kulczyk-ozenil-sie-we-francji/ar/264930|title=Sebastian Kulczyk ożenił się we Francji|last=Zaradniak|first=Jacek Sobczyński, Marek|date=2010-06-05|website=polskatimes.pl|language=pl-PL|access-date=2019-04-05}} They have since divorced. His sister is Dominika Kulczyk.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130904134746/http://kulczykinvestments.com/page/72 Sebastian Kulczyk profile at Kulczyk Investments website]
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Category:21st-century Polish businesspeople
Category:Businesspeople from Poznań
Category:Alumni of the London School of Economics