(Source: Bloomberg Wealth)
Marek Piechocki helped build a billion-dollar fortune, but the Polish tycoon isn’t letting it change his ways.
The co-founder of LPP S.A., the country’s largest fashion retailer, shuns the limelight, even avoiding having his photograph taken, and still rides to work by bicycle rather than limousine.
That’s even as his family foundation has accumulated about $1.1 billion in wealth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. LPP’s stock has more than doubled since November as investors value the company’s e-commerce capabilities even as the pandemic hit sales at bricks-and-mortar stores.
Piechocki, 60, insists on not being called a billionaire, according to a company spokeswoman. He argues the wealth is no longer his. In 2018 he transferred his shares to the foundation, which counts himself, multiple family members and others as beneficiaries. The foundation is barred from selling LPP shares.
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WARSAW, March 4 (Reuters) - Polish e-commerce platform Allegro on Thursday showed the benefits of a coronavirus-driven shift to online shopping with strong fourth-quarter profits but the company’s shares fell on disappointment over its 2021 outlook.
Allegro dominates the e-commerce market in Poland, which was boosted in the fourth quarter by COVID-19 restrictions that meant many shops had to close. But the market is about to become more competitive with Amazon launching its Polish website this week.
Konrad Grygo, analyst at Erste Group, said that after such a strong fourth quarter investors could have been hoping for more optimistic 2021 guidance.