- Zygmunt Solorz-Żak
Zygmunt Solorz-Żak is one of the richest people in
Poland , repeatedly appearing onForbes world's billionairs ranking, with an estimated net worth around EUR1.5 billion. [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/10/TXEP.html Forbes Magazine] , 2006 list of the world's wealthiest people.] [ [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Zygmunt-Solorz-Zak_TXEP.html Forbes Magazine] , 2007 list of the world's wealthiest people.]Solorz-Żak launched the free-to-air commercial TV channel
Polsat in 1991, broadcasted through satellite, and obtained a national commercial television license in 1993. Since the middle of the 1990s, Polsat remains one of the nation's biggest television stations. Apart from TV Polsat, Solorz-Żak's key assets include pay TV platformCyfrowy Polsat . He holds controlling stakes in pension fund PTE Polsat, small life insurer Polisa and retail bankInvest Bank . After winning control over distressedElektrim conglomerate, Solorz-Żak got operating control over lignite power plant PAK, ranked among top 3 largest electricity producers in Poland. [ [http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/479646-1.html Poland's Media Mogul: Zygmunt Solorz-Zak. | Trade & Development > Economic Development from AllBusiness.com ] ]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.