Rank #1967
Marek Dospiva
Net worth $2.1B
Investments · Czech Republic
- Born
- Jul 18, 1969
- Age
- 56
- Source
- Investments
- Residence
- Prague
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Marek Dospiva is cofounder of Penta Investments, which has investments in the healthcare, banking, real estate and aeronautical industries.
- Penta has controlling stakes in Privatbanka, pharmacy chain Dr. Max and sports betting operator Fortuna.
- Dospiva and Slovak Jaroslav Hascak, who were both studying in Beijing, got started importing Chinese textiles to chain stores in Czechoslovakia.
- During Slovakia's 1996 privatization, Penta gained control over the nation's biggest fund, paying only 20 percent of its real market value.
- Dospiva and Hascak are still both partners and the largest shareholders of Penta Investments.
- Dospiva is developing an office building complex in Prague that was the last project of famous British architect Zaha Hadid, who died in 2016.
- Dospiva, who speaks Chinese and likes sports car, is co-owner of Ferrari and Maserati dealerships in the Czech Republic.