20 wealthiest Poles have PLN 75 bln

The Polish edition of Forbes magazine has published a ranking of the 100 richest Poles, with Jan Kulczyk (infrastructure and raw materials), Krzysztof Solorz-Żak (media, telecommunications) and Michał Sołowow (building and chemical industry) occupying the top three spots. The value of Kulczyk's assets grew by over 33 percent year-on-year.

Twenty of the most wealthy Poles have at their disposal around PLN 75 billion. In order to get to the list, one had to have PLN 1 billion worth assets, whereas the last year's threshold was PLN 950 million. Four people recorded a loss, the largest valued at PLN 2 billion.  The ranking includes three women, however, two of them are ranked together with their spouses.