Report: A portrait of the average Polish business leader

The typical Polish business leader is an entrepreneur of 58 years old who started from scratch, according to a new report by HSBC bank and professional services network Grant Thornton. This is how the report describes a typical Polish businessperson: "The vast majority of the current generation of [Polish] entrepreneurs is a generation of business pioneers. They had nothing handed to them. They fought for everything. Each of them, at the start of their path, had only an idea and enthusiasm. That was enough to stand at the helm of mighty companies today." The report investigated how Polish business leaders compare to top entrepreneurs from other countries. The survey is based on a study of the owners of the 100 largest Polish private sector companies.