Who is Who in the List

Janusz Palucki
Vice president of Jupiter NIF
By : Robert Wylot

   When Janusz Palucki was a university student back in the late 1980s, Poland was still in the throes of communism. Although he was fascinated with finance he saw no future in it and instead studied radio communications. But once the "red umbrella" folded after his graduation, he did a crash course in capital markets and became one of Poland's first certified equity consultants in 1995.

   When the government launched the Mass Privatization Program (PPP) that year, he was appointed vice president of NIF No. 11, the fund in charge of companies to be privatized. After NIFs Nos. 3 and 11 merged to become Jupiter, he was named the new fund's vice president. Today he is the president of the supervisory board of several firms owned by Jupiter, including the fund's flagship company, Pro Futuro. "Pro Futuro is my child," he said, adding that finding an investor for Pro Futuro is at the top of his agenda for the second half of this year.

   Palucki said his degree in radio communications and his equity consultant's certificate have provided him with a strong base for managing Jupiter's new-technology assets. He attributes his success to persistence and family support.

   Past notes:

   1988 – Graduated from the Gdynia Maritime Academy with a master's degree in radio communications

   1994-1995 – Managed the investment fund unit at Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski (PKO BP)

   1995 – Became a certified investment consultant

   1995-1996 – Worked as an investment consultant with Bank Slaski and Credit Suisse Assets Management

   1996 – Named vice president of NIF No. 11

   2000 – Became vice president of Jupiter NIF

   Word of advice:

   "Work hard to get a good education and then work even harder and watch everybody around you, particularly your superiors, to learn from them."