Dominika Kulczyk (born 30 July 1977) is a Polish

billionaire A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least 1,000,000,000, one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The ...

businesswoman, and the daughter of

Jan Kulczyk Jan Jerzy Kulczyk (24 June 1950 – 29 July 2015) was a Polish billionaire businessman. He was the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding (headquartered in Warsaw) and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments (former name: Kulczyk Inves ...

, who was Poland's richest man. She is the co-founder and president of the

Kulczyk Foundation The Kulczyk Foundation is a Polish private foundation founded in 2013 by Grażyna Kulczyk, Jan Kulczyk, and Dominika Kulczyk, who has been the President of the foundation since its establishment. Apart from Dominika Kulczyk, the foundation is ...

, chair of a supervisory board of Kulczyk Holding, chair of a supervisory board of Polenergia SA, and co-founder of the Values Consulting Group. She is the author of a TV series, the ''

Domino Effect A domino effect or chain reaction is the cumulative effect generated when a particular event triggers a chain of similar events. This term is best known as a mechanical effect and is used as an analogy to a falling row of dominoes. It typically ...

''. As of August 2022, her net was estimated at US$1.9 billion.

Early life

Dominika Kulczyk is the daughter of Grażyna Kulczyk and

, and sister of Sebastian Kulczyk. She graduated from the Karol Marcinkowski Secondary School in Poznań. She is a graduate in Sinology from the Department of Oriental Studies, and in Political Sciences from the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at

Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań The Adam Mickiewicz University ( pl, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu; Latin: ''Universitas Studiorum Mickiewicziana Posnaniensis'') is a research university in Poznań, Poland. It traces its origins to 1611, when under the Roy ...

. Between 1999 and 2000, she attended a course on Mandarin Chinese at two Chinese universities, Huadong Shifan University and

Peking University Peking University (PKU; ) is a public research university in Beijing, China. The university is funded by the Ministry of Education. Peking University was established as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898 when it received its royal charte ...

. After her studies, she continued her education at the London Institute, and completed a course on strategic philanthropy organized by the

Rockefeller Foundation The Rockefeller Foundation is an American private foundation and philanthropic medical research and arts funding organization based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The second-oldest major philanthropic institution in America, after the Ca ...

Career

Kulczyk is a co-founder and president of the

, a philanthropic organization cooperating with Polish and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In 2006, together with Jacek Santorski, she founded the Values Consulting Group, which specializes in training on the psychology of business and is involved in the project of the Academy of Leadership Psychology, co-organized by the

Warsaw University of Technology The Warsaw University of Technology ( pl, Politechnika Warszawska, lit=Varsovian Polytechnic) is one of the leading institutes of technology in Poland and one of the largest in Central Europe. It employs 2,453 teaching faculty, with 357 professor ...

. Between 2010 and 2017, Kulczyk was president of the Polish branch of

Green Cross International Green Cross International is an environmentalist organisation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, founded by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1993. Today, member organisations are in 30 countries. Its primary mission is to "respond ...

. In June 2013, she joined the supervisory board of

Kulczyk Investments Kulczyk Investments SA (former Kulczyk Investment House SA) is an international investment company, founded by Polish entrepreneur Jan Kulczyk in 2007, focusing on business opportunities in high-growth markets. The company's strategic sectors a ...

. In the holding company established by her father, Kulczyk was responsible for activities within the scope of

corporate social responsibility Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a form of international private business self-regulation which aims to contribute to societal goals of a philanthropic, activist, or charitable nature by engaging in or supporting volunteering or ethicall ...

(CSR and CSI) and international communication. Until June 2018, she was the chair of Kulczyk Investments' supervisory board. Between 2013 and 2016, she was the vice-president of

Polish Olympic Committee The Polish Olympic Committee ( pl, Polski Komitet Olimpijski, PKOl) is the National Olympic Committee representing Poland. History The Polish Olympic Committee was established on 12 October 1919 and in 1919 was recognised by the International Ol ...

, and is now an adviser to their president. In July 2018, she became the majority shareholder of Polenergia SA, and the chair of its supervisory board.

Personal life

Kulczyk was married to Jan Lubomirski-Lanckoroński from 2001 to 2013, when they divorced. They have two children together. She lives in Warsaw, Poland. In February 2020, she was reported to have paid £57.5 million for a house in Knightsbridge, London.

References

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