Grzegorz Hajdarowicz

Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (born 27 October 1965) is a Polish entrepreneur,[1] film producer,[1][2] publisher (acting through his company Gremi Media),[1][3][4] honorary consul of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Kraków.[1][5] Participant of the international Bilderberg meeting in 2018.[6] Ranked 17th on the list of Business Leaders 2021 by the Polish edition of "Forbes" magazine.[7]

Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
Hajdarowicz in 2013
Born1965-10-27
NationalityPolish
Alma materJagiellonian University
OccupationBusinessman
Children3

Education

Hajdarowicz graduated from the Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He received a Master's Degree in Political Science.[1]

Business career

Hajdarowicz created his first company, Gremi in 1991.[1] Currently, together with its related companies, Gremi focuses on equity investments, restructuring and real estate projects.[8] Hajdarowicz is the main shareholder of Gremi corporate group (99%) which controls, among others, the KCI S.A listed company.[9]

In 2009 Hajdarowicz has invested in a real estate project “Arteco Estrela”[10] in Brazil by buying Fazenda Estrela with an area of 25 square kilometres and 6.5 kilometres of beach.[11] For this project, in 2017 Hajdarowicz signed a partnership agreement with Six Senses, a company specializing in the management of luxury hotels, resorts and spas.[12]

Also in 2009, with the purchase of the Przekrój weekly, Hajdarowicz founded Gremi Media SA.[13] In the following years, the company specialized as a publisher of printed and electronic media for the financial, law and business sectors. Currently, Gremi Media S.A. is a leading media group in Poland, the publisher of the "Rzeczpospolita", "Parkiet" and "Sport" dailies, the monthly magazine "Uważam Rze Historia" the websites rp.pl, tv.rp.pl, parkiet.com, sportdziennik.com, and historia.uwazamrze.pl.[14] In December 2021, 40% of Gremi Media's shares were purchased by the Dutch fund Pluralis B.V.[15] Through its investors, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) and Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), Pluralis B.V.is supported by George Soros.[16][17]

In 2017 he acquired Alvernia Studios.[18]

For a few years, within a separate business line, Grzegorz Hajdarowicz has been involved in film production through Gremi Film.[19] He has produced 6 feature films since 2003, 3 Polish productions: Zakochany Anioł (2005)[20] Pod powierzchnią (2006),[21] Hania (2007),[22] and 3 international movies: Nightwatching (2007, dir. Peter Greenaway),[23] Carmo, Hit the Road (2008, dir. Murilo Pasta),[24] City Island (2009, dir. Raymond De Felitta).[25]

Film awards

City Island - Tribeca Film Festiwal's Audience Award in New York.[26]

Carmo - 25th Sundace Film Festival selection.[27]

Orders

Order of Polonia Restituta, the Knight's Cross (2015)[28]

Order of Rio Branco, Officer (2020)[29]

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (2021)[30][31]

References
  1. "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  2. "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  3. Zielonka, Jan (2015-10-08). Media and Politics in New Democracies: Europe in a Comparative Perspective. OUP Oxford. p. 88. ISBN 9780191064777.
  4. "About Gremi Media SA". gremimedia.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  5. "Foreign Consulates in Krakow - www.krakow.pl". www.krakow.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  6. "Participants | Bilderberg Meeting 2018". www.bilderbergmeetings.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  7. "Brzoska, Miłek, Pawiński, a także Hajdarowicz. Liderzy polskiego biznesu w 2021 r. według magazynu "Forbes"". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. "ABOUT". Gremi International. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  9. "KCI SA (13/2018) Election of the Management Board for a new term - Warsaw Stock Exchange". www.polandstockexchange.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  10. "Arteco Estrela". www.artecoestrela.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  11. "GREMI Group - A Polish visionary entrepreneur invests in Brazilian real estate. - Time for Polska". Time for Polska. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  12. "Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas Announces First South America Project". www.sixsenses.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  13. "About Greg (Grzegorz) Hajdarowicz". Gremi International. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  14. "Gremi Media SA - media group in the Business Finance Law segment". gremimedia.pl. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  15. "Mediahuis partners with leading European news organisations to create Pluralis". Mediahuis.ie. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  16. "Pluralis.media". Pluralis.media. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  17. "Soros Boosts Investment in Polish Media Market With Paper Deal". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  18. "ALVERNIA PLANET - exceptional place". www.alverniaplanet.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  19. "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  20. "Angel in Love". IMDB.com.
  21. "The Underneath". IMDB.com.
  22. "Hania". IMDB.com.
  23. "Nightwatching". IMDB.com.
  24. "Carmo, Hit the Road". IMDB.com.
  25. "City Island". IMDB.com.
  26. ""CITY ISLAND" wins TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD - Cinema Without Borders". Cinema Without Borders. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  27. "2009 Sundance Film Festival Competition Films Announced – /Film". www.slashfilm.com. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  28. Kluwer, Wolters. "Nadanie orderów i odznaczenia". OpenLEX (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  29. Nacional, Imprensa. "DECRETO DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2020 - DOU - Imprensa Nacional". www.in.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  30. "IPN: Odznaczeni KWiS". odznaczeni-kwis.ipn.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  31. "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Wolności i Solidarności". Service of the Republic of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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