UK's Royal Mail buyout: Who is Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky?
His $4.6 billion takeover offer for Royal Mail was accepted by its board on Wednesday
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His $4.6 billion takeover offer for Royal Mail was accepted by its board on Wednesday
A billionaire with interests in football clubs, media outlets, supermarkets and now the potential new owner of Britains Royal Mail, Czech Daniel Kretinsky retains a stubbornly low profile internationally
For a billionaire businessman such as Daniel Kretinsky, whose nickname is the 'Czech Sphinx', Royal Mail promises to be the most fitting of possessions.
Daniel Kretinsky's bid for the service would just be another finger in a series of British pies for the business mogul - with stakes aplenty in West Ham and supermarket Sainsbury's.
Kretinsky, known in City circles as the Czech Sphinx, saw profits at his company EPH jump to £1.7 billion for the first six months of 2023.