Kulczyk Investments SA (former Kulczyk Investment House SA) is an international investment company established in 2007 by Polish businessman Jan Kulczyk. The company has operations in sectors including energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and mineral resources. Its activities in Poland are managed through Kulczyk Holding SA.
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History
The company was founded in 2007 by Jan Kulczyk. In November 2008, the company announced a change of name from Kulczyk Investment House to Kulczyk Investments.
The name of the company comes from the name of the businessman and founder of Kulczyk Holding, Jan Kulczyk, who died on July 29, 2015, and served as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Kulczyk Investments until his death.
Business sectors
Energy
Polenergia owns operating onshore and offshore wind projects in Poland.
As a result, consolidation of assets of Polenergia Holding and Polish Energy Partners in August 2014, a new public company Polenergia SA was formed. The merger resulted in the creation of a private energy group. At the same time, the international Chinese fund CEE Equity Partners holds a 15.99% share in Polenergia.
In March 2018, Polenergia signed an agreement with Statoil to develop offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea.
In August 2018, Dominika Kulczyk, who has a 50.2% stake in Polenergia SA, announced a tender offer to acquire remaining 49.8% stake in the company.
Sponsorship activities
Kulczyk Investments is widely known from numerous sponsorship and CSR activities:
Museum of the History of Polish Jews – a 20 million PLN donation from Kulczyk Holding for the permanent exhibition „1000 years of the history of Polish Jews”;
Polish Olympic Committee – strategic sponsor;
Ryszard Kapuściński Award – patron award;
Malta Fundacja – main sponsor of Malta Festival Poznań;
Grand Theatre – Polish National Opera – sponsorship agreement and funding of special projects;
Arnold Szyfman Polish Theatre (Warsaw) – patron celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Polish Theatre;
The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music – financial support for the construction of the centre;
Art Yard Sale – patron of the organization of art fair;
Stanisław Moniuszko Grand Theatre, Poznań – support for Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier and outdoor presentation of the opera" Carmen "by Georges Bizet;
Henryk Wieniawski Musical Society – Kulczyk Foundation as a patron of the Society supports its activities, including preparations for the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Making Competition and the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition;
The National Philharmonic in Warsaw – support in the organization of the series of concerts and events under the name „A Tribute to Arthur Rubinstein”.