Reclusive Billionaire Thrives as Pandemic Shoppers Crowd Stores
- Polish retailer Biernacki’s fortune has risen to $3.6 billion
- He’s on the verge of becoming Poland’s richest person
When the coronavirus pandemic triggered a lockdown, shoppers flocked to Dino Polska outlets to stockpile.
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Tomasz Biernacki doesn’t want attention.
The Polish businessman, 46, hasn’t done any major media interviews since crashing his Ferrari F430 more than a decade ago. He didn’t show up at the stock exchange when his company went public in 2017, and his management team rejects investor requests to meet in Warsaw, instead asking them to visit the company’s headquarters about 310 kilometers (193 miles) from the capital.