Bogusław Cupiał

Bogusław Cupiał (born June 29, 1956 in Sławków ) is a Polish entrepreneur and owner of the Wisła Kraków football club . As the owner of Tele-Fonika Kable SA , he is one of the richest Poles. His fortune was estimated at around 500 million euros in the annual updated list of the rich in the Polish edition of Forbes magazine in 2013. He is considered the richest man in the Polish Małopolska Voivodeship .

Life

Cupiał attended school in Sławków and a railroad technical center in Sosnowiec . He then worked in a paint shop.

Tele-Fonika office building in Bydgoszcz

North stand of the Wisła Kraków football stadium

Tele-Fonika

In 1992, with Zbigniew Urban and Stanisław Ziętek in Myślenice, he founded a cable factory under the Tele-Fonika company . The company employed people with disabilities and thus received a special status ( Zakład pracy chronionej ) in public procurement. Thanks to this special position and due to the robust economy of the following years in Poland, the young company developed quickly. As a result, Tele-Fonika took over majorities in other large companies in the industry: in 1998 with Krakowska Fabryka Kabli SA and in 2002 with Elektrim Kable Polski SA This made the company No. 1 in Poland.

In 2007 Enej - Elektrokabel in Chernihiw ( Ukraine ) was taken over. In the same year, a Serbian cable factory, Zajecar doo , was incorporated into the group. Today Tele-Fonika Kable SA is the largest cable manufacturer in Central and Eastern Europe with seven production facilities in Poland and other European countries. Tele-Fonika wired Wembley Stadium and Heathrow Airport near London, among others . A special high-voltage cable for 110 kilovolts in fiber optic technology was developed for the Narodowy stadium in Warsaw . The company has also specialized in the cabling of wind farms .

Wisła Kraków

In 1998, the football fan Cupiał took over the debt-ridden football department of the Kraków sports club with Tele-Fonika , which has since been known as Wisła Kraków SA . With his help, the debt could be reduced and one of the best Polish teams built. The football club won several Polish champions ( Ekstraklasa ) in the following years .

Individual evidence

↑ 100 Najbogatszych Polaków 2013 ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Forbes Polska , print and online (in Polish, accessed May 15, 2013) @1@ 2

^ The Małopolska Rich List in the Krakow Post of July 17, 2012 (in English, accessed May 15, 2013)

↑ No. 11: Bogusław Cupiał in the Reichsten Ranking of the Wprost magazine 2012 (in Polish, accessed on May 15, 2013)

↑ Bogusław Cupiał in the "Twarze Biznesu" section of the business newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on February 28, 2013 (in Polish, accessed on May 15, 2013)

↑ Biography: Bogusław Cupiał ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at: Miliarderzy - najbogatsi ludzie na świecie ( Miliarderzy.com ) of September 3, 2009 (in Polish, accessed May 15, 2013) @1@ 2

Web links

Website of the Tele-Fonika Kable

personal data
SURNAME	Cupiał, Bogusław
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sławków

[1] 100 Najbogatszych Polaków 2013 ( Memento of the original from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Forbes Polska , print and online (in Polish, accessed May 15, 2013) @1@ 2

[2] The Małopolska Rich List in the Krakow Post of July 17, 2012 (in English, accessed May 15, 2013)

[3] No. 11: Bogusław Cupiał in the Reichsten Ranking of the Wprost magazine 2012 (in Polish, accessed on May 15, 2013)

[4] Bogusław Cupiał in the "Twarze Biznesu" section of the business newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna on February 28, 2013 (in Polish, accessed on May 15, 2013)