Heinrich Pecina

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Heinrich F. Pecina (born July 23, 1950 ) is an Austrian investor and founder of Vienna Capital Partners (VCP) .

Career

Pecina studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and was responsible for building the investment arm of Creditanstalt , the Creditanstalt Investment Bank responsible (CAIB), whose board member , he from 1990 to 1997th He then was Senior Advisor at the United Bank of Switzerland with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe.

In 1998 he founded the Viennese investment house Vienna Capital Partners (VCP) and its successor company CPS Investment Service AG and continued to be involved in Eastern Europe. Pecina is one of the key masterminds in the European gas and oil business.

Controversy

According to the Panama Papers , in 2007 Pecina was involved in an ominous sale of shares worth billions in the oil and gas company OMV .

Through Mediaworks Hungary AG , he was involved in the government-critical Budapest daily Népszabadság until its sale to Opimus Press AG in October 2016 . He was previously criticized for the planned closure of the newspaper.

In August 2017, Pecina was sentenced by an Austrian court to a fine of 288,000 euros and a suspended sentence of 22 months for embezzlement and misconduct in connection with bogus invoices to Hypo Alpe Adria Bank.

Private

Pecina is married with two children and lives on an estate south of Maria Ellend . His grandfather Ludwig Pecina was the manager of the heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.conwert.com/sites/default/files/25_maerz_2010_lebenslauf_pecina.pdf
  2. ↑ Kleine Zeitung - Fine after judgment in the Hypo process . Article dated March 15, 2018, accessed February 11, 2020.
  3. ↑ http://orf.at/stories/2332570/2332583/
  4. ^ Nachrichten.at - Heinrich Pecina: The stately profit hunter . Article dated October 15, 2016, accessed February 11, 2020.
  5. ↑ http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/meinung/menschen/Heinrich-Pecina-Der-herrschaftliche-Profitjaeger;art111731,2374740
  6. ↑ derStandard.at - Népszabadság sales: the media landscape is being rolled out in Hungary . Article dated October 26, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ Interview: Heinrich Pecina on "Népszabadág" closure . Article dated October 15, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Hungary: Journalists of the newspaper "Népszabadság" counter . Article dated October 24, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ derStandard.at - Four guilty verdicts in the hypo process for fairness opinion . Article dated August 17, 2017, accessed February 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/meinung/menschen/Heinrich-Pecina-Der-herrschaftliche-Profitjaeger;art111731,2374740
personal data
SURNAME Pecina, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pecina, Heinrich F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur and chairman of the investment fund and consulting company Vienna Capital Partners
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1950