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Grzegorz Hajdarowicz

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Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
Hajdarowicz in 2013
Born1965-10-27
NationalityPolish
Alma materJagiellonian University
OccupationBusinessman
Children3

Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (born 27 October 1965) is a Polish entrepreneur,[1] film producer,[1][2] publisher (acting through his company Gremi Media),[1][3][4] honorary consul of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Kraków.[1][5] Participant of the international Bilderberg meeting in 2018.[6] Ranked 17th on the list of Business Leaders 2021 by the Polish edition of "Forbes" magazine.[7]

Education

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Hajdarowicz graduated from the Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He received a Master's Degree in Political Science.[1]

Business career

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Hajdarowicz created his first company, Gremi in 1991.[1] Currently, together with its related companies, Gremi focuses on equity investments, restructuring and real estate projects.[8] Hajdarowicz is the main shareholder of Gremi corporate group (99%) which controls, among others, the KCI S.A listed company.[9]

In 2009 Hajdarowicz has invested in a real estate project “Arteco Estrela”[10] in Brazil by buying Fazenda Estrela with an area of 25 square kilometres and 6.5 kilometres of beach.[11] For this project, in 2017 Hajdarowicz signed a partnership agreement with Six Senses, a company specializing in the management of luxury hotels, resorts and spas.[12]

Also in 2009, with the purchase of the Przekrój weekly, Hajdarowicz founded Gremi Media SA.[13] In the following years, the company specialized as a publisher of printed and electronic media for the financial, law and business sectors. Currently, Gremi Media S.A. is a leading media group in Poland, the publisher of the "Rzeczpospolita", "Parkiet" and "Sport" dailies, the monthly magazine "Uważam Rze Historia" the websites rp.pl, tv.rp.pl, parkiet.com, sportdziennik.com, and historia.uwazamrze.pl.[14] In December 2021, 40% of Gremi Media's shares were purchased by the Dutch fund Pluralis B.V.[15] Through its investors, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) and Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), Pluralis B.V.is supported by George Soros.[16][17]

In 2017 he acquired Alvernia Studios.[18]

For a few years, within a separate business line, Grzegorz Hajdarowicz has been involved in film production through Gremi Film.[19] He has produced 6 feature films since 2003, 3 Polish productions: Zakochany Anioł (2005)[20] Pod powierzchnią (2006),[21] Hania (2007),[22] and 3 international movies: Nightwatching (2007, dir. Peter Greenaway),[23] Carmo, Hit the Road (2008, dir. Murilo Pasta),[24] City Island (2009, dir. Raymond De Felitta).[25]

Film awards

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City Island - Tribeca Film Festiwal's Audience Award in New York.[26]

Carmo - 25th Sundace Film Festival selection.[27]

Orders

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Order of Polonia Restituta, the Knight's Cross (2015)[28]

Order of Rio Branco, Officer (2020)[29]

Cross of Freedom and Solidarity (2021)[30][31]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  2. ^ "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  3. ^ Zielonka, Jan (2015-10-08). Media and Politics in New Democracies: Europe in a Comparative Perspective. OUP Oxford. p. 88. ISBN 9780191064777.
  4. ^ "About Gremi Media SA". gremimedia.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  5. ^ "Foreign Consulates in Krakow - www.krakow.pl". www.krakow.pl. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  6. ^ "Participants | Bilderberg Meeting 2018". www.bilderbergmeetings.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  7. ^ "Brzoska, Miłek, Pawiński, a także Hajdarowicz. Liderzy polskiego biznesu w 2021 r. według magazynu "Forbes"". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ^ "ABOUT". Gremi International. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  9. ^ "KCI SA (13/2018) Election of the Management Board for a new term - Warsaw Stock Exchange". www.polandstockexchange.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  10. ^ "Arteco Estrela". www.artecoestrela.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  11. ^ "GREMI Group - A Polish visionary entrepreneur invests in Brazilian real estate. - Time for Polska". Time for Polska. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  12. ^ "Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas Announces First South America Project". www.sixsenses.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  13. ^ "About Greg (Grzegorz) Hajdarowicz". Gremi International. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Gremi Media SA - media group in the Business Finance Law segment". gremimedia.pl. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Mediahuis partners with leading European news organisations to create Pluralis". Mediahuis.ie. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Pluralis.media". Pluralis.media. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Soros Boosts Investment in Polish Media Market With Paper Deal". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  18. ^ "ALVERNIA PLANET - exceptional place". www.alverniaplanet.com. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  19. ^ "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  20. ^ "Angel in Love". IMDB.com.
  21. ^ "The Underneath". IMDB.com.
  22. ^ "Hania". IMDB.com.
  23. ^ "Nightwatching". IMDB.com.
  24. ^ "Carmo, Hit the Road". IMDB.com.
  25. ^ "City Island". IMDB.com.
  26. ^ ""CITY ISLAND" wins TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL AUDIENCE AWARD - Cinema Without Borders". Cinema Without Borders. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  27. ^ "2009 Sundance Film Festival Competition Films Announced – /Film". www.slashfilm.com. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  28. ^ Kluwer, Wolters. "Nadanie orderów i odznaczenia". OpenLEX (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  29. ^ Nacional, Imprensa. "DECRETO DE 13 DE OUTUBRO DE 2020 - DOU - Imprensa Nacional". www.in.gov.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  30. ^ "IPN: Odznaczeni KWiS". odznaczeni-kwis.ipn.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  31. ^ "Grzegorz Hajdarowicz odznaczony Krzyżem Wolności i Solidarności". Service of the Republic of Poland (in Polish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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