“For my generation, freedom, diligence, entrepreneurship and respect for traditions are the basic principles on which we have formed our opinions and attitudes. Today’s Western society, however, is increasingly dominated by the ideology of individual claim, egalitarianism, and the relativization of traditional values. Modern ideologies tend to limit freedom, creativity and critical thinking, “wrote Petr Kellner in the annual report of his financial group PPF for 2018.
The introductory word in the just-published “anniversary” balancing the year 2020 naturally follows Kellner’s way of thinking. This time, the author of the text is not the richest Czech who died in March, but his successor at the head of PPF Ladislav Bartoníček. He is also a small shareholder of the group. Kellner Renát’s widow is the administrator of the main block of shares until the settlement of the inheritance.
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“At PPF today, we are well aware that covid has changed and will change the world, as we have known it for the last decade. Unfortunately, we are seeing that even as part of the fight against the pandemic, freedom continues to diminish and regulation increases, that tensions and misunderstandings are growing between people and states. But we also see how an unpredictable crisis can reveal civic energy in society, a real ability to lead and come together, “writes Bartoníček, who in his contribution advocates the implementation of Kellner’s unfulfilled plans.
These include the attempt to control Moneta Bank or to connect the business of PPF’s mobile operators with televisions from the CME holding. He dominated the former First Privatization Fund last year and won the Czech TV Nova or the Slovak Marquis within it.
Bartoníček is not only waiting for the completion of Kellner’s projects. In addition, he must also graze
