Honours
In 1998, Leszek Czarnecki was granted the Wall Street Journal award for the Best CEO in Central Europe as one of the 10 renowned businessmen in the region. The same year he also won the global finals of the Young Business Achiever, the contest held in Beijing.
In April 2004, celebrating its 25th anniversary of presence in the European market, the Financial Times recognised Leszek Czarnecki as one of the 25 emerging stars of European business to set up the directions for the development of financial markets. Leszek Czarnecki was the only Pole included in the FT list.
In November 2004 Leszek Czarnecki was included in the group of four individuals recognised as Entrepreneur of the year from Eastern Europe by INSEAD, one of the best business universities in Europe, and the French Minister of Finance (Nicolas Sarkozy).
In September 2005 received the prestigious Lesław Paga award honouring his achievements and personal contribution to the development of the financial services market in Poland. Leszek Czarnecki was selected as the Player of the Year by the Polish Edition of the Forbes magazine three times in a row – in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
In November 2009 Leszek Czarnecki was recognised in the Entrepreneur of the Year contest organised by the Ernst & Young and received an honorary award for employing new staff in the times of deep crisis. The same month Puls Biznesu nominated him for the title of the Entrepreneur of the Twenty-Year Period. In March 2010 Gazeta Finansowa awarded him the title of the Financier of the Year 2009. May 2010 saw Leszek Czarnecki receive from PKPP Lewiatan the Andrzej Wierzbicki Award for his success in business and active contribution to business environment. Leszek Czarnecki was awarded with the honorable medal by the Polish Insurance Association for a longstanding cooperation and support of the Assiociation.
In 2010 Puls Biznesu and The Association of Polish Employers recognised Leszek Czarnecki as the “Entrepreneur of the year”. In 2011 Warsaw Business Journal awarded him with the title of the “Business Leader of the Year”.
In 2010 he ranked number 721 on the list of World’s Billionaires, with his worth assessed at US$1.4 billion. In 2008 the Forbes magazine ranked him in the 446 position on the list of the World’s Billionaires with his assets valued at US$2.6 billion, the first among those Poles listed. Before, in 2006, Forbes placed him last on the list with the property assessed for USD 1 billion.
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