Business Ventures
Jan Kulczyk is currently involved with several investments in the following sectors: oil & gas, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Kulczyk Investments is a 40% shareholder in Neconde Energy Limited, a recently formed consortium that acquired a 45% stake in a production license OML 42 in the Niger Delta from Shell, one of the world’s largest hydrocarbon reservoirs. Participation in Neconde gives Kulczyk Investments access to very attractive production assets in Africa. KI also holds a 13.7% share in Aurelian Oil & Gas, a company dealing with oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production; 39% in Loon Energy Corporation, holder of an exploration and production concessions in Colombia and Peru; 49.99% in Kulczyk Oil Ventures, a company dealing with oil and gas exploration and production in the Sultanate of Brunei, Syria and Ukraine; as well as 10.2% in Ophir Energy, an oil and gas exploration and production company active in Africa. Through Strata Limited, in which KI holds 15,4% the company holds shares in two exploration and production companies listed on the AIM in London, Zanaga Iron Ore Company Ltd. (ZIOC) which deals with the management and development of a world class iron ore located in the South Western part of the Congo (Brazzaville); and Ncondezi Coal Company Ltd which is currently exploring and developing coal exploration licences in the Tete Provinde of Mozambique with the resource potential of 1.8 billion tons of coal.
In 2010, Jan Kulczyk set up Kulczyk Silverstein Properties (with a 45% stake), a joint venture with Silverstein Properties Inc, the renowned US developer involved in the World Trade Center revitalization, which develops and acquires office, retail and mixed-use properties throughout Central and Eastern Europe. Kulczyk Real Estate Holding grants facility management services within the group as well as to external partners.
In 2009 Kulczyk exchanged his 28% share in Kompania Piwowarska, a brewing company, with a 42% share in the Polish beer market for 3.8% of SABMiller Plc, the world’s second largest beer producer. Through subsidiaries, he holds 24% in Autostrada Wielkopolska and 40% in Autostrada Wielkopolska II, companies that successfully constructed and operate the A2 motorway in Western Poland (completed 1 December 2011).
Kulczyk Investments has also been the leading importer and dealer of Skoda, Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche in Poland during the years 1994 -2011. Through KH Logistyka, he holds a nearly 58% share in PEKAES SA, a leader in the TSL market in Poland. In 2009,Kulczyk Investments acquired 90% in Chemikals, a company that operates and manages logistic ports in Braniewo and Skandawa, two modern rail trans-shipment terminals at the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast. Kulczyk Investments holds a 100% stake in Polenergia, a company operating on the energy market in Poland, as well as a 100% stake in an energy trading venture KI Energy Trading. Elektrownia Północ is planning to construct a coal power plant in Northern Poland. In 2011 Kulczyk Investments acquired a 100% stake in Elektrociepłownia Nowa Sarzyna, a gas-fired heat and power plant.
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