Daniel Křetínský
Since it was privatised over a decade ago, there's been speculation around the future of the UK's troubled postal service, Royal Mail.
Now the government has approved its purchase by the Czech billionaire, Daniel Křetínský, a relative unknown here in the UK.
Born in communist Czechoslovakia in 1975, Křetínský was a teenager when the Berlin Wall came down. He started his career as a lawyer, but after taking a job in an investment firm soon acquired a reputation as a financial prodigy. He went on to make his fortune in energy investments, but has since expanded to become a big player in the…
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