Main points
- The richest businessman in Poland has a fortune of $13.1 billion and ranks 178th in the world ranking.
- Its businesses span various industries, including development, chemicals, and energy, and investments in carbon-free energy sources could significantly scale the business.
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The ranking of the richest businessmen in Poland is currently headed by an entrepreneur who was in third place among the country's richest people 10 years ago. Today, he is a man who combines various business sectors and has a fortune of over $13 billion.
Who is the richest Polish entrepreneur?
Forbes writes about what the businessman does and how much wealth he has.
The ranking of the richest people in Poland in 2025 includes 107 billionaires. Among them are Jerzy Starak, Tomasz Bernadski, Rafal Brzoska, Dominika Kulczyk and Zygmunt Soloż. However, the first place is occupied by Michal Solowow .
Note! In 2015, he was the third richest person in Poland. In 10 years, he was able to reach the top of the ranking.
Currently, the businessman has $13.1 billion . In the ranking of the world's richest people, he is in 178th place. The man is known not only as a billionaire, but also as a racing driver (he was three times vice-champion of Europe in rallying). In fact, this is where the story of the entrepreneur began. However, his business activities are known for combining different industries.
Solovyov has the most diversified group in various industries, which significantly stabilizes his fortune. He invests heavily in nuclear energy, which gives him a chance to significantly scale up his business. The billionaire is actively developing investments in carbon-free energy sources,
– Forbes notes.
Solovyov's businesses:
- development company – Echo Investment;
- in the chemical industry, one of the largest producers of raw materials in the country is Synthos;
- parquet production – Barlinek;
- production of sanitary ceramics – Cersanit.
What else is known about Solovyov's businesses?
In general, the businessman took his first steps in entrepreneurship by reselling German cars in Poland. After a successful project, he managed to open Mitex , a construction company for the conversion of houses and laying communications.
Later, the entrepreneur moved to Warsaw, where he opened a supermarket chain called Polish Life Improvement . Later, the businessman bought shares in an Israeli company that almost went bankrupt. But Michal Solovov was able to turn the unprofitable project into a successful media company, Echo Investment .
In particular, the entrepreneur invested in real estate. He bought a number of publications and created his own radio network.
Who are the richest people in the world?
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index notes that in 2025, the top five richest people in the world will be made up of both established names and new ones. For example, the top 5 in terms of wealth are:
- Elon Musk ($461 billion);
- Larry Ellison ($281 billion);
- Larry Page ($274 billion);
- Sergey Brin ($255 billion);
- Jeff Bezos ($254 billion).
The ranking of the richest Ukrainian businessmen is headed by Rinat Akhmetov. He earned over 840 billion hryvnias in a year. The top ten richest Ukrainians is closed by Svitlana Ivakhiv (over 40 billion hryvnias in profit).
Interestingly , the difference between the first and tenth positions reaches 800 billion hryvnias. However, the second place in the Ukrainian ranking is also not close to the first in terms of income. So, Vitaly Antonov has an annual income of over 164 billion. This is a result that is more than 4 times less than Akhmetov's fortune.
What do you need to know about Ukrainian production during the war and migration?
Ukrainian metallurgy, which previously created a separate economic ecosystem and actually fed the budget, is now in a crisis situation. The reason for the reduction in production is the risk of war, unstable demand on world markets, problems with logistics and exports, and high production costs.
In particular, due to the lack of personnel amid the war, migration of foreigners to Ukraine is possible. As Vasyl Voskoboynyk, head of the Migration Policy Office, told Channel 24 , with the arrival of citizens of other countries, the risk of violations of the law may increase.
“There is a list of countries with an increased migration risk. These are countries like Pakistan or Afghanistan, from which it is not necessary to attract people. There are 90 such countries. Here, when the question of who to attract to the country, the first word should not be with demographers, but with the Security Service of Ukraine. It is she who should decide from which countries we can attract people. And in this way we can reduce the likelihood of some problems, but it is impossible to avoid them completely,” the expert noted.
He added that during the migration of workers, the state to which the workers are going must ensure appropriate control, then any threats are impossible. In particular, it is necessary to know where exactly a person works and lives. These are basic things that can help to figure out what happened.