Biography & Early Wealth Journey

Rafal Brzoska via James Button Group sp. z o.o./wikimedia/creative commons

InPost's success made him one of the youngest millionaires in Poland. His entrepreneurial nature got under the skin of Poland's state-run State Post and they fought Brzoska to regain control of those judicial system/court mail deliveries. That was a significant hit to Brzoska's business. His company nearly went under. Fortunately, an investment from private-equity firm Advent International kept Brzoska from going under. Another investment from KKR & Co, helped InPost restructure its debt and grow. As of the end of 2020, InPost owns 12,254 parcel machines in Poland and the U.K. InPost handled 249 million deliveries in 2020 as the pandemic increased the number of e-commerce purchases being made.

InPost raised $3.4 billion in its IPO, which was Europe's largest IPO since 2018. Shares debuted at 16 euros each, which was the top end of its projected range. By 10:08 am on the day of InPost's IPO, shares had climbed 26% to 20.22 euros. InPost is the biggest debut on a European exchange since Germany's Knorr-Bremse AG, a maker of truck and train brakes that raised $4.5 billion in its October 2018 IPO. InPost chose to make its debut in Amsterdam due to its concentration of technology-focused investors. InPost plans to expand to France, Spain, and Italy in the near future.

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Brzoska made his debut on the list of the richest people in Poland in 2011. On the 2015 list of the richest Poles, he was ranked 68th. With the IPO, Brzoska's $1.5 billion net worth leaves him tied for the sixth richest person in Poland.

Brzoska is married to television weather presenter Omena Mensah. The couple has a son named Vincent who was born in 2017. Brzoska is also an author of the books "Tomorrow in New York" and "Biblia e-business 2."

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