According to the Forbes Wealth List, Kellner is worth $17.5 billion, ranking 68th in the world. (Photo credit: Forbes)
According to the local Alaska government website on Sunday (March 28) evening, after a search and rescue team composed of local National Guard and volunteers, they have confirmed the identities of the five people who died in the helicopter crash on Saturday (27), including Peter Kellner, chairman of PPF Group and the richest man in the Czech Republic.
Photo credit: Alaska government website
The Alaska government also said that there were six people on board when the accident occurred, and that the only survivor is in serious but stable condition and is being treated at an Anchorage area hospital. The crash occurred near Knik Glacier on an Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter as the group was on their way to ski.
Clint Johnson, head of the local transportation safety board, said the area of the incident was steep snow-covered terrain at an altitude of about 5,000-6,000 feet (1,500-1,800 meters). Efforts are now focused on recovering the wreckage in Time for the expected impending snowstorm.
The Tordrillo Mountains resort, which was responsible for hosting Kellner and his party, also issued a statement saying that this was the most significant incident to occur in the resort’s 17 years of operation. The news is devastating for the families of the deceased, the resort’s employees and the entire community. The resort offers a minimum of $15,000/week in lodging and helicopter services, and Kellner was a frequent guest of theirs.
Born in 1964 in Lipa, Czech Republic, Kellner founded the investment fund PPF in the 1990s and later became a major conglomerate across finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, media and biotechnology through a series of acquisitions. According to the company’s previous disclosure as of June 30 last year the company had assets of 44 billion euros. The most important of its financial businesses is the consumer finance company Home Credit, which has operations in the Czech Republic, China, Russia, the United States, India and other markets.
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