Penta keeps expanding

In this year’s Forbes rich list, Jaroslav Haščák’s net worth will exceed €2.5bn. Penta Group, where he and Marek Dospiva are the largest partners, is targeting expansion into Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and Penta Bank is set to expand. Italian expansion is among the goals of pharmacy chain Dr.Max, while betting operator Fortuna, currently not for sale, also has growth plans. Both Dr.Max and Fortuna intend to raise expansion capital through stock‑exchange listings. Penta RE has major projects planned in Bratislava and Prague, as well as in central London. On the Gorilla affair, in which he secretly met politicians in the mid‑2000s to discuss corruption schemes, Haščák now says he had “bad luck” and regrets the time he had to devote to it.

(forbes.sk)