In addition to the previously purchased 44 percent stake in Energetický a průmyslový holding, J&T Capital Partners has currently invested in a stake in EC Investments. Co-ownership in companies doing business in the e-commerce sector, such as the online comparator Heureka or the online food retailer Košík.cz.
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EC Investments currently also owns a minority stake in the Mall Group, which is, however, the subject of a recently signed sales transaction with the Polish e-commerce leader Allegro.
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Further investments were made in participating in Supratuc 2020, a joint venture with the leading Spanish retail group Eroski. Supratuc 2020 is the leader in food sales in the Balearic Islands and is one of the four largest chains in Catalonia. In both of these regions, the Eroski and Caprabo brands operate a network of more than 480 stores.
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J&T Capital Partners’ portfolio has also expanded to include investments in shares in football clubs. In addition to the Prague football Sparta, this consists mainly of a minority stake in the English football club West Ham United. Qualified investors of the J&T Arch Investments fund may also indirectly participate in the economic benefits of the J&T Capital Partners holding.
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Tkáč, a native of Bratislava, is one of the richest people in the Czech Republic and Slovakia; last year, Forbes magazine estimated his assets at 600 million euros (over 15.5 billion crowns). In recent years, Tkáč has moved mainly in the structures around the J&T investment group, which he co-founded more than two decades ago. His father Jozef helped him on his way to the upper floors of the business. According to last year’s Forbes magazine, Křetínský is one of the richest Czechs with assets worth 78 billion crowns.
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