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Petr Pudil (*26 October 1974, Veltrusy, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech entrepreneur, a co founder of family office at bpd partners, and an art patron. Forbes magazine ranks Petr Pudil, together with his partners at bpd partners Vasil Bobela and Jan Dobrovský, among the hundred richest Czech entrepreneurs, with total assets estimated at CZK 19.8 billion.

Energy
Petr Pudil began his career in advertising and communication in the 1990s. He later became the strategic director at the mining company Mostecká uhelná společnost, a.s. (MUS). In 2005, together with other investors, he acquired from Appian Group a stake in MUS, which was incorporated into the new Czech Coal group. The acquisition was financed through a loan from a major domestic bank. He increased his stake in Czech Coal in 2008 by purchasing the stakes of Antonín Koláček and Luboš Měkota. In 2010 he sold his stake to companies owned by Pavel Tykač.

bpd partners
Petr Pudil founded family office at bpd partners with Vasil Bobela and Jan Dobrovský in 2008. The group includes companies from the REN Power holding generating electricity from renewables, the sun and wind with generating capacities in the Czech Republic, Poland and Great Britain. REN Power operates energy sources with total installed capacity of 87.8 MWp.

Developer activities make up a significant part of the work of bpd partners. The group’s completed projects include the PPF Gate building on Evropská street in Prague, the neighbouring BLOX and TELEHOUSE administrative complexes, and residential complexes in Prague such as Royal Triangle in Střešovice.

The bpd partners group is a major investor in several start-up projects focusing on biotechnology, medicine, food and other cutting-edge technologies.

The My Clinic outpatient healthcare clinic has been part of the bpd partners group since 2021.

Chemicals
In 2012, bpd partners acquired a stake in Lučební závody Draslovka Kolín a.s., a traditional manufacturer of cyanide-based chemicals in Kolín.

The bpd partners group owns this traditional cyanide manufacturer together with B3 Holding. In 2021, Draslovka announced its intention to become a global player in cyanide-based chemicals, and in June of that year it announced an agreement to purchase a manufacturer of sodium cyanide from Sasol South Africa Limited in Sasolburg (South Africa). The transaction is subject to approval by the antitrust authorities in South Africa and is expected to be completed in 2022. In July 2021, Draslovka purchased the largest solid sodium cyanide producer in the world, the Mining Solution division of Chemours based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The acquisition was completed at the end of November 2021.

The Pudil Family Foundation
Petr Pudil established The Pudil Family Foundation  together with his wife Pavlína. Its goal is to support fine art projects interconnecting Czech and international art. The foundation owns an extensive collection of Czech and international art. 

Kunsthalle
The Pudil Family Foundation owns the former Zenger transformer station building in Klárov in Prague. After extensive reconstruction, the building has been transformed into Kunsthalle Praha, similar to other cultural and educational centres abroad. Kunsthalle Praha opened its doors on 22 February 2022 with an exhibition entitled Kinetismus: 100 Years of Electricity in Art.

Petr Pudil is a member of the acquisition committee of the British Tate Gallery. He and his wife Pavlína are members of the acquisition committee of the Centre Pompidou in Pari s and both are members of the international committee of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

Post Bellum
Together with Jan Dobrovský and Vasil Bobela, Petr Pudil is an important promoter of the non-profit organisation Post Bellum, which through the Memory of Nations project focuses on recording and archiving the memories of witnesses of totalitarian regimes of the 20th century.

In 2021, Petr Pudil and Jan Dobrovský won the Czech Television Award for Entrepreneurial Contribution to Culture and Art in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition for their support of the Post Bellum project.

GLOBSEC
Petr Pudil is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central European think tank GLOBSEC since 2021.

Family
He lives in Prague, Czech Republic, together with his wife Pavlína and their three children. Petr Pudil enjoys art and sport.