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...When the Czech government decided to sell shares in state-owned companies to the public, Kozeny had just come from the United States with a Harvard education and only $2,000, according to the Columbia Spectator...
...time considered the richest man in the Czech Republic, Kozeny reportedly made around $200 million in the early 1990s when the Czech government decided to sell shares in state-owned companies to the public. Under this plan, Czech citizens could purchase vouchers that could, in turn, be traded in for shares in these companies. Kozeny persuaded around 800,000 Czechs to invest their vouchers in his “Harvard” funds, by promising a 10-fold return on their investment...
...Kozeny then disappeared—with Czech citizens’ money—reappearing in the Bahamas, earning the infamous nickname of “Pirate of Prague,” according to the Columbia Spectator...
Viktor Kozeny is a household name in the Czech Republic. “Ask any Czech today who Viktor Kozeny is and the answer would probably not be suitable for children,” Dita Asiedu said on Radio Prague in July. “There is no doubt that there is nothing many Czechs would like more than to see Mr. Kozeny behind bars, forever...
International students at Harvard from the Czech Republic are familiar with his name and story...