Before Petr Kellner died last month, he was the richest man in the Czech Republic — in large part because of his Home Credit business in China.
When Petr Kellner, the billionaire chief of the international conglomerate PPF Group, died last month in a helicopter crash near Anchorage, Alaska, he left behind a complicated legacy about his relationship with China.
The 56-year-old businessman was the wealthiest person in his native Czech Republic in large part because, for the past decade, he had been one of the most successful foreign businessmen in China. While PPF Group owns everything from banks and newspapers to insurance and t
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