{"id":9645,"date":"2021-03-29T18:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=9645"},"modified":"2021-04-10T20:17:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T13:17:53","slug":"czech-republics-richest-man-killed-in-helicopter-crash-during-alaska-ski-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/czech-republics-richest-man-killed-in-helicopter-crash-during-alaska-ski-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic’s richest man killed in helicopter crash during Alaska ski trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PPF Group of billionaire Kellner said the accident occurred on Saturday, March 27, in the mountains of Alaska (USA) during a ski trip.<\/p>\n

The Alaska Security Agency said on Sunday the incident had killed five people – three tourists, including Kellner, and two guides – died. The only survivor was taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

“We announce with infinite grief that during the helicopter crash over the weekend, the founder and majority owner of the PPF group, Mr. Petr Kellner, has passed away,”<\/em> quote from PPF.<\/p>\n

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Czech Republic’s richest man Petr Kellner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Prime Minister of the Czech Republic – Andrej Babis sent his condolences to the Kellner family.<\/p>\n

Cause of the accident is currently under investigation.<\/p>\n

Kellner is a famous figure in the Czech Republic, with an estimated net worth of $ 17.5 billion, according to Forbes.<\/p>\n

He became famous in the 1990s, after founding PPF as an investment company to join the privatization of hundreds of Czech state-owned companies.<\/p>\n

PPF continues to develop in the fields of finance, telecommunications, media, biotechnology, … and expands its scope of activities across Europe, Asia, and America. PPF’s assets amount to $ 51.8 billion by mid-2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The PPF Group of billionaire Kellner said the accident occurred on Saturday, March 27, in the mountains of Alaska (USA) during a ski trip. The Alaska Security Agency said on Sunday the incident had killed five people – three tourists, including Kellner, and two guides – died. The only survivor was taken to hospital. “We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[5214,5212,2490,2438,2440,2630,2488],"class_list":{"0":"post-9645","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-buzz","8":"tag-alaska-ski-trip","9":"tag-czech-republics-richest-man","10":"tag-illume-en","11":"tag-illume-e-magazine-online-cover","12":"tag-illume-emag-en","13":"tag-illume-mag-en","14":"tag-illume-magazine"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}