Tomasz Biernacki came first in the list of the richest Poles according to “Wprost” in 2025. His assets were valued at PLN 28 billion. Just behind him, in the ranking, they were: 2nd place by Michał Sołowow (PLN 23 billion) and 3. – Jerzy Starak (PLN 18.8 billion). The founder of the Dino store chain is the leader of the ranking for the third time. As emphasized by the weekly “Wprost”, in addition to a few information that you can get to the media, almost nothing is known about the businessman.
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Tomasz Biernacki does not receive remuneration
The founder of Dino began his adventure with a small slaughterhouse, which he led together with his parents in Czeluścin (Greater Poland Voivodeship). Later, Tomasz Biernacki founded a sole proprietorship “Biernacki” Zakłady Mięsne. The first Dino store was founded in 1999 in Gostyń.
In 2017, Dino debuted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Even then, she had several hundred branches in Poland. Today it is several thousand stores, and sales revenues for 2024 have reached almost PLN 30 billion. This means that they were higher by 14.1 percent. than a year ago. Dino, next to Biedronka and Lidl, is today included in the leaders of the Polish market when it comes to food discount chains.
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Tomasz Biernacki has been its main shareholder since the beginning of Dino's existence. As we wrote a few months ago, However, he is not only the president of Dino. His name is in over 20 different companies. They mainly deal with renting and managing own or leased real estate.
In 2023, Tomasz Biernacki was the only Pole on the list of 500 richest people in the world developed by Bloomberg. He appeared in 462 place, and Bloomberg estimated the value of his property at $ 5.85 billion. (approx. PLN 22.8 billion).
An interesting fact is the amount of remuneration that Tomasz Biernacki is to receive for sitting on the company's supervisory board. A year ago it was checked by the portal forhandlu.pl. The amount is surprising because it is PLN 0. This means that Tomasz Biernacki does not charge any remuneration for sitting on the company's supervisory board, while the remaining members earn from 82,000. PLN gross to 99.6 thousand PLN gross.
