Succession at Polsat. Zygmunt Solorz is losing influence on Interia. He remained in one company

After being dismissed from the supervisory board of the Interia Group, Zygmunt Solorz currently remains on the supervisory board of one company, i.e. Polsat Media – Tomasz Matwiejczuk, director of corporate communications of the Polsat Plus Group, told PAP. He added that the billionaire's wife, Justyna Kulka, has already been dismissed from all companies of the Polsat Plus Group.

Interia.pl Group is another company in which the billionaire and founder of Polsat television lost his supervisory position due to a dispute with his children over the succession. The dismissal of Zygmunt Solorz from the supervisory board of this Group – as reported by Wirtualne Media – was entered into the National Court Register at the end of November this year, while the general meeting of Interia, which made this decision, was held at the beginning of November.

“Mr. Zygmunt Solorz is currently still a member of the supervisory board of Polsat Media (advertising office),” said Tomasz Matwiejczuk, spokesman for the Polsat Plus Group, when asked by PAP in which companies of the Group the billionaire holds supervisory functions. He added that the businessman's wife Justyna Kulka “has already been dismissed from all companies of the Polsat Plus Group in which she performed any function”. Justyna Kulka and Zygmunt Solorz have already been dismissed, among others. from the supervisory board of Cyfrowy Polsat, Telewizja Polsat, Netia, Polkomtel, ZE PAK, Elektrim.

Changes in the supervisory board of Interia are another version of the conflict within Zygmunt Solorz's business empire. In September 2024, “Gazeta Wyborcza” reported that The billionaire's three children sent a warning to the managers of the businessman's four most important companies. The letter included opinions that the well-being of these companies is threatened by people who want to take control of the business. This includes: o Polsat and strategic companies for the state. The newspaper reported that Zygmunt Solorz's children were in a fierce dispute with Justyna Kulka, Solorz's wife. On the same day, Solorz announced that he would dismiss his sons from the management boards of companies belonging to his holding.

In October 2024, both of the billionaire's sons – Tobias Solorz and Piotr Żak – as well as lawyer Jarosław Grzesiak were dismissed from the supervisory board of the energy concern ZE PAK. Tobias Solorz and Piotr Żak also lost their seats on the supervisory boards of Cyfrowy Polsat, Netia and Polkomtel. Zygmunt Solorz's sons appealed against the resolutions of the general meetings of ZE PAK and Cyfrowy Polsat to court. In July this year, both companies announced that the lawsuits had been withdrawn.

In May 2025, a court in Liechtenstein dismissed Zygmunt Solorz's lawsuit regarding changes to the statute of his TiVi Foundation, under which control over Solorz's businesses would be taken over by his children. Zygmunt Solorz's main advisor, Radosław Kwaśnicki, informed in “Puls Biznesu” that an appeal against this non-final judgment was filed in June.

According to the legal representatives of Solorz's children, the dispute will end with the judgment of the court in Liechtenstein on the appeal. The decision – as legal advisor Paweł Rymarz from the Rymarz Zdort Maruta law firm told PAP – is to be made in December this year.

Zygmunt Solorz's main areas of interest are telecommunications, media, construction and energy. His companies are included in the Polsat Plus Group, Solorz is also the majority shareholder of ZE PAK.

At the end of 1992, the Polsat television he founded began broadcasting via satellite from the Netherlands. In 1993, Polsat was the first private entity to obtain a license to broadcast a program from terrestrial transmitters in Poland. The broadcast started in 1994. In 1999, the Cyfrowy Polsat platform was created. In 2011, Solorz-Żak bought Polkomtel for over PLN 18 billion. Subsequent transactions include: purchase of Netia.

In 2020 and 2021, he was in first place in the ranking of the richest Poles by the weekly “Wprost” with assets valued at over PLN 10 billion. (PAP)

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