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Luděk Sekyra (8 February 1964 in Český Krumlov) is a Czech entrepreneur. Cyprus-based companies controlled by Sekyra have stakes in several major real estate development projects in Prague.〔Consolidated accounting statements of SEKYRA GROUP REAL ESTATE N.V. for 2010, published at justice.cz〕〔Annual report of DEJVICE-CENTER, a.s. for 2013〕〔Forbes (Czech edition), List of billionaires (in CZK), October 2014, (available online ) (Czech)〕 Forbes magazine included Luděk Sekyra to the list of billionaires, which makes him one of the richest Czechs (Forbes 2014, 2015) == Career == After graduation from a secondary school in Kaplice he was admitted to Faculty of Law, Charles University in Prague.〔Krystyna Wanatowiczová, Jana Klímová, ''Sekyrovy zářezy'', Mladá fronta DNES, 9. října 2008, page 6〕 He became an official of Socialist Youth Union and a member of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.〔 On 13 November 1989 communits daily ''Rudé právo'' printed on its front page a group photo of Socialist Youth Union officials including Sekyra.〔Rudé právo, ''Československá mládež je jednoznačně pro přestavbu'', 13 November 1989, front page, photographer Eman Uher〕 After the Velvet Revolution he became a partner in the law office of professor Milan Bakeš.〔 In August 1995 Luděk Sekyra became chairman of the board at JURE, a company set up by Helena Jurečková a Tomáš Jureček.〔Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 63998611, Sekyra Group, a.s.〕 Registered capital amounting to CZK 6.5 million was issued in the form of bearer shares.〔 A year later Sekyra became chairman of the board of directors of newly founded real estate development company České nemovitosti a.s.〔Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 25059688, České nemovitosti a.s.〕 In April 1999 JURE was renamed to SEKYRA Group.〔 Former supervisory board member Drahoš Lustig was elected its chairman of the board of director, Luděk Sekyra moved to the post of chairman of the supervisory board.〔 Lustig also became chairman of the board of directors of "Středoevropská stavební" (StS), a company founded in the summer 1999 as a special purpose vehicle to acquire major Czech construction company IPS.〔Commercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 25794213, S.P.I. Holdings, a.s.〕 StS issued bearer shares, Sekyra had a stake in the company. In early January 2000 Sekyra secretly joined forces with infamous entrepreneur and lobbyist František Mrázek,〔Jana Klímová, Krystyna Wanatowiczová, ''(Podnikatel Sekyra: Role Mrázka v privatizaci IPS byla okrajová )'', iDNES 9 October 2008 (interview with Luďek Sekyra)〕 who was at the time wiretapped by the police. The police also got court-approval to wiretap Sekyra and found out that Ivan Langer, a vice-chairman of the parliament and vice-chairman of ODS, is secretly lobbying on StS' behalf. StS made the highest bid for IPS and on 29 February 2000 got a CZK 2 bn loan from Investiční a poštovní banka (IPB). However, the loan was just for one month, not the nine years originally discussed.〔Pavel Matocha, István Lékó, ''Bakala kontra Sekyra'', EURO 47/2008, page 32〕 On 28 March IPB decided not to prolong the loan, however it did not immediately seize the IPS shares pledged as collateral and on 13 April 2000 Luděk Sekyra became chairman of the board of directors of IPS.〔Jana Frančíková, ''Prodej stavebních firem se nedaří'', Mladá Fronta DNES, 14 April 2000, page 13〕 On 16 June 2000 IPB went into forced administration〔Martin Jašminský, ''Vláda tvrdě zakročila v IPB'', Mladá fronta DNES, 17 June 2000, front page〕 and StS was forced to transfer the shares to its rival Skanska. On 20 July 2000 Skanska replaced statutory bodies of IPS.〔ČTK, ''Skanska ovládla dozorčí radu IPS'', Mladá fronta DNES, 21 July 2000, page 12〕 At the end of December 2006 Luděk Sekyra had a 99,81% stake in Sekyra Group a.s., during 2007 he transferred the shares to Netherlands-based company SEKYRA GROUP REAL ESTATE N.V. (SGRE).〔Annual reports of Sekyra Group a.s. 2006-2007 (auditor Valda Audit, s.r.o., published at justice.cz)〕 At the end of December 2007 Luděk Sekyra controlled Curaçao-based company CEE Holdings N.V., which had a 95% stake in SGRE.〔Annual report of SEKYRA GROUP REAL ESTATE N.V. for 2007 (auditor KPMG, Qualified Opinion, published at justice.cz)〕〔Annual report of Rezidence Korunní, s.r.o. for 2009, auditor Danuše Peková〕 Luděk Sekyra cooperates with Oxford University on a long-term basis. In 2011, Sekyra became one of the 36 members of Harris Manchester College's board.〔Haris Manchester College, Foundation Fellows, 2015-01-29〕 He also became a member of its academic community (Foundation Fellow) the following year and a member of the Vice Chancellor Circle of the Oxford University.〔 On November 6, 2014, University of Oxford hosted a series of events called Velvet Day as a commemoration of 25th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in the Czech Republic and its former president, Václav Havel.〔Havel’s Place at the University Parks. University of Oxford. (). 13-11-2014. (Available online ).〕 Among the main events were Havel's Place instalment and its revelation in the University park, and also the inauguration of the student centre Sekyra House, sponsored by Luděk Sekyra.〔Sametový den na Oxfordu: Havel dostal lavičku, Halík posluchárnu. Ceskatelevize.cz. 6-11-2014. (Available online )〕 One of its lecture halls was named after the Czech theologian and priest Tomáš Halík.〔 Through his holding, Sekyra is also one of the main sponsors of the Czech Christian Academy.〔Czech Christian Academy. Partneři, sponzoři, date of access 2015-02-16. (Available online )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luděk Sekyra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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