Grégoire Patrick Clément Nitot (born in 1976 in Caen) is a French-Polish entrepreneur and sports activist. He is a founder and CEO of Sii Poland, and since 2020, owner and president of Polonia Warsaw football club.[1][2][3]
Grégoire Nitot | |
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| Born | Grégoire Nitot 1976 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Sii Poland Owner and President of Polonia Warsaw football club |
Life edit
Grégoire Nitot grew up living on a boat on the Seine in Paris. Initially, he wanted to become a professional soccer player.[4] At the age of about 18, he decided to tie his future to business. To realize this plan, he completed a master's degree at the Rennes School of Business. In 2000, he came to Poland, where he studied for a year at the Warsaw School of Economics under the Erasmus student exchange program.[5] After completing his studies, he returned to France. He has lived in Poland since 2006 and received Polish citizenship in 2016.
Career edit
After working as a Sales Manager in the IT industry in Paris for several years, in 2006 he decided to move to Poland and set up Sii Poland. With €30 000 in savings, he began looking for an investor. After successful negotiations with Sii France, with a capital of €100 000, he launched an individual entrepreneurship in an apartment in downtown Warsaw. By 2022, Sii Poland has transformed into an organization generating annual revenues of PLN 1.91 billion net,[6] with PLN 260 million in profits, employing 8 000 specialists in 15 branches across the country. It also opened a subsidiary, Sii Sweden, and made a strategic acquisition of Sii Ukraine in 2021.
As of 2018, Nitot owns the Tawerna Kashubska hotel and restaurant in Brodnica Dolna.[citation needed]
In March 2020, Grégoire Nitot invested in Polonia Warsaw football club, saving it from bankruptcy.[citation needed] The two-time Polish champion returned to the central level after five years. In 2022, Polonia Warsaw was promoted to the II league.
Controversies edit
Opponents of Nitot's buying of Polonia Warszawa organized a campaign of threats and slander against him and Sii Poland in 2020.[7] In response, Sii Poland has launched a widely reported campaign titled "Haterade is not OK."[8] Furthermore, Nitot has been accused of unlawfully firing an employee for creating a workers' union in Sii Poland and afterwards wrote a mail to the victim with an explanation, in which the victim is accused of "supporting extremism, working there for just 6 months not knowing the company all too well and yet being detrimental to its further work". Addressing the claims of Krystian being fired were true, but the actual reason would be his and the workers' union's "hatred and hurtful action against Sii Poland", of which an example Nitot presented a part of a speech about obeying work laws in Poland and France[9][10][11]
Personal life edit
He married a Polish woman, Irena, with whom he has four children, Szymon, Juliette, Chloe, and a foster daughter, Kamila.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ Gregoire Nitot: Zainwestowałem w Polonię, bo lubię szalone projekty [Gregoire Nitot: I invested in Polonia because I like crazy projects] (in Polish), wybocza.pl, 2020, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ Stus, Marcin (2022), Gregoire Nitot: Ja po prostu jestem autentyczny! [Gregoire Nitot: I'm just being authentic!] (in Polish), Onet, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ Piłka nożna. Francuski właściciel Polonii Warszawa dla Interii: Planuję zainwestować 10 milionów złotych [Football. The French owner of Polonia Warszawa for Interia: I plan to invest PLN 10 million] (in Polish), Interia, 2020, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ Wawrzynowski, Marek (2020), Gregoire Nitot, nowy właściciel Polonii Warszawa: Nasi pracownicy bali się jeździć samochodami z logo firmy [Gregoire Nitot, the new owner of Polonia Warszawa: Our employees were afraid to drive cars with the company logo] (in Polish), Sportowe Fakty, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ Przedsiebiorca, Roku (2019), Przyjechał na Erasmusa, zbudował jedną z czołowych firm IT. "Polska jest łatwym krajem do życia, jest tu jeszcze wolność" [He came for Erasmus, built one of the leading IT companies. "Poland is an easy country to live in, there is also freedom here"] (in Polish), wyborcza.biz, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ Kopanko, Karol (2022). "Sii Polska podzieliła ponad 21 mln zł między pracowników – razem wypracowali zysk, więc wspólnie z niego skorzystają" [Sii Poland divided PLN 21 million between employees. Together they have earned a profit, they will benefit from it together]. Bizblog.pl - serwis biznesowy (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ Gregoire Nitot. Kim jest człowiek, któremu grożą kibice Legii? Zatrudnia tysiące osób, nie lubi 500 plus [Gregoire Nitot. Who is the man threatened by Legia fans? He employs thousands of people, he doesn't like 500 plus] (in Polish), gazeta.pl, 2020, retrieved 13 March 2023
- ^ Siwka, Daria (2020-06-05). "#hejtniejestOK. Zobacz, jak pracownicy Sii Polska odpowiadają na negatywne komentarze na temat pracodawcy | Employer Branding blog bardzoHR". bardzohr.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ ""To wstyd, że cię zatrudniliśmy". Francuski prezes polskiej firmy bezprawnie zwolnił związkowca". INNPoland.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ "Założył związek zawodowy w Sii Polska, został zwolniony dyscyplinarnie. "Jesteś kłopotliwy"". nextgazetapl (in Polish). 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- ^ Wasielewska, Karolina (2022-12-01). "W IT nie ma miejsca dla związków zawodowych. Zrozumiano? Rozejść się!". KrytykaPolityczna.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-20.