CPI Group’s net profit jumped 39 percent last year to CZK 2bn, while its asset value totaled CZK 85.6bn, a rise of 33 percent y-o-y. The information was revealed in the property company’s newly published 2013 annual report. The owner of the group, Radovan Vítek, has moved up to be third in the Forbes ranking of the richest Czechs, leapfrogging Karel Komárek and Zdeněk Bakala to do so. However, this year’s ranking is again topped by Petr Kellner whose estimated asset value stands at CZK 208bn, followed by Andrej Babiš with CZK 40bn, writes ČTK. CPI Group is targeting CZK 100bn in total assets by the end of 2014. Investment value totaled CZK 69.9bn in 2013, up from CZK 49.1bn in 2012.
