Clubhouse to Contract Pipeline

"London clubs have their value. Kulczyk visited places frequented by the richest people. It is there that you can naturally meet future partners and associates, opening doors to new business. “You have one drink, then another, lunch, dinner, and if there’s good chemistry, you take joint action. You do business with people, not companies. That’s the fundamental rule. Of course, later you need backup; you must have the infrastructure capable of handling what we plan there,” Kulczyk describes."

"His special status, aside from excellent relations with politicians, stemmed also from the fact that he led the Polish Business Roundtable, which he co-founded in the early 1990s together with Jerzy Starak and Jan Wejchert. The Council was modeled on the elite American Business Roundtable."

"“Kwaśniewski is my friend. His wife Jola was responsible at PATT for supplies. They made and sold polymer clay jewelry. And like everyone else, they needed imported raw materials. It was my signature that decided who received those raw materials and how much. I invited Jola out to dinner. They came together. That’s how I met Aleksander.”"