Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man, [R] wanted to buy Chelsea football club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich [L]The richest person in the Czech Republic, Petr Kellner, who reportedly wanted to buy Chelsea football club from Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich in 2018, has been killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, his financial group PPF said on Monday. Kellner, who is the owner of the investment company PPF Group and is ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s 88th richest man, was 56. "We announce with the deepest grief that, in a helicopter accident in Alaska mountains on Saturday, March 27, the founder and majority owner of the PPF group, Mr Petr Kellner, died tragically," PPF said in a statement. Kellner was a towering business figure of the Czech post-communist era, with his wealth estimated at $17.5 billion (Sh1.9 Trillion) according to Forbes. Czech billionaire Petr Kellner, one of the 20 richest people in Europe, was among five people killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska, officials said.

Source: Standard Digital March 29, 2021 07:07 UTC