Michał Polanowski
Michael Polanowski (born October 8, 1983 in Toruń) is a Polish entrepreneur, windsurfer[1] and investor in renewable energy sources. He is the current European windsurfing Champion.
Early years[edit]
From his early years he was passionate about sports - when he was just 10, he started riding a motocross, with intentions to take part in championships. At 14 y.o. parents sent him to a windsurfing camp, where he first stood on a winsurfing board and loved it so much, he immediately told his parents he wanted to stay longer, spending 1,5 months there instead of 2 weeks. During his second season as a windsurfer he already took part in couple competitions, not winning any, but managing to meet and train with the best windsurfers around the globe.
After 4 years of training he scored his first competition win - World Junior Championship in Formula Windsurfing in Italy.[2]
Entrepreneurship[edit]
After winning his Junior Championship, he started studying at the Leon Koźmiński Academy, majoring in Marketing and Management. His years at the Academy made him rethink his sports career. Windsurfing was a niche, expensive sport with very few sponsors around, so he decided to start his own business, to be able to surf freely. He started his own company - Art of Bamboo, which imported furniture made from bamboo form Indonesia. Not long after that, he decided to sell the company with profit and it turned out to be a successful exit. After managing a professional finance company for two and a half years, he got interested in renewable energy, started working in Baltic Wind Sp. z. o. o.[3] and after working there for a couple of months earned ⅓ of the company's interests. In 2012 he started a company named Eco Park, focused on managing wind farms, which managed to reach a share capital of over 12 million USD. Not long after that, he opened his very own company - Green Capital[4], which focuses on improving new renewable energy projects.
In 2016 an idea sparked in his head to create an application uniting sports enthusiasts from different disciplines and thus, his current project - AllSporter was created.
Now[edit]
In 2017 Michał won 2 European Windsurfing Championships and took 2nd place in one.[5][6][7] and retired as a professional sportsman.
He is currently working on his project - an ICO named AllSporter[8], which is an app aiming to lower the commission costs on trainings and sports equipment.
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=7&tx_pwasailor_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=402&cHash=f405b97bb1792201eb4a140dfd4f7399
- ↑ https://www.pwaworldtour.com/index.php?id=7&tx_pwasailor_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=402&cHash=f405b97bb1792201eb4a140dfd4f7399
- ↑ http://www.balticwind.com/index.php?id=kontakt
- ↑ http://www.greencapitalsa.com/
- ↑ http://gallipolieuropeans2017.formulawindsurfing.org/results
- ↑ http://liepajaeuropeans2017.formulawindsurfing.org/results
- ↑ http://sopoteuropeans2017.formulawindsurfing.org/results
- ↑ https://irishtechnews.ie/now-it-is-time-for-sports-to-be-revolutionsed-using-blockchain-michal-polanowski-allsporter/
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