Famous investors: Ion Tiriac

1. Famous investors: Ion Țiriac
Dinu Silviu, group 8215
Faculty of Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine – Bucharest
1. About Ion Țiriac
2. Sports career
3. Business career
4. Țiriac Collection

2. About Ion Țiriac
Ion Țiriac , also known as the 'Brasov Bulldozer' is a Romanian businessman and
former professional tennis and ice hockey player. He was born in Transylvania,
which is probably the reason why he has the nickname 'Count Dracula'. He is also
the current owner of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. In 2013 Tiriac was
elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

3. Sports career
• Țiriac first appeared on the international sports scene as an ice hockey player on the
Romanian national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Shortly after that he switched to
tennis as his main sport. With fellow Romanian Ilie Năstase he won the men's doubles in the
1970 French Open and reached the Davis Cupfinals several times in the 1970s.
• After his retirement, he served as coach and manager for players such as Ilie
Năstase, Guillermo Vilas, Mary Joe Fernández, Goran Ivanišević and Marat Safin.
• He managed Boris Becker from 1984 to 1993. In 1998 he became president of the Romanian
National Olympic Committee.

4. Business career
• After his retirement as a professional tennis player, Țiriac became a
businessman in Germany. In 1987, he appeared in a TV commercial for
Miller Lite beer with Bob Uecker, who extols Țiriac's supposed humorous
qualities, laughing hysterically while Țiriac sits stone-faced.
• Following the collapse of communism in Romania, he started numerous
businesses and investments back home. In 1990, he founded Banca Țiriac,
the first private bank in post-Communist Romania. Between that and
several other enterprises (retail, insurance, auto leasing, auto dealerships,
airlines, etc.), his fortune was estimated at over US$900 million in 2005.
• Ion Țiriac became the first Romanian to enter Forbes' List of billionaires in
the 2007 Forbes rankings, placing number 840 in the world. His wealth
was estimated at $1.0 billion as of 2010, according to the magazine. In
2010 TOP 300 Capital declared Ion Țiriac the richest man in Romania with
a wealth estimated at €1.5–€1.6 billion ($2–$2.2 billion).
• Companies: Țiriac Holdings, ȚiriacAIR, Allianz-Ţiriac Asigurări România,
ŢiriacAuto, Ţiriac Leasing.

5. Țiriac Collection
• A new concept in Romania, Tiriac Collection represents the exhibition of cars and
motorcycles of Mr. Ion Tiriac. Reopened to the public in May 2015, the collection includes
over 150 historical vehicles manufactured since 1899, but also performant cars, with a
current design. Visitors will find the only collection in the world with the 6 Rolls Royce
Phantom produced until 1972, as well as exhibits that previously belonged to great names
such as Sir Elton John, Sammy Davis Jr. or Bernie Ecclestone.

6. Bibliography
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_%C8%9Airiac