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Marek Kamiński
Photo: Marek Kamiński (selfportait), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons12

Marek Kamiński

Polish explorer and businessman

Marek Kamiński (born 24 March 1964 in Gdańsk) is a Polish innovator, philosopher and an explorer. He is the first person to have reached both the North and the South Pole in one year without outside assistance (the North Pole on 23 May 1995; the South Pole on 27 December 1995).2

From Wikipedia’s article on Marek Kamiński (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 24, 1964.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedIESE Business School3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Warsaw3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Geneva3

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, author, non-fiction writer, photographer, philosopher, polar explorer.5

Personal life

  • BornMar 24, 1964, Gdańsk6
  • CitizenshipPoland7

He was brought up in Połczyn-Zdrój (Pomerania). In 1982 he graduated from Władysław Broniewski high school in Koszalin. He studied Philosophy and Physics at Warsaw University and an Advanced Management Program at IESE Business School. He is the founder and co-owner of a company called Invena S.A. and founder of the Marek Kamiński Foundation.

He lives in Gdynia with his wife, daughter, and son.

From Wikipedia’s article on Marek Kamiński (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

  • Date not recordedKnight of the Order of Polonia Restituta8
  • Date not recordedMedal of the Centenary of Regained Independence8
  • Date not recordedOrder Ecce Homo8

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