Pavel Tykac built his fortune through entrepreneurship and investing, beginning with computer distribution and finance before assembling major energy and mining holdings through Sev.en. [1][2]
He began with technology and finance rather than inherited industry assets
Forbes says Pavel Tykac began as a computer distributor in the early 1990s and reinvested profits into a regional bank before moving deeper into finance and investing. [1]
In 1992, Forbes says Tykac and four colleagues co-founded Motoinvest, an investment group active during the Czech Republic's privatization era. [1]
Sev.en's corporate biography similarly describes more than three decades of entrepreneurial and investment experience across computer technology, banking, energy and mining. [2]
Energy acquisitions became the core of the later fortune
Sev.en says Tykac entered mining in 2006 through a minority investment in Czech Coal and later added power plants and other energy assets in the Czech Republic and abroad. [2]
Forbes now identifies coal, energy and real estate as the main sources of his wealth, supporting a primarily self-created fortune built through successive investments rather than inherited ownership. [1][2]
Sources for background
Sources reviewed Sep 23, 2026.
- Pavel Tykac · Forbes · Mar 10, 2026
- About us · Sev.en Global Investments
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