Vendex KBB is at crisis point at the end of 2004, especially its flagship V&D department stores. A consortium of private-equity investors led by KKR, who bought the business a year earlier, persuade retail veteran Tony DeNunzio to take on the challenge of turning the diversified holding company around.

Two young Polish entrepreneurs built a profitable and fast growing business, which has reached the stage where the traditional management model of making all-important decisions together in an informal way is no longer adequate. The founders are struggling with a challenge of creating new management system, adjusting their personal roles in the business and bringing in professional managers.

Two young Polish entrepreneurs built a profitable and fast growing business, which has reached the stage where the traditional management model of making all-important decisions together in an informal way is no longer adequate. The founders are struggling with a challenge of creating new management system, adjusting their personal roles in the business and bringing in professional managers

Two young Polish entrepreneurs built a profitable and fast growing business, which has reached the stage where the traditional management model of making all-important decisions together in an informal way is no longer adequate. The founders are struggling with a challenge of creating new management system, adjusting their personal roles in the business and bringing in professional managers

Two young Polish entrepreneurs built a profitable and fast growing business, which has reached the stage where the traditional management model of making all-important decisions together in an informal way is no longer adequate. The founders are struggling with a challenge of creating new management system, adjusting their personal roles in the business and bringing in professional managers