| Zdeněk Bakala | |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Opava, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Citizenship: | Czech Republic, United States[1] |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Berkeley Tuck School of Business |
| Spouse: | Michaela Bakala |
| Known For: | former ownership of OKD |
Zdeněk Bakala (born 7 February 1961) is a Czech entrepreneur and investor.
Zdenek Bakala is a stakeholder in mining, energy, financial businesses and owns the media company Economia, the publisher of Hospodářské noviny and Respekt magazine among others.[2] In 2017, Bakala was named by Forbes as the tenth wealthiest person in the Czech Republic. [3] His philanthropic activities are directed via the Bakala Foundation.
In September 2018, Bakala filed a lawsuit in Beaufort, South Carolina claiming that a Slovak businessman initiated frivolous lawsuits, made death threats on Facebook and instigated criminal investigations against him. He also said the businessman threatened to send soccer hooligans to protest in front of his home in Switzerland and demanded 500 million Czech koruna (US$23 million) as a compensation for losses suffered by buying Bakala's New World Resources stock.