Karel Komárek is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist with a thirty-year track record of building successful businesses.
In three decades of entrepreneurship, Karel Komárek has repeatedly spotted emerging trends, built successful businesses, and remade industries. His ability to identify patterns, recognize opportunities, and quickly allocate capital led to the establishment of his investment and innovation group, KKCG.
With investments spanning renewable energy, AI, and human performance technology, Karel Komárek is creating the industries of the future, thinking in decades not quarters.
As a passionate sportsman, patron of the arts, and advocate of classical music, he understands a team is more than the sum of its parts and he works hard to bring together talented people to solve complex problems.
Karel Komárek is a proud patron of the performing arts and a distinguished co-founder of Dvořák Prague, a renowned festival established in 2008. This celebrated event offers an insight into the extraordinary world of classical music, inspired by the life and creative legacy of one of the world's greatest geniuses in classical music, Antonín Dvořák.
More than Equal is a global not-for-profit initiative dedicated to finding and nurturing F1's first female world champion. Founded by David Coulthard and Karel Komárek, its expert team is fueled by a passion for gender equality and motorsport excellence, aiming to make history in the next decade.
In 2019, Karel Komárek and his wife Štěpánka participated in the creation of one of the most important cultural institutions in Washington D.C. Other contributors included prominent American business leaders and philanthropists led by David Rubenstein, Jacqueline Mars, and Michael Neidorff.
The 0xCollection, backed by Karel Komárek, is a cultural institution dedicated to pioneering and preserving digital art. 0x strives to be a touchstone of our era’s approach to interdisciplinary innovation. Through collaboration with artists, curators, historians and experts, the Collection aims to enrich culture through cutting-edge combinations of art and technology.
A proud patron of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra (Luzerner Sinfonieorchester), with its rich history dating back to the early 1800s. A staple in the city's art and culture scene, making music accesible to all generations through a engaging mix of programs that blend tradition with innovation.
Together with his wife Štěpánka Komárková, he co-founded the Karel Komárek Family Foundation (KKFF). KKFF focuses on community development, the sustainable transformation of urban spaces, and the support of culture and arts education.
KKFF has provided over 70 Czech art schools with new pianos as part of the Pianos for Schools project to improve the quality of arts education. The project had a direct impact on 8,000 piano students, 620 educators, and 46,000 art school students.
KKFF continues to improve school gardens and playgrounds across the Czech Republic so that children have places to learn and develop in an outdoor environment.
KKFF has a longstanding tradition of renovating parks, public spaces, urban greenery, and school gardens. Since 2006, it has successfully completed more than 50 projects.
KKFF provides support to those affected by the war in Ukraine. The foundation is a partner in a project aimed at helping children access extra-curricular activities. The project has supported approximately 3,000 families thus far.
KKFF allocated 150 million CZK to support the Hodonín region's recovery from a devastating tornado in 2021. The aid is intended for the long-term reconstruction of damaged communities and was also used for immediate assistance to families affected.