Dariusz Miłek

Founder, majority shareholder,  to 2023, May 11 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CCC and currently CEO

He started his first business in the early 1990s when the political transition was in full swing. It was then that the trading company Miłek was established as a footwear retailer and wholesaler. Miłek rolled out its first franchise stores operating under the trade name Żółta Stopa (translated as ‘Yellow Foot’) in 1996. In 1999, Dariusz Miłek registered CCC, a company that quickly established business relationships with over a hundred new franchisees. Dariusz Miłek launched CCC’s international expansion in 2004, with the first stores opened in the Czech Republic. The company grew rapidly in the following years, chiefly in the CEE region, to achieve its status as the largest footwear chain in Central and Eastern Europe today.

Dariusz Miłek had CCC shares listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2004, with the stock included in the WIG20 blue-chip index eleven years later.

In 2016, CCC, controlled by Dariusz Miłek, acquired an almost 75% equity interest in eobuwie.pl, a leader of the online footwear market, and two years later the company acquired a majority stake in DeeZee, an online footwear store for young women. Both retail banners remain with the CCC Group to this day. The offer includes also Modivo, a multibrand online store with fashion brands.

Dariusz Miłek is also the originator of the HalfPrice chain - a unique offprice concept which CCC Group is developing both in Poland and Central Europe in stationary and online channels. The concept was launched in early 2021, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic – the most difficult time for the retail industry. In less than a year HalfPrice became the largest off-price player in the CEE region with over 120 stores operating in 10 countries at the end of 2023. HalfPrice is the fastest growing business line of the CCC Group and already accounts for roughly 15% of the Group’s revenues.

The Group also acquired exclusive rights to the well-known Polish brands Gino Rossi, Badura, Simple and Sprandi, which are part of CCC’s current offer.

Dariusz Miłek is a winner of numerous coveted management awards, including the prestigious Jan Wejchert Polish Business Council Award and the Kisiel Award, presented to the most distinguished personalities of the business world.

Mr Miłek is not engaged in any activities competing with the Company’s business, nor is he a partner in any partnership, or a member of corporate bodies of any corporation, or a member of governing bodies of any other legal entity competing with the Company. Mr Miłek is not entered in the Register of Insolvent Debtors maintained pursuant to the National Court Register Act.