We are a family investment company with more than 45 years’ worth of experience.
We have successfully completed more than 40 takeovers and integration processes. Using these experiences we have established our TDJ Business Excellence expert teams which allow us to share knowledge with our Partners and to supplement their competencies in a range of areas. We strive together to perfect processes in search of strategic solutions designed to influence sustainable development and increase the value of our portfolio companies.
The Founder
TDJ is a company built on the vision and unwavering determination of Jacek Domogala. It is now hard to imagine that in 1977, when he started his first venture, Poland was still a communist country. The economy was far from market-driven, and setting up and running a company was an act of courage, not only business-wise, but also personal. The qualities that made Jacek stand out were his determination and diligence combined with exceptional entrepreneurship and intuition. These qualities together with his commitment and constant support from his family ensured that the company flourished, breaking records year after year.
“Dad did not focus on one company, but responded to what the market offered with readiness becoming involved in a wide range of businesses.”
Succession at an early age
2010 marked an important point in the company’s history. It was the “year of succession”, in which Tomasz Domogała, Jacek’s son, took over the steers of the family company. He decided not only to continue building the industrial Famur Group, which had been handed over to him, but also to draw on his father’s entrepreneurial history by investing in various sectors. This father and son collaboration made possible the birth of today’s TDJ, a diversified investment company based on entrepreneurship and the strength of family values.
1977–1990
The history of TDJ goes back to the difficult for private enterprises times of the 1970s when in 1977 brothers Jacek and Michał Domogała set up their first business – the cultivation of asparagus and gillyflowers. In the following years, guided by their intuition, ingenuity and insights into the market, they changed their business profile by successively investing in an automotive sheet compressor, a shoe factory, and then in the production of ready meals.
1991–2001
In 1991 AB Consulting the nucleus of TDJ’s activity was established – AB Consulting. It dealt with investments, creation of new companies, support of enterprises and acquisitions of other companies. Jacek Domogała managed it independently. Amidst the changing reality in Poland, the company was developing very dynamically, with the scale of logistics and cooling activities leading to negotiations of the purchase of Hortex – at time the leader of the market.
2002–2009
In 2002, Jacek Domogała bought the FAMUR Machine Factory which at the time was on the verge of bankruptcy. After paying off millions of debts and carrying out the necessary restructuring processes within a few years, he managed to create the first company on the Polish market that besides individual machines or devices also offered comprehensive solutions for the mining industry. Further development was facilitated thanks to the 300 million PLN raised in FAMUR’s IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2006.
2010–2017
In 2010, Jacek’s son Tomasz Domogała took over the reins of the company. He began transforming TDJ towards becoming a family company that invests in various types of assets. A year later, TDJ Estate was founded to expand the company’s operations in the real estate sector. Other development areas are also being created at this time: Equity, Venture, Estate, Finance and Foundation.
2018–2022
Since 2018, TDJ has been implementing a five-year business strategy. The aim was to develop our company’s long-term value in five areas: Equity, Venture, Estate, Finance & Foundation. We have worked with determination to become a valued investor responsible for creating considerable added value for our partners. People are the foundation of our activities, which is why we have a clear understanding of the needs of Polish entrepreneurs and our shared experiences.
2023-2027
As part of its new strategy for 2023 and beyond, TDJ aims to at least double the value of its assets and create leaders in its industries. The strategy focuses on three main investment areas related to global megatrends: climate change, digitization and automation of production processes and services, and changing consumer and producer habits. Beyond these three areas, TDJ remains open to a variety of investment opportunities, including opportunistic projects, including restructuring.
It is even more strongly committed to supporting its portfolio companies, creating and developing a unique model for their support – TDJ Business Excellence.
