Polish Economy Hall of Fame


The membership in the Polish Economy Hall of Fame is an award for Polish economists.

Idea

In 2005 the Polish edition of German business magazine Manager Magazin established Galeria Chwały Polskiej Ekonomii, which is similar to a business and economic hall of fame, established by Manager Magazin in Germany in 1970. Since 2010 the business magazine Strategie endows the award. By becoming a member in Galeria Chwały once a year an outstanding Polish economist is awarded for lifetime achievements for the Polish economy.
Since 2012 the Association of Finance Directors in Poland FINEXA is organizer of the award. The ceremony is held at the annual congress of the organization in Warsaw. The new organizer established an enlarged jury.

Organizer and jury

Galeria Chwały is organized by the association FINEXA. The jury is composed of leading representatives of the Polish economy:
The heads of the Galeria Chwały-members are in a scale 1:1.2 as bronze-sculptures produced. The production process is based on plasticine-form technic. The heads are presented to the public in a permanent exhibition.
The sculptor is Jerzy Nowakowski, an artist living in Poznań. He was born in 1963 in Bydgoszcz and studied at the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts under Prof Józef Kopczyński.
Since 1993 Nowakowski's work has been presented at single and group exhibitions in Poland and Germany. He is author of ordered by cities and institutions art pieces
The sculptures, fixed on metal columns, are exhibited permanently in the main hall of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Laureates

Members of Galeria Chwały so far are: