Zbigniew Klonowski graduated in Foreign Trade from Gdansk University and completed an MBA (GFKM&Univeristy of Strathclyde). He was awarded by the Mayor of Toruń in the entrepreneurship category and nominated as one of the five best entrepreneurs in the Polish nationwide competition of Laur Businessmana (BM&PwC). He is a co-founder and manager of the TRIAS group, which has been operating for over 25 years on the Polish, European, and US markets. Zbigniew is an active investor in startups like Virtual Power Plant, a co-founder of the 60 Million Congress, the Vicepresident of IAKS Poland, Member of the Council of the Planetarium Foundation in Toruń and more. Privately, he is a golf enthusiast and a world traveler with a list of nearly 100 visited countries.​​​​​​​