Tony G leads OPL Top 20

OPL director, Anatas Guoga, has emerged as the group's biggest shareholder.

In a market operation last week, Guoga hoovered 1m shares at an average of 3.01c. He now controls a top-ranking 13.8pc. This places him clearly ahead of Peak Asset Management's Niv Dagan.

Dagan owns around 11.75pc following a shortfall acquisition back in February.

Anatas Guoga would seem to have confidence in OPL's potential.  And he seems to have confidence in himself.

He tells this story on LinkedIn:

I am entrepreneurship enabler, venture capitalist who invests in start-ups in the digital area. I am interested in approaches for new board level opportunities.

I am the founder/co-founder/owner of companies that employ circa 500 people. The companies that I have created in Australia, USA and Lithuania are generating great results. I'm a serial digital entrepreneur, having great understanding about the challenges which are coming for businesses operating in emerging technologies such as AI & blockchain areas.

Under the nickname ‘Tony G’, I am a former world-famous poker player. I was the founder of the biggest online poker news website PokerNews.com that became one of the biggest online gaming affiliates in the world.

I am a former member of the European Parliament for Lithuania and I'm opinion leader known for my efforts to promote a better climate for entrepreneurship and improving conditions for business opportunities.

I launched the Blockchain Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania, which is connecting key stakeholders on three continents. It joins partner Blockchain Centres in Melbourne and Shanghai. In addition, I am the founder of CryptoNews.com.

I was awarded the World Lithuanian of the Year prize in 2011. In 2015, I was included in the POLITICO 28 list. The European affairs weekly newspaper chose one person from each of the European Union's 28 member-states who is shaping, shaking and stirring Europe. In 2016, I was included in the POLITICO 40 list as one of the most influential Members of the European Parliament. In 2018 I made the LATTICE80 Fintech Europe 200 list and in 2019 the Top 100 Fintech for Sustainable Development Goals Influencer’s list.

I have been a philanthropist for over a decade. I established my own fund in 2014 and donated all my salary received from the European Parliament to the charity. I was the only member of the European Parliament and Lithuanian to be included in the Top 200 list of Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs, compiled by the positive content portal Richtopia...