Antoni Protazy Potocki (11 September 1761 – 1801), aka Prot, was a Polish nobleman and an early entrepreneur.
Biography
He was born to Paula née Szembek and her second husband, Count Jan Prosper Potocki, Starosta of Guzów. He was a younger half-brother of Feliks Lubienski and older half-brother of Michal Kleofas Oginski and his sister, Józefa Ogińska.
In 1790 Antoni bought himself voivodeship of Kiev, approved in 1791 by King His marriage with Marianna Lubomirska, daughter of magnate , contributed still more. At the peak of his wealth, in early 1790s, his fortune was estimated 60-70 million zlotys. However political turmoils brought his (and many other wealthy Polish businessmen) fortune to the end. The first strike was the first partition of Poland, during which people rushed to banks for money, and many banks, including Potocki's, crashed. He was on the way to recovery, but the second political blow followed: the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. Eventually much of the remaining fortune and estates were lost due to unpaid taxes. The knowledge of his last days in oblivion is fragmentary.
He was invested as a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded on May 8, 1781. Later he was awarded with the Order of Saint Stanislaus.