The \u201centitled\u201d jerk who\u00a0seemingly\u00a0snatched a hat autographed by\u00a0tennis star Kamil Majchrzak from a young boy at the US Open\u00a0has been identified as Polish millionaire Piotr Szczerek.<\/p>\n
Szczerek, CEO of paving company Drogbruk, was allegedly\u00a0caught on the live broadcast Thursday night<\/a>\u00a0apparently snatching the prized memento from the boy\u2019s hands after Majchrzak, also Polish\u00a0 \u2013 fresh off his victory over ninth seed Karen Khachanov \u2013 appeared to be gifting it to the child while signing autographs courtside.<\/p>\n The businessman \u2013 who was seen placing the prized hat into his wife\u2019s bag as the devastated young fan protested \u2013 has since deactivated his social media accounts after the incident sparked widespread fury,\u00a0MARCA reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n Polish\u00a0tennis star\u00a0Kamil Majchrzak met with the young fan he tried handing his autographed hat to but was immediately snatched away by an adult man. Kamil Majchrzak\/ Instagram<\/p>\n Szczerek\u2019s countrymen\u00a0swiftly\u00a0blasted him on a Polish job search site as a \u201csack of garbage,\u201d \u201ccommon thief,\u201d \u201cprimitive scammer,\u201d and \u201cshameful jerk.\u201d<\/p>\n Internet sleuths named the hated adult who stole Brock\u2019s cap as CEO Piotr Szczerek, who according to reports owns the Polish paving company Drogbruk. US Open\/Euro Sport<\/p>\n \u201cOnly an ordinary idiot and a jerk could snatch a hat from a child\u2019s hands,\u201d wrote one Gowork.pl user. \u201cYou can\u2019t buy class,\u201d offered another critic.<\/p>\n Szczerek was lambasted by people online after the incident went viral. Kamil Majchrzak\/ Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cIf the company\u2019s president so unscrupulously stole a child\u2019s hat, if I were a customer, I would no longer use his services\u201d chime in another. \u201cI\u2019d be afraid he\u2019d steal from me too.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou have to be a real bastard to do something like that,\u201d noted another critic. \u201cBut karma comes back, and the power of the internet has pleasantly surprised me.\u201d<\/p>\n Follow along for The Post\u2019s live coverage of the 2025 US Open<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cPiotr Szczerek and his wife should have their shoes filled with cement,\u201d suggested a different person.<\/p>\n Szczerek co-founded his paving company in 1999 with his wife, Anna, and it\u2019s been described as a leader in the industry,\u00a0according to a Polish tennis magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n In an interview with a local outlet, he noted that the paving industry was thriving in his country at the time, prompting him and his wife to establish a business in their hometown.\u00a0<\/p>\n He also reportedly sponsors local sports programs and supports Polish tennis players, including Piotr Matuszewski.<\/p>\n Szczerek could not be reached for comment, and emails sent to his company were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n Majchrzak posted video of him meeting the boy on Saturday. Kamil Majchrzak\/ Instagram<\/p>\n But what began as an ugly incident ended on a brighter note for the slighted boy, when Majchrzak used the \u201cpower of the internet\u201d to track him down and gifted him a signed cap, along with other keepsakes.<\/p>\n