Fourteen Czechs included in Eastern Europe innovation leaders list

Fourteen Czechs have been included in a list of 100 innovation leaders from central and Eastern Europe, the daily Hospodářské noviny reported. The list, entitled 100 New Europe Challengers, was compiled by the Polish magazine Res Publica along with the UK paper Financial Times, Google and the Visegrad International Fund, and is to be presented at an event in the Polish town of Sopot on Thursday. Among the Czechs included in the list is Jan Řežáb, the founder of Socialbakers, a firm providing social media network statistics, the founders of the anti-virus company Avast Pavel Baudiš and Eduard Kučera, and Říčany mayor Vladimír Kořen who launched electronic auctions of electricity and gas for the town’s inhabitants.

Author: Jan Richter