Boris Nemšić (born on August 17, 1957, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-Austrian businessman and the former CEO of Telekom Austria.[1][2] From April 2009 until June 2010 he was CEO of VimpelCom.
Career
editIn 1980, Nemšić graduated from the University of Sarajevo with a degree in electrical engineering. In 1984, at the age of 27, Nemšić moved to Vienna.[3] In 1990, he received his doctorate from TU Wien, where he worked at the Institute of Telecommunications as a research assistant for two years.[4]
From 1990 until 1997, Nemšić led the department for development of mobile communication at Ascom and Bosch Telecom.[5] In 1997, he was hired by Mobilkom Austria as Head of Network Planning. In 1998, he was appointed to lead the Croatian Mobilkom Austria subsidiary Vipnet.[6]
In May 2000, Mobilkom Austria appointed Nemšić as General Manager of the company.[6][1] In July 2002, he was additionally appointed COO and in 2006 CEO of Telekom Austria.[7][8] On March 31, 2009, Nemšić resigned as CEO of Telekom Austria and Mobilkom Austria and was appointed CEO of VimpelCom in Russia.[9][5] In June 2010, he left the company unexpectedly.[10] In 2011, Nemšić joined Delta Partners, a consulting firm specializing in telecommunications, media and technologies.[11][12]
Nemšić was questioned as a witness in corruption investigations involving Telekom in 2012[13] and again in 2015.[14]
In 2019, he was named chairman of Infobip.[15]
Nemšić is an investor and consultant for the mobile virtual operator Educom.[16] He held various board member positions at the following companies: I-New Unified Mobile Solutions (chairman of the board), Cellwize (chairman of the board) or Frequentis AG (member of the supervisory board).[17][18]
He is a member of the University Council of TU Wien.[4] He was named president of the Handball Liga Austria in 2014.[3]
Personal life
editNemšić is married and has two children.[1][6]
He is of Bosnian Croatian descent.[12]
During his studies, Nemšić played handball and won the Austrian Cup and Austrian championship with UHC Stockerau.[3]
Honors
editNemšić was named "Man of the Year 2007" by Austrian business magazine Trend.[4]
In 2008, he was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria for his services to the development of mobile communications in Austria.[19]
Notes and references
edit- ^ a b c Club Carriere – Enzyklopädie des Erfolges 2001 (in German). Algoprint. December 2001. p. 853. ISBN 978-3-9521669-4-9.
- ^ "Five facts about new Vimpelcom CEO Nemsic". Forbes. Reuters. 2009-03-02. Archived from the original on 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2009-03-13.
- ^ a b c Siegfried Endthaler (26 August 2014). "Die HLA hat einen neuen Präsidenten". meinbezirk.at. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Bettina Neunteufl (18 December 2007). "Boris Nemsic ist Mann des Jahres". tuwien.at. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Russland ruft". manager-magazin.de. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Boris Nemsic - Vom VIPnet-Chef in Kroatien zum Telekom-General". derstandard.at. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Nemsic verlässt TA". report.at. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Auf der Suche nach neuen Wachstumsmärkten". nzz.ch. 26 January 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ Christian Gutlederer, Sarah Marsh (1 March 2009). "Telekom Austria CEO to step down to head VimpelCom". reuters.com. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Ex-Telekomchef Nemsic verlässt überraschend russische VimpelCom". derstandard.at. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
- ^ "Delta Partners Announces the Appointment of Boris Nemsic as an Executive Partner in Its Investment Business". businesswire.com. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Boris Nemsic steigt bei Delta als Berater ein". derstandard.at. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Regina Pöll, Manfred Sech (13 March 2012). "Telekom-Affäre: Neue Verdächtige in der ÖVP?". diepresse.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Nemsic als Zeuge im Tetron-Prozess". derstandard.at. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Rodrigo Orihuela (21 October 2019). "Croatia's Infobip Names New Chairman in Runup to IPO". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Mobilfunk für Schüler und Studierende: Educom kehrt A1 den Rücken". derstandard.at. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ Bloomberg (ed.). "Boris Nemsic Ph.D." Bloomberg News. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Branding Conference will host the king of telecommunications, Boris Nemšić". media.marketing.com. 29 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ ""Boris Nemsic kann auch heute ein Handy reparieren"". ots.at. 15 May 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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