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Emil Tedeschi

Emil Tedeschi (born April 6, 1967, in Split)[citation needed] is a Croatian entrepreneur, founder, and majority owner of the Atlantic Grupa.

Early life and education

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Tedeschi's family is originally from Venice, and his great-grandfather came to the island of Korčula as a merchant. Father Svetozar Emil was a lawyer who worked in managerial positions in a couple of companies, but at the end of the 1980s he went to Triest where he opened a company for small-border trade with an Italian partner.[1] Mother Đurđica was a judge on Korčula and a judge of the Municipal Court in Zagreb, and today, in retirement, she is known as a fashion connoisseur.[2][3]

He holds a degree in Economics and Management from ZSEM (Zagreb School of Economics and Management) and he studied in Univerista per i Stranieri di Perugia, Italy and INSEAD Fontainebleau, France.[4] Today he is a Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, as well as an Advisory Board Member of ZSEM.[4][5]

Career

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Tedeschi started working in his father's company in Trieste in 1989. Then, he moved to Meteor Holding, a pulp and paper trading company in London. At 22, he became the director of the Milan branch.[6]

In 1991, he founded Atlantic Trade independently, starting with six employees from the Zagreb branch of Meteor Holding.[7][8][9][10] The company initially grew by selling Wrigley chewing gum and Ferrero chocolate bars.[11] Atlantic Trade expanded through strategic acquisitions, including Cedevita

Cedevita[12] and Neva from Pliva[13] and later the Slovenian company Droga Kolinska for 382 million euros in 2010.[14][15][16][17] This purchase was funded by the company's own money, bank loans, and mezzanine financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.[18]

Tedeschi's business has 5,400 employees and generates over 900 million euros in revenue annually.[19][20] Additionally, he owns the private chain of pharmacies, Farmacia.[21]

He was named manager of the year in 2002 by the Croatian Association of Managers (CROMA),[22] and in 2005 by the business magazine Privredni vjesnik.[23] In 2006, he was chosen by the expert jury of Kapital Network as a businessman of the year.[2]

From 2005 to 2007, he was the president of the Croatian Association of Employers[24] and a member of the Economic and Social Council. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission.[25] He is the honorary consul of Ireland in the Republic of Croatia,[26][27] and a member of the Harvard Kennedy School Dean's Council, the INSEAD Alumni Association, the Programme Council of the ZSEM, the Business Council at the Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana, as well as the Council of the University of Rijeka.[28][29] Also, Tedeschi is a chairman of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award jury in Croatia.[30]

In 2010, he received the award "Večernjak pečat" as the businessman of the year in the region of Southeast Europe,[31] and the state decoration of the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the image of Blaž Lorković for special services to the economy.[32][33]

From 2010 to 2015, he was a member of the Economic Council of the President of the Republic.[34][35] In 2011, he was awarded the honorary "Heart of Sarajevo" for his long-term support of the Sarajevo Film Festival.[36]

Personal life

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Tedesch is married to Maja Tedesch. They have two children.

He is the owner of the basketball club Cedevita Junior and the president of the basketball club Cedevita Olimpija in Ljubljana.[37]

References

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  1. ^ "Umro Svetozar Tedeschi". Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Emil Tedeschi". Životopis. August 18, 2012. Archived from the original on August 18, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Stil majke Emila Tedeschija prepoznao i Vogue". tportal.hr. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Emil Tedeschi, Professor of Management Practice". ZŠEM. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  6. ^ "GEA TOP TALK with Emil Tedeschi". GEA College. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "The Slovenia Times". sloveniatimes.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  8. ^ "Atlantic Grupa d.d. – AmCham Croatia - Američka gospodarska komora u Hrvatskoj". www.amcham.hr. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  9. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". PRO PR. December 14, 2022. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "Croatia's Atlantic sees limits to growth in Yugo-nostalgia". Reuters. December 28, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  11. ^ "Atlantic pursues fresh acquisition in western Europe". Reuters. December 28, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  12. ^ "Cedevita Olimpija president reveals the club's yearly budget". basketnews.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  13. ^ "Tedeschi novom Nevom zatvorio ciklus". Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  14. ^ "Emil Tedeschi: Droga Kolinska je strateška naložba". www.delo.si. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  15. ^ "A Croatian bright spot". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  16. ^ Zerdin, Mark (October 31, 2017). Mergers & Acquisitions Review. Law Business Research Ltd. ISBN 978-1-912377-74-9.
  17. ^ "Top quality products for local and foreign markets". Theworldfolio. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  18. ^ "Atlantic Grupa kupila Drogu Kolinsku za 382 milijuna eura". Fondovi.hr (in Croatian). July 1, 2010. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  19. ^ "Snažan rast prihoda od prodaje i profitabilnosti". www.atlanticgrupa.com (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  20. ^ "Bogataši iz regije na Forbesovoj listi". Al Jazeera Balkans (in Bosnian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  21. ^ Litvan, Goran (October 25, 2019). "Atlantic izdvojio Farmaciju iz Fidifarma, i sad je izravni vlasnik lanca ljekarni". lidermedia.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  22. ^ "Menadžeri godine 1992. – 2016. | CROMA". February 17, 2021. Archived from the original on February 17, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  23. ^ "Emil Tedeschi - Advisor at Zagreb School of Economics and Management". THE ORG. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  24. ^ "Tedeschi, Kuštrak i Ergović u igri za predsjednika HUP-a". Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  25. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". The Trilateral Commission. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  26. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". HR Days (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  27. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". Dan velikih planova 2023. (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  28. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". www.ey.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  29. ^ "Tedeschi and Stanković in a "one-on-one" at the Weekend Media Festival". Diplomacy&Commerce Croatia. July 10, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  30. ^ "Infobip Founders Receive the EY Entrepreneur Award of the Year in Croatia". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  31. ^ "Trinaesti pečat". HRsvijet.net (in Croatian). March 31, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  32. ^ "Kdo je hrvaški milijonar, ki bo reševal Olimpijo?". www.slovenskenovice.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  33. ^ Križanović, Matej (January 10, 2024). "Tko je Emil Tedeschi i koliko vrijedi njegovo bogatstvo?". Business2Community HR (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  34. ^ Laslavić, Željka (August 9, 2023). "Atlantic gradi prvu sunčanu fotonaponsku elektranu na LDC Zagreb". lidermedia.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  35. ^ "Emil Tedeschi". www.ey.com (in Croatian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  36. ^ "NAGRADE 17. SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVALA". sff.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  37. ^ "Emil Tedeschi Cedevitu definitivno preselio u Ljubljanu: Nismo bili zadovoljni odnosom u gradu Zagrebu..." tportal.hr. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
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