Ivo Lukačovič
Czech IT entrepreneur
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Ivo Lukačovič (born February 7, 1974, in Prague) is a Czech entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Seznam.cz,[1] an Internet portal in the Czech Republic. According to Forbes magazine, he is the 11th richest person in the Czech Republic, with assets of around $1.3 billion.[2]
Ivo Lukačovič | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 7, 1974 |
| Organization(s) | Seznam.cz, Windy.com |
Biography
Lukačovič was born in Prague and studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague, but discontinued his studies after seven years. In 1995, he began writing code for a web directory (in Perl) and has since run the directory at Seznam.cz.[citation needed] since 1996.
In 2011, he founded Citationtech, which creates 3D maps from aerial images. In 2014, he developed Windy.com,[3] a global server for analyzing wind.[4]
Between 2010 and 2015, he reconstructed a historical Lockheed Electra 10A, which had previously been owned by J.A. Baťa. In 2015, the airplane was flown from Toronto to Točná Airport, where it became part of the private collection.[5]
In 2016, he reacquired a 100% stake in his company Seznam.cz.[6]