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Current AffairsCzech shoe tycoon Thomas J. Bata celebrates 90th birthday
Thomas J. Bata, former head of Czech shoe giant Bata is celebrating his 90th
birthday this week. The occasion has drawn attention to this Czech success
story, which revolutionised an entire industry. Since its humble
beginnings as a family cobbler's shop in the Moravian town of Zlin, the
Bata Shoe Organisation has grown into one of the biggest footwear
companies in the world.
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Czechs in HistoryTomas Bata
106 years ago this week, a Czech man founded a business that would become one of the
world's most recognizable brand names: Bata Shoes. Over a century, Tomas Bata, his son
Tomas J. and his grandson Tomas G. created a company that would change the world of
shoes forever. In this week's edition of Czech's In History, Ita Dungan talks to Tomas J. Bata
about his father's entrepreneurial and philanthropic vision.
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