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Tomáš Baťa
Tomáš Baťa was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of Bata Shoes. He died in a plane crash caused by bad weather.
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business · Czechoslovak entrepreneur (1876–1932) · entrepreneur · industrialist · factory owner · mayor · also Tomáš Baťa, Tomas Bata, Baťa
Born 3 April 1876 · Died 12 July 1932 · Q1359893
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Nature: Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU)
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2021· 2 entries
Prague Daily Monitor: Forgotten Czechs: Tomáš Baťa
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Prague Daily Monitor: Tomáš Baťa, the Henry Ford of Czechoslovakia
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2019· 1 entry
ArchDaily: Restoration of Tomáš Baťa Memorial / TRANSAT architekti
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2008· 1 entry
SME: Kežmarok Veteran Car Club features taxi that drove Tomáš Baťa
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1954· 1 entry
Turek's novel was adapted as a movie of the same name, made by director K
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1941· 1 entry
Resettled in Brazil, where he continued to act as an entrepreneur, creating several company towns
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1939· 2 entries
At the time of the Nazi invasion and annexation of Czechoslovakia
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After the Nazi invasion and occupation of Czechoslovakia, he tried to negotiate to keep the company, before emigrating to the United States
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1934· 1 entry
His son Tomáš Baťa established an industrial manufacturing unit south of Kolkata, India
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1932· 5 entries
Died 1932-07-12.
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“Do not pursue money. He who pursues money will never achieve it. Serve! If you serve as best as you can, you will not be able to escape money.”
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Near the Zlín airport while trying to fly to Möhlin in Switzerland on a business trip under bad weather conditions of dense local fog
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“Financial recovery must be preceded by moral recovery.”
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“We do not have any production secrets. We invest a lot of effort and money in new research projects. However, before our new invention is used in real life, we usually invent something better. For this reason, we do not have a single patent to protect our inventions.”
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1923· 1 entry
Career landmark: mayor (1923–1932).
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1908· 1 entry
After his brother Antonín Baťa died from tuberculosis
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1904· 1 entry
Baťa travelled to Lynn, a city outside Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States that was then the center of world footwear production
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1876· 1 entry
Born 1876-04-03.
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