What Will Be the Topic of the Discussion with Prof. Dr. Stjepan Orešković, the New Majority Owner of Panvita?
In the concluding discussion, we will host Prof. Dr. Stjepan Orešković, a researcher, professor, entrepreneur, and recent purchaser of Panvita. When conversing with Orešković, you can never be sure what the topic might turn into, especially with Peter Frankl as the moderator—a crucial part of this year’s program, according to the organizers.
The conversation might cover topics ranging from Boston or Ljubljana, John Harvard or Primož Trubar, and both Cankar. It could also explore unusual 21st-century leaders, politics, media, education, or how to create higher added value in all aspects of one’s work, not just in business.
Professor Stjepan Orešković is a businessman and scholar who believes that knowledge, ethical behavior, and technology are the foundations of both business and personal success. How are these principles reflected in his investments in the Slovenian economy, including the highly innovative European business school IEDC-Bled School of Management and the Panvita group?
Orešković has valuable insights into business—his company, Bosqar Invest, which he founded and majority owns, has grown into a global player over the past five years, employing more than 14,700 people in 18 countries and operating in 62 markets worldwide. Bosqar Invest’s investors include Croatian pension and investment funds, Mid Europa Partners, a leading investor in this part of Europe based in London, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Additionally, Professor Orešković, alongside his duties as a full professor at the Medical School in Zagreb, teaches or conducts research at prestigious global universities, from Harvard to Sorbonne, LSE, and Bocconi University. He was also the lead scientific researcher for Pfizer’s Global Grand project, with his work published by leading global publishers such as Cambridge University Press and the British Medical Journal, and his public health projects cited by The Lancet as examples of successful practice.
Despite his impressive biography, his greatest pride is his Croatian-Slovenian family: his wife Manica and their three children, who, following his uncompromising philosophy of investing in education, graduated from the most prestigious Ivy League universities in the United States. Is such education accessible to parents who are not wealthy?
