Jiri smejc biography samples

Over the past 20 years, Jiří Šmejc has been one of the most prominent entrepreneurs and managers in Central Europe. His name is closely associated with the sweeping development of Home Credit Group and with the creation of EMMA Group.

Beginnings

Jiří Šmejc, born in 1971, comes from the Czech town of Karlovy Vary, where he attended a high school focused on mathematics and physics.

He went on to study mathematical economics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague. During his studies he founded a society called BUNK, which focused on software development for hotels and restaurants.

Shortly thereafter, he also founded a company specialising in the implementation of information systems in the hotel business called PUPP Consulting, in which Hotel Pupp, the most famous hotel in Karlovy Vary, also held a stake.

For two years, Jiří Šmejc worked as the company’s CEO. Subsequently, he founded the company Middle Europe Finance (MEF), which he also