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Success Stories
Investment Committee Member at REIT-CZ
Why did you choose UNYP for your MBA degree?
I graduated from law school before studying at UNYP, and I got involved in a few businesses after moving to the Czech Republic. Although I guess I have always had this entrepreneurial mindset, I was lacking in theory so I decided to go for an MBA in Business to get a bird’s eye view of business management. I chose UNYP because I wanted to get...
PR and Booking agent of Ondrej Pivec
What drew you to UNYP initially, then compelled you to return for your master’s degree?
It was 2003, and I was studying Biology and Geography in one of the most prominent state universities in the Czech Republic. However, I was unhappy with the way the learning process was handled: overcrowded lectures, nearly nonexistent professor-student relationship and uneven feedback. Cheating was a...
Global HR Services Advisor for Microsoft
“Thanks to UNYP, I was able to build my corporate identity, stay motivated and do the best job I can do,” says Adam Grof, who now works as a Global HR Services Advisor for Microsoft in the Czech Republic.
Six years before beginning at Microsoft, Adam was a freshman at University of New York in Prague. He had the aspiration to work in an international corporation, but he didn’t want the...
Investment Manager
“Everyday you’re exposed to so much information and data, you need to know how to process it quickly to make the right decisions. That’s something I learned at UNYP,” Jiří Sýkora says.
As an investment manager at PPF, the Czech Republic’s largest private equity firm, Jiří spends much of his time analyzing and evaluating multiple real estate investments. PPF has an extensive portfolio in...
CEO and founder, Go Fit
“If UNYP hadn’t been there, I don’t know if I’d have done it,” Albert Ballardini says. “All the ideas came to me when doing the MBA.”
In 2009, Albert was working as a paralegal at a London law practice called Anthony Seddon Solicitors LLP. Following the global financial crisis, he found himself working in-house with several major companies. “When you’re exposed to so many entrepreneurs, you...
