Leon Jakimič (born February 23, 1975) is a Czech
entrepreneur, founder and owner of
glassmaking company
Lasvit.
Life and career
Leon Jakimič was born in
Liberec
Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...
,
Bohemia
Bohemia ( ; cs, Čechy ; ; hsb, Čěska; szl, Czechy) is the westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic. Bohemia can also refer to a wider area consisting of the historical Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by the Bohem ...
in 1975. He received a
tennis scholarship in
California at
Loyola Marymount University in
Los Angeles, where he studied
Economics. He graduated from the
Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program
Established in 1998, the Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program (KHEMBA) is a program run in partnership of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It has been ranked No.1 i ...
in 2005. In 2007 he founded
Lasvit, company designing and manufacturing bespoke
light fitting
A light fixture (US English), light fitting (UK English), or luminaire is an electrical device containing an electric lamp that provides illumination. All light fixtures have a fixture body and one or more lamps. The lamps may be in sockets for ...
s, feature glass installations, and lighting collections. Recently he lives in
Hong Kong.
See also
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Bohemian glass
References
External links
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1975 births
Czech businesspeople
Czech people of Russian descent
Loyola Marymount University alumni
Living people
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