Vladimir Matijević ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Матијевић; 3 August 1854 – 7 September 1929) was a Serbian businessman and philanthropist.

Biography

He was born in

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's Gornji Budački near

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, at the time in

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. In Karlovac, he received his primary education before entering the a military cadet school in Turanj, Karlovac, but then went back to civil school, and later enrolled in the

Gymnasium Karlovac Gymnasium Karlovac ( hr, Gimnazija Karlovac), sometimes historically referred to as Higher Real Gymnasium, is a Secondary education, secondary school (Gymnasium (school), gymnasium) located in the city of Karlovac in Croatia. Description Housed i ...

and after that at the Vienna School of Commerce. There he graduated with a

Bachelor of Commerce A Bachelor of Commerce (abbreviated BComm or BCom; also, ''baccalaureates commercii'') is an undergraduate degree in business, usually awarded in Canada, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland, New Zealand, Ghana, South Africa, Myanmar, ...

. Upon his return from

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, he dedicated himself to commerce and took over the firm " Gustaf Saher" in Zagreb. In 1876 he joined the Serbian Army as a volunteer at the outbreak of the Serbian-Turkish Wars. In 1895 he founded the ''Srpska banka'' in Zagreb in order that the Serbian privrednici could access funds in a timely manner without obstructions. He was the founder of the Serbian Business Association

Privrednik Srpsko privredno društvo "Privrednik" ( sr-cyr, Српско привредно друштво "Привредник"; en, Serbian Business Association "Privrednik"), commonly referred to as Privrednik, is an organization of the Serb minority ...

(1897), the Serbian Bank and the Union of Agricultural Cooperatives. Privrednik is an organization of the

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minority in

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, which is aimed to creating and increasing economic opportunities in rural areas where the majority of Serbs live in Croatia, as well as the development of professional skills of individuals. After the

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, once the

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...

was well established, in 1922, Vladimir Matijević moved his business to Belgrade and in 1923 founded the Serbian Privrednik or ''Zadruga Srba privrednika'' there. He died in Belgrade on 7 September 1929.

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1854 births 1929 deaths Austro-Hungarian Serbs Cooperative organizers Serbian merchants Serbian philanthropists Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878) Serbs of Croatia 19th-century Serbian people Austro-Hungarian businesspeople People from Karlovac County {{Serbia-bio-stub

Biography

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