Josef Průša (born 23 February 1990) is a Czech businessman and

3D printer 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer ...

developer. He is the owner of

Prusa Research Prusa Research (often referred to as just Prusa) is a Czech company that produces 3D printers, and was the world's second largest 3D printer manufacturer in 2020. It was founded in 2012 by Josef Průša, a developer in the RepRap project which ha ...

Biography

Josef Průša was born on 23 February 1990 in

Havlíčkův Brod Havlíčkův Brod (, until 1945 Německý Brod; ) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 24,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban mon ...

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. He studied applied

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at the

University of Economics in Prague The Prague University of Economics and Business (PUEB) (originally: ''the University of Economics, Prague''; '', VŠE'') is an economics and business-oriented public university located in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the largest university in ...

, but did not complete it. At the age of 19 he began designing 3D printers, and in 2012 he founded Prusa Research. The foundation for his business was his collaboration with the

RepRap project RepRap (a contraction of ''replicating rapid prototyper'') is a project to develop low-cost 3D printers that can print most of their own components. As open designs, all of the designs produced by the project are released under a free software l ...

, a 3D printer project that can partially replicate itself and is available as

open-source hardware Open-source hardware (OSH, OSHW) consists of physical artifact (software development), artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open-design movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by th ...

. He has lectured on 3D printing and open-source hardware. He also has taught

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at the Faculty of Arts,

Charles University Charles University (CUNI; , UK; ; ), or historically as the University of Prague (), is the largest university in the Czech Republic. It is one of the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest universities in the world in conti ...

, and taught at the

Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague The Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague (AAAD, , abbreviated VŠUP, also known as UMPRUM) is a public university located in Prague, Czech Republic. The university offers the study disciplines of painting, illustration and graphics, ...

. In 2021,

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ranked him as the 75th richest Czech with assets of 4.3 billion

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Awards

* EY Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 * Wooden Medal of the

Vysočina Region The Vysočina Region (; ) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Jihlava. The region is located in the central part of the country. It is one of just three in the country (the others being Prague and the Central Boh ...

(2012) * Mensa Czech Republic Honorary Recognition Award for 2021, beating other nominees

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, Jan Frolík, Petr Horálek, and Libuša Hozová.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prusa, Josef 1990 births Living people People from Havlíčkův Brod 3D printing specialists Academic staff of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague Czech businesspeople

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