Radim Jancura 162 114 Lipnik nad Becvou 01

Radim Jančura (born 12 January 1972 in

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

) is a

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businessman. He is the founder, sole owner and managing director of Student AgencyCommercial register at justice.cz, identification number (IČ) 25317075 (STUDENT AGENCY, s.r.o.) and a board member of its subsidiary RegioJet. In the early 1990s Radim Jančura graduated from

Brno University of Technology Brno University of Technology (BUT; Czech: ''Vysoké učení technické v Brně'', VUT) is a university located in Brno, Czech Republic. Being founded in 1899 and initially offering a single course in civil engineering, it grew to become a maj ...

and was also an exchange student in London. After two months he returned to

Brno Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...

and set up an

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agency (Student Agency) working with British agencies to send Czechs and Slovaks to Britain. Student Agency is one of the most popular transport companies in the

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today. Jančura was named Czech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005 by

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.Press release of Ernst & Young dated 23 February 2006
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Radim Jančura – Founder and head of Student Agency
Radio.cz

Financial Times
Businessman launches campaign against ČSSD
PragueMonitor.com
Czech Business Weekly
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