Davor Štern

Davor Štern (born 18 June 1947 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship in the Croatian Government, businessman and entrepreneur.

Background and education[]

Štern was born in Zagreb on 18 June 1947. His father was a Hungarian Jew and his mother was from Šestanovac, Croatia. Štern himself was raised Jewish.^[3][4] He is fluent in English, Russian, Italian, German, Hebrew and Croatian. He graduated in 1967 at the University of Zagreb (faculty of Petroleum, Geology and Mining). Štern is a member of the Jewish community in Zagreb.^[3]

Career[]

After graduation, in 1972 he worked for INA and in 1973 he was hired by Yugoslav oil pipeline. From 1976 until 1982 he worked as director of imports in INA – Commerce. In 1982 he was appointed as a branch director of INA in Moscow, he worked in that position until 1986. From 1986 until 1991 he worked as director of Philipp Brothers – Salomon Brothers representative office in Moscow. He worked as a branch director of Glencore from 1991 until 1993. From 1993 until 1994 he worked as director of Trade Consulting in Graz, Austria. He was a Deputy Minister of Economy from 1994 until 1995, when he was appointed as a Minister of Economy. He held that office until 1997. In 1997 he became a general manager of INA – Oil Industry d.d. and he remained on that position until 2000. In 2001 he returned to Moscow as advisor to a president of TNK-BP. He remained there until 2004 and since then he has been a director of Zagreb Trade Consulting Company.^[5] On 21 October 2010 Štern was named a member of INA supervisory board.^[6]

Štern is one of the Croatia's wealthiest people, with estimated net worth of €43 million according to the list from 2007.^[7]

Štern also serves as Honorary Consul General of the Philippines in Croatia.

Philanthropy[]

Štern is known for his philanthropy. He always preferred anonymous donations over those that are visible to the public.^[8]

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