Petr Dvořák
General Director, TV Nova, Czech Republic
Petr Dvořák was born in 1964. He is a graduate of the Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, where he majored in technical cybernetics. He also received an MBA in 1999 from the University of Chicago. In 1999, Dvořák joined PPF Group, the biggest Czech private financial group, as manager of the MTPL Insurance 2000 project at Česká pojišťovna a.s. From 2000 to 2001, he headed a new strategic project for the retail bank (eBanka). As of 2002, he was responsible for the PPF Group’s media investments. After PPF Group gained a 50% stake in TV Nova, Dvořák was elected to a Board seat at the TV Nova Group. In May 2003, he was named CEO of TV Nova.
