Tomáš Otruba
Born (1972-09-19) 19 September 1972 (age 51)
Alma materFaculty of Law, Charles University
Occupation(s)businessman, investor and lawyer

Tomáš Otruba (born 19 September 1972) is Czech investor, lawyer and mountaineer. He founded the investment group Nordic Investors Group

Career

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Between 2004 and 2014, he was a partner of the Czech law firm BBH. After leaving BBH in early 2015, he founded Nordic Investors Group, an investment group focusing on investments in telecommunications, real estate, and information technology.[1][2]

In May 2016, the Nordic Investors Group became the owner of the mobile data network of the operator Air Telecom (later U:fon),[3] which was rebranded to Nordic Telecom in February 2017.[4] In April 2019, Nordic Telecom took control of the fixed internet provider Libli,[5] in January 2020 renamed to Nordic Telecom Regional.[6] In June 2022, all assets and operations of Nordic Telecom were transferred to Nordic Telecom Regional.[7]

He is also the majority owner of the Grand Hotel Hradec in Pec pod Sněžkou.[8] In the Krkonoše mountains, he also majority owns the Omnia hotel in Janské Lázně.[9]

Mountaineering

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Tomáš Otruba is engaged in rock climbing. On 13 May 2022, he became the fifteenth Czech to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world – Mount Everest (8,848.86 m). He climbed to the top via the southern route using oxygen.[10]

At the beginning of 2015, the so-called Seven summits project began, which was successfully completed at the end of 2023 (Aconcagua – January 2015, Denali – June 2015, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Mount Everest – May 2022, Mt. Kosciuszko, Mt. Vinson – December 2023).

In preparation for Mount Everest, he climbed another major peak in 2021: the seventh highest mountain in the world - Dhaulagiri (8167 m). He returned to the Himalayas again a year later (May 2023), when he added another Himalayan peak, Ama Dablam (6812 m), to his collection.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Sattler, Robert (5 April 2022). "Paragraf úspěchu. Proč miliardáři studovali práva a v čem jim teď pomáhají?". Forbes (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  2. ^ Mikulka, Milan (17 May 2016). "Pomáhal Kellnerovi i bankéřům Goldman Sachs, teď Otruba skupuje problémové projekty a "léčí" je". Hospodářské noviny (HN.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ Beránek, Jan. "U:fon má nové majitele. Koupili ho advokáti z Nordic Investors". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ Slížek, David. "Air Telecom se mění na Nordic Telecom, chce být čtvrtým velkým operátorem". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ Slížek, David. "Air Telecom se mění na Nordic Telecom, chce být čtvrtým velkým operátorem". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  6. ^ Sedlák, Jan. "Internetový poskytovatel Libli mění název na Nordic Telecom Regional". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  7. ^ Sedlák, Jan. "Nordic Telecom rozjíždí fúzi, spojuje bezdrátový a pevný internet do jedné firmy". Lupa.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  8. ^ Sattler, Robert (20 July 2020). "Brána na Sněžku má novou dominantu. Investor Otruba v Peci vybudoval architektonický skvost". Forbes (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ^ Sattler, Robert (14 August 2023). "Miliardové tržby i další himalájský vrchol. Investor Otruba šplhá vzhůru". Forbes (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ Sattler, Robert (2 October 2022). "Investor Otruba vylezl na Mt. Everest. Jako teprve patnáctý Čech". Forbes (in Czech). Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Výstupy na Mount Everest". goat.cz. Retrieved 1 August 2024.