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Subject: English 3 Students: Djurdjija Velic 552/12 Ivana Dukic 224/12. Miodrag Kostic. Succesful manager?. Biography:. He was born in 1959 in Vrbas Has a degree in economics. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Novi Sad
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Subject: English 3 Students: DjurdjijaVelic 552/12 IvanaDukic 224/12 MiodragKostic Succesful manager?
Biography: • He was born in 1959 in Vrbas • Has a degree in economics. • Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, the University of Novi Sad • Implementation of an information system at the Vrbas sugar factory.
Professional career - beginning • As a student, he started working in the public sector • He started as a supplier of raw materials for the sugar factory in Vrbas. • In 1983 he began a private business .
Professional career - nowadays • In the past: 15 employees, • Today: around 4000 employees in 35 companies • Companies in Serbia and the Ukraine • Annual turnover of over 500 million EUR • The largest part of MK Group’s operations pertain to sugar industry, agricultural manufacturing, industry and trade of agricultural products
Other projects • 2006 - apartment complex in Kopaonik • In 2009 - MK Mountain Resort • MK Fintel Wind - “green” electrical energy • In mid November 2011, a company Carnex, became part of MK Group.
Humanitarian work • MK Group has donated around 220,000 EUR for SOS Dečije selo (Children’s village) in Kraljevo • MK Group provides a free winter vacation to 30 of the best elementary school students from Kosovo • 2012 special awards are Order “Company Hero” for donating funds to charity the “Battle for Babies”
Awards and recognition • Kostić was named: • “ The Business Personality of the Year” • “The Most Successful Person in Vojvodina” • “The Most Successful Entrepreneur” • “The Best Manager in Southeastern Europe in 2011” • “The Winner of Belgrade” • “Business Partner of the Year” He is the recipient of the award “Car Dušan's” gold dinar-company of the decade
Memberships and functions • President of the Management Board of AIK Bank • President of the Serbian business club “Privrednik” • The President of the “Serbian-Belarus business council”
Media • The daily paper Blic has included Miodrag Kostić on its “The 300 most powerful in Serbia”. • He has written a column in the weekly Nin (magazine) on socio-economic topics
He thinks... • “that anyone who wants to be successful in private business should have the ability to identify good business opportunities, and the ability to define and evaluate a business idea and then successfully implement it.”