Martin Kratochvíl

Martin Kratochvíl in 2011.

Martin Kratochvíl (born May 22, 1946 in Prague) is a jazz and jazz rock musician and a businessman from former Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic.

In 1964 he co-founded a jazz band Jazz Q. [1]

Being a successful musician both in the former communist country and abroad, he amassed enough money so that when the communist regime was liquidated, he became a successful businessman, an owner of an airport, several factories and other investments.[2]

In 1989 he founded a record label Bonton. In January 1992 he became a board member of investment privatization fund TREND.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" (Czech)
  2. ↑ "Jazz Music Groups of the Czech Republic", archive of the Czech Radio
  3. ↑ Commercial register at justice.cz, Identification number (IČO) 45245177

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