- Martin Kratochvíl
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Martin Kratochvíl (born May 22, 1946, 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, etc.[2]
In 1989 he founded a record label Bonton. In January 1992 he became board member of Investment privatization fund TREND.[3]
References
- ^ "Martin Kratochvíl - Hudební hodokvas s Jazz Q" (Czech)
- ^ "Jazz Music Groups of the Czech Republic", archive of the Czech Radio
- ^ Commercial register at justice.cz, Identification number (IČO) 45245177
Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Czech businesspeople
- Czech jazz musicians
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