Juozas Kazickas

Dr. Juozas Petras Kazickas (1918 in Chiornaya Padina, Russia) in the family of the 1863 Uprising refugees.

He is Lithuanian-American businessman, a self-made multi-millionaire and philanthropist.

Juozas Kazickas graduated from Vilnius University in 1942 receiving degree in economics. In 1951 Kazickas received Doctor’s degree at Yale University, USA. He is the Doctor of Honour of Kaunas University of Technology.

After the restoration of Lithuania’s independence, with a help from Juozas Kazickas, American corporations (Philip Morris, Coca-Cola, Motorola) have establish their businesses in Lithuania.

Juozas Kazickas also founded the first private capital communication company in Lithuania Litcom (now called Omnitel). Today his assets are estimated at 1 billion litas (around 400 million US$).

Awards

*Medal of the Great Duke of Lithuania Gediminas (1937 m.)
*Order of the Rifleman’s Society (1973)
*Memorial Medal of January the 13th (1992)
*3rd Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1995)
*Ellis Island Medal of Honor (USA) (1996)
*1st Degree Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1998).