Rimac Automobili was founded in Sveta Nedelja outside Zagreb in 2009, and it produces electric cars as well as parts and technological solutions for global automobile manufacturers. It currently employs 350 people.
Rimac said one of his goals was to create top jobs, and that this year the company planned to open more than 100 new jobs. Last week alone, 20 new workers were hired, he said.
In the sub-category International Achievement the award went to Sinisa Stanic of the Simplex company from Slavonski Brod, which installs elevators and produces elevator tools and components. The company is active on European and Middle Eastern markets.
This year's competition, its fourth edition in Croatia, involved 36 entrepreneurs from 28 companies. In June, the Croatian Entrepreneur of the Year will compete in Monaco for the title of the European Entrepreneur of the Year.
Jury chair Emil Tedeschi said the competition was a phenomenon of a kind because it promoted something very important for Croatian society - support for and a culture of celebration of other people's success, something, he said, was atypical for Croatian society where negative phenomena were often insisted on.
Attending the award-presentation ceremony was also Economy Minister Martina Dalic.