Tomáš Baťa was a Czech entrepreneur and founder of the Bata Shoes company..
Throughout his entire life, Tomas Bata never stopped learning, teaching and molding his own character as well as that of the others.
Tomáš Baťa &#; founder of the Baťa Shoe Company
By Tracy A. Burns
April 3, a future entrepreneur is born
Born April 3, , in the southeastern Moravian town of Zlín, Tomáš Baťa would become a leading entrepreneur in a family that boasted a long and productive history in shoemaking.
His family had been making shoes since In addition to setting up shoe factories around the world, Baťa served as the town’s major and gave Zlín an impressive makeover. His interests were not limited to shoemaking, either. Though Baťa died in a plane crash in , Baťa Shoes remains successful to this day.
Childhood and initial attempts of Tomáš Baťa in the business world
The third child in the family, Tomáš encountered tragedy at an early age, losing his mother when he was only Two years later his father remarried and moved the family to Uherské Hradiště, where school instruction was in German instead of Czech.
He became a shoe businessman at age 14 when he left home to Prostějov, where he worked for the