Mate Rimac

Croatian inventor and entrepreneur

Mate Rimac is a Croatian inventor and entrepreneur.[1] He started the Croatian car company Rimac Automobili in 2009.[2][3]

Mate Rimac
NationalityCroatian
Occupations
EmployerRimac Automobili

As a child, he dreamed of building the fastest car. He said that he wanted to bring automotive manufacturers to Croatia.[4][5] Forbes Magazine named Rimac one of the "Top 30 Under 30". the list includes the 30 best entrepreneurs under the age of 30 in the world, in 2017. In the same year, Rimac became the Croatian Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2018, Mate Rimac received an honorary doctorate from Juraj Dobrila University of Pula.[6]

Honours

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  • 2017 Ernst & Young [Croatian] Entrepreneur of the Year { Croatian: EY Poduzetnik godine 2017 (EY Hrvatska) } (awarded March 2018) [7][8]
  • 2017 Forbes Magazine Top 30 Under 30 [9]
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References

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  1. "Meet the Croatian inventor behind the world's first electric supercar". CTV News. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. "Mate Rimac: People Are Interested, Particularly Because It's Happening In Croatia". Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  3. Recursive, The (2023-08-03). "Rolla Secures Record-Breaking Fitness Tech Funding for CEE, Backed by Mate Rimac and Hellen's Rock". TheRecursive.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  4. Luke Waller (2 December 2015). "24 - Mate Rimac - Croatia - The Innovator". Politico 28. Politico.eu.
  5. Lauren Simmonds (17 March 2018). "Mate Rimac: I Want to Help Croatia Bring Other Car Manufacturers Here". Total Croatia News (HRT).
  6. "Mate Rimac to Receive Honorary Doctorate from University of Pula". Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  7. "Mate Rimac Named Croatian Entrepreneur of the Year". Croatia Week. 21 March 2018. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  8. "The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2017 goes to Croat Mate Rimac". www.balkaneu.com. Retrieved 2018-07-16.
  9. "Forbes puts Croatia's Mate Rimac on its 30 Under 30 list". SeeNews. 18 January 2017.

Other websites

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