János Gantner

He graduated from the Kandó Kálmán Technical School in 1963. He started working at the Videoton Radio and Television Factory, then earned a university degree from the Budapest University of Technology (BME) in 1969.
In 1970, he organized the computer manufacturing plant (launched in 1971), and then from 1972 to 1976, he was the department head of the VIDEOTON Development Institute (VIFI). In this role, he was responsible for the development of the R-10 computer, with a focus on real-time peripherals.

From 1976, he was the deputy technical director of the VIDEOTON Computer Factory, and also performed the duties of chief designer and chief technologist.
From 1980 he was the director of VIFI, and from 1983 he was also the director of the Computer Factory.

Until 1990, in parallel with the above, he was the founding managing director of the companies VT Computers in England and HSZF Gmbh in Germany, as well as the French-Hungarian computer technology company VIDEOTON-Bull.

Since 1991, he has been the managing director of CENTEL (Central European Telecommunications) Ltd.; under his leadership, they were among the first to organize a satellite video conference between the Graz and Budapest Universities of Technology (BME), and the Dutch European Space Agency (ESA).

Between 1996 and 1998, he was the CEO of IKARUS Rt.; he managed the reorganization of the factory and the introduction of computerized production planning.

From 1998, he managed the privatization of the Bulgarian computer company DZU and its integration into VIDEOTON as the company's president.
Until his retirement, he was a presidential advisor to several domestic companies.

Awards: Bronze degree of the Order of Merit for Labor (1982); Gold degree of the Order of Merit for Labor (1984).