János Kázsmér

After graduating from university, he was employed at the Hunting Cartridge Factory in Székesfehérvár, where he worked his way up the factory hierarchy, starting as a workshop technologist. He played a decisive role in all of the major programs of the rapidly developing factory.

Between 1963 and 1989, he was a senior employee of Videoton and its predecessors in Székesfehérvár: from 1968, he was the director of the Videoton Computer Factory, from 1971, the director of the Videoton Development Institute (VIFI), and from 1985, the president and CEO of Videoton Electronics Company and Videoton Industrial Limited Liability Company (Videoton Rt.).
On July 30, 1990, he left Videoton, breaking off his 34-year employment relationship, because he could not get the city leadership to accept the future strategy of the company, which was still generating billions of forints in profit.

From 1990, he worked as a consultant for a Swiss bank, participating in the development, financing and implementation of large industrial projects.

Honors: Lóránd Eötvös Prize (Minister of Industry and Trade); Neumann Prize (NJSZT, 1979); Order of Merit for Friendship of Peoples (President of Russia); NJSZT Lifetime Achievement Award (2022).