Oliver Dlouhý

Oliver Dlouhý (born 7 January 1988) is a Czech entrepreneur, founder and CEO of the online travel agency Kiwi.com.[1] In 2012 the company started using the name Skypicker, grown very rapidly and in May 2016 it was rebranded to Kiwi.com.[2] The Forbes business magazine included Oliver to Forbes Czech "30 under 30".[3] On 30 May 2016 NBC News invited Oliver to explain how the unique searching algorithm works.[4] In August 2017 the company provided access to over 700 airlines and served over 50 million searches daily.[5] For the 7165% growth the company was ranked 7th in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Awards, category Fast 500 EMEA in 2017.[6]

Oliver Dlouhý
Born (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988
NationalityCzech
EducationNewton College, Brno
OccupationCEO of Kiwi.com
Home townBrno, Czech Republic

In May 2017 Oliver said he expects to double the company's sales to 700 million euros and in 2018 to grow faster due to expansion of database connections and adding the ground transport.[7]

On 3.3.2020 the Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš gave him the award 'Podnikatel roku' (Entrepreneur of the Year) 2019, in which the turnover of Kiwi.com exceeded 30 billion Czech crowns.[8][9]

See also

References
  1. "Oliver Dlouhý - co-founder and CEO @ Kiwi.com". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  2. https://www.noah-conference.com/attendee/oliver-dlouhy/
  3. {{cite news | url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ceo-talk-oliver-dlouhy-co_b_9276752 | title=CEO Talk: Oliver Dlouhy, Co-founder and CEO, Skypicker | first=Lan Anh | last=Vu | work=HuffPost | date=February 22, 2016}
  4. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2016/05/30/how-kiwi-com-differs-from-the-likes-of-expedia.html
  5. "Getting to know you: Oliver Dlouhy, Founder & CEO, Kiwi.com". Bmmagazine.co.uk. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. "Kiwi.com je nejlépe umístěnou českou firmou v desítce nejrychleji rostoucích technologických společností Evropy, Blízkého východu a Afriky". Feedit.cz. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. "Kiwi.com in talks to raise funds for next leg of travel". Reuters.com. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  8. https://www.e15.cz/domaci/oceneni-podnikatel-roku-ziskal-zakladatel-kiwi-com-oliver-dlouhy-1367350
  9. https://www.idnes.cz/ekonomika/domaci/ey-svetovy-podnikatel-roku-2019-oliver-dlouhy.A200303_154523_ekonomika_map1
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