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Tomáš Baťa

1876–1932 · 20th century · Also known as Tomas Bata

Tomáš Baťa was a Czech industrialist who founded the Bata shoe company in Zlín in 1894. Using mass production methods, he made it one of the largest shoe makers in the world, with factories and company towns abroad, and he rebuilt Zlín as a modern industrial town. He died in an air crash in 1932.

Tomáš Baťa
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