Vladimír Pikora


Vladimír Pikora is a Czech financial market analyst and macroeconomist. He is the chief economist in Next Finance consulting company.

Life

Pikora graduated from the University of Economics in Prague, where he received his PhD. During his studies, he participated in a number of study visits abroad and successfully passed broker exams. In 2001, the B. I. G. agency awarded him for the accuracy of his forecasts. In 2005, the weekly Týden named him the most quoted Czech analyst in the media.
From 2000 to 2006, Mr Pikora worked as the chief economist in Volksbank. Since 2006 he has been the chief economist in Next Finance, s.r.o., consulting company, where he acts as the CEO and a partner. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Czech Export Bank since 2015.
He is married to Markéta Šichtařová, who is also an economist and the founder of Next Finance. They have 4 children. Together, they have advised on, among other things, the 2011 pension reform and its eventual impacts on people.
Šichtařová and Pikora won the 2015 Magnesia Litera Award for their book, Lumpové a beránci.

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