Technology >> CEO Interviews >> March 6, 2000

Peter Kotauczek – Beko Holdings Ag (beog.f)

PROF. ING. PETER KOTAUCZEK is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of BEKO Group, which has 1100 employees and is one of the leading software companies in Austria. He was elected President of the Austrian Software Industrie Association and he was Service Entrepreneur of the Year 1993 in the financial magazine 'Trend'. He is also a lecturer at the Universitat fur angewandte Kunst, the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and a visiting Professor for Telecommunications, Information and Media at the Donau University Krems. Prof. Kotauczek has set up numerous Computer-Art Exibitions and has won the Franz Kafka Medal for Fine Arts in Praha. He also won the Grand Prix 'Graphik Praha 94', a competition which includes Artists from 12 nations and an international Jury. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a brief overview and a little history of

BEKO Holdings, just so our readers understand your business? Prof.

Kotauczek: BEKO Holding was founded in 1991, when we