Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy
Böszörményi Nagy in 2019
Born
Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy

(1984-08-01) August 1, 1984
Budapest, Hungary
Alma materCorvinus University of Budapest London School of Economics Central European University Stanford Graduate School of Business
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounder of Brain Bar

Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy (born August 1, 1984) is an entrepreneur and former public servant who founded Brain Bar and the current chairman of the board of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.

His other projects include Design Terminal, a social enterprise based in Budapest, Hungary that helps startups to reach the global marketplace and Datapolis, an urban intelligence company co-founded by Böszörményi-Nagy and world-renowned network scientist Albert-László Barabási.[1][2]

Education

Böszörményi-Nagy earned his Master of Science degrees in International relations from Corvinus University of Budapest and in urbanism from the London School of Economics. He pursued a Master of Business Administration at Central European University and studied Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Career

2010s

From 2010 to 2012, Böszörményi-Nagy was head of EU communication for the Government of Hungary, leading the public outreach of Hungary's first Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

In 2012 Böszörményi-Nagy joined Design Terminal, the government agency responsible for design and innovation. During his leadership, the company launched an extensive portfolio of incubation services for innovative enterprises, for which Design Terminal was awarded the European Enterprise Promotion Awards by the European Commission.[3][4][5] In 2015, UNESCO selected Budapest for its global Creative Cities network,[6] mostly in recognition of the services and projects of Design Terminal.[7] Following an extensive restructuring in the Hungarian public administration, Design Terminal made a transition to the private sector as a social enterprise, and expanded its operations to a regional scale with programs across Central-Europe while relying on public grants and business revenues.[8][9][10]

2020s

In 2020 Böszörményi-Nagy was appointed as chairman of the board of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Hungary's major educational institution for the creative industries.[11] As president he is ambitioning to make the university "the most recognized hub of innovation and applied creativity in the Central European region" by 2030.[12] Fearing the state of academic freedom, especially after the illegal removing of the Central European University[13] from Hungary, the process of privatizing state founded universities have met heavy criticism in the whole country.[14][15]

Politics

In 2008, Böszörményi-Nagy became the Vice President of the Budapest section of Fidelitas, the youth organization of the conservative Fidesz party. Following Fidesz's win of the 2010 elections, Böszörményi-Nagy worked at the Hungarian Ministry of Public Administration and Justice.[16] His firm CreaCity provides advisory services for minister Gergely Gulyás.[17] In 2011 he wrote an article on Mandiner under a pseudonym where he attacked an opposition activist in a tone which caused controversy.[18]

Brain Bar

In June, 2015 Böszörményi-Nagy founded Brain Bar, a global festival focused on the future.[19] The annual event revolves around a two-day concentration of interactive talks and debates on business, social, cultural, technological and political trends,[20] and attracts thousands of visitors per year with past speakers including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell, Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson,[21][22] historian Niall Ferguson, three Michelin star restaurateur Massimo Bottura, WPP plc founder Sir Martin Sorrell, EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager, best-selling futurist Kevin Kelly, economists Mariana Mazzucato and Tim Harford, Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde, technology critic Evgeny Morozov, geopolitical analysts George Friedman and Bruno Maçães, controversial environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg, sociologist Philip Zimbardo, astronaut and former International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield, architect Sou Fujimoto, Sea Shepherd captain Peter Hammarstedt, supermodel Maye Musk[23] and the world's first humanoid robot citizen, Sophia.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] As part of its social impact policy, Brain Bar is free to attend for a group of outstanding teachers and students based on pre-selection. Brain Bar operates as a private enterprise co-owned by Böszörményi-Nagy and a group of business angels.[34][35]

Awards

Böszörményi-Nagy has been awarded with the Golden Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit in 2020.[36] Earlier Google, the Financial Times and the International Visegrad Fund named him among 'New Europe 100', the list of Central Europe's key figures in the new economy.[37]

References

  1. ↑ "New Europe 100 challenger Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy". ne100.org. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  2. ↑ "Hungarian Datapolis analyzes and organizes data". hungarianinsider.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  3. ↑ "European Enterprise Promotion Awards - European Commission". Ec.europa.eu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  4. ↑ "Central and eastern Europe start-ups look beyond EU for finance". ft.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  5. ↑ "Hungary strives to be central Europe's start-up capital by 2020". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  6. ↑ "Budapest and Kaunas awarded title "City of Design" by UNESCO — The Calvert Journal". Calvertjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  7. ↑ "UNESCO honors Budapest as one of the world's most creative cities | WeLoveBudapest.com". welovebudapest.com. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Hungarian hub helps start-ups embed innovations in regional value chains — Science Business". sciencebusiness.net. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  9. ↑ "V4 Startup Force launches businesses worldwide". hungarianinsider.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  10. ↑ "Design Terminal launches programme to connect CEE's innovation ecosystems". emerging-europe.com. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  11. ↑ "Már a kurátorok is megvannak az alapítványivá alakuló egyetemeknél — Infostart". Infostart.hu. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  12. ↑ "World-class form and content -MOME renews — Hype and Hyper". Hypeandhyper.com. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  13. ↑ "EU court rules against Hungary's Viktor Orban over Soros university". euronews. 2020-10-06. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  14. ↑ http://politicalcritique.org/cee/hungary/2018/orban-keep-your-hands-off-our-universities/
  15. ↑ Spike, Justin (2020-06-25). "Fearing for its autonomy, university holds protest against privatization plan". InsightHungary. Retrieved 2023-07-07.
  16. ↑ M. László, Ferenc (2012-08-30). "Navracsics huszonéves megmondóemberekkel építi bázisait". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  17. ↑ "Böszörményi-Nagy Gergely cége havi 536 ezer forintért ad tanácsokat a Miniszterelnökségnek". Átlátszó (in Hungarian). 2018-09-13. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  18. ↑ "Troll a KIM-ből: Navracsics embere álnéven biztatta közösülésre a tüntetés szervezőjét". hvg.hu (in Hungarian). 2011-10-21. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
  19. ↑ Insider, WIRED. "Brain Bar Budapest: a clash of ideas in the heart of Europe". WIRED UK. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  20. ↑ "Brain Bar: Dangerous ideas welcome". WIRED UK. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  21. ↑ Máté, Világi (2019-06-01). "Tavaly még diktátornak nevezte, most szívélyesen beszélget Orbán Viktorral az internet megosztó sztárja". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  22. ↑ "Why Jordan Peterson Teared Up During His Budapest Lecture". www.aier.org. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  23. ↑ "Hogyan neveljünk zsenit? – A Brain Barra jön Elon Musk édesanyja, Maye | Forbes.hu". Forbes Magyarország (in Hungarian). 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
  24. ↑ Zareva, Teodora. "Brain Bar Budapest: Top Scientists, Artists, Entrepreneurs". Big Think. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  25. ↑ "Brain Bar Budapest to welcome experts". Budapest Business Journal. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  26. ↑ Origo. "Kiderült, mi lesz velünk a jövőben". origo.hu/ (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2017-07-11.
  27. ↑ Budapest, Brain Bar (2016-04-22). "The Brain Behind Brain Bar: Q&A with the Co-Founder". Medium. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  28. ↑ "We can't alter the course of time but, according to physics, we can bend it". Futurism. 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  29. ↑ "CERN scientist on life after the higgs boson". Futurism. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  30. ↑ "Experts May Have a Viable Alternative to Universal Basic Income". Futurism. 2017-11-08. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  31. ↑ Maack, Már Másson (2018-06-02). "EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager: 'Now is the time for citizens to take control'". The Next Web. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  32. ↑ "Peter Thiel, a Szilícium-völgy ellentmondásos zsenije Budapestre jön | Forbes.hu". forbes.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  33. ↑ "A világ legnépszerűbb séfje: Ha nem fejlődnék, abbahagynám a főzést | Forbes.hu". forbes.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  34. ↑ Forbes.hu/. "Balogh Gabriella és Chris Mattheisen beszáll a Brain Barba" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  35. ↑ Forbes.hu/. "Csányi Gabriella 30 százalékos tulajdonrészt szerzett a Brain Barban" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2020-01-02.
  36. ↑ Magyar Közlöny. "A köztársasági elnök határozata kitüntetés adományozásáról". magyarkozlony.hu. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  37. ↑ hvg.hu. "Vállalkozás: Ők a magyar innováció moguljai". HVG.hu. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
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